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Kanishga Balamurrugarajan always pictured herself attending college in a big city to take advantage of the diverse career opportunities. She was particularly drawn to Illinois Institute of Technology...
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Advancing Kidney Disease Research
(CHE 2nd Year)For Abigail Gunderson, participating in student research means bringing to life topics she learns about in the classroom and integrating them into her community. “Research helps me understand what I...
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Designing the Next Generation of Prosthetics
(Biomedical Engineering 1st Year)Ever since she was 5 years old, Jennifer Sabatka (BME 1st Year) knew she wanted to be a doctor. But when her family—which is full of engineers—encouraged her to try an engineering program in high...
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Making a Meaningful Impact in Cell and Tissue Engineering
(BME 4th Year)As a biomedical engineering student, Tran Le describes RES-MATCH as one of her favorite experiences during her time studying and working at Illinois Tech. Through the university’s hands-on research...
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Utilizing Innovative Technology to Better Detect Cancer
(Biomedical Engineering 3rd Year)Sophia Nelson enjoyed her time working as an undergraduate researcher within the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering through the university’s RES-MATCH program. Sophia was matched...
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Developing Solutions to Improve Lives
(Biomedical Engineering/M.A.S. Chemical Engineering 3rd Year)Diana Velasquez was born and raised in El Salvador, where she remembers the hardships that many people struggled with on a daily basis. At a young age she became inspired to improve health care in her...
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Research Both In and Out of the Lab
(PHYS/BCHM 2nd Year)Katia Flores worked with Associate Professor Kenneth Tichauer’s team on his cancer research project, “lymph node in vivo.” Her role consisted of studying different imaging agents used to detect...
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Education on Her Own Terms
(Social and Economic Development Policy 3rd Year)Sometimes an unconventional path is just the right fit. Such was the case for Ursula Hersh, who took two years off between high school and college to work full-time. Hersh had heard about Illinois...
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Seizing All That Illinois Tech Offers
(ME 3rd Year)When Katja Berthold was deciding where she wanted to go to college, a variety of factors came into play, from what kind of education each college offered, its location, and its size. Illinois Tech was...
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Using Technology to Better People’s Lives
(Computer Information Systems/M.A.S. Cyber Forensics and Security, '21)The idea first came to Travis Smith from a friend’s brother who has a speech disorder. Smith saw how he used a pricey app on an equally pricey iPad to communicate with other people, and a haunting...