Feature Stories
Engineering News | October 7, 2020
The Hoeft Technology & Management Program: 25 Years in the Making
Since The Hoeft Technology & Management Program began in 1995, nearly 1,000 engineering and business students from the University of Illinois have completed the program, carrying with them Leonard Hoeft’s vision of merging two disciplines to better compete in a global marketplace.
Engineering News | January 31, 2020
Illini 4000 continue annual trek for cancer research
“Illini 4000 enabled me to humanize the stories at the core of the disease, and I hoped the experience would serve as a motivational backdrop fueling my work as I headed to either med school or grad school.” —Viraat Goel (B.S. ’19, Bioengineering)
Engineering News | January 15, 2020
Training the new masters of engineering instruction
AE3 Collins Scholars Program continues network of support, resources for new faculty
Engineering News | October 1, 2019
$100M partnership to drive smart, reconfigurable technologies
The Grainger College of Engineering—home to the Shanghai Ranking's #1 program in automation and controls—and Foxconn Interconnect Technology are partnering on a new $100 million Center for Networked Intelligent Components and Environments. The center, based on the university's campus in Urbana-Champaign, will serve as a global hub for the technology that will drive the manufacturing plants, medical environments, autonomous vehicles, and smart homes of the future.
Engineering News | July 22, 2019
Jump ARCHES partnership expands; endowment now exceeds $100M
Partnership expands beyond medical simulation and education to include social and behavioral determinants of health
Engineering News | May 27, 2019
Strong ties endure between Grainger Engineering and ROTC at Illinois
Amid technological advances in both engineering and the U.S. Military, a new generation of young leaders at Illinois combines these programs to meet evolving demands in the Digital Age.
Engineering News | May 1, 2019
New facility encourages campus collaboration through innovative design space
The Grainger College of Engineering is breaking ground on a brand new facility designed to encourage collaboration and support education through pedagogy experiments, classroom technologies, and professional development for the next generation.
Engineering News | April 15, 2019
Illinois Engineering to become The Grainger College of Engineering
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s College of Engineering will become The Grainger College of Engineering, recognizing a new $100 million gift from The Grainger Foundation and more than $300 million in total support
Engineering News | November 1, 2018
An Interview with Illini Astronaut Lee Archambault
Col. Lee Archambault, director of flight operations for Sierra Nevada Corporation, the Dream Chaser Program