Breakthroughs
We do the impossible. Every day. Check out some recent highlights of our impact on global research, innovation, and engineering education.
Boppart and team develop label-free microscopic techniques to visualize extracellular vesicles in cancer
1.7.20
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PhotoniCare Announces FDA Clearance for First-In-Class Technology for Imaging the Ear
1.6.20
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For CRISPR, tweaking DNA fragments before inserting yields highest efficiency rates yet
12.23.19
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CSL researchers launch a new institute to use data science to improve decision-making of dynamical systems
12.19.19
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Single-molecule detection of cancer markers brings liquid biopsy closer to clinic
12.18.19
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Overall ranking among undergraduate engineering programs
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Overall ranking among Graduate engineering programs
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Top 5 ranked engineering degree programs
Take a virtual tour through five forward-looking construction projects will give our world-class faculty and students the infrastructure and space they need to succeed.
$100 million Center for Networked Intelligent Components and Environments to drive smart, reconfigurable technologies
Jump ARCHES partnership expands; endowment now exceeds $100 million
Six Illinois researchers receive Presidential Early Career Award
Grainger Engineering receives ASEE Bronze Award for Diversity
Illinois was among those Bronze Recipients who also earned “exemplar” status—the highest distinction for diversity work given by the national society this year.
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At Illinois, we we place great pride in our interdisciplinary work ethic. With top-ranked graduate programs across every department and discipline of engineering, we bring together the brightest minds in the world to solve the most pressing global challenges of our time. We share the common goal of providing superior research capabilities in the fundamental engineering sciences in collaboration with industrial and governmental laboratories. We also support undergraduate and graduate student education and enhance rapid technology transfer from the University to industry.