Featured programs Graduate icon Industrial Engineering User icon Mechanical Engineering People Icon Energy Engineering Watch our welcome video! Featured News Department Seminar: Reverse-Engineering the Brain: From Brain-Computer Interface to Neuroergonomics and Beyond Thursday, February 18, 2021 Alumni honored for their accomplishments Monday, February 8, 2021 Professor W.J. Minkowycz retires after more than five decades at UIC Friday, February 5, 2021 More department news Research Spotlight MIE deadline for the Award for Graduate Research and Provost’s Graduate Internship Award Wednesday, February 3, 2021 ‘Swiss Army knife’ catalyst can make natural gas burn cleaner Tuesday, January 12, 2021 PhD students awarded for anti-icing and nonwoven-materials research Monday, January 11, 2021 See all MIE research areas