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Michael Pak, a UIC mechanical and industrial engineering alumnus, finds dream job at Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee

Alumnus cruises to dream job at Harley-Davidson

David Staudacher | Posted on September 08, 2020

New MIE faculty members John Finan and Azadeh Haghighi

Adding faculty expertise in traumatic brain injury, advanced manufacturing systems

David Staudacher | Posted on August 10, 2020

UIC College of Engineering can mitigate COVID-19 contamination in dental clinics

Engineering breakthrough can mitigate COVID-19 contamination in dental clinics

David Staudacher | Posted on August 03, 2020

Read the latest information on university teaching plans for the fall

Posted on July 09, 2020

Professor Alexander Yarin uses plants to research fighting forest fires

Professor Yarin uses plants to research fighting forest fires

David Staudacher | Posted on July 09, 2020

Online town hall meetings set for international graduate students

Posted on July 01, 2020

Solution Blowing Synthesis of Li-Conductive Ceramic Nanofibers

Researchers are revolutionizing battery industry with novel approach to produce solid ceramic batteries

David Staudacher | Posted on June 24, 2020

MIE offering tuition waiver for our recently graduated alumni to join our MS programs

Fall 2020 master's tuition waiver available for recent alumni

Posted on May 29, 2020

Tara Foroozan and Ali Zamani MIE PhD students

Two students win new graduate student research award

David Staudacher | Posted on May 20, 2020

MIE congratulations to the 2020 graduates

MIE faculty and staff congratulate Class of 2020

Posted on May 14, 2020

PhD candidate wins Award for Graduate Research

Posted on May 07, 2020

UIC mourns the loss of Professor Laxman Saggere

David Staudacher | Posted on May 06, 2020

Professor’s Haiti work brings real-world experience to students

David Staudacher | Posted on April 30, 2020

UIC leads largest nationwide effort to protect the monarch butterfly

Carlos Sadovi | Posted on April 08, 2020

UIC’s chapter of Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) has been presented with the society’s Gold Award

UIC’s IISE chapter receives Gold Award

David Staudacher | Posted on March 18, 2020

MIE Professor Emeritus Suresh Aggarwal has been elected a Fellow of the Combustion Institute.

Professor Emeritus Suresh Aggarwal elected as a Fellow of the Combustion Institute

David Staudacher | Posted on March 17, 2020

MIE Professor Hamed Hatami-Marbini Waring Medal for Editorial Excellence

Hatami-Marbini wins Waring Medal Award for Editorial Excellence

David Staudacher | Posted on March 04, 2020

UIC PhD candidate Golam Rasul in mechanical and industrial engineering

PhD student wins Society for Plastic Engineers scholarship

David Staudacher | Posted on February 27, 2020

UIC receives NSF grant to increase number of minorities in Ph.D. STEM programs

Carlos Sadovi | Posted on February 24, 2020

UIC students present design projects at Fermilab

Posted on February 21, 2020

Scholar, research funding application deadlines approaching

Posted on February 03, 2020

Eileen Haffner, a PhD candidate in mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago

PhD candidate nabs second place at American Physical Society conference

Posted on January 30, 2020

Amine Chigani, the chief technology officer in residence at Amazon Web Services

MIE kicks off ‘Lunch and Learn’ with Amazon CTO

Posted on January 29, 2020

Dana Guthrie, a 2015 graduate of the Master of Energy Engineering class of 2015, has been named one of the Milwaukee Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” winners

Master of Energy Engineering alumna named ‘40 Under 40’ winner

Posted on January 23, 2020

Information for filing to receive master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and 'IBHE' (degree-level) certificates

Posted on January 22, 2020

Erina Joyee named a winner of the UIC Provost's Graduate Research Award

PhD candidate wins Provost’s Graduate Research Award with soft robotics research

Posted on December 16, 2019

Daisy Cueto received the SHPE Technical Achievement and Recognition (STAR) award

MIE student wins SHPE’s STAR award

by David Staudacher | Posted on November 08, 2019

Amin Salehi-Khojin, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at UIC’s College of Engineering

First fully rechargeable carbon dioxide battery with carbon neutrality

by Jacqueline Carey | Posted on October 18, 2019

Professor Xu named ‘Researcher to Know’ by Illinois Science & Technology Coalition

by David Staudacher | Posted on September 25, 2019

MIE PhD student Seongmi Song won the best poster award at the US-Korea Conference 2019

PhD candidate wins best poster award at US-Korea Conference

by David Staudacher | Posted on September 18, 2019

Rukmava Chatterjee's award winning engineering research picture

MIE graduate student captures the art of engineering

by David Staudacher | Posted on September 09, 2019

MIE welcomes new faculty members

by David Staudacher | Posted on August 29, 2019

Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering in the UIC College of Engineering

Stabilizing single atoms at record-high temperatures in short durations

by David Staudacher | Posted on August 23, 2019

Roberto Paoli, a research assistant professor in mechanical and industrial engineering, is launching a project that aims to model the early-phase formation of contrails

Paoli awarded NSF grant to research the physics of aircraft contrails

Posted on August 07, 2019

MIE Professor Laxman Saggere received the National Institutes of Health Trailblazer Award

Professor Saggere receives National Institutes of Health Trailblazer Award

by David Staudacher | Posted on August 05, 2019

ImmersiveTouch features virtual reality operating technology that Banerjee and his students developed during his tenure at UIC

Virtual reality operating technology developed in MIE is going global

by David Staudacher | Posted on July 09, 2019

MIE Professor Kenneth Brezinsky addresses the audience during the first CUP workshop at UIC.

Army, industry and academia converge on UIC for propulsion workshop

by David Staudacher | Posted on June 17, 2019

Engineering students present their drone to an Army judge.

Engineering students win third place at Army drone design competition

by David Staudacher | Posted on May 22, 2019

UIC Masters of Energy Engineering graduate wins Chancellor’s Student Service and Leadership Award

MEE graduate wins Chancellor’s Student Service and Leadership Award

by David Staudacher | Posted on May 13, 2019

MIE seniors display innovation at design expo

Posted on May 06, 2019

The UIC chapter of ASME brought four robots to E-Fest North conference.

ASME members pick up life lessons at E-FEST competition

by David Staudacher | Posted on April 22, 2019

UIC student places an AV on the track during the new course in the College of Engineering.

Engineering students take on autonomous vehicles in new multidisciplinary course

by David Staudacher | Posted on April 19, 2019

MIE alumna working on Europa Clipper program at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

by David Staudacher | Posted on April 18, 2019

Graphene coating could help prevent lithium battery fires

by Sharon Parmet | Posted on April 10, 2019

UIC Professor Sushant Anand receives NSF CAREER Award

Professor Anand receives prestigious NSF CAREER award for condensation research

by David Staudacher | Posted on April 01, 2019

Professor Megaridis kicks off distinguished professor lecture series

by David Staudacher | Posted on March 25, 2019

The title of UIC Distinguished Professor isn’t simply awarded. It is earned. The designation is one of the highest academic honors for faculty at the University of Illinois Chicago, and it was established…

Materials could delay frost up to 300 times longer than existing anti-icing coatings

by Sharon Parmet | Posted on March 22, 2019

Most techniques to prevent frost and ice formation on surfaces rely heavily on heating or liquid chemicals that need to be repeatedly reapplied because they easily wash away. Even advanced anti-icing materials have…

Graduating students Inducted into Order of the Engineer at UIC

by David Staudacher | Posted on March 18, 2019

Every year, graduates transition from students to professionals. With this important change comes great responsibility. To mark its significance, 43 young men and women from every department in the College of Engineering participated…

PhD candidate gaining industry experience via NSF INTERN grant

by David Staudacher | Posted on March 08, 2019

PhD candidate Alireza Ahmadian Yazdi has taken his studies outside the laboratory and into the working world. The MIE student jumped at the opportunity to take on a five-month internship at California-based Beckman Coulter, a…

Professor Xu receives ‘Researcher and Scholar of the Year’ award

by David Staudacher | Posted on January 17, 2019

MIE Assistant Professor Jie Xu has been named a recipient of the 2018 UIC Researcher and Scholar of the Year award. He received the “Rising Star” award in the Natural Sciences and Engineering…

2D materials may enable electric vehicles to get 500 miles on a single charge

Posted on January 14, 2019

Lithium-air batteries are poised to become the next revolutionary replacement for currently used lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles, cell phones and computers. Lithium-air batteries, which currently are still in the experimental stages…

IBPSA scholarship named after MEE advisory council member

Posted on January 13, 2019

Congratulations to Don McLauchlan

Posted on December 04, 2018

Winner of the 2018 UIC Engineering Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award Don McLauchlan, a member of the Master of Energy Engineering Advisory Board, recently won the UIC Engineering Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award. This award…

UIC engineers hosts ‘Noche de Ciencias’ for young Latino students

Posted on November 14, 2018

UIC’s Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) hosted “Noche de Ciencias” (Night of Science) on Saturday, Nov. 3rd at Instituto del Progreso Latino to showcase the talent of young students in STEM field.…

Industrial engineering student starts business to bring tech to underserved communities

by David Staudacher | Posted on November 02, 2018

Brady Middleton doesn’t wait for opportunities. He creates them. The industrial engineering student at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) saw a problem and – in true engineering fashion – he came up…

Registration is open for annual Lunch with an Industrial Engineer

by David Staudacher | Posted on October 11, 2018

Registration is open for UIC’s annual Lunch with an Industrial Engineer open house. Hosted by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at the University of Illinois Chicago, the event is set for…