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Women in Engineering News
WIE Ambassador: Liz Perez
Meet Liz, a sophomore in the ARISE Engineering Undeclared program, and a Women in Engineering (WIE) Ambassador!
Mechanical Engineering News
Women in MechSE Spotlight: Diana Pham explores all the niches and opportunities at Illinois
Illinois is all about exploring your options as a student—and your life beyond it. Diana Pham is a senior in mechanical engineering, earning a minor from the Hoeft Technology and Management Program, a joint program with Gies College of Business and The Grainger College of Engineering.
Electrical and Computer Engineering News
Two ECE students have been named Knights of St. Patrick
Electrical and computer engineering students Cain Gonzalez and Cornell Horne, Jr. have been named 2024 Knights of St. Patrick. The Grainger College of Engineering awards this honor to 10-15 outstanding students every year who exhibit leadership, excellence in character and exceptional contribution to Grainger Engineering.
Civil and Enviornmental Engineering News
Two CEE students named 2022 Knights of St. Patrick
Nine students have been announced as 2022 Knights of St. Patrick by The Grainger College of Engineering, including Civil and Environmental Engineering students Stefany Boyas and Christina Garcia, in recognition of their demonstrated leadership, excellence in character, and outstanding contribution to the college and its students. The Knights of St. Patrick is a prestigious honor awarded by The Grainger College of Engineering annually to acknowledge students for their academic excellence and extracurricular involvement.
Bioengineering News
Undergraduate research experience leads to job opportunities at Sandia National Labs
ARISE engineering students Alyssa Bradshaw, Adia Radecka, and Javi Cardenas conducted experiments to identify biomaterials that could make effective robotic actuators for implantable medical devices.
Grainger Engineering News
ARISE Student Feature: Oscar Zepeda
“ARISE is the reason I’m here and able to do all of things,” he said. “They have given me so many connections already. I can’t begin to thank everyone involved with ARISE for all of these opportunities. It still blows my mind.”
Grainger Engineering News
ARISE Student Feature: Raefa Malik
“I needed a support system and I feel like ARISE was the one who could give it to me,” Raefa said. The administrators and faculty have good connections and the cohort itself is a big support. Because you are with a group with similar interests and are required to live together for the first two years, you have that bonding experience. Because of ARISE, I am more confident and productive in my work.”
Grainger Engineering News
College of Engineering ARISE Program receives up to $1 million from Amazon
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's College of Engineering has received up to a $1 million commitment over five years to support the Academic Redshirt in Science and Engineering (ARISE) program.