On April 10 INTM adjunct Dan Tomal was the keynote speaker for the Electrical Contractors’ Association of City of Chicago (ECA),their quarterly meeting held at the Itasca Country Club. He presented an overview of the programs of the School of Applied Technology and especially focused on the industrial facilities specialization, designed for people in the electrical construction field. He also presented an update on the current IPRO 338: Technical-Economic Analysis of Electrical Smart Grid Technology Solutions, which is sponsored by ECA.

About thirty presidents and key managers attended the presentation and the program and it was well received. ECA has been a valued partner with IIT and has sponsored several IPROs, recruited many students for our programs, and have supported the IIT NECA student chapter, for which Tomal is the advisor.