The Spring 2026 Innovation Day Event was held on Friday, May 1, 2026, where this semester’s IPRO teams presented their projects before industry, professional and academic judges. The three winning teams were:

• FEEL-D from Reimagining Recreation: Innovating Sports Technology led by Tyler McQuality: Jan Schiefer, Miguel Toro, Enrique Alvarado, Arabella Mata, Zealous Godwin
• Overton Elementary from Net Zero Energy Building Design II led by Edoarda Corradi Dell’Acqua and Al Mitchell: Julia Ogando De Mello, Nicholas Wegner, Jadedon Narain, Miguel Ortiz, Bogdan Brezden, Mahek Gupta, Edward Ben Eboh, Mohammed Eldisogi, Tariq Ahmed, Haochen Geng, Jemshit Yakubov
• Illinois Tech Motorsports EV Battery Systems from Formula SAE EV Battery Systems led by Mithun Goutham: Dina Liqa, Wiktoria Ucher, Mongjae Ko, Van Nguyen, Liliia Shanina, Cruz Herrera, Franco Avalos, Abimael Morga, Juan Hernandez, Egaed Paulin, Yahir Vazquez Vallejo, Axel Barrera, Jack Lin, Admir Pali, Alexander Rodriguez, Anna Elena Sofia Sebastio, John Munoz

Congratulations to the winning teams!