AMATH Research is pleased to share the 2024 edition of Illinois Tech Research, the research magazine from Illinois Institute of Technology. The stories and videos in this issue capture many of the exciting research projects undertaken at Illinois Tech over the past year.

Just a few of the featured highlights include:

• A research project that is harnessing the power of food procurement by large, public institutions to encourage greater racial equity, sustainability, and resilience in food production and distribution
• A new report by the Institute of Design’s Equitable Healthcare Action Lab that explores the impact of a growing number of designers who are working in the health care industry
• A startup seeking to safely speed up drug research that was co-founded by a faculty member and an undergraduate student—one of the first Illinois Tech projects funded by the university’s Accelerating Research Translation initiative
• An update on Illinois Tech’s finalist team in the $10 million global XPRIZE Rainforest Competition, which aims to enhance our understanding of tropical rainforest ecosystems around the world

I hope you will share this magazine with your colleagues, peers, and anyone else who may be interested in the research that we are conducting at Illinois Tech.

Fred Hickernell
Vice Provost for Research
Professor of Applied Mathematics