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IIT to Host ASM Materials Camp for Teachers

February 5, 2013
IIT and ASM Chicago Regional Chapter invite teachers to attend a one-week professional development workshop this summer – at no cost! The ASM Materials Camp® 2013 will take place July 8-12 at IIT's Main Campus. Help us spread the word to teachers about this opportunity to get something they can really use in their classrooms!
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ACE “Student-Led Projects” Program

February 5, 2013
The Armour College of Engineering invites proposals for student-led projects to be supported within the Engineering Themes distinctive education initiative. Participation in these activities will be recognized in a student’s engineering portfolio.
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ACE Undergraduate Research Program

February 5, 2013
The Armour College of Engineering invites and encourages the submission of proposals for undergraduate research projects within the Engineering Themes distinctive education initiative.
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IIT Trustee Martin Cooper (EE ′50, M.S. ′57) and Other Mobile Phone Pioneers Win Draper Prize

January 15, 2013
The mobile phone pioneers who laid the groundwork for today’s smartphone will be presented with engineering’s highest honor during a February 19 ceremony in Washington. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will honor Martin Cooper, Joel Engel, Richard Frenkiel, Thomas Haug and Yoshihisa Okumura with the Charles Stark Draper Prize, which annually recognizes engineers whose accomplishments have significantly benefited society. Considered the Nobel Prize of engineering, the prize includes a $500,000 award.
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Engineering Undergrads: Start Your Engineering Portfolio Today

December 3, 2012
IIT Armour College of Engineering just launched a unique engineering portfolio tool—the only one of its kind to be offered by a United States university. If you are an engineering undergraduate, start building your portfolio today! Do not miss out on this opportunity to enhance your marketability and set yourself apart.
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Demonstration video of the Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor (HyTAQ) robot, developed in the IIT Robotics Lab by Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Matthew Spenko and PhD candidate Arash Kalantari, has garnered attention from a variety of technology-focused blogs and news outlets.

November 30, 2012
Engadget: HyTAQ hybrid quadrotor robot travels by air and land, leaves us no place to hide CNET: This quadrotor flies — and rolls — over just about anything Gizmodo: Uncrashable Rolling Robot Takes To the Skies To Avoid Obstacles Gizmag:…
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IIT Robotics Lab Develops Crash-Resistant Hybrid Terrestrial/Aerial Robot (Video)

November 29, 2012
The HyTAQ Robot (Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor) was developed in the IIT Robotics Lab by Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Matthew Spenko and PhD candidate Arash Kalantari. The novel mobile robot is capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion.
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Research presented by Associate Professor Konstantinos Arfanakis and colleagues at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America showing that reading, writing, and other cognitive activity contribute to healthier brains late in life, several news outlets reported.

November 26, 2012
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IIT Collaborates with ChiS&E in STEM Early Education

November 26, 2012
Mehdi Modares, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, is currently working jointly with the Chicago Pre-College Science and Engineering Program (ChiS&E) on a National Science Foundation-sponsored project entitled "Little Structural Engineering Program."
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EE Times talks with IIT Trustee and Alumnus Martin Cooper about the development of the first cellular phone forty years after Cooper’s famous first cell phone call from the street in Manhattan to a rival at AT&T.

November 16, 2012
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Armour College of Engineering Archive

IIT to Host ASM Materials Camp for Teachers

ACE “Student-Led Projects” Program

ACE Undergraduate Research Program

IIT Trustee Martin Cooper (EE ′50, M.S. ′57) and Other Mobile Phone Pioneers Win Draper Prize

Engineering Undergrads: Start Your Engineering Portfolio Today

Demonstration video of the Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor (HyTAQ) robot, developed in the IIT Robotics Lab by Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Matthew Spenko and PhD candidate Arash Kalantari, has garnered attention from a variety of technology-focused blogs and news outlets.

IIT Robotics Lab Develops Crash-Resistant Hybrid Terrestrial/Aerial Robot (Video)

Research presented by Associate Professor Konstantinos Arfanakis and colleagues at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America showing that reading, writing, and other cognitive activity contribute to healthier brains late in life, several news outlets reported.

IIT Collaborates with ChiS&E in STEM Early Education

EE Times talks with IIT Trustee and Alumnus Martin Cooper about the development of the first cellular phone forty years after Cooper’s famous first cell phone call from the street in Manhattan to a rival at AT&T.

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