Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program Archive

  • Illinois Tech IPRO Team Wins National Award at NECA Competition

    Illinois Tech IPRO Team Wins National Award at NECA Competition

    October 13, 2026
    Illinois Tech’s National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Student Chapter, participating through the Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program, earned the Best Change Order award at the 2026 Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC), held October 4 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team also placed fifth overall among 20 participating NECA student chapters from across the United States.

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  • Innovation Day Winning IPRO Teams

    Innovation Day Winning IPRO Teams

    May 7, 2026
    The Spring 2026 Innovation Day Event was held on Friday, May 1, where this semester’s IPRO teams presented their projects before industry, professional and academic judges.

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  • Kaplan Institute Accepting IPRO Course Proposals for 2026–27 Academic Year

    Kaplan Institute Accepting IPRO Course Proposals for 2026–27 Academic Year

    January 29, 2026
    The Kaplan Institute is now accepting Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program course proposals for the 2026–27 academic year (Fall 2026–Spring 2027). IPRO courses emphasize experiential, interdisciplinary learning and career readiness. Proposals are due Monday, February 16.

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  • Innovation Day at Kaplan Institute Is Friday, April 28

    Innovation Day at Kaplan Institute Is Friday, April 28

    April 4, 2023
    Register for Innovation Day, a grand showcase of student IPRO projects. Last semester, we showcased a broad variety of student built innovations—from virtual reality to energy harvesting shoes—spanning across all Illinois Tech colleges and institutes.

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  • Event at Galvin Tower Will Demonstrate How Music, Dance Impact Architectural Designs

    Event at Galvin Tower Will Demonstrate How Music, Dance Impact Architectural Designs

    March 23, 2023
    The Mies van der Rohe Society, Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program students of Mindful Modern Buildings, and the College of Architecture are pleased to share an evening that demonstrates how music and dance can fill our senses and impact our architectural designs. Together, we will enjoy live piano performance by acclaimed VanderCook College of Music faculty and musicians, Olivia and Yang, and dance recital by Alberto Velazquez and Amanda Assucena, world-renowned artists from Joffrey Ballet.

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  • Apply For Kaplan Institute’s Startup Accelerator by November 25

    Apply For Kaplan Institute’s Startup Accelerator by November 25

    November 15, 2022
    Do you have an interesting startup idea that you'd like to take to market? The deadline is fast approaching to apply for Kaplan Institute's Startup Accelerator! The Startup Accelerator is an Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program course that supports students who are interested in launching a startup. This course aims to take startup ideas to market by connecting you with experts from inside and outside of Illinois Tech, including our staff, Illinois Tech professors, industry experts, and investors.

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  • NECA Chapter and IPRO Entering Electrical Contracting and Innovation Challenge

    NECA Chapter and IPRO Entering Electrical Contracting and Innovation Challenge

    April 4, 2022
    The ELECTRI 2022 Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge is taking place this year with students from IPRO-497-616 participating and students from Illinois Tech’s NECA student chapter. There are currently 22 students on the team working under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Tomal and Teacher Assistant Gladys Toledo-Rodriguez.

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  • Design, Build, Fly IPRO

    Design, Build, Fly IPRO

    December 21, 2021
    There is a new IPRO (IPRO 497-406) available for students to register for Spring. This course will cover interprofessional aspects of the aerospace industry, such as drone delivery systems, various legal concerns pertaining to Federal Aviation Regulation, and the future of urban air mobility.

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  • IPRO Student Survey: Food Safety at the Commons during COVID-19

    IPRO Student Survey: Food Safety at the Commons during COVID-19

    February 16, 2021
    IPRO students are gathering research regarding student experience with getting food on campus during COVID-19.

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  • I’m Sorry, I Didn’t Get That: How the Design of Speech Recognition Technologies Reinforces Accent Bias

    I’m Sorry, I Didn’t Get That: How the Design of Speech Recognition Technologies Reinforces Accent Bias

    February 11, 2020
    Join the Department of Humanities for its first annual Humanities Alumni Lecture featuring Dr. Halcyon Lawrence, Assistant Professor of English at Towson University. The event will take place starting at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 9 in Wishnick Hall Auditorium, with a reception to follow.

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