UIC College of Engineering

For the first time, researchers have successfully printed a complete, albeit experimental, lithium-ion battery including a solid-state electrolyte. While electrodes have been produced using 3D-printing technology before, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering have printed a stable, yet flexible, solid-state electrolyte using an elevated-temperature extrusion printing technique.

The UIC chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recently won first place in the “30K Solid Rocket-Student Research and Developed Components” category during the second annual Spaceport America CUP at the Las Cruces Convention Center in New Mexico.

Located in the heart of Chicago, UIC offers students a unique educational experience and work opportunities in a world-class city. 

Avitia is transferring to the University of Illinois at Chicago this fall to pursue a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, a choice he said will provide him the best of his lifelong interest in architecture and engineering. 

UIC bioengineering professor Ian Papautsky is spearheading an effort to develop a portable, smartphone-sized sensor that measures human exposure to lead, manganese and possibly other toxic metals using a single finger prick of blood – and that delivers results in minutes.

With another record incoming class this year and intense demand from students for computer science as well as health care studies, officials say the two new buildings—one for drug research, one for computer science—are needed.

Birhanu Eshete’s connection to computers began in the most analog of ways: seeing a picture and a description of one in a senior-year high school textbook in Ethiopia, where he grew up. 

Earning a master’s degree is not an option for everyone. To provide a choice for busy engineers who want to advance their careers, UIC is offering two new opportunities.