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RESEARCH INITIATIVES
Cutting-Edge Research Priorities Target Global Challenges
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s part of Illinois Institute of Technology’s “Our Students and Their Success Comes First: A Strategic Plan for Illinois Tech 2020–2025,” are three innovation-driven University Research Initiatives that represent multidisciplinary faculty and student work across campus. Together, they showcase faculty research, how Illinois Tech is working on future national and global needs, and the role of Illinois Tech as Chicago’s only tech-focused university. “The priorities outlined in the strategic plan signify Illinois Tech’s continued commitment to providing all students with the opportunity to excel in tomorrow’s leading-edge professions,” says Peter Kilpatrick, Illinois Tech provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, who worked with trustees, alumni, faculty, staff, and students to craft the new plan. “With cross-disciplinary endeavors such as our University Research Initiatives, we will continue to develop creative ways to renew, reinvest in, and reimagine our university’s strategic direction so that we can stay on the leading-edge of twenty-first-century education.” Computation and Data This initiative includes computational research from quantum scale to commercial manufacturing scale, and permeates all disciplines. The power of high-performance computing combined with the enormous value of available data provides both an opportunity and challenge to produce new and trustworthy insight. Multiple disciplines must come together to assure that both questions and answers are correct. Health and Wellness Across campus, Illinois Tech faculty and students are exploring how we can be healthier as individuals and as a society. This initia2
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tive encompasses chronic conditions, disease, the environment, food safety, medical devices, medical imaging, mental health, nutrition, and sports. Urban Futures This initiative investigates advances in the sciences, engineering, business, architecture, design, and law to ensure smart, equitable, sustainable, and healthy cities. Topics under exploration include hard and soft infrastructure, climate change resilience, landscapes and ecology, and urban agriculture. The complexity of these issues requires multidisciplinary efforts that address the human factors, social issues, and public policy and management, with the goal of achieving positive social impacts.
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Building Software for Tomorrow’s Big Data Challenges
