A successful engineer needs more than an expert understanding of scientific and mathematical principles — one has to have the ability to apply knowledge creatively to innovate and solve problems.

Over the past several years, students at Illinois College have increasingly had opportunities to be involved in innovative student-faculty research projects.

Starting in her first year at Illinois College, Eve Bahler ’19 has found many opportunities to apply what she’s learning in the classroom to the real world.

Harra Banu ’17 has some advice for Illinois College students hoping to succeed in competitive STEM fields: “Know your why.”

When Luiz Guimaraes ’91 was a student at Illinois College, he never imagined that his education and experiences on the small campus in central Illinois would ignite an engineering career that would take him around the world.