May 22 2013

News

TEC Alumni Series: Blaiszik Shares His Story

 

By: Hannah Miller

After receiving his Ph.D in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois, Ben Blaiszik became a Director’s Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory in suburban Chicago. 

His current research at the Lab has a broad focus, ranging from developing new non-particle therapies for cancer treatment to improving the durability and lifespan of lithium- and sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

TEC Alumni Series: The David Albrecht Adventure

By: Lyndsey Taylor

Since graduation, Illinois alumnus David Albrecht has dabbled in consulting, working for Microsoft, and several startups. Currently Albrecht is devoting his electrical and computer engineering skills  to Wishery.

Wishery “adds customer relationship tools to Gmail (Google Apps) to help your team become much more efficient and effective at delivering buzz-worthy sales, service and support via email,” according to its website. 

TEC Alumni Series: Checking in with Andy Phillip

By: Lyndsey Taylor

URBANA, Ill. (Mar. 13, 2012)--Illinois alumni Andy Phillip has been using his electrical engineering skills to create a startup that manufactures high-precision parts.

Microlution makes industrial cutting equipment, specializing in technology that requires small parts.

As co-founder and president, Phillip handles product, technology and market development, as well as sales.

TEC Alumni Series: Get to Know Andrew Honegger

URBANA, Ill.--(Mar. 5, 2012)-- It all started at a Champaign apartment with a make-shift desk, in a walk-in closet.

Now Microlution is based out of Chicago in an 11,000 square-foot office space.

Microlution is a “machine tool manufacturer specializing in building high performance CNC machine tools that have been optimized to fabricate small high precision parts,” created by University of Illinois alumni Andrew Honegger and Andy Phillip.

TEC Alumni Series: Keith Schacht's Status

By: Lyndsey Taylor

 Urbana, Ill.---Jan. 18, 2012---Keith Schacht, former University of Illinois student, has taken his passion for computer science and recently applied it to social networking in San Francisco, Calif.

Schacht is the current product manager for News Feed on Facebook.

TEC Alumni Series: The Zach Kaplan Special

Zach Kaplan

By: Lyndsey Taylor

Engineers looking for a central place for prototype materials may have a new muse.

Inventables, the “innovators hardware store,” has been University of Illinois alumnus Zach Kaplan’s business venture since 2002, and is meant to make the experience of prototype-material shopping much simpler. The site carries specific sizes of materials that innovators may need in small quantities.

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was awarded for the inaugural Illinois Innovation Prize this year
$110,000 +
awarded in funding and in-kind prizes at the 2013 Cozad Competition
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students participate in TEC's programs annually
800+
students enroll in TEC's courses annually
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