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Shaping a Community鈥檚 Quality of Life

(Architecture 5th Year)

Involved with music and the arts from an early age, Andrew Jiang considered pursuing a degree in musical performance. Along the way he discovered the field of architecture and felt it was the 鈥減erfect...

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Empowering Young Women in India

(PS, PSYC 鈥06)

The Mumbai, India, charity that Robin Chaurasiya founded, Kranti, empowers young women to become agents of social change. Ranging in age from 12鈥22, the women at Kranti are survivors of human...

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Move Over, Einstein

(COMPUTER SCIENCE 鈥06)

Cleversafe founder Chris Gladwin tapped Jason Resch as a lead software architect when Gladwin鈥檚 then-startup incubated on 91制片厂 Tech鈥檚 campus from 2005鈥07. Cleversafe鈥檚 cutting-edge technology...

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Liftoff!

(AE 鈥07)

The summer after graduating from 91制片厂 Tech, Jason Tenenbaum joined Lockheed Martin Mission Services as a systems engineer. He worked there for three years before joining SpaceX, where he gained...

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Exploring a Future in IT

(Information Technology and Management/M.A.S. Cyber Forensics and Security 鈥19)

At seemingly every turn the summer before her final year at 91制片厂 Tech and the summer after, Akvile Kiskis seized upon the opportunities afforded her during the Foreign Affairs Information...

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An Ideal Career Path

(Information Technology and Management/Cyber Forensics and Security 5th Year)

If Andreas Vassilakos had to describe his ideal career path, it would likely feature two components: computer technology and the opportunity to help others. 鈥淚 was always into computers. I have been...

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The Right Place at the Right Time

(Information Technology and Management/M.A.S. Cyber Forensics and Security 鈥19)

As Isabel Jaramillo began to think about her future, she started to take stock of what would be most important to her. A business student at College of DuPage at that point, Jaramillo realized she...

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A Life-Changing Decision

(Manufacturing Technology 鈥01/M.A.S. Manufacturing Technology and Operations 鈥03/CERT FST)

Dan Kazmierczak knew he鈥檇 found exactly what he had been looking for after having a conversation with Keith McKee, who started the manufacturing technology program (now known as the industrial...

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