Our Alumni

We asked our alumni:

“What do you love about your job?”

“I love playing a key role in the City of Vislia’s Storm Water Management Program, working with a close-knit team and learning from the experience of my colleagues”

— Katherine Woodhull-Fuget, Environmental Engineering ’19, Assistant Engineer in the Capital Improvement Projects Engineering Division at City of Visalia

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“I love working with clients daily to solve complex problems in the transmission and distribution industry, and creating business value by implementing new technologies.”

— Jacob Kueber, Computer Engineering '19, Technology Architecture Delivery Consultant, Accenture

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“I love being a part of a passionate team that truly puts our patients' health first in developing high quality 3D cardiac mapping systems.”

— Jarrell Gamilla, Biomedical Engineering '20, Software Quality Engineering, Abbott Laboratories

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“I love combining working to lower emissions, traveling and field work, and having a direct impact on the environment in the Midwest region”

— Brianna Fenzl, Environmental Engineering '20, Environmental Engineer, Air Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5

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“I love working with the young minds of our future and being able to teach math in a way that is accessible and exciting.”

— Priyana Kumar, Biomedical Engineering '21, Graduate Student getting a Masters in Secondary Math Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University

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“My position affords me the ability to juggle a lot of hats and allows me to directly make an impact on a prosthetics community I care about.”

— Xavier Oberhelman, Computer Engineering '21, Research and Development Engineer, Coapt, LLC

Our third class graduated on May 14, 2021.  During this COVID economy, within three months, 84% of our graduates had full-time offers or graduate school acceptance. Our graduates went to:

• Baxter International (2 graduates)
• Boston Scientific Corporation
• Coapt Engineering
• Credo Semiconductor, Inc.
• Fox River Water Reclamation District
• Goodbee & Associates
• Hollister Incorporated
• Lockheed Martin
• Northwestern University
• Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.
• Peace Corps
• RJN Group, Inc. (2 graduates)
• Stantec, Inc.
• System Strategy, Inc

Our students receive an active learning-based education, steeped in industry topics. This enables them to become capable, competitive, and successful engineers upon graduation. According to ZipRecruiter, as of December 6, 2024, entry-level engineers can earn an average of $93,556 per year in the Chicagoland area.