Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education

12/14/2023

“These recent hires are an investment, reflecting our commitment to advancing engineering and computer science education, building cross-disciplinary collaborations and delivering advanced innovation.” Dean Bashir

Record number of nearly 60 faculty join Grainger Engineering

09/06/2023

🎉SAVE THE DATE! 🎉

Join us on Friday, April 12th 2024, for our annual Celebration of Teaching!

Let's come together to honor all of our incredible educators.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned for future updates!

09/06/2023

https://aces.illinois.edu/news/professor-emeritus-and-former-associate-dean-howard-wakeland-has-died

Former associate dean of engineering and faculty in agricultural and biological engineering Howard L. Wakeland has died at the age of 96.

Former associate dean of engineering and faculty in agricultural and biological engineering Howard L. Wakeland died Aug.

05/31/2023

04/28/2023

Congratulations to Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Tamer Başar, Materials Science and Engineering professor David Cahill and Physics professor Vidya Madhavan who have all been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They will be inducted at a ceremony in Cambridge on Sept. 30.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scientists Tamer Başar, David Cahill and Vidya Madhavan have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

04/19/2023

AE3's Spring 2023 Distinguished Lecture features Joe LeDoux, Ph.D.

Topic: The Anatomy of an Educational Innovation: Using Left Stories to Promote Learning in Engineering Education.

To learn more about Joe and this semester's lecture topic click here: https://ae3.engineering.illinois.edu/2023/03/15/ae3-spring-2023-distinguished-lecture/

04/19/2023

🔸🔹 A word from Dean Bashir featuring AE3. 🔸🔹

Our students are next-generation visionaries, disruptors and entrepreneurs. While they're here, it's our responsibility to create solutions to the problems they identify today and long after their time at Illinois. The high quality Grainger Engineering education you teach in your classrooms and...

04/19/2023

Did you miss our Celebration of Teaching Event?
You can check out the program here:https://ae3.engineering.illinois.edu/files/2023/04/Celebration-of-Teaching-FINAL-FV.pdf

04/17/2023

03/27/2023

Congratulations to Professor Shannon Sirk who received the NIH NIBIB R21 Trailblazer Award for her ongoing work in engineering both microbes and antibodies for human therapies. This three-year, $400,000 award is designed to help engineers pursue research programs at the interface of the life sciences, engineering, and physical sciences.
https://bioengineering.illinois.edu/news/Sirk-Trailblazer?fbclid=IwAR2vqriLIGsk3YuH1jx4JeCbKnza1KeEB4Q8IyqzocdfD-KptaVsnnz7VJE

Professor Shannon Sirk received the NIH NIBIB R21 Trailblazer Award for her ongoing work in engineering both microbes and antibodies for human therapies, including antibodies that can target the C diff toxin.

03/14/2023

🔸🔹 Have a fun and relaxing Spring Break! 🔸🔹

02/24/2023

Congratulations to our Grainger Engineering alums for their induction into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)!

🔹 John W. Sutherland (Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at Illinois and Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois)
🔸 Hakki Polat Gülkan (Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Illinois)
🔹 Leo H. Chiang (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Illinois)