Illinois Innovators
Illinois Innovators spotlights research, technological advances, and entrepreneurial efforts of students, faculty, and alumni of the University of Illinois College of Engineering.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 61
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The Rise of Data Science Discovery at Illinois
Co-taught by Prof. Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider (Grainger Engineering) and Prof. Karle Flanagan (Statistics), their CS/STAT 107 Data Science Discovery class is transforming the way students from 90+ major…
00:19:58 |
Sat 23 Aug 2025
Can we create food from air, water and electricity?
Illinois researchers believe they are getting close to producing food anywhere on the planet — using only air, water and electricity. Join Lauren Laws as she sits down with principal investigator Tin…
00:24:39 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
Physics for the masses, one song at a time
A shared love of physics, music and education outreach has been sparking a creative partnership between Maggie and Fahad Mahmood for the last 14 years. The couple is continuing their musical journey …
01:00:12 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Cancer and Engineering with Rohit Bhargava
On this episode of Illinois Innovators we're joined by Founder Professor of Bioengineering Rohit Bhargava.
In March 2005, Professor Rohit Bhargava was the first external hire to join the Department …
00:40:29 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Tackling Hypersonics with Marco Panesi
On this episode of the Illinois Innovators Podcast, we explore hypersonics.
When a vehicle travels faster than the speed of sound, its exterior surface becomes extremely hot — risking the safety of …
00:16:25 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Engineering for Good with Vilas Dhar
Vilas Dhar is President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a $1.5 billion global philanthropy advancing artificial intelligence and data solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable…
00:35:46 |
Tue 10 Aug 2021
AI Agricultural Robotics with Girish Chowdhary & EarthSense
Conversation with Prof. Girish Chowdhary from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his team at EarthSense. They share about their work in AI robotics, sustainable agriculture, and how to a…
00:38:38 |
Wed 09 Dec 2020
Mapping the Nation's Food Supply Chain with Megan Konar
Ever wondered where the food on your plate came from? While it is much easier at Farmer’s Markets or Farm-to-table restaurants for the consumer to know its origination, supermarkets and restaurants a…
00:29:38 |
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Ann-Perry Witmer on the importance of environmental and cultural factors in humanitarian engineering
As the world assesses how they can support projects in non-industrialized countries, a new study brought to light just how important cultural and environmental factors are when providing humanitarian…
00:35:11 |
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Nenad Miljkovic on discovery, which can de-ice surfaces in seconds
Nenad Miljkovic's research group, collaborating with colleagues at Kyushu University of in Japan, discovered a method to de-ice surfaces in a matter of seconds. The method does so by using 1% of the …
00:32:11 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Hector Silva discusses relativistic theories of gravity in black holes and neutron stars
If modifications of Einstein’s general relativity do exist in nature, could they leave observable imprints in astrophysical systems and in gravitational wave observations? Hector Silva, a postdoctora…
00:30:30 |
Thu 03 Oct 2019
How Internet of Battlefield Things will change future of warfare with Tarek Abdelzaher
In 2017, the U.S. Army began outlining plans for the Internet of Battlefield Things, allowing military to be connected on the battlefield the same we are connected in our homes. It includes not only …
00:28:38 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
Spectroscopic imaging, 3D printing and cancer research with Rohit Bhargava
The is world’s leading expert in spectroscopic imaging and the Director of the Cancer Center at Illinois, Rohit Bhargava joins the show to talk about several ways engineering is playing a role in sol…
00:32:52 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan on how his company is using 3D carving to help build small businesses
Inventables is a 3D carving company that is helping ignite a revolution in digital fabrication. They are helping others start companies using their products, which include powerful machines, software…
00:30:47 |
Wed 31 Jul 2019
Power electronics expert Philip Krein talks electric vehicles and solar power
Professor Krein talks about how he is helping shape the future of advanced energy applications, specifically in electric vehicles and solar power. A recent article in the IEEE Spectrum Krein, a resea…
00:38:31 |
Mon 29 Jul 2019
Illinois Computer Science Department Head Nancy Amato
Get to know Nancy Amato, the first woman to lead the Department of Computer Science at Illinois. In addition to some interesting personal background, she discusses her research in robotics, how the c…
00:28:26 |
Tue 25 Jun 2019
EHT Science Council member Charles Gammie on the first photos of a black hole
On April 10, astronomers announced that they had captured the first images of a black hole through the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) – a planet scale array of eight ground based radio telescopes forg…
00:34:14 |
Mon 20 May 2019
Retired Navy ROTC Commander on the historic ties between Illinois Engineering at the U.S. military
The Illinois College of Engineering and what was then the Department of Military Science have similar beginnings, dating back to the 1870s. Those ties strengthened following the world wars. Today sci…
00:32:22 |
Mon 13 May 2019
Kimani Touissant on advances and the future in nanomanufacturing
Continued advances in various fabrication processes and technologies have led to rapid developments in both top-down and bottom-up approaches to nanomanufacturing (nanoMFG). The nanomanufacturing (na…
00:46:15 |
Thu 25 Apr 2019
Gul Agha shares research on wireless sensors used to monitor bridges and civil infrastructure
Gul Agha, professor of computer science and Director of the Open Systems Laboratory at the University of Illinois, joins the program.
His widely cited work, "Actors: A Model of Concurrent Computing…
00:31:51 |
Tue 26 Mar 2019
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