The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has given the world many major breakthroughs in engineering, science, agriculture, and biology since its founding in 1867. Use this guide to explore the innovations in engineering and technology that have occurred at the Illinois campus. This will also present you a guide to permanent historical artifacts and displays that are located on the Engineering Campus and in Illinois museums.
How to use this site:
Explore this section to find information about the inventions and concepts born at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including a multimedia approach to the history and significance of each innovation.
Here you will find links to individual biographies of key people as well as pages that illustrate the collaboration networks between people involved in a single project.
Learn how particular Illinois innovations impacted subsequent technologies and developments. This section also includes side-by-side comparisons of early and recent technologies.
What principles of science do these engineering and technology innovations illustrate? What problems did the innovators hope to solve? Explore the process of how the technologies and innovations came to be, as well as some of the hurdles encountered the scientists along the way. In this section you will also find current research and predictions for future innovations.
Use this section of the site to plan a visit to the historical sites, artifacts, and displays located throughout the Engineering Campus and Illinois museums.
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