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Connections to Chicago Industries and Organizations

Our department has deep connections to many Chicago institutions, including some of the best engineering firms in the world. These connections afford our faculty and students greater research and career opportunities.

Architecture Firms

• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
• Thornton Thomasetti
• Perkins and Will
• Krueck + Sexton Architects
• Booth Hansen
• STL Architects
• CTLGroup (Construction Technologies Laboratories, Inc.)

NGOs

• Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Delta Institute
• Environmental Law & Policy Center
• Chicago Legal Clinic
• Wetlands Research, Inc.

Agencies

• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
• Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
• State Department Bureau of Overseas Buildings

Transportation

• Pace

Companies

• Portland Cement Association
• LafargeHolcim North America
• Caterpillar, Inc.

Laboratories

• Argonne National Labs

Museums

• Chicago Botanic Garden
• Shedd Aquarium
• Field Museum
• Chicago Children’s Museum