Both students and industry recognized the value of the Interprofessional project. Be part of the Invention Center Housed in the MMAE department, IIT's Invention Center is available to all undergraduate students. Supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the Center is a place where students can develop their inventions as they would in a small, corporate team. Each semester, students who participate in Professor Francisco Ruiz's Invention and Innovation Project Design build and market their inventions. Co-op students usually work in industry every other semester for a period of two years.
Internships are available to students in the summer.
CDC actively recruits companies for possible co-ops and internships, so many opportunities are available to gain real life engineering experience. CDC offers workshops throughout the school year that cover resume writing, interviewing and other job search topics. They are also available to review and critique student resumes and job search correspondence. All students are required to register with CDC in their first year. In ITP, students will create their resume.