https://apnews.com/fafd2547d32a46389e10543e435fd3a7 > URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois' engineering college and a company led by a graduate of the school are partnering on a technology center. > The $100 million Center for Networked Intelligent Components and Environments will develop technology for use in transportation, manufacturing, medicine and homes. The center will be housed in the Grainger College of Engineering on the university's campus in Urbana-Champaign.