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First year architecture students build pavilions for campus use

Ahhinaya Iyer
TECH N EWS WRITER

Each structure, no matter the size,
must explain its purpose and use and must
be visually pleasing This is the goal of every
architect, especially the firsteyear students of
the College of Architecture who have been
putting all their knowledge into designing a
small functional pavilion with different uses

All of the students have been divided
into groups consisting of four members where
each member is bringing different assets and
skills The goal is to design, construct, and

 

build a pavilion on a 40 inch by 48 inch square
area on multiple locations on campus Each
group has different requirements depending
on the client and their needs The clients are
different faculty members on campus including
the Provost, Vice Provost, and different heads
of departments In addition, two groups have
offcampus clients from Bronzevillei Clients
met with each of their groups explaining their
requirements for the pavilion in terms of
seating, location and uses

Students, based on their clients’
requirements, designed multiple structures
and presented it to their group members, after

which the structures were consolidated into
one, incorporating all the good features of the
individual structuresi These consolidated ideas
were presented to the client, from which one
was selected to design and build The approved
models were then checked for structural
anomalies and were remodeled to go with the
given materials with the professor’s help

The second stage of the project
was to construct and build the structure with
the given materialsi Each group was given a
fixed amount of cedar wood and mechanical
fasteners with which the structure had to
be built Using the given materials, students

made diagrams to ensure maximum efficiency
and minimum wasting of material After
this, students started cutting the material
into respective sizes and assembling the cut
material with mechanical fastenersi

The structures are currently being
built at the Minerals and Mezzanine building
by the students They are working around
the clock to finish constructing the pavilions,
which will be displayed at their respective
locations on campus on Friday, April 29‘

If you find a wooden structure
anywhere on campus, take the time to look and
spend time in it!

Phntns 17y Abhinaya Iyer

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers holds last meeting for Spring 2016

Genevieve Hummel
TECHNEWS WRITER

The Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student branch
at Illinois Tech recently held its final general
body meeting for the spring 2016 semester
This was an important meeting for the
current executive board of IEEE@IIT because,
during this meeting, elections for the new
executive board were closed and the results
were announced The current executive board
consisted of Mete Morris as President,Nicholas
Ma as Treasurer, Brandon Dotson as External
Secretary, Burhan Ali as Internal Secretary,
Viral Mehta as Program Chair, Nikita

Chandapur as Projects Chair, Aditya Parakh as
Publicity Chair, Javier Sorribes as Webmaster,
and Genevieve Hummel as Newsletter Editor
After elections were closed the results were
announced and discussed at the meeting, the
new executive board was decided The new
President is Brandon Dotson, Vice President
Burhan Ali, Treasurer Nicholas Ma, External
Secretary Harish Kumaran, Internal Secretary
Aqueel Miqdad, Publicity Chair Aditya
Parakh, Webmaster Javier Sorribes, and Public
Relations Chair Genevieve Hummel The
new executive board will be sworn in at the
following executive board meeting

Other topics of interest discussed at
the meeting included the Argonne Laboratory

tour that IEEE hosted recently The tour was
opened to all members of IEEE as well as any
other interested studentsi Approximately 30
students ended up attending the tour, where
they were taken to see the supercomputer
MIRAI After seeing the supercomputer, the
students were taken around the campus to see
the other buildings and some of the projects
being conducted therei Although there was
not enough time for a more detailed tour,
the students present thoroughly enjoyed the
tour and learned much about the projects and
opportunities available at Argonnei

Also of interest at the meeting was a
small presentation by Eta Kappa Nu, the honor
society associated with IEEE Students with

higher grade point averages are encouraged
to become a part of IEEE and, if they meet
the requirements for Eta Kappa Nu, they will
be invited to apply Eta Kappa Nu provides
numerous opportunities for members to travel
to conferences and interact with other high,
achieving students in engineering, computer
science, or related disciplines Anyone
interested in learning more about IEEE or Eta
Kappa Nu should consider attending the IEEE
barbeque on April 29 outside Siegel Hall This
will also be a great networking opportunity as
electrical and computer engineering professors
will be attending Keep an eye out for more
information located in emails and posters
around campus this week!

 

Phntn 17y Genevieve Hummel