Search results

Title: High-latitude plasma drift structuring from a first principles ionospheric model
Creator: Kim, Heejin
Date: 2020
Description: In the high-latitude ionosphere dense plasma formations called polar cap patches are sometimes observed. These patches are often associated...
Show moreIn the high-latitude ionosphere dense plasma formations called polar cap patches are sometimes observed. These patches are often associated with ionospheric scintillation, a rapid fluctuation in the amplitude and phase of a radio signal that degrades communications and navigation systems. Predicting polar cap patch movement across the polar cap is an important subject for enabling forecasting of the scintillation.Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) are ridges indicating regions of maximum fluid separation in a time-varying flow. In previous studies, the Ionosphere-Thermosphere Algorithm for Lagrangian Coherent Structures (ITALCS) predicted the location of LCSs. These LCSs were shown to constrain polar cap patch source and transport regions for flow assumed to due to $\vec{E} \times \vec{B}$ plasma drift. The LCSs were predicted based on an empirical model of the high-latitude electric field for $\vec{E}$. In this thesis, the LCSs are generated using the first principles ionospheric model SAMI3 (SAMI3 is Another Model of the Ionosphere) as the model for electric field. The work relies on an understanding of various magnetic coordinate systems in space science, and includes three different approaches for attempting to generate the $\vec{E} \times \vec{B}$ drift as the flow fields that are to input to ITALCS. Finally, a representative LCS result is obtained with SAMI3 and shown to be at the high latitudes on the dayside, similar to prior work, but spanning a shorter longitudinal range.
Show less

Title: APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATED DESIGN METHODOLOGIES: HYBRID AUTOMATION OF DESIGN SEQUENCING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON COMPLEX DESIGN PROJECTS
Creator: Elshanshoury, Waleed Farouk Omar
Date: 2020
Description: After the early development of Sketchpad in 1963 by Ivan Sutherland at MIT, the first system permitted drawing geometries parametrically;...
Show moreAfter the early development of Sketchpad in 1963 by Ivan Sutherland at MIT, the first system permitted drawing geometries parametrically; computation and algorithm aided design have significantly influenced the design practice. Computation and AAD are design approaches in which the medium of expression is logic instead of geometry. These approaches raised the curtain to various utilities, including but not limited to form-finding, automation, optimization, and robotic fabrication. Computational design and algorithm aided design are becoming fundamental approaches in most design practices because of their capability to solve complex problems.This thesis begins with a timeline presenting the evolution in design derivers and manifests how designers considered ideal design throughout history. This timeline starts with architecture approaches in ancient times when beauty, durability, and functions were the first principles to identify good architecture. It ends with the creation of computational technologies, which affected the design process and its logic. It will also investigate relations between software engineering and building design, where both fields intertwine with each other in general methodologies.This research examines how computation can generate integrated design systems to approach city planning and architectural design. IDS employs data, forces, and algorithms to construct a design system instead of solid geometries. This system combines the different design processes and chronological phases in interconnected blocks. This approach manages big data and assists in decision-making using automation, optimization, and machine learning technologies.This paper examines existing precedents, applications, and design projects that utilize IDS, including form-finding, materials, and energy. It will establish how evaluation criteria, simulations, solution optimizations, and processes automation play a vital role in integrated design systems. IDS is a dynamic workflow centered on principles and consists of components and aiding tools. This research explores technological aiding tools for these systems that help increase design performance and efficiencies using voice commands and automated functions.
Show less

Title: Estimation of Platinum Oxide Degradation in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Creator: Ahmed, Niyaz Afnan
Date: 2024
Description: The performance and durability of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) can be significantly hampered due to the degradation of the...
Show moreThe performance and durability of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) can be significantly hampered due to the degradation of the platinum catalyst. The production of platinum oxide is a major cause of the degradation of the fuel cell system, negatively affecting its performance and durability. In order to predict and prevent this degradation, this research examines a novel method to estimate degradation due to platinum oxide formation and predict the level of platinum oxide coverage over time. Mechanisms of platinum oxide formation are outlined and two methods are compared for platinum oxide estimation. Linear regression and two Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models, including a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and Feed-forward Back Propagation Neural Network (FFBPNN), are compared for estimation. The estimation model takes into account the influence of cell temperature and relative humidity.Evaluation of relative errors (RE) and root mean square error (RMSE) illustrates the superior performance of RNN in contrast to GT-Suite and FFBPNN. However, both RNN and GT-Suite showcase an average error rate below 5% while the FFBPNN had a higher error rate of approximately 7%. The RMSE of RNN shows mostly less compared to FFBPNN and GT-Suite, however, at 50% training data, GT-Suite shows lowest RMSE. These findings indicate that GT-Suite can be a valuable tool for estimating platinum oxide in fuel cells with a relatively low RE, but the RNN model may be more suitable for real-time estimation of platinum oxide degradation in PEM fuel cells, due to its accurate predictions and shorter computational time. This comprehensive approach provides crucial insights for optimizing fuel cell efficiency and implementing effective maintenance strategies.
Show less

Title: The Voderettes: Gender, Labor, and Techno-Utopia at the 1939 New York World's Fair
Creator: Simon, Sara M. B.
Date: 2024
Description: This thesis explores the labor demands of the Voder, the electrical speech synthesis machine developed by Bell Labs to be a major component of...
Show moreThis thesis explores the labor demands of the Voder, the electrical speech synthesis machine developed by Bell Labs to be a major component of AT&T's 1939 New York World's Fair exhibit. With the United States emerging from the Great Depression, and with political tensions escalating across the globe, the paper situates the Voder's labor demands within the historical context of the fair. Specifically, I explore the decision to have young women operate the Voder, the intricacies of the machine cloaked by the warm presence of its highly-skilled female operator. Using archival records from Bell Labs engineers, the paper exposes the previously unacknowledged engineering contributions of Voder operators in the years before the fair. These young women not only influenced major decisions about the Voder's mechanics but also gave early credence to the notion that developing a performance with the machine could make for a thrilling fair exhibit. Moreover, the paper argues that at the fair itself, AT&T and Bell Labs executives used the Voder operators to normalize a new vision of a technological utopia that relied heavily and conspicuously on the infrastructural labor of women. Given the Voder's legacy, as a tool that laid critical groundwork for voice encryption technology, the paper adds important context to the historical record, highlighting the young women at the heart of the machine.
Show less

Title: Agency and Pathway Thinking as Mediators of The Relationship Between Caregiver Burden And Life Satisfaction Among Family Caregivers Of People With Parkinson’s Disease: An Application Of Snyder’s Hope Theory
Creator: Springer, Jessica Gabrielle
Date: 2024
Description: In the United States, there are 47.9 million caregivers providing care to family members with disabilities. Those providing care to someone...
Show moreIn the United States, there are 47.9 million caregivers providing care to family members with disabilities. Those providing care to someone who has Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a complex degenerative movement disorder, may have a unique caregiving experience, given that disease-related factors (e.g. motor and non-motor symptoms) can contribute to worsening caregiver burden and life satisfactions (LS). PD has an increasing incidence of 90,000 new cases per year, likely resulting in an increased need for caregivers. Caregiving research frequently focuses on the mediators between caregiver burden and LS including social support, coping skills, and appraisals. Research that has specifically focused on caregivers of people with PD (Pw/PD) is significantly limited. Hope is a “positive motivational characteristic comprised of agency and pathways thinking that can help facilitate drive towards one’s goal while also serving as a buffer against negative events” (Snyder et al.,1991). The goal of this study is to understand Snyder’s hope theory as it relates to caregiver burden and LS for caregivers of Pw/PD. Specifically, we hypothesized that (a) caregiver burden will be negatively correlated with agency thinking, pathways thinking, and LS among caregivers of Pw/PD. In addition, pathways thinking, and agency thinking will be positively associated with LS, and (b) agency thinking, and pathways thinking will mediate the relationship between caregiver burden and LS among caregivers of Pw/PD. The study sample consisted of 249 caregivers of Pw/PD who completed an online anonymous questionnaire. Correlations between agency and pathways thinking, LS, caregiver burden, and sociodemographic factors were evaluated. A parallel mediation analysis was run to evaluate the mediating roles of pathways and agency thinking in the relationship between caregiver burden and LS. Results indicated that LS was significantly and negatively correlated with caregiver burden. LS was significantly and positively correlated with both pathways and agency thinking. Pathways thinking had no indirect effect on the relationship of caregiver burden on LS. Agency thinking had a negative, indirect effect on the relationship suggesting that agency thinking partially mediated the relationship between caregiver burden and LS. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed.
Show less

Title: Three-Dimensional Co-Culture Systems for Vascularization of Cardiac Tissue
Creator: Rodriguez Arias, Jessica A.
Date: 2023
Description: Myocardial Infarction (MI) is the partial or complete blockage of blood flow to the myocardial tissue resulting in damage and therefore loss...
Show moreMyocardial Infarction (MI) is the partial or complete blockage of blood flow to the myocardial tissue resulting in damage and therefore loss of heart function. In the U.S. every 40 seconds, someone will suffer from MI and the only available treatment is medication to treat the symptoms of heart function loss, but do not treat the underlying cause. Some attempts to treat the underlying cause have arisen in the last decades including cell-based therapies or tissue engineering therapies such as spheroid-based cardiac patches that have shown to be promising. Improvement in the mechanical properties to create suturable engineered tissues remain to be improved for ease of implantation purposes. Cell-laden hydrogel scaffolds can provide improved mechanical properties compared to biomaterial free cell-based therapies but need to allow for vascularization of the engineered tissue. Thus, the goal of this thesis is to provide preliminary studies for the use of a cell adhesive, proteolytically degradable PEG hydrogel scaffold that eventually would be used as an invitro model to evaluate engineered tissue vascularization for cardiac tissue engineering. To construct this model, important cell spheroid parameters on vascular invasion in 3D culture were investigated including the total number of cells/spheroid, the supporting cell for endothelial cells. In order to scale-up scaffolds to size of clinically relevant dimensions, a multilayered hydrogel construct visible light free-radical polymerization approach encapsulating vascular spheroids in multiple layers was also investigated. Results indicate that a total cell number of 5000 cells/spheroid aggregate were feasible due to cell sourcing. In addition, co-cultures of endothelial and mesenchymal stem cells led to maximized vascular invasion of the spheroids compared to fibroblast/endothelial co-culture and endothelial monoculture of spheroids in the hydrogel. Finally, the extent of vascularization of spheroids in each layer of the multilayered hydrogel constructs varied due to the observed differences in mechanical properties and swelling ratio of each layer due to incomplete polymerization of layers. This study demonstrated the importance of support cells and hydrogel mechanical properties in promoting vascularization of spheroid which serves as basis for building cell-laden hydrogel scaffolds for vascularization for cardiac tissues.
Show less

Title: Pilgrim Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1964
Creator: Weil, F. Peter
Date: 1952-1964
Description: Pilgrim Baptist Church (3301 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL) photographed from the northwest by Institute of Design student F. Peter Weil. Date...
Show morePilgrim Baptist Church (3301 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL) photographed from the northwest by Institute of Design student F. Peter Weil. Date is estimated as 1964 from other evidence in the collection.
Show less
Collection: F. Peter Weil photographs, 1952-1964

Title: Military Science Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1953
Date: ca. 1953
Description: Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed (1950) is approximate date. Building was located at 3201 South Michigan Avenue. Construction date...
Show moreDate of photograph is unknown. Date listed (1950) is approximate date. Building was located at 3201 South Michigan Avenue. Construction date unknown (demolished ca. 1996-97). This building was initially leased by the Armour Research Foundation in 1951, and acquired by Illinois Tech in 1965. Formerly/Also Known As: Richard D. Irwin Inc. Building (unknown-1941), Sampson Electric Company (1930s-1950s?), Armour Research Foundation Electrical Engineering Research Building (1951-1965), Information Science Building (ca. 1965-ca. 1972), Michigan Building (1972).
Show less
Collection: Technology News slide collection, 1955-1960

Title: Illinois Institute of Technology gymnasium, Chicago, Ill., 1966
Date: 1966
Description: Photograph of the exterior and interior of the gymnasium, located at 32nd and Dearborn Streets. Fowler Hall is visible in the background. The...
Show morePhotograph of the exterior and interior of the gymnasium, located at 32nd and Dearborn Streets. Fowler Hall is visible in the background. The gymnasium was constructed in 1947 and demolished in 1966. It was built as part of a 1947 Federal Works Agency project to provide facilities for veterans of World War II. Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Technology News, January 10, 1944
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1944-01-10, 1944-01-10
Collection: Technology News Microfilm collection, 1928-1981

Title: Population Dynamics of Listeria monocytogenes in Nut, Seed and Legume Butters
Creator: Zhang, Xinyuan
Date: 2020
Description: Nut, seed, and legume butters are low water activity foods and do not support the growth of foodborne pathogens. Research has determined that...
Show moreNut, seed, and legume butters are low water activity foods and do not support the growth of foodborne pathogens. Research has determined that some pathogens, such as Listeria monocytogenes, can survive for long periods of time in butters, such as almond butter. However, information on the persistence of L. monocytogenes in butters is lacking. The purpose of this study was to determine the population dynamics of L. monocytogenes in butters stored at 5 and 25°C. Nut (almond, hazelnut, pecan), seed (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower), legume (peanut and soy) and butters containing chocolate (hazelnut and peanut) were inoculated with a 4-strain cocktail of rifampicin-resistant L. monocytogenes at 4 (high inoculation) or 1 log CFU/g (low inoculation). High inoculation butters were mixed by hand for 15 min and 100-g portions were weighed into deli-style containers with lids and stored at 5 or 25°C for 12 mo (370 d). Low inoculation butters were stored in 25- g portions in stomacher bags at 25°C for 6 mo (180 d). During storage, 25 g from the 100- g high inoculation portion or 25 g from the low inoculation samples, in triplicate, were homogenized with 225 mL BPB (or BLEB for FDA BAM enrichments when necessary) and serial dilutions of the homogenate were plated onto BHIA with rifampicin for enumeration of L. monocytogenes. Data were statistically analyzed using Student’s t-test (α=0.05). The average initial population of L. monocytogenes in the butters was 3.58±0.25 log CFU/g for the high inoculation butters; L. monocytogenes was detected through enrichments for all low inoculation butters. After 12 mo storage at 5°C, the population of L. monocytogenes decreased by 1.34, 1.27, 1.72, 2.04 and 0.93 log CFU/g in almond, hazelnut, peanut with chocolate, hazelnut with chocolate and pecan butter, respectively, when inoculated at the higher level. Significantly less population reduction was observed in pumpkin, sesame, soy, peanut and sunflower butters (1.08, 0.61, 0.84, 0.05 and 0.40 log CFU/g, respectively). After 12 mo storage at 25°C, the L. monocytogenes population in all butters, with the exception of sunflower butter, decreased to below the limit of enumeration (1.67 log CFU/g), but the pathogen was still present via enrichment. For low inoculation butters, L. monocytogenes was present as determined by enrichment in all butters in at least one of two trials after 6 mo. The results of this study provide information on the survival of L. monocytogenes in different butter types when stored at different temperatures.
Show less

Title: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries booth at the Modernism art fair, including Mary Henry's Quasar, New York, New York, 2006
Date: 2006
Description: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar....
Show morePhotograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar. Aaron Brothers, a Chicago gallery, included Mary Henry's work in two art shows at Park Place Armory in 2006, Modernism and Art20. Inscription on verso: "Modernism - Park Avenue Armory 2006 Mary Henry 'Quasar' in booth center Aaron Galleries, Exhibitor." Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries booth at the Modernism art fair, including Mary Henry's Quasar, New York, New York, 2006
Date: 2006
Description: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar....
Show morePhotograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar. Aaron Brothers, a Chicago gallery, included Mary Henry's work in two art shows at Park Place Armory in 2006, Modernism and Art20. Inscription on verso: "Modernism - Park Avenue Armory 2006 Mary Henry 'Quasar' in booth center Aaron Galleries, Exhibitor." Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries booth at the Modernism art fair, including Mary Henry's Quasar, New York, New York, 2006
Date: 2006
Description: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar....
Show morePhotograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar. Aaron Brothers, a Chicago gallery, included Mary Henry's work in two art shows at Park Place Armory in 2006, Modernism and Art20. Inscription on verso: "Modernism - Park Avenue Armory 2006 Mary Henry 'Quasar' in booth center Aaron Galleries, Exhibitor." Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries booth at the Modernism art fair, including Mary Henry's Quasar, New York, New York, 2006
Date: 2006
Description: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar....
Show morePhotograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar. Aaron Brothers, a Chicago gallery, included Mary Henry's work in two art shows at Park Place Armory in 2006, Modernism and Art20. Inscription on verso: "Modernism - Park Avenue Armory 2006 Mary Henry 'Quasar' in booth center Aaron Galleries, Exhibitor." Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries booth at the Modernism art fair, including Mary Henry's Quasar, New York, New York, 2006
Date: 2006
Description: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar....
Show morePhotograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar. Aaron Brothers, a Chicago gallery, included Mary Henry's work in two art shows at Park Place Armory in 2006, Modernism and Art20. Inscription on verso: "Modernism - Park Avenue Armory 2006 Mary Henry 'Quasar' in booth center Aaron Galleries, Exhibitor." Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries booth at the Modernism art fair, including Mary Henry's Quasar, New York, New York, 2006
Date: 2006
Description: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar....
Show morePhotograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar. Aaron Brothers, a Chicago gallery, included Mary Henry's work in two art shows at Park Place Armory in 2006, Modernism and Art20. Inscription on verso: "Modernism - Park Avenue Armory 2006 Mary Henry 'Quasar' in booth center Aaron Galleries, Exhibitor." Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries booth at the Modernism art fair, including Mary Henry's Quasar, New York, New York, 2006
Date: 2006
Description: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar....
Show morePhotograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar. Aaron Brothers, a Chicago gallery, included Mary Henry's work in two art shows at Park Place Armory in 2006, Modernism and Art20. Inscription on verso: "Modernism - Park Avenue Armory 2006 Mary Henry 'Quasar' in booth center Aaron Galleries, Exhibitor." Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries booth at the Modernism art fair, including Mary Henry's Quasar, New York, New York, 2006
Date: 2006
Description: Photograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar....
Show morePhotograph of the Aaron Galleries Booth at the Modernism exhibition, at Park Place Armory in 2006, including Mary Henry's painting Quasar. Aaron Brothers, a Chicago gallery, included Mary Henry's work in two art shows at Park Place Armory in 2006, Modernism and Art20. Inscription on verso: "Modernism - Park Avenue Armory 2006 Mary Henry 'Quasar' in booth center Aaron Galleries, Exhibitor." Photographer unknown.
Show less
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Keith School, Chicago, Illinois
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Photograph of the Keith School, which was constructed in 1883 and demolished in 1959. This elementary school, named after Chicago milliner...
Show morePhotograph of the Keith School, which was constructed in 1883 and demolished in 1959. This elementary school, named after Chicago milliner Elbridge G. Keith, opened its doors in 1883. The school, which became increasingly surrounded by the Institute's campus, closed in 1959, and was demolished that same year. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed (1950-1959) is approximate.
Show less
Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

repository.iit

Search the repository

Pages

Pages

Enabled Filters

Refine Results

Type

Date

Academic status of creator

Department

Subject

Creator

Part of

Rights