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Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF WILD BLUEBERRY POLYPHENOLS BIOAVAILABILITY AND KINETIC PROFILE OVER 24-HOUR PERIOD IN HUMAN SUBJECTS
Creator: Zhong, Siqiong
Date: 2016, 2016-12
Description: Diets abundant in phenolic compounds have been linked to decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Wild blueberries (WBB...
Show moreDiets abundant in phenolic compounds have been linked to decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Wild blueberries (WBB) are one of the richest sources of dietary phenolic compounds, particularly anthocyanin compounds. They also contain hydroxycinnamic acids, namely chlorogenic acids (CGA). Understanding their metabolic fate may provide insight to their health benefits and protection against chronic disease development. The purpose of this study was to (1) identify WBB anthocyanin and CGA metabolites in human plasma (2) assess bioavailability and biotransformation of WBB anthocyanin and CGA in human (3) measure the acute e↵ects of WBB consumption on glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism. This was a pilot study with healthy male and female volunteers (n=12). Plasma samples were collected at baseline (t=0h), 0.25h, 0.5h, 1h, 2h, 4h, 6h, 8h, 10h and 24h after consuming a WBB drink (25 g freeze dried WBB powder) with a standard polyphenol free breakfast. The anthocyanins in the WBB drink and their metabolites in human plasma were identified using HPLC-ESI-Q-TOF and quantified by dynamic MRM transitions on HPLC-ESI-QQQ. A total of 30 anthocyanins were identified in the WBB drink. These included glycosides of cyanidin, delphinidin, malvidin, petunidin and peonidin, which were detected in positive mode. Glucose was the most abundant glycoside attachment followed by galactose, arabinose, acetylated glucose, acetylated galactose and xylose. CGAs were also found in the WBB drink in negative mode and confirmed with standards. All the anthocyanins in the WBB drink were found in plasma as well as 3-CGA. The bioavailability for delphinidin, cyandin, malvidin, peonidin, and petunidin were each less than 1% and total bioavailability of WBB anthocyanins was 1.09%. The bioavailability for 3-CGA was 0.22% after consuming 25g WBB powder. The Tmax (time of maximum concentration was achieved) of anthocyanins and 3-CGA was ⇠2h post ingestion. Tmax of phase II metabolites, including petunidin- glucuronide, peonidin-glucuronide, delphinidin-glucuronide and cyanidin-glucuronide was 8.8, 2.6, 6.3 and 7h, respectively. Phenolic acids metabolites, including vanillic acids, ferulic acids, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, phloroglucinaldehyde, syringic acid were also detected in human plasma during the 24 h period. These results suggest that anthocyanins and CGAs from a WBB drink can be partly absorbed in their intact form in humans and partly transformed to conjugated and degraded metabolites. The data also indicate that there are early phase and late phase appearing metabolites in the blood of humans, which could have important health promoting implications. Future studies will need to be conducted to determine how these pools of metabolites impact physiology and the most sensitive systems to their e↵ect. In the present study, no significant di↵erences on glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism were apparent. This study provides a foundation for further understanding on health benefits of dietary anthocyanins and their metabolites.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, December 2016
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Title: REPRODUCIBLE NETWORK RESEARCH WITH A HIGH-FIDELITY SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK TESTBED
Creator: Wu, Xiaoliang
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: Network research, as an experimental science, ought to be reproducible. However, it is not a standard practice to share models, methods or...
Show moreNetwork research, as an experimental science, ought to be reproducible. However, it is not a standard practice to share models, methods or software code to support experimental evaluation and reproducibility when publishing a network research paper. In this work, we advocate reproducible networking experiments by building a unique testbed consisting of container-based network emulation and physical devices. The testbed provides a realistic and scalable platform for reproducing network research. The testbed supports large-scale network experiments using lightweight virtualization techniques and capable of running across distributed physical machines. We utilize the testbed to reproduce network experiments, and demonstrate the e↵ectiveness by comparing the results with the original published network experiments, such as Hedera, a scalable and adaptive traffic flow scheduling system in data center networks.
M.S. in Computer Science, May 2017
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Title: Digital Urban Park: Apr 27 Board V2
Creator: Thornton, Alastair
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: This project is a park that utilizes social networks and interactivity to convey and make physical the internet. This is explored through...
Show moreThis project is a park that utilizes social networks and interactivity to convey and make physical the internet. This is explored through three parts and varying levels of group interaction between both the users of the space and by the spaces direct influence from the internet.
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Title: Fab Lab: Creating Design-to-Prototype Learning Modules at the Museum of Science and Industry (sequence unknown), IPRO 333 - Deliverables: IPRO 333 Poster F09
Creator: Bonesz, Andrew, Clark, Howard, Douglas, Carlie, Gajdorus, Michael, Gottschall, Keenan, Hendricks, Rachel, Kimball, Clayton, Linares, Jared, Marks, Paul, Mellom, James, Oblenida, Cindy, Pop, Sabina, Stelcel, Carl, Young, Jeremy, Zhou, Raymond
Date: 2009-12
Description: The primary objective of IPRO 333 is to partner the knowledge and ideas of young engineers, architects, and scientists at IIT with the...
Show moreThe primary objective of IPRO 333 is to partner the knowledge and ideas of young engineers, architects, and scientists at IIT with the resources of the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) in Chicago. This partnership endeavors to help the museum's Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) maximize its potential as a resource for museum guests, young and old, as well as for IIT students, staff, and faculty.
Sponsorship: Museum of Science and Industry. Steven Willis- Director, Fabrication Lab
Deliverables for IPRO 333: Fab Lab: Creating Design-to-Prototype Learning Modules at the Museum of Science and Industry for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: Magnetic Transducer Head
Creator: Anderson, Marvin E.
Date: 1962-01-02
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: The Brownfield Renewal Recreation Center
Creator: Babakhanian, Rosika
Date: 5/10/2011, 2011-05
Description: This Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet...
Show moreThis Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet region was once the largest and richest wetland in lower north America, but 120 years of intensive industrialization, pollution and waste disposal tailored the ecosystem of this region and resulted in thousands of acres of brownfields.
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Title: Apparatus and Method for Conditioning Magnetic Transducer System with Both Head Cleaner and Bulk Demagnetizer
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 2009-04-29, 1972-11-14
Description: A magnetic tape transducing machine with integral head cleaning brush, head demagnetizer and bulk tape demagnetizer, for selective...
Show moreA magnetic tape transducing machine with integral head cleaning brush, head demagnetizer and bulk tape demagnetizer, for selective conditioning of the head and tape alternately with actual transducing operations. The brush preferably rotates on an axis oblique to the direction of tape travel across the head while being relatively translated in said direction during contact with the head.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Highrise with windturbine: 0509_2012_board
Creator: Kang, Hyung Ju
Date: 2012-05, 2012-05
Description: This project is high-rise building with wind turbine. Entire mass is applied optimal design through the CFD simulation.High level community...
Show moreThis project is high-rise building with wind turbine. Entire mass is applied optimal design through the CFD simulation.High level community floors have a variety of space and ventilation to feel as base ground's activity.
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Title: ELECTROSPUN COLLAGEN/SILK TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLDS: FIBER FABRICATION, POST-TREATMENT OPTIMIZATION, AND APPLICATION IN NEURAL DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELLS
Creator: Zhu, Bofan
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: Biocompatible scaffolds mimicking the locally aligned fibrous structure of native extracellular matrix (ECM) are in high demand in tissue...
Show moreBiocompatible scaffolds mimicking the locally aligned fibrous structure of native extracellular matrix (ECM) are in high demand in tissue engineering. In this thesis research, unidirectionally aligned fibers were generated via a home-built electrospinning system. Collagen type I, as a major ECM component, was chosen in this study due to its support of cell proliferation and promotion of neuroectodermal commitment in stem cell differentiation. Synthetic dragline silk proteins, as biopolymers with remarkable tensile strength and superior elasticity, were also used as a model material. Good alignment, controllable fiber size and morphology, as well as a desirable deposition density of fibers were achieved via the optimization of solution and electrospinning parameters. The incorporation of silk proteins into collagen was found to significantly enhance mechanical properties and stability of electrospun fibers. Glutaraldehyde (GA) vapor post-treatment was demonstrated as a simple and effective way to tune the properties of collagen/silk fibers without changing their chemical composition. With 6-12 hours GA treatment, electrospun collagen/silk fibers were not only biocompatible, but could also effectively induce the polarization and neural commitment of stem cells, which were optimized on collagen rich fibers due to the unique combination of biochemical and biophysical cues imposed to cells. Taken together, electrospun collagen rich composite fibers are mechanically strong, stable and provide excellent cell adhesion. The unidirectionally aligned fibers can accelerate neural differentiation of stem cells, representing a promising therapy for neural tissue degenerative diseases and nerve injuries.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, May 2017
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Title: FoodLab - A revitalization strategy for the Pari yard, Sao Paulo - Brazil: MariaGarese_MastersProjectBook_FoodLab
Creator: Lussich Garese, Maria Fernanda
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: This project aims to develop a new design strategy to redevelop the Pari yard and reclaim the adjacent Tamanduatei river by turning it into an...
Show moreThis project aims to develop a new design strategy to redevelop the Pari yard and reclaim the adjacent Tamanduatei river by turning it into an operative landscape. A holistic system to harverst, clean and reuse the abundant summer rainfall was created in order to enable a highly sustainable urban redevelopment.
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Title: Integrated Bi-directional Converter for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Creator: Lee, Young Joo, Emadi, Ali
Date: 2012-03-20, 2011-02-15
Description: This invention relates to a power module for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle including an integrated converter having a rectifier changing...
Show moreThis invention relates to a power module for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle including an integrated converter having a rectifier changing AC to DC, a DC/DC converter changing from a first voltage to a second voltage, and a battery storing electrical energy. The integrated converter operates in three modes 1) AC plug-in charging mode, 2) boost mode supplying power from the battery to the electrical bus and 3) buck mode supplying power from the electrical bus to the battery. The integrated converter utilizes the same single inductor during each of the three operating modes to reduce cost and weight of the system.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: RE-IMAGING ANTIQUITIES IN LINCOLN PARK: DIGITIZED PUBLIC MUSEOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS IN A POST-COLONIAL WORLD
Creator: Whittaker, Daniel Joseph
Date: 2015, 2015-12
Description: The study of an architecture of autonomy consists of theoretical investigations into the realm of building types where a sole use or purpose...
Show moreThe study of an architecture of autonomy consists of theoretical investigations into the realm of building types where a sole use or purpose is manifest in a structure that could, site provided, be constructed. However, provisions that conventional architecture traditionally provide are not present in these explorations. Technological advancements such as indoor plumbing, electric lights, and vertical conveyance systems in the form of elevators and escalators are excluded. Platonic geometric form-making are instead thoroughly investigated, imagined, and manipulated for the purposes of creating new spatial experiences. The desired resultant is an architecture of singularity, an architecture of fantastical projection. Through a series of two theoretical ritual-based investigations, three-dimensional form manipulation and construction of proportioned scale models, the essence of elements that compose a spatial experience contributed to a collection of metaphorical tools by which the designer may use to build a third imagined reality: the re-imagination of the archetypal museum. A building whose purpose is not solely to house ancient objects in a near hermetically-sealed environment, free of temperature, humidity and ultra-violet light aberrations, but is a re-imagined. A structure meant to engage the presence of two seemingly divergent communities: the local patron/visitor and the extreme distant denizen. This paper also examines key contemporary global artists’ work and their contributions to the fragmentation / demolition of architectural assemblages for thepurposes of re-evaluating the familiar vernacular urban landscape while criticallypositioning the rôle of both the artifact and gallery in shaping contemporary audience’s museum experiences. The power of the internet and live-camera broadcasting of images utilizing both digital image recording and full-scale screen-projections enable the exploration of “transporter-type” virtual-reality experiences: the ability to inhabit an art work’s presumed original in situ location, while remaining in Chicago as a visitor within a vernacular multi-tenant masonry structure: vacated, evicted, and deconstructed for the purposes of displaying art amidst a new urbane ruin. The complexities of this layered experience is meant to simultaneously displace and interrupt a typical set of so-called a priori gallery expectations while providing the expectant simulacrum that video cameras and screens provide, whetting a contemporary patron’s appetite.positioning the rôle of both the artifact and gallery in shaping contemporary audience’s museum experiences. The power of the internet and live-camera broadcasting of images utilizing both digital image recording and full-scale screen-projections enable the exploration of “transporter-type” virtual-reality experiences: the ability to inhabit an art work’s presumed original in situ location, while remaining in Chicago as a visitor within a vernacular multi-tenant masonry structure: vacated, evicted, and deconstructed for the purposes of displaying art amidst a new urbane ruin. The complexities of this layered experience is meant to simultaneously displace and interrupt a typical set of so-called a priori gallery expectations while providing the expectant simulacrum that video cameras and screens provide, whetting a contemporary patron’s appetite.positioning the rôle of both the artifact and gallery in shaping contemporary audience’s museum experiences. The power of the internet and live-camera broadcasting of images utilizing both digital image recording and full-scale screen-projections enable the exploration of “transporter-type” virtual-reality experiences: the ability to inhabit an art work’s presumed original in situ location, while remaining in Chicago as a visitor within a vernacular multi-tenant masonry structure: vacated, evicted, and deconstructed for the purposes of displaying art amidst a new urbane ruin. The complexities of this layered experience is meant to simultaneously displace and interrupt a typical set of so-called a priori gallery expectations while providing the expectant simulacrum that video cameras and screens provide, whetting a contemporary patron’s appetite.positioning the rôle of both the artifact and gallery in shaping contemporary audience’s museum experiences. The power of the internet and live-camera broadcasting of images utilizing both digital image recording and full-scale screen-projections enable the exploration of “transporter-type” virtual-reality experiences: the ability to inhabit an art work’s presumed original in situ location, while remaining in Chicago as a visitor within a vernacular multi-tenant masonry structure: vacated, evicted, and deconstructed for the purposes of displaying art amidst a new urbane ruin. The complexities of this layered experience is meant to simultaneously displace and interrupt a typical set of so-called a priori gallery expectations while providing the expectant simulacrum that video cameras and screens provide, whetting a contemporary patron’s appetite.positioning the rôle of both the artifact and gallery in shaping contemporary audience’s museum experiences. The power of the internet and live-camera broadcasting of images utilizing both digital image recording and full-scale screen-projections enable the exploration of “transporter-type” virtual-reality experiences: the ability to inhabit an art work’s presumed original in situ location, while remaining in Chicago as a visitor within a vernacular multi-tenant masonry structure: vacated, evicted, and deconstructed for the purposes of displaying art amidst a new urbane ruin. The complexities of this layered experience is meant to simultaneously displace and interrupt a typical set of so-called a priori gallery expectations while providing the expectant simulacrum that video cameras and screens provide, whetting a contemporary patron’s appetite.
M.S. in Architecture, December 2015
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Title: SYNTHESIS OF MODEL-BASED CONTROLLERS FOR AN AUTOTHERMAL REACTOR
Creator: Chylla, R. W., Cinar, A.
Date: 1990-08
Publisher: CANADIAN SOC CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Description: Model-based controllers for a bench scale autothermal tubular packed-bed reactor have been formulated using the Internal Model Control (IMC)...
Show moreModel-based controllers for a bench scale autothermal tubular packed-bed reactor have been formulated using the Internal Model Control (IMC) approach. The Structural Dominance Analysis technique has been used in developing the reduced-order models. Controller performance at robust and sensitive steady states have been assessed through simulations and experiments. Both PI and model-based controllers can regulate reactor operation at robust steady states, but only third order IMC controllers are able to regulate reactor operation at the sensitive steady state.
Endnote format citation
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Title: BSM searches in multi-objects final states in ATLAS, Proceedings of the XLIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics
Creator: Cornelissen, Thijs
Date: 2013-09-15, 2013-09-15
Publisher: IIT Press
Description: Recent results on searches for new physics from Run 1 of the Large Hadron Collider are reported. The ATLAS experiment has already collected...
Show moreRecent results on searches for new physics from Run 1 of the Large Hadron Collider are reported. The ATLAS experiment has already collected more than 20 fb−1 of integrated luminosity, allowing for a large number of new phenomena searches in many different final states. No deviations from the Standard Model expectations are found, and corresponding constraints on physics beyond the Standard Model are obtained.
Sponsorship: IIT College of Science, High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory
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Title: VIDEO FEATURE DETECTION AND MATCHING FOR STRUCTURE FROM MOTION SYSTEM
Creator: Yang, Guojun
Date: 2015, 2015-05
Description: With the improvements in sensor technologies and image processing algorithms, computer vision has become a major tool for robots to recognize...
Show moreWith the improvements in sensor technologies and image processing algorithms, computer vision has become a major tool for robots to recognize and gauge their surroundings. For instance, the Kinect sensor can be used as an excellent depth camera for indoor navigation. However, there exist situations that need recognition and spatial interpretation of the environment using limited hardware resources. The Kinect is not suitable for outdoor use, while LIDAR is too large and expensive to be installed on an autonomous miniature surveillance drone. Therefore, the use of a single camera is the only feasible option for many embedded applications. To perform SfM (structure from motion) by using single camera is challenging due to the complexity of 3D mapping. Feature detection and mapping is the very fist step to perform SfM. To be more specific, matched feature points are used as anchors cross images or frames. Without such matched feature points, most SfM method will not be able to generate reliable results; moreover, instead of using frames from videos as inputs, most feature detectors and matching strategies are designed for SfM applications using images as inputs. Therefore, this thesis will discuss how to detect feature points from video and match them effectively. Image projection and SfM fundamentals will be introduced in this thesis as well.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2015
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Title: AUTOMATED PROGRESS CONTROL USING LASER SCANNING TECHNOLOGY
Creator: Zhang, Chengyi
Date: 2013, 2013-05
Description: Assessing progress in different construction activities at the end of every payment period is time consuming and requires specialized...
Show moreAssessing progress in different construction activities at the end of every payment period is time consuming and requires specialized personnel employed by the contractor and the owner. Automatic progress control that requires a minimum amount of human involvement could reduce the time spent on this activity, reduce the number of personnel used, reduce the cost involved, reduce disagreements between contractor and owner, and add to the overall efficiency of project management. Attempts have been made in the past to resolve this issue using image processing and other techniques but the results have not been satisfactory. A new attempt was made to set up a system that can assess progress control with minimum human input and the results are presented in this paper. The experiment made use of laser scanning technology and was conducted both in laboratory conditions and construction sites. The initial results from laboratory condition appear to be promising but there are still obstacles to surmount. The system is robust and accurate in laboratory conditions and constitutes proof of concept. Improvements are made to accelerate the registration process of multiple scans, to reduce the noise data, to recognize objects of irregular shape, and to assess the practicality and economic feasibility of such a system when applying this system in real construction sites. Keywords: Construction scheduling, progress control, laser scanning
PH.D in Civil Engineering, May 2013
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Title: A PHAGE-DISPLAY SELECTION FOR AN AFFINITY REAGENT OF ASXL2 PROTEIN
Creator: Balyan, Arjun
Date: 2013-04-07, 2013-05
Description: Asxl2 is a chromatin factor that regulates histone H3 methylation and H2A deubiquitination. Previous research in our lab has shown that Asxl2...
Show moreAsxl2 is a chromatin factor that regulates histone H3 methylation and H2A deubiquitination. Previous research in our lab has shown that Asxl2 is an important regulator of mammalian heart development and function. To facilitate the characterization of Asxl2, we proposed to generate an affinity reagent for the detection of Asxl2 proteins in vivo and in vitro. A recombinant GST-Asxl2 fusion protein in E. coli was produced that contained GST and the N-terminal 390 amino acids of Asxl2, separated by a Precision protease cleavage site. Asxl2 N1-390 was purified from GSTAsxl2 N1-390 and the purified polypeptide was biotinylated and used to select a phagedisplay antibody library. Finally, six antibodies were produced that exhibit various degrees of affinity with the recombinant Asxl2 N1-390 in ELISA assay. In the future the antibodies will be tested for their ability to detect endogenous Asxl2 proteins in western blot assay. This would facilitate the study of the role of Asxl2 in heart development and function.
M.S. in Biology, May 2013
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Title: Variation of candle power of the alternating current arc with current and E. M. F. forms
Creator: Riker, C. R., Klapper, Charles
Date: 2009, 1906
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/variationofcandl00rike
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Devices that Assist Blind & Visually-Impaired Individuals in Swimming and Other Exercise Activities (sequence unknown), IPRO 310 - Deliverables: IPRO 310 Final Report F09_redacted
Creator: Dykeman, Kimberly, Healton, Michaela, Lipman, Timothy, Ludwig, Ross, Park, Jay, Reilly, Jeffrey, Sarkar, Smita, Sirk, Phillip, Toro, Branden
Date: 2009-12
Description: The objective is to develop, test, and implement assistive technology with the community that promotes safety and improves independence of...
Show moreThe objective is to develop, test, and implement assistive technology with the community that promotes safety and improves independence of blind and visually impaired (BVI) swimmers.
Sponsorship: Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually-Impaired. Notre Dame University
Deliverables for IPRO 310:Devices that Assist Blind & Visually-Impaired Individuals in Swimming and Other Exercise Activities for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Metal Clad Article
Creator: Rostoker, William, Domagala, Robert F.
Date: 1961-05-30
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

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