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Title: Reel Lock
Creator: Camras, Marvin, Galus, Stanley A.
Date: 4/23/2009, 1966-10-11
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Hafnium Base Alloy (CR-Al)
Creator: Hill, Vernon L., Nichols, Harry R.
Date: 2009-04-27, 1971-07-27
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Investigation of Fresh Produce Washing on E. Coli O157:H7 and Murine Norovirus with Peroxyacetic Acid and High Power Ultrasound
Creator: Yuan, Wen
Date: 2011-12-05, 2011-12
Description: E. coli O157:H7 and norovirus have each been responsible for outbreaks of foodborne illness involving fresh leafy green vegetables....
Show moreE. coli O157:H7 and norovirus have each been responsible for outbreaks of foodborne illness involving fresh leafy green vegetables. Peroxyacetic acid (POAA) has the potential to be an effective sanitizer during commercial fresh-cut produce washing. The addition of high power ultrasound (HPU) to the washing system may enhance the POAA efficacy. The purpose of this study was to reduce E. coli O157:H7 and norovirus contamination during commercial fresh-cut lettuce washing using POAA and HPU. Fresh-cut romaine lettuce leaves were inoculated with E. coli O157:H7 or murine norovirus (MNV, a surrogate for the human norovirus) and washed by POAA and HPU. Cross-contamination was tested by washing clean leaves in contaminated processing water where pre-inoculated leaves were washed previously. A high level of cross-contamination (4.5-log CFU/g E. coli) occurred after uninoculated leaves were rinsed in contaminated wash water for 2 min. A subsequent 2 min wash in POAA alone or in combination with HPU reduced counts by approximately 1.2-log and 2.3-log, respectively. More than 2-log norovirus was removed from washing 2 min in either DI water or POAA. However infectious MNV washed from leaves was not detected in wash water containing POAA. Those results implied a high possibility of cross-contamination during freshproduce washing, and indicate that adding POAA and HPU in addition to washing water in wash water can reduce cross-contamination rate.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, December 2011
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Title: Video Recording System and Method
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 2009-04-27, 1971-06-28
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Highrise
Creator: Ma, Shasha
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: Highrise structure study
Sponsorship: Land, Peter

Title: Agricultural Rehabilitation Tower: RGG-JYL Final Boards 050111
Creator: Garcia, Rodrigo, Lee, Jennifer
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: to create a vertical community bound together by two key issues/requirements in Korean society: urban agriculture and mental health care to...
Show moreto create a vertical community bound together by two key issues/requirements in Korean society: urban agriculture and mental health care to create a ‘vertical façade farm’ capable of producing 156 tons of vegetables (predominantly lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and strawberries) and 200 tons of fish per year to create a mental health sanctuary (or sanatorium) that provides short term (days), midterm (months) and long term (years) residence and care for people with mental health issues that may require physical operations and/or psychological care. to actively engage the mental health residents in aspects of the agricultural production to draw on research showing that engagement with plants/nature assists in mental healing. to create a large multi-purpose space at the ground floor of the building which will largely serve as a farmer’s market for sale of the agricultural produce and engagement between the community residents and the public to create a series of gardens/green spaces at height within the complex, as well as vertical green walls, for healing (residents and urban issues) to use the double-skin ‘façade farm’ for assisting in passive natural ventilation of internal spaces
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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW EMERGENCY EVACUATION SYSTEM FOR MINES
Creator: Qian, Qingyi
Date: 2011-08, 2011-07
Description: Underground mining is a very high risk industry. There are many potential hazards in the underground mining these include fire, explosion,...
Show moreUnderground mining is a very high risk industry. There are many potential hazards in the underground mining these include fire, explosion, inundation, roof collapse, toxic gases, chemical pollution, etc. Over past centuries, in US alone, more than 100,000 miners lost their life in different accidents. The primary safety methods used in underground mines concentrate on the monitoring of the hazardous gases, fire detection and ventilation. Using advanced instruments and monitoring techniques have significantly reduced the accidents in the modern mines. However despite the advancement of these monitoring facilities, accidents still occur in underground mining annually around the world, and many miners were killed because they were trapped and unable to escape due to blocked of exit access. This thesis describes a new development of an emergency evacuation system in underground mines and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the system. It is expected that the new system will greatly improve the emergency exit methods and save more lives in the future. The new emergency evacuation system consists of vertical concrete mineshaft, high capacity mineshaft elevators, surface terminal and underground support structures. In addition, the study of numerical simulation was carried out to observe the ground response during excavation. A typical ground profiles for underground mining in south part of China was used in this analysis. The results selected from shaft excavation simulation indicate that fluid drilling method effectively prevents the soil around mineshaft from collapse hazard. Compared to soil strength, soil stiffness has a significant influence on the soil response induced by excavating shafts.
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, July 2011
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Title: Tension Indicating Fastener
Creator: Liber, Theodore
Date: 2009-04-30, 1973-02-27
Description: A bolt having a shank and integral head has a strip of photoelastic material mounted in the head for manifesting in the form of photoelastic...
Show moreA bolt having a shank and integral head has a strip of photoelastic material mounted in the head for manifesting in the form of photoelastic fringes linearly related to bolt tension the bending stresses created in the head during loading of the bolt. To determine the tension in the bolt during or after loading, polarized light is directed toward the photoelastic strip and reflected light from the strip is analyzed to measure fringe order. The fringe order is related to the amount of bending stresses in the head of the bolt by a predetermined calibration curve, the bending stresses being linearly related to bolt tension.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Graduate Student Dwelling: HEJanicaMaster'sProjectBook
Creator: Janica, H
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The project will seek to create an environment for that fosters living, community, and learning for graduate students at Illinois Institute of...
Show moreThe project will seek to create an environment for that fosters living, community, and learning for graduate students at Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Title: The Intrepid Penguin Lodge at Shackleton Station: AAA-Final_x264_001
Creator: Tolsky, Benjamin
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: This is a design for a new research station in Antarctica that also includes Antarctica's first hotel as part of the station. The emphasis is...
Show moreThis is a design for a new research station in Antarctica that also includes Antarctica's first hotel as part of the station. The emphasis is on a modular design that is easily expandable and reconfigurable in order to meet the needs of future Antarctic research and tourism demands. The end result of the project is a single 16 minute animation to demonstrate life at the station both as a daily routine and a seasonal routine, as well as the logistics of shipping and constructing the station in Antarctica.
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Title: Jockey's Ridge Research + Education Center
Creator: Landon, Paul
Date: 2012, 2012-05
Description: Recent litigation related to offshore oil drilling has threatened North Carolina’s beautiful shoreline and biodiversity. Furthermore, the...
Show moreRecent litigation related to offshore oil drilling has threatened North Carolina’s beautiful shoreline and biodiversity. Furthermore, the Outer Banks have seen a drop in tourism over the past few seasons. With a research and education center, regional alternatives to environmentally costly drilling can be developed, while culturally providing a destination that celebrates and elucidates the fragility and splendor of the OBX.
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Title: Planning the 21st Century Urban Farm: From High Rise to Neighborhood (sequence unknown), IPRO 336 - Deliverables: IPRO 336 Project Plan F09
Creator: Bhatti, Talha, Binet, Adrien, Bredau, Jason, Chen, Emily, Davis, Jacob, Gaonkar, Gaurav, Garcia, Raul, Guerrero, Fernando, Gulling, Richard, Kagehiro, Michael, Moshfeghian, Elnaz, Nunez-gimeno, Jose, Phillips, Zachary, Plumb, Isaac, Ryan, Emily, Skaggs, Jake, Sobon, Konrad, Valmores, Travis
Date: 2009-12
Description: The purpose of this IPRO is to establish a strong foundation for the future of urban agriculture. The growing problems regarding the...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO is to establish a strong foundation for the future of urban agriculture. The growing problems regarding the traditional methods of agriculture, and the rate of growth of the world population, the team plans to design a method to grow food more efficiently and economically in urban areas. The team is looking at large, industrial warehouse-type buildings that have outlived their primary use, and creating a plan that utilizes these buildings to grow enough food for the surrounding communities.
Sponsorship: John Edel of Bubbly Dynamics, LLC
Deliverables for IPRO 336: Planning the 21st Century Urban Farm: From High Rise to Neighborhood for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: Heat-Releasing Anti-Icing Means
Creator: Budenholzer, Roland A., Olmer, Francois J.
Date: 1959-12-22
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Ionic Contact Media for Electrodes and Soil in Conduction Heating
Creator: Bridges, Jack E., Sresty, Guggilam C., Dev, Harsh, Jambor, Richard
Date: 2009-05-11, 1996-12-17
Description: Ionic contact is established and maintained between electrodes and soil in ohmic heating of a subsurface formation for recovery of volatile...
Show moreIonic contact is established and maintained between electrodes and soil in ohmic heating of a subsurface formation for recovery of volatile and semi-volatile materials, such as hazardous waste, hydrocarbon-like materials, and valuable minerals having thermally responsive properties. A compressed, dry sponge is wrapped around an electrode, which is then inserted into a bore hole. A conductive liquid is added to the bore hole, causing the sponge to swell, creating a stable and substantial interface for the flow of heating currents.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Discover. Action. Change.: Discover.Action. Change. Poster- Ruxandra Antea- May 2011
Creator: Antea, Ruxandra
Date: 4/27/2011, 2011-05
Description: The project is located in Chicago IL, between Bridgeport and Pilsen neighborhood, on an abandoned industrial site named Bubbly Creek. Discover...
Show moreThe project is located in Chicago IL, between Bridgeport and Pilsen neighborhood, on an abandoned industrial site named Bubbly Creek. Discover. Action. Change. summarizes the intervention and the effect of this architectural project. The developed project wants to activate and change this deteriorate site into a place where people can came together and be aware of the new discoveries for green technologies and also can beneficiate of the outdoor space that incorporate lots of activities year-round. A bike and a pedestrian path are proposed to link two existent streets from the opposite neighborhoods and also to activate the site. The building, composed of two structures, is anchored along the path to reinforce it and also to create a reference point to everything ales on the site. The two proposed buildings represent a Research Center for Green Technologies with a training center and an Exhibit / Community space. These two structures are linked together through the RED TWIST element which guides the interested eye from the entrance at the south side, all the way to the North side. The twist serves as a floor for the first building and then chances and becomes the roof of the second building. In the end through all this elements implemented on the site, the project hopes to be a success for bringing people together into a pleasant environment, to an interesting / interactive building that allows visitors to be explored .
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Title: Thermal Management of Battery Systems
Creator: Al Hallaj, Said, Selman, Jan Robert
Date: 2009-05-14, 2002-10-22
Description: The invention is to a method of operating a power supply system comprising the steps of discharging at least one cell element of a battery...
Show moreThe invention is to a method of operating a power supply system comprising the steps of discharging at least one cell element of a battery module to produce a quantity of power and a quantity of heat; absorbing at least a portion of the heat in a phase change material in thermal contact with the discharging cell element; following discharge, releasing at least a portion of the heat from the phase change material to heat the at least one cell element; and discharging the at least one cell element at elevated temperature.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Study of the action of a four inch grinnell variable pressure alarm valve
Creator: Hotchkin, E. W., Pfaelzer, F. M
Date: 2009, 1910
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/studyofactionoff00hotc
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1910 B.S. in Fire Protection Engineering,...
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Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1910 B.S. in Fire Protection Engineering, 1910
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Title: Oriented Tape
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1965-05-25
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Pritzker Mediatheque
Creator: Song, Youkeun
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: This project is about Renovation of Pritzker Park with refurbishing an underutilized urban pocket park, by adding a public community facility.
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Show moreThis project is about Renovation of Pritzker Park with refurbishing an underutilized urban pocket park, by adding a public community facility.
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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Title: Teacher Knowledge Share (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320
Creator: Bern, David, Bochantin, Marike, Hartline, Julian, Mccall, Ian, Mick, Emily, Peake, Andrew, Pierce, Alison, Pindrik, Dmitriy, Quinn, Michael, Stanford, Carly, Tilatti, Michael
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow...
Show moreThe goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow for the sharing of ideas, lesson plans and other professionally relevant information. This is a continuing project which saw limited success in the previous semester in that a functioning web site was constructed based on surveys of public school teachers but it saw very little use. This semester, the planned approach is to build on the research generated last semester by performing additional market research with teachers. Following that, IPRO 320 will rework much of the previous web site by refining some of the features, adding additional ones as the research indicates and improving the website in general, both functionally and aesthetically.
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