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- Reclaiming the Lake: Ecological Infrastructure as a Catalyst for Change
- Creator
- Searle, Gideon
- Date
- 2010-07-30
- Title
- Method of Making Enriched Radioisotopes by Cation Fixation
- Creator
- Feng, Paul Y.
- Date
- 4/23/2009, 1965-01-26
- Description
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Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
- Title
- Electrical Brush
- Creator
- Forster, George A., Sump, Cord H.
- Date
- 1960-06-07
- Description
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Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
- Title
- Bearing Composition
- Creator
- Sump, Cord H., Swartz, Carl E.
- Date
- 1959-06-02
- Description
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Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
- Title
- Volumes of Light - A School of the Performing and Visual Arts, Brooklyn.
- Creator
- Cabal González, Sara
- Date
- 2012, 2012-05
- Description
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The school is a proposal for high-level academic performance in the form of an art condenser that will also be used after hours to house...
Show moreThe school is a proposal for high-level academic performance in the form of an art condenser that will also be used after hours to house community art events. Thus, it will act as a catalyst for future college students and serve as a magnet for neighborhood residents. As the art disciplines require, the classroom and their respective studio are integrated and considered as the basic unit that define different volumes for each art form. The massing, orientation, and materiality bring a unique quality of light to those “volumes of light”.
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Education: tA_Final Book
- Creator
- Alvarez, Tomas
- Date
- 4/20/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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This project consists of developing an efficient collegiate building in which the disciplines of Business, Mathematics, and Science can...
Show moreThis project consists of developing an efficient collegiate building in which the disciplines of Business, Mathematics, and Science can interact, collaborate, and ultimately create new knowledge by merging existing information. "All disciplines have imported aspects of other fields to clarify their own disciplinary perspectives."
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- Title
- Sustainable Theme Park and Museum
- Creator
- Fujishima, Kenta
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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An indoor facility consisting of both theme park and museum components with the integration of green and sustainable elements.
- Title
- Electromagnetic Transducer Head
- Creator
- Camras, Marvin
- Date
- 1951-01-30
- Description
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Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
- Title
- Neutron Spectrometer
- Creator
- Reiffel, Leonard
- Date
- 1962-04-10
- Description
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Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
- Title
- SEARCHING ENCRYPTED CLOUD DATA
- Creator
- Urs, Karthik Mahendra Raje
- Date
- 2011-05-04, 2011-05
- Description
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The major setback of the cloud is its inability to induce strong trust in its users. For us, the users of the cloud, to be sure of the...
Show moreThe major setback of the cloud is its inability to induce strong trust in its users. For us, the users of the cloud, to be sure of the security of the data from other users, we have to trust cloud. In most of the cases, say if the data were to be hosted on Microsoft’s servers, we can trust Microsoft in its policies to prevent unauthorized access to it from other users (via hacking). But, the issue that is haunting the cloud is this - ”How can we be sure that our data is safe from Cloud service providers themselves?” The most intuitive solution for the cloud service provider to gain trust is to insist we encrypt our data. That is an irrefutable act of honesty from the cloud. But this has some obvious setbacks, few of which would negate the very advantages of cloud. One such issue that dictates the scope of this thesis is this - Typical cryptographic algorithms are not amenable to search. Now, if we were to implement a search engine on cloud (which has the data encrypted), the native search techniques have to be extended on to the cryptographic domain so that the cloud can perform the tasks of a search engine. This thesis explores the solutions to the above mentioned problem of searching over encrypted data, specifically using a secure pre-processed index approach. Though significant ideas have been proposed in the area, there is no concrete implementation to analyze if it can be used in the industrial setting. The main goal of the thesis is to implement a system which supports a variety of searching techniques. We make use of Amazon EC2 and test out the designed systems to evaluate how feasible they are for immediate consumption by the industry.
M.S. in Computer Engineering, May 2011
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- Increased Ethanol Production by Genetic Engineering of Microorganisms to Express Hemoglobin
- Creator
- Sanny, Tony, Stark, Benjamin C.
- Date
- 2016-04-15, 2016-04-12
- Description
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The present disclosure describes novel bacterial strains which express a pyruvate decarboxylase gene and at least one alcohol dehydrogenase...
Show moreThe present disclosure describes novel bacterial strains which express a pyruvate decarboxylase gene and at least one alcohol dehydrogenase gene from a bacteria of the genus Zymomonas and also express a hemoglobin gene from a bacteria of the genus Vitreoscilla. The pressent disclosure further describes methods for producing fermentation products with a microorganism which expresses a pyruvate decarboxylase gene and at least one alcohol dehydrogenase gene from a bacteria of the genus Zymomonas and also express a hemoglobin gene from a bacteria of the genus Vitreoscilla. Further the present disclosure describes methods for increasing production of a fermentation product comprising genetically engineering a microorganism which expresses a xylose isomerase gene to also express a hemoglobin gene from a bacteria of the genus Vitreoscilla.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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- Title
- CONTROLLER DESIGN AND DISTRIBUTED CONTROL WITHIN MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
- Creator
- Shao, Quan Min
- Date
- 2013, 2013-12
- Description
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PH.D in Chemical and Biological Engineering, December 2013
- Title
- Screech Tones from Rectangular Jets with Spanwise Oblique Shock-cell Structures
- Creator
- Raman, G.
- Date
- 1997-01-10
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Description
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Understanding screech is especially important for the design of advanced aircraft because screech can cause sonic fatigue failure of aircraft...
Show moreUnderstanding screech is especially important for the design of advanced aircraft because screech can cause sonic fatigue failure of aircraft structures. Although the connection between shock-cell spacing and screech frequency is well understood, the relation between non-uniformities in the shock-cell structures and the resulting amplitude, mode, and steadiness of screech have remained unexplored. This paper addresses the above issues by intentionally producing spanwise (larger nozzle dimension) variations in the shock-cell structures and studying the resulting spanwise screech mode. The spanwise-oblique shock-cell structures were produced using imperfectly expanded convergent-divergent rectangular nozzles (aspect ratio = 5) with non-uniform exit geometries. Three geometries were studied: (a) a nozzle with a spanwise uniform edge, (b) a nozzle with a spanwise oblique (single-bevelled) edge, and (c) a nozzle that had two spanwise oblique (double-bevelled) cuts to form an arrowhead-shaped nozzle. For all nozzles considered, the screech mode was antisymmetric in the transverse (smaller nozzle dimension) direction allowing focus on changes in the spanwise direction. Three types of spanwise modes were observed: symmetric (I), antisymmetric (II), and oblique (III), The following significant results emerged: (i) for all cases the screech mode corresponds with the spanwise shock-cell structure, (ii) when multiple screech modes are present, the technique presented here makes it possible to distinguish between coexisting and mutually exclusive modes, (iii) the strength of shocks 3 and 4 influences the screech source amplitude and determines whether screech is unsteady. The results presented here offer hope for a better understanding of screech and for tailoring shock-containing jets to minimize fatigue failure of aircraft components.
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- VALIDATION OF BAKING TO INACTIVATE SALMONELLA IN HIGH-PROTEIN AND HIGH-FAT MODEL FOODS
- Creator
- Wang, Wenqian
- Date
- 2017, 2017-07
- Description
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Baked food products, such as dry pet foods, undergo changes of temperature and water activity (aw) during forced hot air processes. As one of...
Show moreBaked food products, such as dry pet foods, undergo changes of temperature and water activity (aw) during forced hot air processes. As one of the most thermal resistant microorganisms in low-moisture/intermediate moisture foods, Salmonella’s thermal inactivation kinetics during these processes is not well understood and difficult to predict. The objective of this study was to evaluate thermal inactivation kinetics of Salmonella enterica serovar Agona 447967 in model high-protein (HP) and high-fat (HF) multiple-component foods baked in a laboratory-scale oven, as influenced by oven temperature and relative humidity (RH). Model high-protein and high-fat foods, formulated with wheat flour, soy protein and soy oil, were inoculated with Salmonella Agona to a level of ~9 log CFU/g, and mixed to form a homogenous dough. Dough samples (57 mm diameter x 6 mm thick) were baked (3 samples per dwell time, 6 dwell times per condition) in a lab-scale oven at 120°C (10% RH) and 85°C (20%, 35% RH, 50% RH), respectively. Temperature and aw were measured at the surface and geometric center of the product during baking. Processed samples were collected in sterile bags and immediately cooled in an ice-water bath. Salmonella was enumerated on trypticase soy agar supplemented with yeast extract and incubated at 37°C for 24 h. Similar reductions (p>0.05) of 5.12-, 5.11-, 4.55-, and 4.78-log CFU/g were achieved after 40 min at 120°C/10% RH, 90 min at 85°C/20% RH, 50 min at 85°C/35% RH, 8 min at 85°C/50% RH, respectively, in the high-protein model food. Similar results were achieved in the high-fat matrix. The aw at the geometric center of the product (initially at aw =0.98) did not change appreciably during baking, while the aw at the product surface, the location of least lethality, decreased significantly (p<0.05) during baking; the decreases were more pronounced at lower oven RH. The results indicate that thermal inactivation of Salmonella Agona was driven by temperature and relative humidity in the oven. Higher temperature and higher relative humidity level led to greater Salmonella inactivation.
M.S. in Food Process Engineering, July 2017
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- Title
- Combined Magnetic Transducer Head and Coupling Transformer
- Creator
- Wiegand, David E.
- Date
- 1952-02-12
- Description
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Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
- Title
- System for Detecting Twist and Bend in Turbine Blades
- Creator
- Bridges, Jack E., Hehn, Anton N., Schwab, Ronald R.
- Date
- 4/24/2009, 1970-03-24
- Description
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Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
- Title
- Innovative Uses of Native CAD Files Progress Report June 2011
- Creator
- Kleps, Stephen M., Menches, Cindy
- Date
- 2013-09-18, 2011-06
- Description
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This publication presents an literature review, progress of an environmental scan, and preliminary findings of research for the project...
Show moreThis publication presents an literature review, progress of an environmental scan, and preliminary findings of research for the project entitled Innovative Uses of Native CAD Files.
Sponsorship: Electri International
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- VIBRATIONAL CONTROL OF AN EXOTHERMIC CSTR - PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY MULTIPLE INPUT OSCILLATIONS
- Creator
- Shu, X. S., Rigopoulos, K., Cinar, A.
- Date
- 1989-02
- Publisher
- IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
- Description
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A. Cinar et al. (1987) have shown that vibrational control of an exothermic continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) by vibrating the total flow...
Show moreA. Cinar et al. (1987) have shown that vibrational control of an exothermic continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) by vibrating the total flow rate modifies its behavior and leads to stabilized operation in its unstable steady-state region. Here, the effect of multiple vibrating inputs and the contribution of their phase shift are investigated. Theoretical and experimental results indicate productivity improvement and amplitude reduction in reactor temperature swings by vibrating both input flow rate and input concentrations.
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- Spherodized Fluorescent Beads for Improved Roadway Pavement Marker Visibility
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- Kozak, Edward M., Bartholomew, Craig S.
- Date
- 2009-05-11, 1996-05-14
- Description
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Retroreflective glass or plastic beads have fluorescent properties when irradiated with ultraviolet light and are emplaced in signs in...
Show moreRetroreflective glass or plastic beads have fluorescent properties when irradiated with ultraviolet light and are emplaced in signs in patterns indicative of alphanumeric characters, or embedded in a hot melt comprising road stripes or embedded in the road asphalt or aggregate during construction of the road, to provide effectively bright and clear indications of signs or the extent and direction of the road. The glass beads comprise spherodized soda lime, borosilicate, phosphosilicate or aluminosilicate glasses with low levels of rare-earth dopants mixed therein, such as compounds containing one of the rare earths, or lanthanides. The plastic beads may have fluorescent materials mixed therein, typically organic pigments or dyes based on coumarin and rhodamine or the like.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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- Title
- New Housing Model "Flexible Housing Components: IMG_7337_EDIT_Crop"
- Creator
- Quinn, Aidan
- Date
- 2012-05-02, 2012-05
- Description
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This project is a focus on spatial flexibility. The idea is to generate housing components that focuses on flexibility in order to create...
Show moreThis project is a focus on spatial flexibility. The idea is to generate housing components that focuses on flexibility in order to create space that is defined by the user.
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