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Title: Room For Growth: Room for Growth_Final Board
Creator: Mckenzie, Jennifer
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The project is a resource center for formally incarcerated people returning to civil society. Many transitional facilities are overrun with...
Show moreThe project is a resource center for formally incarcerated people returning to civil society. Many transitional facilities are overrun with the great flux of people reentering society every year. Room for Growth project proposes to stabalize this group of people by offering another option of counseling centers, housing and work training facilities in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago.
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Title: LASER MICROMACHINING, SINTERING, AND LASER-INDUCED PLASMA DEBURRING
Creator: Gao, Yibo
Date: 2013, 2013-12
Description: Lasers can provide non-mechanical-contact, localized and concentrated energy input to materials with controlled durations and high spatial...
Show moreLasers can provide non-mechanical-contact, localized and concentrated energy input to materials with controlled durations and high spatial resolutions down to a few microns or less. Therefore, lasers have more and more applications in manufacturing and materials processing, such as laser micromachining (which is to create micro-scale features through laser-induced material removal) and laser sintering. Despite the previous research work in the literature, many laser-based manufacturing and materials processing areas still require lots of further research work. Specifically, the following topics will be investigated in the research work in this thesis: nanosecond-pulsed laser ablation of silicon carbide at an infrared wavelength, nanosecond laser-induced plasma deburring, two-step nanosecond laser surface texturing, and the fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT)-ceramic composites through the laser sintering process.
PH.D in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, December 2013
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Title: The Intrepid Penguin Lodge at Shackleton Station: AAA-Brochure
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: Developing a Collaborative On-line Student Research Forum (sequence unknown), IPRO 321 - Deliverables: IPRO 321 Brochure F09
Creator: Abhay, Anandha, Cornelius, Zachary, Corsus, Tom, De Courten-myers, Maximilian, Eberlin, Adam, Kapaldo, James, Nicholson, Bethany, Sizyuk, Yuriy, Sundberg, Stephen
Date: 2009-12
Description: ResearchWeb is meant to broaden IIT undergraduate participation beyond the existing mechanisms such as fellowships, research and reading...
Show moreResearchWeb is meant to broaden IIT undergraduate participation beyond the existing mechanisms such as fellowships, research and reading courses, and departmental projects. There is also the possibility of broadening this program to other scholarly individuals outside of the IIT undergraduate community. These individuals include IIT graduate students, students from other universities, and promising high school students. ResearchWeb is also meant to improve the transition, and perhaps promote if need be, the transition from undergraduate education to graduate education. This would be fulfilled through practical research experience.
Deliverables for IPRO 321:Developing a Collaborative On-line Student Research Forum for Fall 2009
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Title: COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION: PROFITS, CONSUMER BENEFITS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
Creator: Supangkat, Hendrarto Kurniawan
Date: 2014, 2014-05
Description: With increasingly connected consumers and technological advancement, peer- to-peer sharing is emerging as a consumer-led initiative, which is...
Show moreWith increasingly connected consumers and technological advancement, peer- to-peer sharing is emerging as a consumer-led initiative, which is aimed to exploit slack capacities and lower the cost of consuming private goods. Sharing is praised for its potential bene ts of improving consumer access, consumer surplus, and environmental impact. On the other hand, sharing may possess credible threats to producers because of cannibalization and reduced sales quantity. This thesis is composed of three papers on the subject of peer-to-peer sharing of durable goods, e.g., cars, bikes, gadgets, and household appliances. The rst paper studies pricing and product design decisions of a single-product monopolist in a market. We identify the conditions under which a rm would accom- modate or hinder peer-to-peer sharing by pricing the product appropriately. We nd that the rm's pro t can be enhanced only when the consumer valuation heterogene- ity is neither too high nor too low, and the product's intrinsic value is su ciently high. In addition, contrary to the conventional wisdom, we show that sharing does not always improve consumer access to products. Furthermore, some consumers may end up being worse o . Finally, we nd that social sharing may enhance or impede product innovation, depending on consumer heterogeneity and the size of sharing groups. In the second paper, we study whether social sharing will encourage or discour- age product di erentiation. We nd that the two ways of expanding the market, one consumer-initiated and one rm-initiated, can be strategic complements or substi- tutes, depending on consumer heterogeneity, group size, product intrinsic value, and cost structure. We characterize such conditions. For example, we show that accom- modating sharing provides the rm a higher incentive to introduce a di erentiated product when the product intrinsic value and consumer heterogeneity are both low, x or are both high. We also extend the study by allowing consumers to endogenously choose their sharing group size, and show that it may enhance or worsen the rm's pro t. The third paper focuses on the environmental impact stemming from produc- tion and consumption, in the presence of peer-to-peer sharing. The product usage of sharing consumers is modeled as a function of capacity congestion and group size. We show that a "danger" zone exists where sharing is pro table for the rm but is not friendly to the environment. When the rm has an in uence on the sharing group size (e.g., by promoting sharing programs in metropolitan areas or college towns), the economic incentive and environmental impact can be aligned. Speci cally, we nd that stronger congestion e ects may induce the producer to promote sharing in larger groups, which in turn results in a more positive environmental impact. Such situations are more likely to occur when the product unit cost is large. Moreover, we characterize conditions under which the rm may prefer heterogeneous networks composed of groups with di erent sizes or social networks with lower homophily, and meanwhile the environmental impact can be improved.
PH.D in Management Science, May 2014
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Title: The Intrepid Penguin Lodge at Shackleton Station
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: NANOPORE STOCHASTIC DETECTION OF ANTHRAX
Creator: Han, Yujing
Date: 2014, 2014-05
Description: Nanopore stochastic sensor using a biological protein ion channel has emerged as a powerful sensing technique due to its outstanding features...
Show moreNanopore stochastic sensor using a biological protein ion channel has emerged as a powerful sensing technique due to its outstanding features such as label- and amplification-free detection, rapidness, high sensivity and selectivity. Development of a nanopore stochastic sensor for the rapid detection of anthrax can effectively prevent and control the spread of disease infection, and become extremely useful in biodefense. Two sensor design strategies were studied: one is chemistry-based detection of dipicolinic acid; and the other is genetics-based detection of anthrax lethal factor. Both approaches used in this study should find useful application in the development of nanopore sensors for the detection of other biomolecules and pathogens.
M.S. in Chemistry, May 2014
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Title: Modeling, monitoring and control strategies for high temperature short time pasteurization systems - 2. Lethality-based control
Creator: Negiz, A., Ramanauskas, P., Cinar, A., Schlesser, J. E., Armstrong, D. J.
Date: 1998-02
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Description: A lethality-based control system was designed to provide accurate control of a high temperature shout time (HTST) pasteurizer and to process...
Show moreA lethality-based control system was designed to provide accurate control of a high temperature shout time (HTST) pasteurizer and to process milk products with a lethality equivalent of 161 degrees F (71.67 degrees C) or above for 15 s. This control system provides significant flexibility in operating the process and optimizing functional properties of the food components. Multivariable control of an HTST pasteurizer is implemented by using product total lethality to determine the controller set-points. The equation that relates the temperature and flow rate combinations to the product total lethality, 161 degrees F (71.67 degrees C), 15 s, was modified to permit overprocessing levels specified by plant personnel. By using this equation and the set-point value selected for the other variable, set-point values for the temperature or the flow rate controller were computed. The flow and temperature controllers are integrated into a real-time monitoring and control system. The monitoring and control system includes the multivariable controller, the lethality rate calculation module, statistical monitoring of the total lethality, product flow rate, hot wafer outlet temperature, and holding tube exit temperature measurements, and the display screens for visual inspection of the monitoring tools. This study attempted to achieve compliance of the HTST process operation with the recommended Pasteurized Milk Ordinance by providing a margin between the alarm limits of the monitoring chart and the safety limits.
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Title: Lakeshore East Community School
Creator: Fernandes, Marie
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF UBIQUITIN-LIKE PROTEIN 4A
Creator: Zhao, Yu
Date: 2015, 2015-12
Description: Ubiquitin-like protein 4A (Ubl4A) was identified as a housekeeping gene at X chromosome. It involves in the guided entry of tail-anchored (GET...
Show moreUbiquitin-like protein 4A (Ubl4A) was identified as a housekeeping gene at X chromosome. It involves in the guided entry of tail-anchored (GET) protein pathway in which tail-anchored (TA) proteins are transported to endoplasmic reticulum (ER). However, Ubl4A also involves other functions not related to GET pathway, such as tumor suppression and DNA damage-mediated apoptosis. Up to date, the function of Ubl4A in mammals is still largely unknown. We found that either overexpression or knockdown of Ubl4A promoted cell death in cell culture system. Using an in vivo genetic knockout system, we found that Ubl4A knockout mice displayed a high neonatal mortality and had a defect in glycogen synthesis, which is mainly controlled by a key protein kinase Akt. Loss of Ubl4A resulted in the impairment of insulin-induced Akt translocation to the plasma membrane, an essential step for Akt activation. We demonstrated that Ubl4A directly interacted with actin-related protein 2/3 (Arp2/3) complex, further accelerated Arp2/3 complex-dependent actin branching, thereby bringing Akt to proximity into the plasma membrane for activation. Furthermore, we showed that Ubl4A-mediated actin branching also played important roles in other cellular activities, such as formations oflamellipodia and filopodia, macrophage phagocytosis, wound healing, and neutrophil chemotaxis. These findings provide us a new insight into understanding the roles of Ubl4A in cellular function and a molecular basis for treatment of related human diseases.
Ph.D. in Biology, December 2015
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Title: SECURITY-CONSTRAINED UNIT COMMITMENT RESERVE DETERMINATION IN JOINT ENERGY AND ANCILLARY SERVICES AUCTION
Creator: Ganji Tanha, Mohammad Mahdi
Date: 2012-07-25, 2012-07
Description: This study presents the method in which the energy and ancillary services auction is simultaneously cleared in electricity market. By the...
Show moreThis study presents the method in which the energy and ancillary services auction is simultaneously cleared in electricity market. By the security-constraint unit commitment model proposed in this study Independent System Operators (ISO) can determines the sufficient amount of reserve which is necessary to maintain security and reliability of the system. Before the fixed reserve requirement either equal to a percentage of the system peak load or a thermal unit with highest capacity is considered in energy and ancillary service auction in market clearing. The disadvantage of this method is high cost and insufficiency. When it is insufficient the system operator needs to committee more thermal units or does the load curtailment. At the time the fixed quantity is more than needed customers pay more although it is not necessary. Here the sufficient amount of reserve is determined based on the contingency which has been simulated. Contingencies include thermal unit outage and line outage is considered. The amount of reserves is obtained based on thermal units’ physical constraints and the rate offered in the electricity market. Then the integration of wind generation and its effects on the quantity of the reserve determination is considered. Since the wind power generation brings uncertainties to the power system we need to consider scenarios. In order to generate wind power generation scenarios we use Monte Carlo simulation. Since the number of scenarios are too much and increase the problem complexity we use Fast backward/forward scenario reduction. This problem is solved through direct optimization problem including the minimization of the operational cost as well as satisfying the network security constraints when contingency happens.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, July 2012
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Title: STUDIES TOWARD TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (-)-DEGUELIN
Creator: Li, Bao
Date: 2013-05-13, 2013-05
Description: Deguelin, as a rotenoid, has emerged as an attractive pharmacophore for chemprevention due to its effectiveness for both in vitro and in vivo...
Show moreDeguelin, as a rotenoid, has emerged as an attractive pharmacophore for chemprevention due to its effectiveness for both in vitro and in vivo models. The biological activity and its structural complexity instigated the development of new synthetic technologies which could satisfy the increasing demand of deguelin, as well as broaden the diversity of the rotenoids. Here, a strategy of asymmetric acid-catalyzed annulations toward the enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-deguelin will be discussed. Several approaches were investigated to connect the chromene and phenolic moieties to create the pentacyclic rotenoid skeleton. Meanwhile, by collaborating with Professor Rajendra Mehta, several derivatives of deguelin were also made to study its bioactivity and interaction modes with specific proteins.
M.S. in Chemistry, May 2013
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Title: Chicago Natatorium
Creator: Payneni, Kesari
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: APPLICATION-AWARE OPTIMIZATIONS FOR BIG DATA ACCESS
Creator: Yin, Yanlong
Date: 2014, 2014-07
Description: Many High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications spend a significant portion of their execution time in accessing data from les and they are...
Show moreMany High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications spend a significant portion of their execution time in accessing data from les and they are becoming increasingly data-intensive. For them, I/O performance is a significant bottleneck leading to wastage of CPU cycles and the corresponding wasted energy consumption. Various optimization techniques exist to improve data access performance. However, the existing general-purpose optimization techniques are not able to satisfy diverse applications' demands. On the other hand, the application-specific optimization pro- cess is usually a difficult task due to the complexity involved in understanding the parallel I/O system and the applications' I/O behaviors. To address these challenges, this thesis proposes an application-aware data access optimization framework and claims that it is feasible and useful to utilize applications' characteristics to improve the performance and efficiency of the parallel I/O system. Under this framework, an optimization may consist of several basic but challenging steps, including capturing the application's characteristics, identifying the causality of I/O performance degra- dation, and delivering optimization solutions. To make these steps easier, we design and implement the IOSIG toolkit as an essential system support for the default par- allel I/O system. The toolkit is able to pro le the applications' I/O behaviors and then generate comprehensive characteristics through trace analysis. With the help of IOSIG, we design several optimization techniques on data layout optimization, data reorganization, and I/O scheduling. The proposed framework has significant poten- tial to boost application-aware I/O optimization. The results prove that the proposed optimization techniques can significantly improve the data access performance.
Ph.D. in Computer Science, July 2014
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Title: COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTATION ARCHITECTURES FOR DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS AND INTERNET OF THINGS
Creator: Yi, Won-jae
Date: 2017, 2017-07
Description: Real-time data communication has been viral since the era of the smartphone rose to prominence in this decade. All communications from human...
Show moreReal-time data communication has been viral since the era of the smartphone rose to prominence in this decade. All communications from human to human, from device to human, and from device to device are handled over the Internet connection either through a mobile Internet service provider or Wi-Fi, which enables information exchange including weather service, road traffic conditions, news alerts, package tracking notifications. By looking at different perspectives of the role of a smartphone, it reveals itself as an ideal device to mobilize critical user data to construct a real-time monitoring application such as in remote healthcare and home automation systems. Not only can the smartphone handle real-time data transmissions, but it can also handle real-time computations on the device itself by utilizing its embedded CPU. This dissertation is a comprehensive study of the investigation, exploration and experimentation on a real-time health monitoring system where quality of life can be improved when the conventional system may affect and hamper regular daily activities. The design flow of this system is based on the Internet connection where any device that is communicatively associated with the smartphone can be connected to the Internet. By utilizing the Android smartphone, not only does the system gain real-time data transmission capability, but it also obtains flexibility to communicate with different types of sensors and platforms through multiple wireless protocols. This system is highly adaptable to the currently trending Internet of Things (IoT) standards, where significantly increasing anticipation over its social impact, where it can assist populations in rural and distant areas for healthcare, day-to-day activity monitoring, and prevention against hazardous conditions for workers. The system architecture introduced in this research is focused on reconfigurability and compatibility of wireless sensors where they are independent from a certain platform in which sensors are not limited to medical devices but also detect movement, location, climate condition and any other sensor for analyzing the environment. Four major components are introduced in this research including wireless sensor nodes, a central sensor data processing and communication node, an Android application, and a central database server. They are discussed and explored to seek for solutions to improve and enhance features in the fundamental system design. Communication and computation processing capabilities are evaluated for all major components for practical usage of the system for different case studies. Also as a quantitative case study, a posture and fall detection system is presented which determines the patient's activities, medical conditions and the cause of an emergency event through the integration of all system architecture components. Adapting the IoT system is also explored in this dissertation by introducing a protocol standard to improve data transmission efficiency and to enable cross-platform compatibility of wireless devices. In addition to improving system efficiency, a study on data security issues and assessment on sensor data has been explored by implementing a proposed security scheme to each major component within the real-time mobile monitoring system. Also, a concept of Quality-of-Service (QoS) for mobile monitoring system using a wireless sensor network has been investigated to provide a solution to prioritize sensor data transmissions based on the results obtained from the sensor data assessment application. The proposed solutions can be either implemented on or under the application layer.
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, July 2017
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Title: High Performance Green Homes (sequence unknown), IPRO 317 - Deliverables: IPRO 317 IPRO Day Presentation F09
Creator: Bhat, Adnan, Campbell, Brittanie, Cink, Jefferey, Gutstein, Yehuda, Hadi, Shuaib, Hafdi, Kamal, Hasan, Hasan, Kenig, Elezar, Lipski, Brian, Lollino, Luca, Margolis, Jordan, Nigamatzyanov, Tagir, Patel, Hiren, Patel, Neal, Shehada, Hazem, Toops, Melissa, Trauner, Crystal, Zgourdah, Mourad
Date: 2009-12
Description: The purpose of this project is to show how a team committed to helping people help save the world can leapfrog today's best designs. As...
Show moreThe purpose of this project is to show how a team committed to helping people help save the world can leapfrog today's best designs. As opposed to the tradition of minimum design standards that just meeting the building code, highest practical design standards are the focus. True sustainability is the goal of this project, including; Zero Carbon Emissions, Net Zero Energy, 100% Solar Power, 10 times the traditional design life, 1/10th the maintenance, rot proof, termite proof, fire proof, hurricane and earthquake resistant. The project team, using cutting edge technology, will develop all aspects of a start-up design and build company to promote High Performance Green Homes. This project will provide a great opportunity for IIT students to experience a challenging and interesting project and to significantly contribute to a better world.
Sponsorship: Jimmy Eng
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Title: THE EUML-ARC PROGRAMMING MODEL
Creator: Marth, Kevin
Date: 2014, 2014-07
Description: The EUML-ARC programming model shows that the increasing parallelism available on multi-core processors requires evolutionary (not...
Show moreThe EUML-ARC programming model shows that the increasing parallelism available on multi-core processors requires evolutionary (not revolutionary) changes in software design. The EUML-ARC programming model combines and extends software technology available even before the introduction of multi-core processors to provide software engineers with the ability to specify software systems that expose abstract platform-independent parallelism. The EUML-ARC programming model is a synthesis of Executable UML, the Actor model, role-based modeling, split objects, and aspect-based coordination. Computation in the EUML-ARC programming model is structured in terms of semantic entities composed of actor-based agents whose behaviors are expressed in hierarchical state machines. An entity is composed of a base intrinsic agent and multiple extrinsic role agents, all with dedicated conceptual threads of control. Entities interact through their role agents in the context of featureoriented collaborations orchestrated by coordinator agents. The conceptual threads of control associated with the agents in a software system expose both intra-entity and inter-entity parallelism that is mapped by the EUML-ARC model compiler to the hardware threads available on the target multi-core processor. The hardware and software e ciency achieved with representative benchmark systems show that the EUML-ARC programming model and its compiler can exploit multi-core parallelism while providing a productive model-driven approach to software development.
Ph.D. in Computer Science, July 2014
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Title: Steam jet ash conveyors
Creator: Himelblau, Harry
Date: 2009, 1919
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/steamjetashconve00hime
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America (sequence unknown), IPRO 309 - Deliverables
Creator: Ashley, Trevor, Claxton, Matt, Conover, Stephen, Gotanco, Francis, Mathai, Alexander, Nizich, Adam, Park, Yong, Quikr, Kerry, Ray, Monmayuri, Vasquez, Raul
Date: 2009-12
Description: The overall goal of our IPRO team is to create a program for delivering orthotics and prosthetics that is sustainable. This will be...
Show moreThe overall goal of our IPRO team is to create a program for delivering orthotics and prosthetics that is sustainable. This will be accomplished by improving the quality of the product by increasing availability of funding, improving cost effectiveness of prosthetics, and promoting awareness of treatment available.
Deliverables for IPRO 309: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: A Video Annotation and Indexing System (sequence unknown), IPRO 327 - Deliverables: IPRO 327 IPRO Day Presentation F09
Creator: Dhagam, Karthik, Donchev, Alexander, Homawoo, Sergio, Litas, Alexander, Orlichenko, Anton, Osswald, Christian, Petsod, Jason, Rawlings, Ori, Shaffer, Joshua, Smith, Antoinette, Yates, Andrew, Yu, Hee Jeoung
Date: 2009-12
Description: Much information available on the Web is in video format. The problem with this medium is users cannot comment on particular scenes within the...
Show moreMuch information available on the Web is in video format. The problem with this medium is users cannot comment on particular scenes within the videos and there is no method of searching for specific content within the videos. The team proposes to develop a system that will allow users to make fine-grained comments on scenes within the video and then to use these comments to aid in search within videos.
Deliverables for IPRO 327: A video annotation and indexing system for the fall 2009 semester
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