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Title: IN VITRO ASSAYS FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF PROCESSING ON THE ALLERGENIC POTENTIAL OF MILK ALLERGENS
Creator: Zhao, Yuhui
Date: 2014, 2014-07
Description: A better understanding of how processing may affect the allergenicity of proteins will allow a more accurate allergen risk assessment and...
Show moreA better understanding of how processing may affect the allergenicity of proteins will allow a more accurate allergen risk assessment and achieve a greater success in food allergy management. To determine whether food processing can affect the allergenic potential of proteins, immunochemical methods are commonly used, however, these methods are not able to determine changes in the proteins’ ability to elicit allergic reactions. Although food challenge studies are the gold standard for determining the allergenicity of proteins, such studies are seldom performed due to ethical reasons and the difficulty in recruiting a sufficient number of study participants. In recent years, a number of mediator release assays have been developed to measure the allergenic potential of food proteins in vitro. How these cell-based assays can be used to assess the impact of thermal or other processing conditions on the allergenic potential of proteins remains to be determined. This study evaluated the use of sensitized rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells for assessing the impact of boiling on the allergenic potential of milk allergens by measuring changes in the proteins’ ability to induce cell degranulation and the release of β-hexosaminidase. RBL-2H3 cells sensitized with rat IgEs that were specifically raised against NIST non-fat milk standard reference material, β-lactoglobulin (BLG), α-lactalbumin (ALA) and α-casein (αCAS) were challenged with various concentrations of each allergen in its native and processed (boiled in PBS for 10 min) forms. Cell degranulation caused by the allergen was monitored by measuring the release of β-hexosaminidase. All allergens (NIST milk, BLG, ALA, and αCAS) were able to induce the release of β-hexosaminidase, up to 43.1%. A decrease in % release of β-hexosaminidase was observed when cells were challenged with a decreasing concenration xi of the ALA and milk allergens. Boiling of nonfat milk, ALA, BLG and αCAS caused an increase in the % release of β-hexosaminidase from sensitized cells across antigen concentrations from 10-6 mg/mL to 1 mg/mL. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the in vitro mediator release assay method may serve as a useful model to evaluate the impact of thermal processing on the allergenic potential of milk allergens.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, July 2014
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Title: Gerry-meandering: An Assessment of the Congressional District Model of Depository Allocation (preprint)
Creator: Ahrens, Aric G., Griffin, Luke A.
Date: 2003-06
Description: The preprint of a published article dealing with the effect of allocating Federal Depositories by Congressional district. Conclusions drawn...
Show moreThe preprint of a published article dealing with the effect of allocating Federal Depositories by Congressional district. Conclusions drawn include the fact that due to redistricting that occurs after each decennial census, over time some districts may have within their boundaries a greater number than the two depositories that Congressional district allocation was intended to produce. Likewise, over time shifting boundaries of districts have created districts that have no depositories whatsoever.
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Title: Financial Incubators, India: presentation 26 april
Creator: Shah, Shruti
Date: 2010-05-01, 2010-05

Title: Planning for Human Implantation of a Cortical Visual Prosthesis (sequence unknown), IPRO 334 - Deliverables: IPRO 334 IPRO Day Presentation F09
Creator: Bern, David, Chen, Shanyl, Deroo, Mary, Gorski, David, Kelly, Thomas, Leasenby, Alex, Li, Zhi, Pyrkh, Hanna, Subhani, Maham, Taneja, Aanchal
Date: 2009-12
Description: The Intracortical Visual Prosthesis is based upon that concept that by implanting a large number of subminiature electrodes within the human...
Show moreThe Intracortical Visual Prosthesis is based upon that concept that by implanting a large number of subminiature electrodes within the human visual cortex, coordinated temporal-spatial image information can be artificially communicated to the human visual cortex in the form of electrical currents, acting as a sensory substitute for normal vision.
Sponsorship: IIT Laboratory of Neural Prosthetic Research
Deliverables for IPRO 334: Planning for Human Implantation of a Cortical Visual Prosthesis for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: High Performance Green Homes (sequence unknown), IPRO 317 - Deliverables: IPRO 317 Brochure 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: Our Energy Future: Lessons in Sustainability AND IPRO Teams for K-12: The Education Outreach Service Learning Cluster (sequence unknown), IPRO 332 - Deliverables: IPRO 332 Midterm Presentation F09
Creator: Chavez, Jorge, Johnson, Ross, Chin, Jason, Grande, Gina, Lay, Livia, Mccloat, Declain, Nguyen, Nam, Olechno, Patrick, Randle, Jennifer, Tyler Ii, Micheal, Vega, Mayra, Weiner, Andrew, Zajac, Gregory
Date: 2009-12
Description: The mission of the IPRO is to educate the community, focusing mainly on elementary and high school students, on the issues of sustainability...
Show moreThe mission of the IPRO is to educate the community, focusing mainly on elementary and high school students, on the issues of sustainability and energy conservation. The group looks to expand on the work that has been completed in previous semesters, by adding multi-media presentations to enhance the current teaching modules. Previous modules have presented to classrooms simply with information, and the team looks to add upon this by adding interactive and entertaining materials to intrigue the audience.
Deliverables for IPRO 332: IOur Energy Future: Lessons in Sustainability AND IPRO Teams for K-12: The Education Outreach Service Learning Cluster for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: FINFET BASED STANDARD CELL LIBRARY CHARACTERIZATION
Creator: Yuan, Yu
Date: 2015, 2015-07
Description: In this work, four standard cell libraries based on FinFET technology have been characterized and implemented. The first library uses the BSIM...
Show moreIn this work, four standard cell libraries based on FinFET technology have been characterized and implemented. The first library uses the BSIM-CMG and PTM-MG models, which represents the common multi-gate devices. Two libraries are based on the BSIM-IMG model, operating in short-gate (corresponding to low-Vt) mode and lowpower (corresponding to high-Vt) mode separately. Synthesis and simulation of BSIMCMG based library is presented and compared to the conventional 45nm CMOS library, FreePDK45. The results show acceptable accuracy of the library based on BSIM-CMG model. For the libraries based on BSIM-IMG model, Short-Gate (SG) mode, Low-Power (LP) mode and the mixed-mode (combining both SG and LP modes) have been analyzed. The results proved that the low-power independent multi-gate FinFET can be used for leakage power reduction, just like the bulk CMOS high-Vt devices. At the end of this work, another library based on CCS model was characterized and verified, which show far better accuracy in terms of both timing and power modeling.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, July 2015
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Title: Our Energy Future: Lessons in Sustainability AND IPRO Teams for K-12: The Education Outreach Service Learning Cluster (sequence unknown), IPRO 332 - Deliverables: IPRO 332 IPRO Day Presentation F09
Creator: Chavez, Jorge, Johnson, Ross, Chin, Jason, Grande, Gina, Lay, Livia, Mccloat, Declain, Nguyen, Nam, Olechno, Patrick, Randle, Jennifer, Tyler Ii, Micheal, Vega, Mayra, Weiner, Andrew, Zajac, Gregory
Date: 2009-12
Description: The mission of the IPRO is to educate the community, focusing mainly on elementary and high school students, on the issues of sustainability...
Show moreThe mission of the IPRO is to educate the community, focusing mainly on elementary and high school students, on the issues of sustainability and energy conservation. The group looks to expand on the work that has been completed in previous semesters, by adding multi-media presentations to enhance the current teaching modules. Previous modules have presented to classrooms simply with information, and the team looks to add upon this by adding interactive and entertaining materials to intrigue the audience.
Deliverables for IPRO 332: IOur Energy Future: Lessons in Sustainability AND IPRO Teams for K-12: The Education Outreach Service Learning Cluster for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: PREPARATION FOR IMPLANTATION OF AN INTRACORTICAL VISUAL PROSTTIESIS IN A HUMAN: WORKING TOWARDS SATURATION
Creator: Troyk, Melissa J
Date: 2017, 2017-07
Description: The research focused on restoring visual perception via a vision prosthetic is progressing at a rapidly advancing rate. Previous research on...
Show moreThe research focused on restoring visual perception via a vision prosthetic is progressing at a rapidly advancing rate. Previous research on the experiences and perspectives of past, current, and potential vision prosthesis users has demonstrated that the decision to obtain a vision prosthetic is driven by a variety of unique factors and variables that merge with one another during the process of deciding to participate in clinical vision prosthesis research (Lane, Huyck, Troyk, & Schug, 2012; Lane, Nitsch, Huyck, Troyk, & Schug, 2014; Lane, Nitsch, & Troyk, 2015). The purpose of the current study was twofold: 1) to determine if our understanding of the experiences and perspectives of potential vision prosthesis users was nearing saturation, and 2) to understand the perspectives of potential vision prosthesis users who are veterans. Data were analyzed in accordance with qualitative analysis procedures. Results identified several new themes and subthemes that were determined to be important to our understanding of potential users’ perspectives of an intracortical vision prosthesis device. A preliminary framework is proposed for understanding how the identified themes and subthemes merge during the process of deciding to participate in an experimental vision prosthesis human clinical trial. The results demonstrated that while progress has been made, there is still more to learn about blind individuals’ perspectives of vision prostheses and how they would decide to participate in vision prosthesis research.
M.S. in Psychology, July 2017
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Title: PROPOSITION AND EVALUATION OF A NEW DAMPER, CALLED ROTATIONAL CYLINDRICAL FRICTION DAMPER (RCFD)
Creator: Divani, Abbass
Date: 2013, 2013-12
Description: The objective of this study is to propose and evaluate an innovative frictional damper for structural systems, called Rotational Cylindrical...
Show moreThe objective of this study is to propose and evaluate an innovative frictional damper for structural systems, called Rotational Cylindrical Friction Damper (RCFD), which does not bear limitation of previously proposed systems and yet maintains their advantages. Different kinds of energy dissipaters have been studied and used in structural systems in recent years. They perform more effectively compared to structures without any energy dissipater. Each of previously employed devices has its advantages and limitations. In this report, applicability of previous energy dissipaters will be investigated; then the proposed damper, RCFD, will be introduced, and the performance of RCFD will be evaluated under lateral load using ABAQUS software. RCFD consists of a shaft, a cylinder and proper assembly of braces so that the bracing members make the cylinder and shaft move in opposite circular directions under defined load. The assemblage of braces depends on type of bracing system that is employed. When load in bracing member exceeds the buckling load of the member, it overcomes the friction between the shaft and inner surface of the cylinder and while providing the ductility demand of the structure, it absorbs the energy of the seismic load, and it will work like a safety valve to protect main structural members from inelastic deformation. In spite of other types of frictional dampers, RCFD does not use and reduces the construction cost of high strength bolts. There is no limitation for the size and fitness of the bracing members more than that is for conventional design of braced frames. When we prove the performance of RCFD, some of the requirements of conventional design such as requirement of section F2 of Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, AISC 341-10, will be eliminated. The pressure needed for developing friction is provided by heating the shaft and placing it into the cylinder with slightly smaller xiii diameter. It is simple to design and construct and does not have the limitation of other kinds of frictional damper systems. It can also be installed with little or no modification on any kind of Braced Frames or to retrofit Moment Frames. In this study, RCFD will be installed and evaluated on an Inverted V Concentrically Braced Frame, although installation of the RCFD on X Braced frame will be illustrated.
M.S. in Civil Engineering, December 2013
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Title: Design of a Large Scale Structure (sequence 315), IPRO 315 - Deliverables
Creator: Aguilar-wedge, Carmen, Animashaun, Oladipo, Baur, Alex, Cullen, Michael, Hadi, Shuaib, Hedge, Namrata, Kuo, Steve, Lee, Christopher, Lee, Yongdoo, Rybaltowski, Karol, Scully, Dawveed, Shen, Jie-hua, Yousef, Shadi
Date: 2009-12
Description: Located in Oakbrook, IL the architects and engineers of IPRO 315 will design a 22 story hotel. Together architects and engineers will modify...
Show moreLocated in Oakbrook, IL the architects and engineers of IPRO 315 will design a 22 story hotel. Together architects and engineers will modify and re analyze a structure created by pervious designers, and select any new materials for construction. In creating the hotel students will be responsible for the structural analysis of columns, beams, foundation, steel, and concrete design required to insure all serviceability requirements. The students will be required to follow the 2006 International Building Code, and secure the safety of all possible occupants. Management, leadership, ethics, and teamwork will be an integral part of building a large scale structure as students learn to work together on a “real life” project.
Deliverables for IPRO 315: Design of a Large Scale Structure for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: Functionalized Polyoxovanadates: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties
Creator: Zheng, Yujuan
Date: 2012-04-30, 2011-12
Description: The compound [NaVIV6O6{(OCH2CH2)2NCH2CH2OH}6]Cl.H20, designated C0 in this report, an Anderson type structure, contains a single nitrogen atom...
Show moreThe compound [NaVIV6O6{(OCH2CH2)2NCH2CH2OH}6]Cl.H20, designated C0 in this report, an Anderson type structure, contains a single nitrogen atom in place of a single oxygen atom in each of the six vanadium-oxygen octahedra. Attached to each nitrogen are two alkoxide arms (-O-C-C-) which terminate on separate oxygen atoms of the octahedra. A third ethoxy group (-CH2-CH2-OH) dangles freely from each nitrogen atom. The functionalized cationic core [NaVIV6O6{(OCH2CH2)2NCH2CH2OH}6]+ is generated in situ and is cationic with a charge of +1. Chloride is the counteranion. Each vanadium addenda atom is the +4 oxidation state, and the six unpaired electrons result in interesting magnetic properties. C0 is obtained by reaction of a vanadium oxide source triethanolamine. The purpose of the research described here was to adapt the synthetic protocol associated with triethanolamine to other similar ligands. Ligand choice was motivated by the broader goal of this research group to form (extended) hybrid electronic and magnetic materials by chemically bonding POM cores to chemically interesting ligands, such as dyes or other POM cores. In this regard, the original triethanolamine derivative has a number of shortcomings; chief among them is the inaccessibility of the alcoholic functional group chemistry---due to its low pH---that otherwise might have been used to form linkages through the dangling alkoxy arms. Additionally, linkages containing paraffinic carbon (-C-C-), which is not a good conduit of electronic interaction, are chemically undesirable where the synthetic goal is hybrid structures with interesting electronic and magnetic properties. The results associated with the three ligands, diethanolamine, N,N'-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine, and N,N-Bis(2-hydroxyethy) ethylenediamine, are described herein. Diethanolamine was chosen because---based on a structural comparison to triethanolamine---it was expected to produce a structure having a hydrogen atom in place of the dangling ethoxy arms, which was indeed the result. We considered this structure highly desirable becasue of the potential lability of the hydrogen atom (-N-H), which would allow us to functionalist the core directly. The resulting compounds are characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, mass spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, FT-IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy, maganometric titration, temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements, and cyclic voltammetry. The results of the cyclicvoltammetric investigation are consistent with the labile hydrogen atom (-N-H).
M.S. in Chemistry, December 2011
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Title: MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT NONLINEAR CONTROL OF SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEMS
Creator: Dong, Siwei
Date: 2015, 2015-05
Description: Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is one of the most promising solutions to meet the future nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions regulations for...
Show moreSelective catalytic reduction (SCR) is one of the most promising solutions to meet the future nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions regulations for heavy-duty diesel vehicles. However, such vehicles often operate in highly transient operations in which mobile selective catalytic reduction systems encounter significant efficiency challenges, especially when the engine is under a low load. A detailed simulation model of the SCR system was developed in the Gamma Technologies simulation suite and a baseline model of feedback control on SCR was constructed. Experiment data for the exhaust gas composition and conditions from a Cummins ISB engine was used to provide the input parameters for the SCR model. The results reveal that in the low-load conditions, the efficiency of NOx reduction in the SCR system is very low, and the level NOx concentration exiting the vehicle could be over 5 times than the limitation set by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). However, these issues are encountered in part due to the fact that current SCR controls focus solely on the aftertreatment components and treat the incoming engine output conditions as system disturbances. To address the low NOx conversion problems encountered in low load conditions, a new integrated engine and aftertreatment control model was designed. This integrated approach improves the SCR system efficiency by using available feedback and modulating the upstream air/fuel ratio to provide more favorable SCR inlet conditions. From experiment data analysis, the engine’s air/fuel ratio is shown to have a critical impact on exhaust gas temperature and exhaust oxygen fraction, which highly affect the SCR reactions. In order to integrate the engine and aftertreatment system, a model of the SCR dynamics was created and validated and a simple model of the relationship between the engine’s air/fuel ratio and resulting exhaust temperature and composition is leveraged. The new model-based control strategy is proven to be effective to improve SCR system performance at low-load operations. With a small value shift in air/fuel ratio, the efficiency of low-load SCR system can increase from 40% to 85% at low load operating conditions.
M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, May 2015
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Title: Devices that Assist Blind & Visually-Impaired Individuals in Swimming and Other Exercise Activities (sequence unknown), IPRO 310 - Deliverables: IPRO 310 Midterm Presentation F09
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: LINEAR AND NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR OF TRANSIENT LIFT RESPONSE TO PULSE-ACTUATION
Creator: An, Xuanhong
Date: 2014, 2014-07
Description: The transient lift coe cient for a NACA0009 airfoil with pulsed jet actuation type of active ow control at stall conditions is investigated....
Show moreThe transient lift coe cient for a NACA0009 airfoil with pulsed jet actuation type of active ow control at stall conditions is investigated. The experimental mea- surements show the lift coe cient dependence to a single-pulse with di erent pulse widths and amplitudes. Based on the single-pulse with optimal parameters, multi- pulse and continuous pulse actuation cases are studied, which indicate that the pulse interval is the major factor of the active ow control system capability. Linear and nonlinear model are used to predict the lift coe cient variation for di erent input signals to the actuators. A combined nonlinear model is introduced to predict lift coe cient change due to arbitrary unsteady pitching motion with active ow control.
M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, July 2014
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Title: Some commutation phenomena of direct current machinery
Creator: Clark, F. C.
Date: 2009, 1905
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/somecommutationp00clar
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: DESIGN OF RESILIENT CONTROLLABLE CHEMICAL PROCESSES - AN AUTOTHERMAL REACTOR CASE-STUDY
Creator: Chylla, R. W., Cinar, A.
Date: 1990-07
Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Description: A technique for the analysis of state-space linear systems is applied to the problem of selection of resilient chemical process designs....
Show moreA technique for the analysis of state-space linear systems is applied to the problem of selection of resilient chemical process designs. Structural Dominance Analysis affords the evaluation of many process design and control configurations and assessment of the effects of potential manipulated variables and disturbances. After a brief presentation of the analysis method, a complex multibed tubular autothermal reactor system is examined. Resilient process configurations, ease of control, and effects of various inputs on reactor state variables and outputs are considered, and effective control configurations are selected.
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Title: OPTIMIZATION OF POWER TRENCH MOSFETS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY SYNCHRONOUS BUCK CONVERTERS
Creator: Wang, Wendi
Date: 2016, 2016-05
Description: Synchronous buck converter might be one of the most widely used and fabricated circuitry in the world for its favorable trade-off on many...
Show moreSynchronous buck converter might be one of the most widely used and fabricated circuitry in the world for its favorable trade-off on many subjects. However, the ever higher operation frequency has lead to increasing power loss in power switches and imposed new challenge to MOSFET engineering. One promising alternative for the traditionally used trench MOSFET is the shield gate MOSFET. Shield gate MOSFET has superior conduction performance as well as fast switching transient response due to its Reduced Surface Electric Field (RESURF) effect. In recent years, characterization of power MOSFET has developed along with MOSFET technology itself. New Figure of Merits (FOMs) have come into people's sight as they serve as better standards to fully describe MOSFET's overall performance. Being the same case for many other device structures, this new characterizing system also puts advanced requirements to shield gate MOSFET. And one of the most crucial problems is the rather large output capacitance this structure is having. To improve the property of shield gate MOSFET and meet the requirements of new standards, several ways of structure refinement have been proposed in this work. Both shield gate MOSFET and conventional MOSFET rated at 40V have been designed and simulated in the second chapter. The outcome shows that shield gate MOSFET has superior performance in almost every respect except for its large output charge. Then new structure for COSS reduction has been introduced in the following section, with decrement of about 50% in QQS-1 being achieved. Finally, another issue that has been tackled with is the shoot through of synchronous buck converter. Equivalent circuit model for shoot through analysis is built in this section to study the effect of each parasitic element. And a p type pillar added structure has been verified as an effective way to suppress shoot through gate bounce.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2016
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Title: Reuse of 1230 N. Burling | Cabrini Green Youth Center
Creator: Ciorba, Dan
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: Demolishing a concrete building that is structurally sound is ecologically wasteful and irresponsible. With the many advantages concrete...
Show moreDemolishing a concrete building that is structurally sound is ecologically wasteful and irresponsible. With the many advantages concrete offers and rising energy costs, there needs to be a way that existing and structurally sound, concrete buildings can be reused. This explored method for concrete reuse depends heavily on technological advances in the foreseeable future that allow for the process to be accomplished efficiently and for the material to be preserved for a longer period of time.
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Title: Searching for W' bosons at LHC with single top production, Proceedings of the XLIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics
Creator: Duffty, Daniel, Sullivan, Zack
Date: 2013-09-15, 2013-09-15
Publisher: IIT Press
Description: One of the strengths of the LHC is its capacity for the discovery of new physics. As a consequence of many BSM theories, W′ bosons make an...
Show moreOne of the strengths of the LHC is its capacity for the discovery of new physics. As a consequence of many BSM theories, W′ bosons make an ideal particle to search for to constrain many models. One mode in particular has relatively low background: Single top quark production mediated by a W′ boson. For W′ masses less than 1500 GeV, all the decay products of the top quark are visible, and the strongest channel is the top’s decay into an electron or muon, with the associated neutrino and a bottom jet. As the W′ mass increases, the decay products from the highly boosted top and bottom quarks from the W′ appear as fat jets; boosted top tagging algorithms abound, and we propose a boosted bottom tag to set an exclusion limit of 2750 GeV for standard model-like couplings with existing 8 TeV data.
Sponsorship: IIT College of Science, High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory
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