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Title: Future physics: A personal view, Proceedings of the XLIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics
Creator: Bjorken, James
Date: 2013-09-15, 2013-09-15
Publisher: IIT Press
Description: A personal view of the future of particle physics is presented.
Sponsorship: IIT College of Science, High Energy Physics Division of Argonne...
Show moreA personal view of the future of particle physics is presented.
Sponsorship: IIT College of Science, High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory
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Title: Study of a single-phase variable speed shunt induction motor
Creator: Calvin, R., Zeisler, L
Date: 2009, 1910
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/studyofsinglepha00calv
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: BUILDING SCIENCE MEASUREMENTS FOR THE HOSPITAL MICROBIOME PROJECT
Creator: Ramos, Tiffanie
Date: 2014, 2014-05
Description: The Hospital Microbiome Project was designed to study the progression of microbial communities present inside and nearby patient rooms in a...
Show moreThe Hospital Microbiome Project was designed to study the progression of microbial communities present inside and nearby patient rooms in a new hospital pavilion recently built at the University of Chicago, both before the hospital was occupied and for nearly one year after introduction of patients and hospital staff. A suite of building science measurements, which is the focus of this work, was also designed and implemented to provide potentially meaningful data on several building environmental and operational parameters that may have influenced microbial communities inside the hospital. The building science measurement plan included characterizations of indoor air temperature, relative humidity (RH), absolute humidity, light levels, outdoor air fractions in the HVAC systems, room pressurization, and human occupancy using both beam break counters and CO2 concentrations in the 10 patient rooms and 2 nurse stations. Each parameter was measured at 5-minute intervals over the span of nearly one year, which resulted in more than 8 million collected data points. Air temperatures varied more than expected for such a typically tightly controlled environment, with surprisingly low correlations between rooms. RH and absolute humidity were highly correlated between patient rooms, indicating a strong effect from the HVAC system and little effect from occupants. Humidity was more tightly controlled during summer and winter months when the weather was most extreme in Chicago. Light intensity levels were not found to be very different between rooms and floors (which received similar solar exposure), but large seasonal patterns were apparent. CO2 was moderately correlated with non-directional IR beam-break counts at times, but not consistently. IR beam-break counters revealed large variations in patient room occupancy xv patterns throughout the study. In the HVAC systems serving each floor, outdoor air (OA) fractions were successfully calculated using CO2 concentrations measured in the outdoor air intake, recirculation air, and supply air, albeit only after periodic calibrations with data from the building automation system. OA fractions also showed distinct patterns of economizer usage with outdoor temperatures. Ultimately, this large suite of building science data will be used alongside microbial diversity data to explore correlations between indoor microbiology and the built environment.
M.S. in Environmental Engineering, May 2014
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Title: EVALUATION OF COXIELLA BURNETII NINE MILE PHASE II INACTIVATION IN WHOLE MILK AFTER THERMAL TREATMENT BY INTEGRATED CELL CULTURE-PCR ASSAY
Creator: Ma, Songchuan
Date: 2013-04-30, 2013-05
Description: Coxiella burnetii, the etiologic agent of Q fever, is a Gram-negative, obligate intracellular coccobacillus, which has been used as the...
Show moreCoxiella burnetii, the etiologic agent of Q fever, is a Gram-negative, obligate intracellular coccobacillus, which has been used as the reference organism for defining milk pasteurization conditions. A developed Integrated Cell Culture-PCR (ICC-PCR) assay may be helpful for evaluating C. burnetii inactivation by thermal process in whole milk products. The purpose of this research was to characterize and optimize an ICCPCR assay in whole milk and evaluate this assay by thermal process. Coxiella burnetii was diluted into whole milk from FDA stock and treated by thermal process. Samples were sealed in glass vials and placed in ice-water to obtain a consistent starting temperature. Cooled vials were heated in a shaking waterbath at 60 °C, 62 °C and 64 °C in for various times. Thermally treated samples were diluted by RPMI+1% FBS and inoculated on Vero cell culture monolayers with PBS, incubated for 48 hours to infect the Vero cells, and then incubated for another 9 days to allow propagation. The propagated C. burnetii mix was subjected to freeze-thaw followed by DNA extraction with Autogen DNA Tissue Kit by using Quickgene Mini80. Extracted DNA was amplified by using TaqMan-MGB based qPCR targeting published primers for the IS1111a transposase gene to verify C. burnetii growth. For detection limit determination, serial dilutions of C. burnetii were mixed independently in whole milk and 1% FBS+RPMI. The mix was overlaid on confluent Vero cells for 2 days and 11 days. The DNA extractions were followed using DNA tissue kit by Quickgene Mini80 and PCR. At least duplicate trials using 3 replicates per trial were completed for each time/temperature condition.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, May 2013
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Title: Design of a 20,000 kW steam turbo-generator station
Creator: Emmons, Gilbert C., Tellin, William G, Todd, Samuel R
Date: 2009, 1911
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/designof20000kws00emmo
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Automatic Insulin Pumps Using Recursive Multivariable Models and Adaptive Control Algorithms
Creator: Cinar, Ali, Oruklu, Meriyan
Date: 2014-04-09, 2014-04-08
Description: A method and device for monitoring or treating patient glucose levels. The device includes a glucose sensor for measuring a glucose level of a...
Show moreA method and device for monitoring or treating patient glucose levels. The device includes a glucose sensor for measuring a glucose level of a patient, a physiological status monitoring system for measuring at least one physical or metabolic variable of the patient, and an automatic controller in communication with the glucose sensor and the physiological status monitoring system. The controller includes a prediction module for automatically predicting a future glucose level using data measured by the glucose sensor and the physiological sensor.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: NATURAL GAS STORAGE EVALUATION FOR GAS FIRED POWER PLANT OPERATION
Creator: Nan, Sibo
Date: 2014, 2014-12
Description: Gas generation has been the preferred non-renewable generation technology during the last few years due to its high efficiency, low emission,...
Show moreGas generation has been the preferred non-renewable generation technology during the last few years due to its high efficiency, low emission, and good flexibility. As a result of increasing gas usage by gas fired power plant (GFPP), gas pipeline congestion becomes a big issue for GFPP. As non-electric natural gas consumers have higher priority in pipeline capacity usage, GFPP’s profit could be negatively impacted when non-electric gas consumption is extremely high. Natural gas storage directly connected to GFPP can supply gas when pipeline capacity is constrained. This thesis presents a model of evaluating the benefit of gas storage to GFPP. The model is formulated as a mixed-integer quadratic programming (MIQP) problem and solved using a commercial MIQP solver. A case study on one GFPP owning 4 natural gas generators is performed based on this model. It is observed that GFPP with gas storage directly connected can make more profit than GFPP without storage. A sensitivity study is conducted to analyze the relationship between the optimal gas storage capacity, as well as GFPP profit, and electricity price, non-electric gas consumption, and gas pipeline contract price. It is observed that the optimal gas storage capacity increases when electricity price increases and available pipeline capacity declines; however it does not change with the variation of gas pipeline contract price. It is also observed that the maximum profit of GFPP is most sensitive to electricity price, then non-electric gas consumption, and is least sensitive to gas pipeline contract price. The main application of this model is to help GFPP owner determine whether or not to install gas storage and, if yes, what the optimal capacity of gas storage should be. In addition, this model can also help GFPP owner plan gas purchase and gas pipeline capacity contract volume.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, December 2014
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Title: Nozzle-Orientation Effects and Nonlinear Interactions Between Twin Jets of Complex Geometry
Creator: Joshi, R, Panickar, P, Srinivasan, K, Raman, G
Date: 2006-04
Publisher: American Inst Aeronaut Astronaut
Description: In this paper we focus on understanding the behavior of twin nozzles of complex geometry in various yaw orientations. To the best of our...
Show moreIn this paper we focus on understanding the behavior of twin nozzles of complex geometry in various yaw orientations. To the best of our knowledge there are no published studies addressing the effects of nozzle orientation on the coupling of twin jets of complex exit geometry. We study the behavior of 1) uniform-exit rectangular nozzles, 2) single-beveled nozzles in a codirected configuration, and 3) single-beveled nozzles in a contradirected configuration. Experiments were carried out at fully expanded Mach numbers ranging from 1.28 to 1.72. Bevel angles of 10 and 30 deg were considered, and microphones located at the nozzle exit plane quantified the coupling using both linear and nonlinear spectral-analysis methods. Nonlinear characteristics were quantified using the nonlinear interaction density metric with a cross-bicoherence cut-off threshold of 0.4. The following interesting results emerged from this study: 1) When nozzles having uniform rectangular exits are yawed, the sound-pressure levels in the internozzle region reduce as the yaw angles are increased, and, at a very high yaw angle, the symmetric coupling regime that existed at the high fully expanded Mach number range (without yaw) is replaced by an antisymmetric coupling regime in the same range. 2) Geometrically similar exits from uniform-exit rectangular nozzles and beveled nozzles in the contradirected configuration showed similar characteristics when studied using linear techniques. However, they revealed information that was hitherto unknown when studied using nonlinear spectral-analysis techniques. It is believed that the results presented in this paper will provide benchmark data to those simulating/designing complex-geometry nozzle systems.
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Title: Cathode Ray Tube Magnetic Reproducer for Video
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 2009-04-27, 1971-02-16
Description: An electron beam head for reproducing magnetically recorded video signals wherein magnetic fields from the record medium are channeled to the...
Show moreAn electron beam head for reproducing magnetically recorded video signals wherein magnetic fields from the record medium are channeled to the interior of the envelope to deflect the primary electrons transversely to the scanning direction of the beam. In one embodiment, the sensing electrodes are at opposite sides of the magnetic field region at an end wall of the envelope, while in another embodiment the primary electron beam passes through the openings in a grid of magnetic wires so as to interact with the magnetic fields therebetween, electrostatic deflecting means serving to deflect the electron beam through a substantial angle as it leaves the grid so as to impinge on sensing electrodes remote from the grid. In a third embodiment, secondary electrons are conducted into a branch tube extending from the main envelope and a single electrode senses the degree of deflection of the secondary electrons by the magnetic fields permeating the secondary emission region.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Multiple Video Signal Transducing System and Method
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 2009-04-29, 1972-08-22
Description: Method and apparatus for transducing a plurality of video signals on a record medium by interlacing recorded fields of different signals along...
Show moreMethod and apparatus for transducing a plurality of video signals on a record medium by interlacing recorded fields of different signals along a channel, and using a series of scanners or a scanner with shiftable scanning beam for repeatedly reproducing each recorded field, or using a scanner and a repeater device to reproduce and repeat each recorded signal, and thus provide for display of a continuous sequence of fields, while using much less record medium for a given program.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: MODEL-BASED EXPLORATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING MULTIPLE PROPERTY GRADIENT IN CROSSLINKED POLYMER FILMS IN CONTROLLED LIVING POLYMERIZATION
Creator: Qin, Zikai
Date: 2014, 2014-05
Description: The functional gradient materials have been widely used in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and tissue engineering since they have...
Show moreThe functional gradient materials have been widely used in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and tissue engineering since they have been reported because of their admirable mechanical, physical and chemical properties. Several traditional methods of synthesis gradient materials are known to all. Here we introduced a new mathematical model of designing and producing crosslinked polymeric films with target multiple gradients. We derive our model from batch reactor system and explore how each condition of the system affects the gradient of the polymer film. Then we extend to semi-batch reactor to control the gradient in crosslink density and set up different strategies to make the target multiple gradient crosslink density accomplish. With any given target gradient crosslinked polymer film, we can make an exact similar film in our model.
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, May 2014
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Title: A NOVEL METHOD FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRUCTURAL CONTACT IN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS OFFERING SIMPLIFIED TREATMENT OF ENERGY DISSIPATION
Creator: Grudzinski, James John
Date: 2012-04-24, 2012-05
Description: A novel method for implementing contact/impact in an implicit nite element formulation is presented. The method uses the ideas of buoyancy to...
Show moreA novel method for implementing contact/impact in an implicit nite element formulation is presented. The method uses the ideas of buoyancy to enforce the normal contact constraint and a velocity dependent force to model energy dissipation. Upon contact (penetration) a normal force equal to the depth of penetration times a target weight density (di erent and much larger than the actual material weight density) creates a normal pressure on the contacting body. In addition to the buoyancy force, the penetrating surface area is subjected to a drag-like force that acts in a direction opposite the velocity vector of the penetrating node of the contacting body . This rate dependence is broken up into components tangential and normal to the target surface. The normal component of the drag performs two functions. First it provides for an energy absorbing mechanism similar to a coe cient of restitution for modeling non-conservative systems. Secondly, it can provide damping (analogous to mathematical damping) which can aid in solution convergence. The tangential component of the damping force serves the function of modeling friction in a simpli ed manner. The method applies contact forces in the manner of external forces and as such lends itself well to simpli ed contact detection schemes which rely on functional representation of bodies. The method is described and demonstrated through several examples including a comparison to experimental data.
Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, May 2012
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Title: FLIP-FLOP JET NOZZLE EXTENDED TO SUPERSONIC FLOWS
Creator: Raman, G, Hailye, M, Rice, Ej
Date: 1993-06
Publisher: AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT
Description: An experiment studying a fluidically oscillated rectangular jet flow was conducted. The Mach number was varied over a range from low subsonic...
Show moreAn experiment studying a fluidically oscillated rectangular jet flow was conducted. The Mach number was varied over a range from low subsonic to supersonic. Unsteady velocity and pressure measurements were made using hot wires, piezoresistive pressure transducers, and pitot probes. In addition, smoke flow visualization using high-speed photography was used to document the oscillation of the jet. For the subsonic flip-flop jet, it was found that the apparent time-mean widening of the jet was not accompanied by an increase in the mass flux. Fluidically oscillated jets up to a Mach number of about 0.5 have been reported before, but to our knowledge there is no information on fluidically oscillated supersonic jets. It was found that it is possible to extend the operation of these devices to supersonic flows. The streamwise velocity perturbation levels produced by this device were much higher than the perturbation levels that could be produced using conventional excitation sources such as acoustic drivers. In view of this ability to produce high amplitudes, the potential for using a small-scale fluidically oscillated jet as an unsteady excitation source for the control of shear flows in full-scale practical applications seems promising.
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Title: The utility of the pyrometer on carburetted water gas machines
Creator: Heath, Chester S.
Date: 2009, 1911
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/utilityofpyromet00heat
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1911 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1911

Title: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS: INFLUENCE OF INFLUENT VARIABLES ON A WRP MODEL
Creator: Wang, Xiaolong
Date: 2015, 2015-07
Description: Balancing between cost and effluent quality at the Calumet water reclamation plants (WRP) is important. Influent quality has strong effects on...
Show moreBalancing between cost and effluent quality at the Calumet water reclamation plants (WRP) is important. Influent quality has strong effects on effluent quality. In this study, based on a simulation model, the influence of influent parameters on effluent ammonia concentration is identified by sensitivity analysis methods. Nine sensitivity analysis methods, including two mathematical methods, five statistical methods, and two graphical methods, are presented. Using different sensitivity analysis, most results presented all main effects have stronger effects than interactions among input variables on the output. Water temperature is always the most important parameter; the most important interaction effect is between water temperature and SS. Key words: Sensitivity analysis; water reclamation plants; design of experiments; simulation model; influent water quality; effluent ammonia
M.S. in Environmental Engineering, July 2015
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Title: Transducer Apparatus
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 2009-04-27, 1971-07-27
Description: A video and/or audio magnetic transducer apparatus includes a capstan assembly formed with at least one annular groove therein and a...
Show moreA video and/or audio magnetic transducer apparatus includes a capstan assembly formed with at least one annular groove therein and a compressible medium in the groove for nonrigidly backing a recording medium opposite a recording channel thereon. Adjustable stop means limit movement of a transducer head cooperable with the capstan when the head is in a cooperable operating position with respect to the recording medium for preventing damage thereto.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Method for Producing Crystals and Screening Crystallization Conditions
Creator: Myerson, Allan S., Lee, Alfred Y.
Date: 2009-05-19, 2008-02-12
Description: A method for producing crystals and for screening crystallization conditions of chemical materials on distinct metallic islands with specific...
Show moreA method for producing crystals and for screening crystallization conditions of chemical materials on distinct metallic islands with specific functional groups, for preparing and screening the conditions necessary to promote a specific polymorph of a crystal, and a means for testing and screening the more precise conditions suitable for achieving a desired size or form of a crystal.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: THE PALAIS GARNIER: TOWARD AN ARCHITECTURE OF DANCE AND MUSIC IN XIX CENTURY FRANCE
Creator: Vranas Olsen, Cynthia
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: As a doctoral candidate, this writer has focused on the Romantic Movement of 19th century France, where the arts mutually influenced each...
Show moreAs a doctoral candidate, this writer has focused on the Romantic Movement of 19th century France, where the arts mutually influenced each other, just as in ancient Greece and Rome. This research highlights the interrelationships of the Arts to Architecture by examining artists such as Hugo in drama, Gautier in literature, Delacroix in painting, Chopin and Adam in music, Noverre in dance and Garnier in architecture. Although Noverre’s specialty was dance, he believed that theater buildings were first monuments to the arts. For Garnier, 100 years later, the Arts and Architecture were not separate identities. They complemented and enhanced one another. Both books, Observations sur la Construction d’une Nouvelle Salle de l’Opera by Jean-Georges Noverre and Le Theatre by Charles Garnier, were publications translated extensively from French to the English language as primary sources. In designing a theater building, the architect is responsible for synthesizing and translating myriad information in order to create an appropriate and responsive language. An invaluable knowledge of technical considerations - set design, lighting, backstage equipment, sightlines, acoustics and facilities for performers - is critical, as is balancing the client’s concerns and the user/spectator’s needs. As performance expresses a cultural instinct for communicative involvement, this writer believes that a theater building, itself, is a reflection of the arts. It is art, therefore, that inextricably shapes the programs and designs of our theater buildings. The Palais Garnier, completed in 1875 for the Paris Opéra and its associated Paris Opéra Ballet, is thought to mirror the cultural complexity of the age. Before this time, the Paris Opéra was housed in the Salle Le Peletier, a temporary building with inadequate facilities that did not reflect the existing, lavish, highly skilled art that was performed. Garnier’s travels to ancient sites in Greece and Rome resulted in his classic book, Le Théatre. By writing, he immersed himself in the study of the physical qualities of the theater, and it eventually became his architecture. The form and character of the theater buildings studied reflect the changing social structures, technology and patronage that sponsored them. The Palais Garnier reflects a unique intersection of the arts, along with the political, social and economic influences of that time. Musicians turned their attention toward the expressions of intense feelings that were influenced by poetry and the visual arts. The Palais Garnier, with its grandeur and opulence, became its own “performance”. The multi-disciplinary nature of architecture and the study of the interrelationships of the arts can inform creativity. Just like the timeless, majestic Palais Garnier in Paris, in 19th century France, new architectural structures can become their own profound monumental and memorable “performances” for future generations.
Ph.D. in Architecture, May 2017
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Title: Stainless Steels
Creator: Parikh, Niranjan M.
Date: 4/24/2009, 1970-07-28
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Method of Making Gradated Fiber Metal Structures
Creator: Mcgee, Sherwood W., Zoiss, Melvin H.
Date: 4/23/2009, 1969-04-29
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

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