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Title: Blankit as a bleaching agent in paper making
Creator: Squair, F. R.
Date: 2009, 1910
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/blankitasbleachi00squa
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1910 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1910

Title: Bleaching cotton-seed oil with American fullers earth
Creator: Beifeld, H. A., Newman, J. J.
Date: 2009, 1912
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/bleachingcottons00beif
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaf 4

Title: Bond stress of lap reinforced concrete beams
Date: 2009, 1911
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/bondstressoflapr00emin
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: THE IMPACTS AND “BEST PRACTICES” OF UNDERGRADUATE – GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
Creator: Campanile, Megan Faurot
Date: 2015, 2015-12
Description: Undergraduate research has been identified as an educational practice in the U.S. that directly addresses issues with science education at...
Show moreUndergraduate research has been identified as an educational practice in the U.S. that directly addresses issues with science education at both the undergraduate and graduate school levels. With the growth of undergraduate research in the U.S., over the past two decades, faculty are more often assigning graduate students to mentor undergraduate students than providing the one-on-one mentoring themselves. A critical gap that exists in the literature is how the mentoring relationships in undergraduate research influence the academic and career outcomes of both the undergraduate and graduate students. The two main research questions that framed this study were: (1) What, if any, changes occur in the academic and career paths of undergraduate and graduate students who participate in undergraduate research experiences? and (2) Are there variables that constitute “best practices” in the mentoring relationships in undergraduate research experiences and, if so, what are they?. The context of this study was the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and the 113 undergraduate researchers and 31 graduate student mentors who participated from 2006 – 2014. In addition, there was a purposeful sample of six pairs selected to develop case studies and illustrate the complexities of the undergraduate – graduate student mentoring relationships. Data collection occurred in two phases: the first phase collected pre- and post-program data from the undergraduate researchers during the delivery of the 10-week REU program; and, the second phase collected follow-up data from both the undergraduate researchers and graduate student mentors during the 2014 – 2015 academic year. Surveys and semi-structured interviews were administered to ask the undergraduate researchers and graduate student mentors about their academic and career paths and mentoring relationship experiences and views. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics, content analysis method, and constant comparative method. The key findings on the undergraduate researchers’ academic and career paths were their actual earned graduate degree types (Ph.D. 20%, M.D. 20%, M.S. 48%, other 12%) and fields (STEM 57%, medical 35%, and other 8%). In addition, the career fields (STEM 68%, medical 26%, and 6% other) and sectors (industry 43%, healthcare 30%, academia 17%, and other 10%) that the undergraduate researchers were pursuing or working in. This is the first known study to examine the career paths of graduate student mentors of REU programs and it found that they were all pursuing or working in STEM fields and, specifically, in the career sectors of academia (50%), industry (40%), and government (10%). More than 75% of both the undergraduate researchers and graduate student mentors paired together reported that their mentoring relationships in undergraduate research had a somewhat to extremely influential impact on their academic and career paths. To gain insight into how they influenced one another and to identify the “bestundergraduate researchers and graduate student mentors about their academic and career paths and mentoring relationship experiences and views. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics, content analysis method, and constant comparative method. The key findings on the undergraduate researchers’ academic and career paths were their actual earned graduate degree types (Ph.D. 20%, M.D. 20%, M.S. 48%, other 12%) and fields (STEM 57%, medical 35%, and other 8%). In addition, the career fields (STEM 68%, medical 26%, and 6% other) and sectors (industry 43%, healthcare 30%, academia 17%, and other 10%) that the undergraduate researchers were pursuing or working in. This is the first known study to examine the career paths of graduate student mentors of REU programs and it found that they were all pursuing or working in STEM fields and, specifically, in the career sectors of academia (50%), industry (40%), and government (10%). More than 75% of both the undergraduate researchers and graduate student mentors paired together reported that their mentoring relationships in undergraduate research had a somewhat to extremely influential impact on their academic and career paths. To gain insight into how they influenced one another and to identify the “best practices” of mentoring, the results on the mentoring experiences and views were triangulated which included a systematic compare and contrast of the six case studies. A set of “best practices” were developed for both the undergraduate researchers and graduate student mentors and they focused on the positive and challenging experiences they can expect in a mentoring relationship related to learning and teaching about research; relationship dynamics and roles; and, planning, practicing, and preparing for the future. The findings on the academic and career paths and “best practices” have the potential to maximize and improve undergraduate research experiences for bothpractices” of mentoring, the results on the mentoring experiences and views were triangulated which included a systematic compare and contrast of the six case studies. A set of “best practices” were developed for both the undergraduate researchers and graduate student mentors and they focused on the positive and challenging experiences they can expect in a mentoring relationship related to learning and teaching about research; relationship dynamics and roles; and, planning, practicing, and preparing for the future. The findings on the academic and career paths and “best practices” have the potential to maximize and improve undergraduate research experiences for bothpractices” of mentoring, the results on the mentoring experiences and views were triangulated which included a systematic compare and contrast of the six case studies. A set of “best practices” were developed for both the undergraduate researchers and graduate student mentors and they focused on the positive and challenging experiences they can expect in a mentoring relationship related to learning and teaching about research; relationship dynamics and roles; and, planning, practicing, and preparing for the future. The findings on the academic and career paths and “best practices” have the potential to maximize and improve undergraduate research experiences for both undergraduate and graduate students. More policymakers, research universities, and faculty may be willing to invest, both financially and operationally, in undergraduate research knowing that it benefits not only undergraduate students but graduate students’ academic and career paths. The “best practices” have the potential to make an impact once they are incorporated into mentor training programs that are delivered in conjunction with undergraduate research programs. Future studies recommended are longer duration longitudinal studies as well as comparative studies of undergraduate research program with and without mentor training programs. In addition, the future studies need to include larger and more diverse samples to increase the generalizability of the findings. Ultimately, by improving the mentoring relationships in undergraduate research it has the potential to improve both undergraduate and graduate education and produce more highly qualified scientists and engineers for the U.S. workforce.
Ph.D. in Science Education
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Title: Capacity and efficiency test of an autovacuum refrigerating machine
Creator: Strauch, Frederic P., Armacost, Wilbur H.
Date: 2009, 1916
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/capacityefficien00stra
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1916 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1916

Title: AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING BIG FIVE PERSONALITY ITEMS: FEASIBILITY, RELIABILITY, AND VALIDITY
Creator: Carter, Cassia K.
Date: 2012-12-04, 2012-12
Description: N/A
M.S. in Psychology, December 2012

Title: The development and design of mill constructed buildings
Creator: Leichenko, P. M., Loewenberg, M. L.
Date: 2009, 1917
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/developmentdesig00leic
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Developement of track work
Creator: Lichtner, O.
Date: 2009, 1907
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/developementoftr00lich
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Determination of the power required for the operation of the types of electric switches and signals in use at the Chicago terminal of the Chicago and Northwestern railway
Creator: Strong, P. A.
Date: 2009, 1912
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/determinationofp00stro
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Determination of errors in a series transformer
Creator: Beaty, E. M, Vacek, V. F.
Date: 2009, 1908
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/determinationofe00beat
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1908 Bibliography : leaves 1-3 B.S. in...
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Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1908 Bibliography : leaves 1-3 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1908
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Title: Determination of the effect of tension on the linear coefficient of expansion of stranded aluminum cables
Creator: Heine, F. G.
Date: 2009, 1905
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/determinationofe00hein
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Determination of ratio and angle errors in a series transformer
Creator: Curtis, H. S., Guthrie, J. F.
Date: 2009, 1909
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/determinationofr00curt
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Determination of the water rates of small engines by Clayton's method
Creator: Byanskas, John M., Luckow, Lincoln W
Date: 2009, 1916
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/determinationofw00byan
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1916 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1916

Title: Plans, specifications and cost of elevation of a portion of the tracks of the H. & N. RY.
Creator: Heinsen, G. M., Young, L. B.
Date: 2009, 1907
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/plansspecificati00hein
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Determination of the temperature coefficient and coefficient of resistivity of copper, iron and aluminum
Creator: Sanders, W. J., Wheeler, H. M.
Date: 2009, 1907
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/determinationoft00sand
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: PERSONALITY SCALE CONSTRUCTION USING LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS AS AN ITEM ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
Creator: Pollak, Pamela Elizabeth
Date: 2012-05-07, 2012-05
Description: Linguistics has played an integral role throughout the history of personality scale development. The lexical hypothesis, which implies that by...
Show moreLinguistics has played an integral role throughout the history of personality scale development. The lexical hypothesis, which implies that by analyzing natural language personality will be understood because all personality is described in language, is the basis for personality scale construction. Despite the important role that language plays in describing personality, psychometric practice has traditionally focused on data analysis, rather than quantitative linguistic analysis when constructing personality scales. This study used a relatively new quantitative linguistics technique, Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), to construct personality scales. Using an archival sample of N=501 with over n>1000 items, personality scales were constructed to measure aspects of the 16PF Questionnaire and the Big Five model. Scales created using traditional approaches were compared to scales created using LSA in terms of internal consistency reliability, construct validity and convergent validity, predicting five behavioral clusters of self-reported behaviors (e.g., drug-use, undependability, friendliness, creativity and erudition). Results from this study revealed that compared to scales created using a traditional approach, scales constructed using LSA had lower reliabilities, but mostly similar patterns of convergent validity and evidence of substantial construct validity.
Ph.D. in Psychology, May 2012
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Title: GUARANTEED ADAPTIVE UNIVARIATE FUNCTION APPROXIMATION
Creator: Ding, Yuhan
Date: 2015, 2015-12
Description: Numerical algorithms for univariate function approximation attempt to provide approximate solutions that differ from the original function by...
Show moreNumerical algorithms for univariate function approximation attempt to provide approximate solutions that differ from the original function by no more than a user-specified error tolerance. The computational cost is often determined adaptively by the algorithm based on the function values sampled. While adaptive algorithms are widely used in practice, most lack guarantees, i.e., conditions on input functions that ensure the error tolerance is met. In this dissertation we establish guaranteed adaptive numerical algorithms for univariate function approximation using piecewise linear splines. We introduce a guaranteed globally adaptive algorithm, funappxglobal g, in Chapter 2, along with sufficient conditions for the success of funappxglobal g. Two-sided bounds on the computational cost are given in Theorem 1. These bounds are of the same order as the computational cost for an algorithm that knows the infinity norm of the second derivative of the input function as a priori. Lower bound on the complexity of the problem is also provided in Theorem 3. To illustrate the advantages of funappxglobal g, corresponding numerical experiments are presented in Section 2.7. The cost of a globally adaptive algorithm is determined by the most peaky part of the input function. In contrast, locally adaptive algorithms sample more points where the function is peaky and fewer points elsewhere. In Chapter 3, we establish a locally adaptive algorithm, funappx g, with sufficient conditions for its success. An upper bound on the computational cost is also given in Theorem 4. One GUI example is presented to show how funappx g works. Some interesting function approximation problems in computational graphics are also presented. The key to analyzing these adaptive algorithms is looking at the error for cones of input functions rather than balls of input functions. Non-convex cones provide a setting where adaption may be beneficial.
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, December 2015
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Title: A direct lift-bridge over the outlet of Black Lake near Holland, Mich.
Creator: Deitenbeck, Max
Date: 2009, 1916
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/directliftbridge00deit
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Includes bibliographical references (leaf...
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Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Includes bibliographical references (leaf 112) and index
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Title: Development and use of structural gypsum
Creator: Smith, H. F., Jedamske, H. E.
Date: 2009, 1918
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/developmentuseof00smit
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: The development of a hydraulic dynamometer
Creator: Thal, Samuel W.
Date: 2009, 1917
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/developmentofhyd00thal
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

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