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Title: GENOME ANNOTATION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF 27 SALMONELLA STRAINS BASED ON BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS OF RESPECTIVE GENOMES AND THREE GENES
Creator: Li, Xinyue
Date: 2013-04-15, 2013-05
Description: Salmonella is the most common food-borne bacterial infectious pathogen worldwide. Different serovars of Salmonella are capable of infecting...
Show moreSalmonella is the most common food-borne bacterial infectious pathogen worldwide. Different serovars of Salmonella are capable of infecting different kinds of hosts, such as humans, mice, pigs, chickens, and can also lead to different syndromes, such as enterica fever, enterocolitis and diarrhea, bacteremia and chronic asymptomatic carriage. Although Salmonella strains are quite diverse, strains within the same serovar usually infect the same host and cause similar symptoms. Thus, it is important, especially in food-borne disease outbreaks, to know which type of Salmonella is present. The current method of typing Salmonella is based on the Kaufmann-White scheme and MLEE, which are laborious and expensive. Although the reliability of this method has not been previously verified, the evolutionary relationship reflected by phylogenetic trees can be a possible alternative to the way of typing the Salmonella strains; this method would be less labor intensive and more economical. MLST is considered as a “gold standard” of typing for many species includes Salmonella. And genome sequence, which certainly reflects the evolutionary relationship of strains, is the most ideal data to construct a more reliable phylogenetic tree; however, genome sequencing is also a laborious and expensive process. Thus, conserved and ubiquitous gene data, which can be accessed with little effort, are generally used to minimize cost. Using16s rRNA is the most widely used method. In this study, 27 Salmonella genome sequences are annotated with RAST, and phylogenetic trees are constructed using three software, (phylip3.69, MEGA5.1, and CVTree). And MLST is also used to construct phylogenetic tree in this study, and the result is used to be compared with genome phylogenetic tree to find a more reliable reference tree. Although Neighbor-Joining method is the only algorithms x available in CVTree, phylip3.69 and MEGA5.1 are capable to use three separate algorithms(Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, and Neighbor-Joining, respectively). Finally, these trees are compared in an effort to find a good alternative to replace the reference phylogenetic tree. In this study, it was determined that the groEL gene would be the best replacement.
M.S. Biological and Chemical Sciences, May 2013
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Title: Reclaiming the Lake: Ecological Infrastructure as a Catalyst for Change
Creator: Searle, Gideon
Date: 2010-07-30

Title: Benchmarking and Evaluation of the IPRO Program (Fall 2003) IPRO 339: Benchmarking and Evaluation of the IPRO Program IPRO339 Fall2003 Final Presentation
Creator: Aragaki, Koren, Cronin, Casey, Dudhat, Purvi, Samuels, Aaron
Date: 2003, 2003-12
Description: The Fall 2003 project team, IPRO 339, will focus on IPRO benchmarking and market research, IPRO business strategy, IPRO marketing strategy,...
Show moreThe Fall 2003 project team, IPRO 339, will focus on IPRO benchmarking and market research, IPRO business strategy, IPRO marketing strategy, the automation of IPRO project management reporting and prepare to conduct the first ever IPRO leading edge technology conference.The Fall 2003 339 team will build on the work begun by students from business and engineering during the 2003 summer in benchmarking the global competition and measuring the perceptions of the IPRO Program among its constituents, namely, students, faculty, alumni and sponsors. The team will develop an external marketing and sponsor relationship strategy and create the internal processes needed to manage an aggressive and sustaining marketing program that begins in the Chicago area, but has the potential to extend to the rest of the U.S. and around the world, particularly with the involvement and support of alumni. The goal is to attract and sustain over the long term sponsoring organizations that can provide exciting and valuable project ideas that challenge students to apply their knowledge and think across professional boundaries. The spring 2004 339 team will continue the work of the fall team and develop best practices for achieving the interprofessional learning objectives within the IPRO course format in ways that engage and motivate students in stimulating and productive ways. This can include a range of supporting information and resources for teams: creating high performance teams, managing projects, leadership development, design processes, innovation and technology commercialization, ethics and social responsibility, environmental and manufacturing sustainability, and safety, security and legal issues. The team will develop and demonstrate e-learning course modules that will benefit all teams.
Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius, Director, The IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies
Project Plan for IPRO 339: Benchmarking and Evaluation of the IPRO Program for Fall 2003 semester
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Title: Method of Making Enriched Radioisotopes by Cation Fixation
Creator: Feng, Paul Y.
Date: 4/23/2009, 1965-01-26
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact (semester?), IPRO 341: Insight IPRO 341 Brochure F06
Creator: Bastyzyk, Marta B., Hernandez, Jose, Kim, Tae Young, Lerash, Kevin, Lybolt, Crystal, Seatton, Brandon, Skontos, George, Sopko, Tyge, Vaks, Nir, Agan, Amber, Boone, Elizabeth, Buente, Adam, Coleman, Jessica, Gerding, Eric, Glass, Andrew, Goyak, Matt, Holt, Nicole, Mullendore, Jessica, Perchlik, Emily, Ripley, Paul
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: IPRO 341’s objective is to extensively research and evaluate the societal, economical and environmental implications of nanotechnology-based...
Show moreIPRO 341’s objective is to extensively research and evaluate the societal, economical and environmental implications of nanotechnology-based products, mainly building materials, and detail the possible obstacles in integration of this technology into design, public policy issues and general public engagement
Deliverables for IPRO 341: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: A test of an evaporative condenser to determine the coefficient of heat transmission
Creator: Evans, Robert T.
Date: 2009, 1909
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/testofevaporativ00evan
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Teacher Knowledge Share (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320: Teacher Knowledge Share IPRO 320 Ethics F08
Creator: Bern, David, Bochantin, Marike, Hartline, Julian, Mccall, Ian, Mick, Emily, Peake, Andrew, Pierce, Alison, Pindrik, Dmitriy, Quinn, Michael, Stanford, Carly, Tilatti, Michael
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow...
Show moreThe goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow for the sharing of ideas, lesson plans and other professionally relevant information. This is a continuing project which saw limited success in the previous semester in that a functioning web site was constructed based on surveys of public school teachers but it saw very little use. This semester, the planned approach is to build on the research generated last semester by performing additional market research with teachers. Following that, IPRO 320 will rework much of the previous web site by refining some of the features, adding additional ones as the research indicates and improving the website in general, both functionally and aesthetically.
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Title: Electrical Brush
Creator: Forster, George A., Sump, Cord H.
Date: 1960-06-07
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Bearing Composition
Creator: Sump, Cord H., Swartz, Carl E.
Date: 1959-06-02
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: A study of motor cycle engine characteristics
Creator: Ott, C. L., Pimstein, S.
Date: 2009, 1916
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/studyofmotorcycl00ottc
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Volumes of Light - A School of the Performing and Visual Arts, Brooklyn.
Creator: Cabal González, Sara
Date: 2012, 2012-05
Description: The school is a proposal for high-level academic performance in the form of an art condenser that will also be used after hours to house...
Show moreThe school is a proposal for high-level academic performance in the form of an art condenser that will also be used after hours to house community art events. Thus, it will act as a catalyst for future college students and serve as a magnet for neighborhood residents. As the art disciplines require, the classroom and their respective studio are integrated and considered as the basic unit that define different volumes for each art form. The massing, orientation, and materiality bring a unique quality of light to those “volumes of light”.
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Title: Impact of Sulfur Capture Technology In Coal Power Plants (Semester Unknown) IPRO 302: ImpactsOfSulfurCaptureTechnologyInCoalPowerPlantsIPRO302FinalReportF09
Creator: Chmielewski, Don, Contreras, Abraham, Deboth, Ray, Dickman, Justin, Enadeghe, Gregory, Garza Rodriguez, Hector, Gottlieb, Myron, Haddad, Michael, Kyle, Ryan, Mongillo, Michael, Murphy, Ryan, Shonubi, Oluwaseun, Swillum, Bryce, Wolber, Brian, Worthon, Terrika
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: Our team will investigate the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United States....
Show moreOur team will investigate the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United States. We will use this knowledge to determine which sulfur capture technologies produce the greatest benefit for industry and society and to find the marketability of the sulfur byproducts created in these power plants.
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Title: Center for Interdisciplinary Education: tA_Final Book
Creator: Alvarez, Tomas
Date: 4/20/2011, 2011-05
Description: This project consists of developing an efficient collegiate building in which the disciplines of Business, Mathematics, and Science can...
Show moreThis project consists of developing an efficient collegiate building in which the disciplines of Business, Mathematics, and Science can interact, collaborate, and ultimately create new knowledge by merging existing information. "All disciplines have imported aspects of other fields to clarify their own disciplinary perspectives."
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Title: Sustainable Theme Park and Museum
Creator: Fujishima, Kenta
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: An indoor facility consisting of both theme park and museum components with the integration of green and sustainable elements.

Title: Devices that Assist Blind & Visually-Impaired Individuals in Swimming and Other Exercise Activities (sequence unknown), IPRO 310 - Deliverables: IPRO 310 IPRO Day 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: Campus Branding/ Sustainability Image (Semester Unknown) IPRO 311: Campus Branding Sustainability Image IPRO 311 MidTerm Presentation F08
Creator: Block, Shawn, Budzinski, Catherine, Chamales, Michael, Fontes De Faria, Gabriel, Kapecki, John, Ma, Justin, Milesic, Milanko, Mohan, Vinu, Rouben, Sacha, Tanapura, Nor, Toops, Melissa, Um, Hyeran
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The overall aim of the project is to improve and enhance the image of Illinois Institute of Technology, both as an institution and a physical...
Show moreThe overall aim of the project is to improve and enhance the image of Illinois Institute of Technology, both as an institution and a physical campus, in regards to sustainability and “green” practices. To that end, the current semester is focused on several design projects based on concepts generated in the previous semesters along with input from the current semesters to enhance a new “green” campus. We will also be spreading information how IIT is currently acting in a sustainable fashion and how students on campus can contribute to our image as a sustainable campus.
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Title: Electromagnetic Transducer Head
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1951-01-30
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Neutron Spectrometer
Creator: Reiffel, Leonard
Date: 1962-04-10
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Assistive Robotics Team (Semester Unknown) IPRO 334: The Assistive Robotics Team IPRO 334 Project Plan F08
Creator: Kim, Byunggon, Mead, Erik, Gupta, Neil, Deroo, Mary, Bian, Joy, Dhagam, Karthik
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The Assistive Robotics Team (IPRO 334) is faced with the problem of creating a prototype for a robot meant to be used in a hospital setting or...
Show moreThe Assistive Robotics Team (IPRO 334) is faced with the problem of creating a prototype for a robot meant to be used in a hospital setting or assisting the elderly. The robot should be modular so that future improvements and applications can be easily added. The focus of the team will be on the mobility and the interface modules of the robot. Other modules may be designed and prototyped throughout the course of the semester.
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Chicago (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: DesigningAffordableHousingOutOfShippingContainersForChicagoIPRO339FinalReportSp09
Creator: Bocanova, Veronica, Cheung, Yu, Couillais, Marc, Eliyahu, Haim, Fanelli, Daniel, Georieva, Ludmila, Iversen, Jennifer, Kerrigan, Michael, Luu, Dung, Miller, Justin, Olszowy, Krzysztof, Peroni, Joe, Prisic, Mladen, Rankin, Daniel, Siwek, Steven, Snyder, David, Spedale, Christopher, Univeros, Ana, Ustupska, Aneta, Villalpando, Rosagain
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The City of Chicago has been nominated as the U.S. Bid City for the 2016 Olympic Games. If Chicago was to win the honorable tile of the Host...
Show moreThe City of Chicago has been nominated as the U.S. Bid City for the 2016 Olympic Games. If Chicago was to win the honorable tile of the Host City, one of the main challenges that the organizers will face is to provide a temporary housing for all athletes, organizers, media and spectators involved. While the athletes, coaches and other major players will be situated in Olympic village, thousands if not millions of others, will face the challenge of seeking the affordable housing for the length of stay. Our IPRO proposes economical and environmentally friendly solution to this problem. We propose to utilize thousands of old shipping containers that are abundant in Chicago area and to convert them into housing objects. These second hand products will be modified and equipped with electrical, plumbing and HVAC installations, making them aesthetically and functionally comparable to similar conventional housing objects. Following the completion of the Olympic Games, these housing containers could be easily converted into affordable permanent housing for the residents of the Chicago South side. This will allow local residentsto benefit from higher quality affordable housing without being forced to relocate from their neighborhoods. Considering that housing accommodations in Chicago during Olympics will be highly priced most of the construction costs can be covered in this manner. Our IPRO hopes to make esthetically appealing and practical permanent housing out of materials that can be recycled twice: first from the shipping containers and second from the Olympic Housing. We also plan to explore particular needs of temporary residents during Olympics and later permanent residents as well as to explore what would be the most effective transformation methods from one purpose to the other. These housing objects must appeal to many people from different cultural backgrounds, and provide them with good living conditions for a short period of time. Also, we must investigate what makes affordable housing possible and what are the mistakes that the City of Chicago made in the past with similar projects. These housing structures must be fully functional for the future permanent residents, but they also must be designed in accordance with rules and regulations by the City of Chicago Department of Buildings so that they are safe and aesthetically appealing for all of the other local residents. In conclusion, the container housing is an affordable and environmentally friendly solution to housing needs of numerous individuals involved in the Olympic events while it also provides a long term housing opportunity for the residents of the local community.
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