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Title: Chuck Owen and unidentified Institute of Design professor at a computer, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1979-1987
Date: 1979-1987
Description: From attached caption: "Professors at IIT's Institute of Design are advancing the state of the art in computer-aided design." Chuck Owen is at...
Show moreFrom attached caption: "Professors at IIT's Institute of Design are advancing the state of the art in computer-aided design." Chuck Owen is at right. This image was possibly included in a university viewbook. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Drawing on Darwinism: Rewriting the Origin of Louis Sullivan's Idea
Creator: Frey, Syan
Date: 2021
Description: To observe that the unique architectural ornaments that make up the body of work of Louis Henri Sullivan (1856-1924) emulate nature is to...
Show moreTo observe that the unique architectural ornaments that make up the body of work of Louis Henri Sullivan (1856-1924) emulate nature is to state a reality so obvious that it is both pedantic and droll. To use the double entendre that those natural forms drew on Darwinism, however, is to make several more specific claims. First, it can be credibly established that the system of architectural ornament that was the primary contribution of Louis Sullivan to the discipline of architecture was directly inspired by Sullivan’s synthesis of the thesis of natural selection contained within the pages of Asa Gray’s botanical manual. Second, the circumstances of that moment of synthesis reveal that the reason for Sullivan’s Darwinism was not merely the desire to emulate nature, but rather to signify the end of faith. Finally, Sullivan’s synthesis of various Darwinisms drew not only on the thesis for his own artistic inspiration, he drew on the substance of Darwin’s arguments to formulate a secular theory of the nature of inspiration and the technique of design. In the years following, this theory has become the primary technique by which design is taught.Louis’ unique education, which was tied to Darwinism from the very beginning, gave him an unusual perspective on the challenges of architectural design in the industrial age. The economic circumstances of his life as a first-generation immigrant exposed him to just the right education to lead him to explore evolutionary science as the inspiration for design. To be clear, the content of the thesis of natural selection was entirely irrelevant to the theory and practice of architecture in the nineteenth century. Yet by the end of the century the broad consensus among architects, historians, and theorists alike was that there was a, “close and causal relationship,” between Darwinism and modern architecture. Sullivan’s theory drew on Darwinian ideas to dismiss theological styles as empty formalisms, reveal the racism of ethnographic accounts for architectural forms, and argue for the evolution of an American Architecture, liberated from its colonialist origins. The context within which that shift occurred is significant. The justification for nearly every work of architecture in human history prior to the middle of the nineteenth century was some form of god. Mid-nineteenth century architecture in the United States was composed of a variety of regional ethnic styles intended to represent the ethnic origins, religious affiliations, moral inclinations, and nationalist allegiances of an array of displaced immigrant communities. The Civil War laid bare the reality that such ethnic styles represented a segregationist and racialized idea of the modern world. Over the course of the late nineteenth century, the profession of architecture was forced to abandon theological justifications for the practice of architecture as scientifically invalid, morally corrupt, and motivated by racism. This was Sullivan’s full idea: Put instinct before reason in priority, and engage in the iterative analysis of various instincts about the situation. Observe the patterns that emerge. Explore those instincts, until you find that your patterns merge with universal patterns. Do not fear error, as it makes the work alive. The capacity to capture that living essence is in all of us, individually and collectively, not some external force. The most-right instincts are ones in which the resulting form is a demonstration of its function. To understand what Sullivan meant with this we must see it as a Darwinian idea. Instinct is an animal property, a capacity which we share with other species. For Darwin, this sharing of instinct is essential for interspecies empathy. The antithesis of instinct is reason, which Sullivan describes as secondary. Reason is cold and lifeless, but also correct. True reason, Sullivan claims, is learned by experiment, and example. The greatest art speaks not just to our reason, but to our instinct. This, then is the task of the designer – to temper instinct with reasoned evaluation. Sullivan argues that it begins with an intuition, an idea he drew from Darwin’s Descent of Man.
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Title: Sex Differences in a Network Model of Depressive Symptoms
Creator: Ginger, Emily J
Date: 2021
Description: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders, with a lifetime prevalence rate of 13-16% and 12-month...
Show moreMajor Depressive Disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders, with a lifetime prevalence rate of 13-16% and 12-month prevalence rates of 5-7%. It has long been established that the rates of MDD in females is two to three times that of males. Previous research has examined sex differences in the occurrence and severity of MDD symptoms, primarily indicating greater severity of appetite increase and weight gain in females compared to males. The majority of previous research has been conducted assuming the latent factor model that MDD accounts for the symptoms of depression, and sex operates as a mediator or moderator between the latent variable and MDD, or between MDD and its symptoms. The present study used network analysis to examine whether there are sex differences in the relations between symptoms of depression, which might be an important factor for understanding sex differences in prevalence rates of MDD. The present study compared networks of DSM MDD symptoms between currently depressed females and males, and separate networks that also included other symptoms commonly associated with depression (e.g., anxiety, anger). Sex differences were examined using jointly estimated networks, and a Network Comparison Test (NCT) for the independently estimated networks. Results indicated no sex differences in depression symptom networks. These results indicate that depressive symptom networks, or the relations between symptoms are not an important factor for understanding the disparity in sex differences in MDD prevalence rates. Interestingly, non-DSM symptoms were among the strongest and most important symptoms within the network, suggesting future research and diagnostic criteria should consider inclusion of non-DSM symptoms associated with MDD.
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Title: Inviscid Shock Propagation within a Variable-Geometry Scramjet Inlet
Creator: Grybko, Maciej
Date: 2021
Description: The study concerns the propagation of shockwaves within an inlet of a scramjet engine and effect of inlet geometry variation on performance. A...
Show moreThe study concerns the propagation of shockwaves within an inlet of a scramjet engine and effect of inlet geometry variation on performance. A Python code was developed to simulate and visualize a flowfield within a scramjet inlet, based on inviscid oblique shock theory. The program was validated against NASA Shock software, and the results differed only by round-off error (0.05%). Subsequently a geometric sensitivity study was conducted, showing that throughout acceleration from Mach 5 to Mach 20 parameters like inlet height could be varied to ensure constant number of shocks within an inlet (preventing discontinuous changes of flowfield), whereas lower wedge angle could control compression required for optimal combustion. Correspondingly, a trajectory was determined with a constraint on static pressure entering combustion chamber (100 kPa). For an arbitrary baseline inlet geometry, it was established that beyond Mach 10 the scramjet would exceed structural load limit, despite delivering sufficient conditions for rapid combustion. Nevertheless, below Mach 10 it would operate efficiently, proving that hydrocarbon-fueled scramjets can have a fixed geometry. For higher speeds, a variable geometry is a necessity.
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Title: Basketball in Keating Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1980s
Date: 1980-1989
Description: Photograph of students playing basketball in the Keating Sports Center gymnasium. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range...
Show morePhotograph of students playing basketball in the Keating Sports Center gymnasium. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Basketball in Keating Hall, Chicago, Illinois, 1970s
Date: 1970-1979
Description: Photograph of Illinois Institute of Technology's basketball team practicing in the Keating Sports Center gymnasium. Photographer unknown. Date...
Show morePhotograph of Illinois Institute of Technology's basketball team practicing in the Keating Sports Center gymnasium. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Harold Leonard Stuart Building, Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 2015
Description: 10 West 31st Street, Chicago, Illinois
Collection: Building History project (buildinghistory.iit.edu)

Title: Arthur Keating Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 2015
Description: 3040 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Collection: Building History project (buildinghistory.iit.edu)

Title: Arthur Keating Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 2015
Description: 3040 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Collection: Building History project (buildinghistory.iit.edu)

Title: Graduate Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 2015
Description: 70 East 33rd Street, Chicago, Illinois
Collection: Building History project (buildinghistory.iit.edu)

Title: Cunningham Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 2015
Description: 3100 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Collection: Building History project (buildinghistory.iit.edu)

Title: Basketball game in Keating Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1970s
Date: 1970-1979
Description: Photograph of tip-off at a basketball game between Illinois Tech and Roosevelt University in Keating Hall. Date of photograph is unknown. Date...
Show morePhotograph of tip-off at a basketball game between Illinois Tech and Roosevelt University in Keating Hall. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: North Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was...
Show morePhotograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was constructed in 1959. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Institute of Gas Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Photograph of the Institute of Gas Technology's North Building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3410 South...
Show morePhotograph of the Institute of Gas Technology's North Building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3410 South State Street, and was constructed 1947-1950. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Commons Building site clearance, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1952
Date: 1952
Description: Photograph of the future site of the Commons Building at 32nd Street and State Street. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown....
Show morePhotograph of the future site of the Commons Building at 32nd Street and State Street. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Reginald Malcolmson with model of "Metro-Linear: the Regional Metropolis," Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Malcolmson studied under Mies van der Rohe at IIT from 1947-49, and taught in architecture department from 1949-1964. Date of photograph is...
Show moreMalcolmson studied under Mies van der Rohe at IIT from 1947-49, and taught in architecture department from 1949-1964. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Henry Heald, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham at Mies' appointment dinner, Chicago, Illinois, 1938
Date: 1938-10
Description: Photograph of (L-R) Henry Heald (President of the Armour Institute of Technology), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham (chairman of...
Show morePhotograph of (L-R) Henry Heald (President of the Armour Institute of Technology), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham (chairman of the Armour Institute of Technology Board of Trustees) at a banquet to honor Mies and his appointment as head of the Armour Institute's Department of Architecture at the Palmer House hotel. Photograph labeled as property of Public Relations.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left) and George Danforth (right), fourth year studio critique, 1939.
Date: 1939
Description: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left), George Danforth (right), and other unidentified students at an architecture studio...
Show moreLudwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left), George Danforth (right), and other unidentified students at an architecture studio critique in 1939. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: North Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1965
Date: 1963-1969
Description: Photograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was...
Show morePhotograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was constructed in 1959. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Alfred Caldwell with students, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
Date: 1944-1959
Description: Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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