Online Exclusives

Spring 2014

Modeling Communication for Better Understanding

Technology may have ushered in the age of Big Data, in which huge quantities of data drive the decision-making processes in commerce, academia, and science. But the discipline of design helps the public to understand and interpret this flood of information. Think of how infographics and interactive maps on the...

Spring 2014

The BSL-3 Whisperer

“I’ve learned to understand what the building is thinking, saying, doing, and feeling,” says Margaret “Margie” Juergensmeyer, IFSH biosafety officer who oversees the BSL-3 pilot plant and laboratory. “I listen to it and can even smell some of the changes that take place.” A Registered Biosafety Professional—one of approximately 250...

Spring 2014

Integrated Multivariable AP

This graph depicts part of the data collected during a clinical experiment that lasts about 60 hours, such as the one described in the article “Algorithm for an Improved Quality of Life” in the print edition of IIT Magazine. A six-hour segment is shown in the figure: Top red curve...

Spring 2014

Keeping Cereal Safe

Over a 12-week period during the spring and summer of 2013, several thousand pounds of oat flour were processed at the IFSH BSL-3 pilot plant so that consumers could safely eat the cereals and snack foods they love. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 10 food-borne illness outbreaks...

Winter 2013

Slideshow: Chicago - Our Kind of Town

Chicago River Come on... admit it. Doesn’t the sight of Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain—no matter how many times you may have seen it—bring a smile to your face and a feeling of pride for the great city we call home? The winter 2013 edition of IIT Magazine showcased photos of many...

Winter 2013

Slideshow: Their Kind of Town

A look at the city of Chicago through the eyes of IIT students. Luke Downen (ARCH 1st year) “The photo is of the John Hancock Center. I love how the structure defines the aesthetic. It is simple, bold, and beautiful,” says Downen. A look at the city of Chicago through...

Fall 2013

Common Name, Uncommonly Creative

In the late 1960s, Steven A. Jones-“a 17-year-old kid from New York City who was into rock and roll music”-was also into product design and animation, and moved to Chicago to study at IIT Institute of Design. His decision was indeed a propitious one. He became friends with future Styx...

Fall 2013

The Origins of the IIT Asian Alumni Association

A scene through the doorway of one of the many buildings on the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, considered by many to be the most famous palace of the Joseon Dynasty. Photo: Jeanne Hartig The first IIT international alumni meeting was held in Hong Kong in 2000 with Victor...

Fall 2013

An International Campus

An international rock star, a floral entrepreneur, wireless researchers-these are just some members of the IIT community whose reach extends beyond our country’s borders. You can read their stories in the fall 2013 issue of IIT Magazine at magazine.iit.edu.

Fall 2013

Slideshow: A Birder’s Delight

White-throated Sparrow Each spring and fall, IIT Main Campus bird aficionados flock to an early morning escorted walk that showcases the remarkable variety of feathered creatures that frequent this urban environment. The walk is led by Geoffrey Williamson, professor and interim chair, IIT Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, along...

Summer 2013

Slideshow: U Farm IIT

U Farm IIT On a hardscrabble patch of land between the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority house and the Triangle fraternity house—where even grass has a tough time growing—a lush and fertile project showcasing a variety of green life is rising. With its roots in a student initiative through the IIT...

Winter 2012

There Must Be Something in the Water

The CRAB Lab octopus with Ciaran Shaughnessy (CHEM 5th year) and Lecturer John Terschak This winter, IIT’s Life Sciences Building became home to a menagerie of salt-water denizens of the deep: more than 60 green crabs and a male giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini . The sea-nario constitutes the CRAB...