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  • IIT Research Day Poster Competition Winners Announced

    IIT Research Day Poster Competition Winners Announced

    April 29, 2013
    More than 50 graduate and undergraduate students from the College of Science and Letters and Armour College of Engineering participated in the IIT Research Day Student Poster Competition on Wednesday, April 24.

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  • BME Student Bin Jiang Wins Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship

    BME Student Bin Jiang Wins Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship

    April 29, 2013
    The Office of Research announces Bin Jiang, graduate doctoral student in biomedical engineering, as recipient of the 2013 Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship in the student division. Her research activities are supported by government and industry, and she focuses her work in the areas of: design and evaluation of thermo-responsive wound dressings; development of dual drug delivery microspheres; and tissue engineering hydrogels for vascularized tissue formation.

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  • Psychology Professor Ron Landis Publishes Research Methods Book

    April 29, 2013
    Ronald S. Landis, Nambury S. Raju Professor of Psychology, recently published the co-edited book (with Jose M. Cortina) Modern Research Methods for the Study of Behavior in Organizations (Routledge Academic, 2013). The book is part of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Frontiers Series.

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  • IIT Chicago-Kent Bar and Gavel Society Inducts Twelve New Members

    April 26, 2013
    Twelve members of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law's Class of 2013 have been named to the Bar and Gavel Society. Each year, IIT Chicago-Kent's Student Bar Association inducts into the society graduating seniors who have distinguished themselves through outstanding service to the law school, the community and the legal profession.

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  • Professor of Biology and Physics Thomas Irving Publishes Study on Elastic Energy Storage in Muscle Myofilaments in Science

    Professor of Biology and Physics Thomas Irving Publishes Study on Elastic Energy Storage in Muscle Myofilaments in Science

    April 26, 2013
    IIT Professor of Biology and Physics Thomas Irving, with co-authors Tom Daniel and Nicole George of University of Washington and C David Williams of Harvard University, this week published "The Cross-Bridge Spring: Can Cool Muscles Store Elastic Energy?" in Science.

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  • International Bridge Building Contest this Saturday

    International Bridge Building Contest this Saturday

    April 26, 2013
    Students from high schools throughout the world will compete in the 2013 International Bridge Building Contest on IIT's main campus on Saturday, April 27 in Siegel Hall Auditorium. The contest, which promotes the study and application of fundamental principles physics, allows high school students to gain "hands-on" experience in what it is to be an engineer and challenges students to design, construct and test the most efficient model bridge within specifications.

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  • Jingyu Lee Awarded Thornton Tomasetti Foundation National Scholarship

    Jingyu Lee Awarded Thornton Tomasetti Foundation National Scholarship

    April 26, 2013
    Undergraduate architecture student Jingyu Lee has been awarded a $10,000 Thornton Tomasetti Foundation National Scholarship. One of three winners in 2013, the scholarship review committee commended Lee “for his exceptional academic success and demonstrated interest in the integration of engineering and architecture” as pursued through his rigorous work as a dual major in architecture and civil and environmental engineering.

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  • Architecture Undergrad Taylor Lilly Wins Gilman Scholarship for Study in Beijing

    Architecture Undergrad Taylor Lilly Wins Gilman Scholarship for Study in Beijing

    April 26, 2013
    Congratulations to Taylor Lilly, a third year architecture major, on earning the Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad! Taylor plans to spend 10 weeks this summer in Beijing, learning Mandarin. As part of his intensive language program through IES, he will have the opportunity to meet and practice his language skills with Chinese students and take field trips to Mt. Wutai and Mongolia.

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  • Meet an Innovative Faculty Member: Laura Forlano and the urban environment

    April 26, 2013
    Laura Forlano's research could change the way we interact with the urban environment. By collaborating with entrepreneurs and community leaders, she and her IIT Institute of Design colleague Anijo Mathew explore ways to embed Wi-Fi routers, QR codes, and more to make everyday city life a little easier.

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  • WISER Director Keynotes Brazilian International Conference on Energy and Sustainability

    April 26, 2013
    Hamid Arastoopour, Henry Linden Professor of Engineering and Director of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER), recently visited the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) to participate in an international conference on sustainability and technology development.

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