| The Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics (CAPP)
CAPP provides a locus for interdisciplinary activities at Illinois Institute of Technology aimed at the continued development of research in elementary particle physics, at developing new particle-accelerator technologies, and at education and outreach both to educational institutions and to the wider business, philanthropic and general public sectors. It serves as a base to coordinate the activities of a group of IIT faculty, graduate students, and staff from various departments currently involved in a number of research programs, and will promote substantial increases in such involvement through a close working relationship with other universities in the region and with Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Daniel Kaplan, CAPP director, can be reached at 312.567.3389 or at kaplan@iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for Complex Systems and Dynamics (CCSD)
CCSD provides an interdisciplinary collaborative environment for fundamental and applied research for understanding and mathematically describing complex systems; developing mathematical and computational techniques for simulating, analyzing, and modifying their behavior; and applying these methods to various complex systems of national interest. Current research areas include nonlinear and stochastic phenomena in complex systems, multiagent systems, complex networks and adaptive systems, natural and industrial ecologies, dynamics of multiphase systems, fluid turbulence, molecular level modeling of physical systems, brain electrophysiology and computational neuroscience, and transportation systems. Ali Cinar, director, can be reached at 312.567.3637 or cinar@iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for Digital Design and Manufacturing (CDDM)
The center was formed to integrate innovative computing with product design, materials characterization, and manufacturing technologies. One of the goals of the center is to partner with industry to improve the U.S. manufacturing industry�s global competitiveness. The CDDM is a multi-disciplinary research center with strengths in design, materials, solid mechanics, process control, and manufacturing. The center�s research activities will cover the entire product development cycle�including product design, computational analysis, rapid manufacturing and process control, experimental characterization of material properties, and dimensional metrology. Director Xiaoping Qian can be reached at 312.567.5855 or qian@iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering
The Center conducts basic and applied research primarily in fuel cells and batteries, while preparing students for a career in advanced energy technology. Jai Pakash, director, can be reached at 312.567.3639.
Back to top The Center of Excellence in Polymer Science and Engineering
The Center is an interdisciplinary research and education center established in 1990 through a grant from the Amoco Foundation, is devoted to the advancement of polymer science and engineering. Research is conducted on synthesis, rheology, characterization and processing of polymers. Education programs include concentrations for B.S., Mas. (non-thesis), M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. David C. Venerus, director, can be reached at 312.567.5177 or venerus@iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for Integrative Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research
The mission of the Center for Integrative Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research (CINNR) is to foster research in systems and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago and neural engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology. Work in the Center proceeds from basic science and clinical efforts and emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the nervous system.
Back to top The Center for the Management of Medical Technology (CMMT)
CMMT is dedicated to research, education and dissemination of knowledge in the management of medical technology. The CMMT has five major research thrusts: 1) generation, adoption and utilization of medical technologies; 2) the nature of medical technology and innovation and the role it plays in health care delivery; 3) evaluation of medical technologies; 4) ethics, social implications and patient value of medical technologies, and 5) management of medical information and emerging technologies. Eliezer Geisler, director, can be reached at 312.906.6532.
Back to top The Center for the Molecular Study of Soft Condensed Matter (CMS2)
This inter-disciplinary center will focus on problems particular to soft condensed matter, including biological systems. The group will have synergies with other existing IIT research centers including the Center for Complex Systems and Dynamics (CCSD), the Center of Excellence in Polymer Science and Engineering (CEPSE), the Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation, and the Particle Technology and Crystallization Center (PTCC). Current funding for this center is provided to the individual researchers, and the formation of this center is expected to create a critical mass of expertise in this area, leading to increased visibility and the likelihood of large-scale research funding. Current research focused on by members of the center include: the modeling and simulation of intracellular protein and DNA dynamics; mechanical properties of the cytoskeleton; synthetic polymer property modeling; and membranes and membrane proteins. Jay Schieber, director, can be reached at 312.567.3046 or schieber@iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for Strategic Competitiveness (CSC)
The Center for Strategic Competitiveness (CSC) was established to focus the research activities of the Stuart School of Business across all business disciplines and to strengthen the outreach component of the School The CSC was designed to become a vehicle to attract funding and high quality partners to a major portfolio of research, symposia, public information, and public awareness of competitiveness issues. It is expected that the center's activities will incorporate concepts from other disciplines including psychology (decision making and leadership), design (creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship), and engineering (sustainability). Director Harvey Kahalas can be reached at 312.906.6596 or kahalas@stuart.iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (CSEP)
CSEP was established in 1976 to promote research and teaching on practical ethical issues in the professions. It was the first multi-disciplinary ethics center to focus on the professions. CSEP continues to be one of the nation�s leading ethics centers, and is internationally recognized for its work on ethics in science and engineering. CSEP has been committed to carrying out multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional projects that introduce and propagate innovations in teaching and that produce research combining empirical investigation with conceptual analysis. This focus equips CSEP very well for the ESI component of the NNIN. Vivian Weil, director, can be reached at 312.567.3472 or weil@iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation
CSRRI promotes, coordinates, and fosters research and educational activities in synchrotron radiation science and related fields at IIT. CSRRI works not only among the core faculty, but also among faculty in other areas and at other institutions across the nation and around the world. CSRRI fosters education in x-ray sciences both at IIT and in the larger scientific community through developing training programs, academic courses and specialized short courses as well as participating in summer schools and training workshops at national and international conferences. Tom Irving, director, can be reached at 312.567.3489 or irving@iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for Work Zone Safety & Mobility (CWZSM)
The center will work towards providing long-term solutions to highway work zone safety and mobility problems, by building a consortium of major work zone stakeholders including transportation agencies, road contractors, the trucking industry, and the insurance industry. By working together through the consortium, the stakeholders can combine their resources and knowledge, and work towards preventing the 50,000 work zone injuries and 1,000 fatalities that occur every year. The initiatives of the center will focus on (1) developing highway work zone safety audit guidelines by addressing the concerns and interests of all stakeholders; (2) discovering/developing/transferring new technologies and measures for improving work zone safety, and minimizing its negative impacts on private industries and the national economy; and (3) providing work zone safety training and education to the transportation community and the public. Jonathan Shi, director, can be reached at 312.567.3630 or shi@iit.edu.
Back to top The Electric Power and Power Electronic Center (EPPEC)
IIT has long maintained high quality education and research programs in electric power and energy systems. The mission of the Electric Power and Power Electronics Center (EPPEC) is to make significant educational, research, and practical contributions to the fields of electric power, power electronics, electric machines, motor drives, and vehicular power systems. The tasks of the Center include the sponsorship of technical studies, which will enhance the role of university faculty, manufacturers, vendors, and consumers in power engineering research and education. The Center works with centers and departments across IIT, other institutions, government agencies, and industry to sponsor research projects, short courses, conferences, and seminars. Ali Emadi, director, can be reached at 312.567.8940 or emadi@iit.edu.
Back to top Energy + Power Center
The Center offers research and education programs that respond to the needs of the energy and power industries. The center's activities include the Energy/Environment/Economics (E3) program. Henry R. Linden, center director, can be reached at 312.567.3095 or linden@iit.edu.
Back to top The Energy and Sustainability Institute
The institute develops close collaborations among numerous programs at IIT with a focus on development of energy-related interprofessional educational and research programs and proposals. The strategy of the institute is to use a least-cost path to improve energy efficiency, enhance power reliability and security, minimize pollution, and continue the decarbonization of the global energy system. IIT researchers believe that the endpoint of this evolution will be electrification of most stationary energy uses with such high-tech renewables as photovoltaic, solar-thermal and wind energy, and the use of hydrogen as the dominant transportation fuel in fuel-cell-powered electric vehicles. The institute also has plans to develop research and educational partnerships with the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, industry, national laboratories and other universities. The institute goal is to play a major role in identifying future research directions for shaping national energy policy and sustainability initiatives. For more information, contact Hamid Arastoopour at 312.567.3038 or arastoopour@iit.edu.
ESI Research Activities
Back to top The Engineering Center For Diabetes Research and Education (ECDRE)
ECDRE's objective is to use engineering techniques to develop treatment modalities for diabetes and its many complications. ECDRE is the first center in the U.S. to focus on diabetes treatment. IIT faculty members, in collaboration with investigators and clinicians at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, are working on a variety of diabetes-related research projects. ECDRE is a component of the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, which is developing a biomedical research thrust on the campus of IIT. Ali Cinar, director, can be reached at 312-567-3637 or cinar@iit.edu. Emmanuel Opara, co-director, can be reached at 312-567-3858 or opara@iit.edu.
Back to top The Fluid Dynamics Research Center
FDRC consists of six faculty engaged in experimental, computational, and analytical studies of fluid flow and its control. The center has numerous research-quality experimental facilities including, high and low Mach number wind tunnels, jet facilities, water channels, anechoic room and an axial flow compressor. Extensive computational resources are available for numerical flow simulations. Areas of focus include active flow control for aerospace applications, aeroacoustics, contaminant dispersion predictions and vortex-surface interactions. David R. Williams, director, can be reached at 312.567.3192.
Back to top The High Performance Computing Center (HPCC)
HPCC is based on the successful collaboration among Illinois Institute of Technology faculty and the Office of Technology Services. The HPCC serves a critical computing need among IIT researchers: the availability of high performance computing resources. In particular, the HPCC charter has three main goals: to provide expertise on the integration of new computing equipment into IIT's HPC pool; to attract external funding for HPC infrastructure; and to promote HPC at IIT. The HPCC oversees the university's central research computing resources: the 32 processor "gigawulf" Linux cluster www.iit.edu/~gigawulf.
Back to top IIT Research Institute (IITRI)
IITRI is IIT's not-for-profit contract research affiliate. With a focus on biomedical research, IITRI's staff of approximately 150 scientists and technicians conducts programs for both government and commercial sponsors. Specific areas of expertise include preclinical toxicology; carcinogenesis and cancer prevention; inhalation technology; molecular biology; analytical chemistry; and biodefense. David McCormick, IITRI senior vice-president and director of its Life Sciences Group, can be reached at 312.567.4972.
Back to top The International Center for Sensor Science and Engineering (ICSSE)
ICSSE coordinates education and research activities in sensor science and engineering. The center addresses significant national and international needs for research and development in sensor science. Current research activities include: biosensors, electrochemical sensors, nanosensors, physical sensors, computations for optimum sensor applications, pattern recognition and artificial intelligence in sensor systems, artificial chemical sensor arrays like electronic noses and tongues, prosthetic sensing like eyes, ears and noses, sensor modeling and design, the shared sensor technology user facility for extreme sensor evaluation, and sensors for chiral molecules. Sensor applications include medicine, environment, human health and safety, industrial and automotive, homeland security, and the NASA space station. Joseph Stetter, director, can be reached at 312.567.5875 or stetter@iit.edu. Back to top The International Center for Sustainable New Cities (ICSNC)
The dual foci of the recently created International Center for Sustainable New Cities are education and research. Situated within the graduate program of the College of Architecture, the center will offer coursework at both a graduate and doctoral level. Planning at the urban scale demands an especially ambitious approach that embodies not only the artistry of physical design but also a score of other specializations, among them ecological design, engineering and new technologies, public policy, sociology, and economics. Whereas it is unrealistic to expect to train students in each and every one of these disciplines, it is not unreasonable to view the sustainable urban planner as a generalist, as someone conversant with the multitude of variables that have to be taken into account in the successful completion of such an extended task. The issue of research is likewise central to the center's mission, particularly at a doctoral level. Within the realm of theory, it is our primary intention to consider critically a broad range of innovative strategies, and to document the matrix of competing interests and concerns that must be brought to bear on the problem. The new program of landscape architecture within the college will assist in this matter. Through visiting lecturers, adjunct faculty, and regular symposia, we also expect to engage the world's best minds in our education and research. By means of alliances with other schools at home and abroad, we will offer a course of study and range of ideas that is significantly enriched through first-hand experience and travel. For inquiries, please contact the center's director, Dr. Harry Francis Mallgrave, at 312.567-3269 or at mallgrave@iit.edu.
Back to top The Medical Imaging Research Center (MIRC)
MIRC at the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering promotes, coordinates, and fosters research and educational activities at IIT in medical imaging and related fields. Educational programs include B.S. and Ph.D. programs in Biomedical Engineering and a professional masters degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Current projects include: mapping the human brain, new x-ray imgaging techniques, computer-aided diagnosis, and imaging the heart. Director, Miles Wernick, can be reached at 312.567.8818 or wernick@iit.edu.
Back to top The National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST)
NCFST at IIT's Moffett Campus is a consortium comprised of IIT, IITRI, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the University of Illinois, and industrial sponsors, to advance the safety and quality of our food supply, through research and education programs and extensive pilot plant facilities in food biotechnology, food packaging and food process control. Martin Cole, director, can be reached at 708.563.1576.
Back to top The Particle Technology and Crystallization Center (PTCC)
PTCC is devoted to the development of fundamental knowledge, methods and strategies in the areas of nucleation, crystallization, particle technology, and characterization that will result in faster development of new pharmaceutical compounds, development of new solid forms, and a reduced time to bring a new compound to market. This center is a collaboration of IIT, Purdue University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A unique mechanism for addressing these important problems in particle technology and crystallization in the pharmaceutical industry arises from the combination of the particle technology and crystallization group at IIT, which includes characterization facilities at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory; the expertise provided by the department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue University in polymorphism, materials science, spectroscopic analysis, and manufacturing; and MIT in benchmarking and process analysis. Allan Myerson, director can be reached at myerson@iit.edu. Co-director Hamid Arastoopour can be reached at arastoopour@iit.edu.
Back to top The Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering
The Pritzker Institute is an umbrella organization that enhances the
biomedical science and engineering research activities on the IIT
campus. The Medical Imaging Research Center (MIRC), the Center for
Integrative Neuroscience and Neuroengineering research (CINNR), and the
Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education (ECDRE) are some
of the Centers that operate under the Institute. Each of the Centers has
a Director and is described in more detail elsewhere in this document.
The Pritzker Institute develops and coordinates relationships and
programs with traditional science and engineering departments within
IIT, as well as outside institutions, especially, Argonne National
Laboratory, Rush Presbyterian Medical Center and the University of
Chicago. Vincent Turitto, Director, can be reached at 312.567.5324.
Back to top Thermal Processing Technology Center (TPTC)
Through the TPTC, faculty and students undertake research to support the needs of the materials processing and manufacturing industries. The center performs high quality basic and applied research in thermal processing technology of interest to the primary metals and manufacturing industry. In addition, the center provides training and education to enhance the human resources available to industry. Multi-disciplinary research teams are used to provide innovative crosscutting technological solutions to industrial materials processing problems. Philip Nash, director, can be reached at 312.567.3056.
Back to top Wireless Network and Communications Research Center (WiNCom)
WiNCom is an inter-disciplinary research center that will fuse the creative talents of researchers from the Computer Science, and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments. The center will focus on state-of-the-art research in the area of wireless communications and networking with a particular emphasis on the challenges of interference in this domain. The immediate goals of the center are (1) to create and maintain a flexible state-of-the-art wireless experimental and simulation based testbed; and (2) to utilize the base understanding obtained through the testbed to support the development of interference mitigation techniques, and to advance emerging wireless technologies, such as cognitive radio and ultrawideband (UWB). Long-term, the center members envision that the center�s research and capabilities will attract collaborators from government agencies, industrial organizations, and other universities. Joseph LoCicero, director, can be reached at 312.567.3408 or locicero@iit.edu.
Back to top The Center for Research and Service
The Center offers professional consulting services through the Institute of Psychology at IIT. The center supports its clients through research-based solutions that improve individual, team and organizational performance. Bruce Fisher, director, can be reached at 312.567.6471.
Back to top The Center for Sustainable Enterprise
The Center can bring the many disciplines resident at the Illinois Institute of Technology together in a collaborative relationship with business corporations, other academic institutions, government agencies and members of the NGO community to identify, develop, communicate, and help implement practical and equitable business strategies that advance the ecological sustainability of the Greater Chicago Area, while fostering our current and future economic viability. George Nassos, director, can be reached at 312.906.6543 or gnassos@stuart.iit.edu.
Back to top Energy/Environment/Economics (E3)
E3 is an academic program of research and coursework for students in chemical, mechanical, environmental and electrical engineering. The research program encompasses areas of specialization that relate to energy, sustainable development, industrial ecology and environmental design. Hamid Arastoopour, director, can be reached at 312.567.3038.
Back to top Grainger Power Engineering Laboratory (GPEL)
GPEL focuses on studies related to electric power generation transmission, distribution, operation and controls. GPEL houses several graduate and undergraduate laboratories. Annual research support of more than $400,000 is provided by federal and private agencies. S. Mohammad Shahidehpour, director, can be reached at 312.567.5737.
Back to top The Institute for Science, Law & Technology
The Institute provides a forum to produce and disseminate knowledge on the implications and applications of science within societal and legal contexts. As part of its mission, the institute sponsors long-term, multi-disciplinary research, public conferences, judicial training, symposia for journalists, and other programs. Public programming, scholarship and research, and student educational opportunities in the Institute focuses on biotechnology, information technology, environmental science, and cross-cutting issues such as products liability, intellectual property, design of legal and market institutions, and use of technology in the courtroom. In addition, institute staff and faculty draft laws and regulations and develop other programs that guide public policy decisions. Lori Andrews, director, can be reached at 312.906.5359.
Back to top The Invention Center
The Center helps students and faculty develop a studio approach to engineering. The center's philosophy is project-oriented, creativity-driven and encompasses all the stages of invention, including idea generation and development. prototype development and proof-of-concept, the patent process and commercialization. Francisco Ruiz, director, can be reached at 312.567.3212.
Back to top The Manufacturing Productivity Center
The Center is the hub of all activities relating to manufacturing technology and management. Keith E. McKee, director, can be reached at 312.567.3650.
Back to top The Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
The Office supports all IIT efforts to build and sustain relationships with corporations and other external organizations. The office coordinates the process of identifying evaluating, protecting, marketing and licensing all IIT inventions and copyrightable material. Robert Anderson, director of technology transfer and intellectual property, can be reached at 312.567.3462.
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