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- Power Measurements For Performance Bicycles (Semester Unknwon) IPRO 324
- The overall goal of this IPRO is to develop an inexpensive, accurate tool for measuring the power output of a bicycle rider. The current devices on the market have at least one of the following problems: they are expensive ($500+), they may require the replacement of expensive bicycle parts, and/or they are inaccurate., Deliverables
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- Controlled Infusion System
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Large Scale Structure (semester?), IPRO 315
- The IPRO 315 team’s objective for this semester is to design a automated car parking structure. However, the team’s main objective is to create the most cost efficient and space saving parking lot. This team will also attempt to establish a strong team-working environment based on the knowledge and capabilities of each individual given their different fields of study for the successful completion of the goals presented for the IPRO group, as well as gaining useful experience and knowledge for every member. During the fall semester, the team has set forth the following objectives: Analyze different parking methods based on different building shapes Define crucial resources used in these processes and structure them Research costs associated with this parking structure, Deliverables for IPRO 315: Large Scale Structure for the Fall 2007 semester
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- Cross Field Magnetic Transducer Head
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Tagging XML Data for our Mediator (Fall 2000) IPRO 334: Tagging XML Data for our Mediator IPRO334 Fall2000 Final Presentation
- Last semester we built a prototype mediator which takes a user query and poses it to a variety of different data sources. In the worst case, it is as good as existing metasearch engines. Example query: “What are the three best restaraunts in Chicago?” Metasearch would search for the word “three” Mediator would identify appropriate sources to answer the question, such as a database of restaurant information., Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies, Project Plan for IPRO 334: Tagging XML Data for our Mediators for the Fall 2000 semester
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- Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Chicago (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339
- The City of Chicago has been nominated as the U.S. Bid City for 2016 Olympic Games and currently remains a strong contender for this title. If Chicago is selected as the Host City it will face the enormous task of providing temporary housing for all Olympiad participants including athletes, coaches, organizers, and media reporters. Continuing in the vein of last semester’s IPRO, our IPRO is proposing an economical and environmentally friendly solution to this challenge. We propose to utilize thousands of old shipping containers that are cluttering up shipping yards in the Chicago area and to convert them into low-cost housing units. With proper foresight, this challenge can become an opportunity for the I P R O 3 3 9 City to demonstrate an attitude of sustainability that can serve as a model for other cities around the world to follow suit. The intense media attention directed towards the Olympic Games could be channeled to showcase our commitment to environmentally and socially responsible actions., Deliverables
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- Jet Thrust Vectoring Using a Miniature Fluidic Oscillator
- This paper presents a new approach to vectoring jet thrust using a miniature fluidic actuator that provided spatially distributed mass addition. The fluidic actuators used had no moving parts and produced oscillatory flow with a square wave form at frequencies up to 1(.)6kHz. A subsonic jet with an exit diameter of 3(.)81cm was controlled using single and dual fluidic actuators, each with an equivalent circular diameter of 1(.)06mm. The fluidic nozzle was operated at pressures between 20(.)68 and 165(.)47kPa. The objectives of the present work included documentation of the actuation characteristics of fluidic devices, assessment of the effectiveness of fluidic devices for jet thrust vectoring, and evaluation of mass flow requirements for vectoring under various conditions. Measurements were made in the flow field using a pitot probe for the vectored and unvectored cases. Some acoustic measurements were made using microphones in the near-field and for selected cases particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were made. Thrust vectoring was obtained in low speed jets by momentum effects with fluidic device mass flow rates of only 2 x 10(-4) kg/sec (0-6% of main jet mass flow per fluidic oscillator). Although a single fluidic device produced vectoring of the primary jet, the dual fluidic device configuration (with two fluidic devices on either side of the jet exit) produced mass flux enhancement of 28% with no vectoring. Our results indicate that fluidic actuators have the potential for use in thrust vectoring, flow mixing and industrial flow deflection applications.
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- Automated Shipping Container Transfer in Chicago (semester?), IPRO 307
- For the United States, substantial numbers of shipping containers must be transferred from one side of the country to the other. As the major highway and railroad crossroad, Chicago receives the bulk of this intercontinental inter-modal traffic, making it the third largest container port in the world. In many instances, containers are even moved from one railroad to another by truck, exhausting street and highway capacity. Meteoric growth in container movement is expected to continue., Deliverables for IPRO 307: Automated Shipping Container Transfer in Chicago for the Spring 2005 semester
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- Stereophonic System
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Statistical Monitoring of Complex Chemical Processes Using Agent-Based Systems
- It is highly desirable to have a statistical process monitoring (SPM) system that detects the abnormalities in process operations quickly with as few missed and false alarms as possible while the process operates under various operating conditions An agent-based combined monitoring and fault detection framework is proposed in this study. In this framework, different SPM techniques compete with and complement each other to enhance detection speed and accuracy. SPM techniques from literature such as principal component analysis (PCA), multiblock PCA (MBPCA), and dynamic PCA (DPCA) techniques are implemented in this agent-based process supervision system An agent performance assessment and agent management layer provides dynamic adaptation of the supervision system and improves the performance of SPM The statistical information coming from each of the statistical techniques is summarized through a consensus mechanism The performance of the agent-based consensus mechanism using different consensus criteria is tested for system disturbances of various magnitudes The effectiveness of the proposed agent-based framework with different consensus criteria is evaluated based on fault detection times and missed alarm rates and the adaptation of the supervision system is illustrated, Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1021/ie901368j
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- Zero Energy Home 1114 W Roscoe Ave (Semester Unknown) IPRO 317
- Design of a sustainable net zero energy building with zero carbon emission at a traditional construction cost. - Promote the use of this design as a template for other homes in the future., Sponsorship: Jimmy Eng, Deliverables
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- Integration of multivariate SPM and FDD by parity space technique for a food pasteurization process
- Multivariate statistical process monitoring (MSPM), contribution plots, and parity space fault diagnosis (FD) techniques are used to detect abnormal operation of dynamic processes and diagnose sensor and actuator faults. The methods are illustrated by monitoring the critical control points (CCP) and diagnosing causes of abnormal operation of a pilot pasteurization plant. An empirical model of the process is developed by using subspace state space system identification methods and normal process data. The process data collected under the influence of different magnitude and duration of faults in sensors and actuators are used to validate the MSPM and FD techniques. T-2 and squared prediction error (SPEN) charts are used as MSPM charts. A parity space technique for dynamic stochastic systems and dynamic trends in contribution plots of T-2 and SPEN statistics are used for FD. The detection and FD by these techniques show significant improvements over univariate methods., Endnote format citation
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- Automatic Insulin Pumps Using Recursive Multivariable Models and Adaptive Control Algorithms
- A method and device for monitoring or treating patient glucose levels. The device includes a glucose sensor for measuring a glucose level of a patient, a physiological status monitoring system for measuring at least one physical or metabolic variable of the patient, and an automatic controller in communication with the glucose sensor and the physiological status monitoring system. The controller includes a prediction module for automatically predicting a future glucose level using data measured by the glucose sensor and the physiological sensor., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- Growing Water: 31st Street Eco-Boulevard and IIT Pavilion Prototype (Semester Unknown) IPRO 322
- 1048 million gallons of water is used in Chicago everyday. Chicago replenishes almost none of it. Although there is no water shortage currently, many believe that water will be to the next century what oil is to this century: a huge commodity. Twenty percent of the world's potable water is contained in the Great Lakes. In order to be responsible consumers of this natural resource, Chicago is looking into different plans to return water to Lake Michigan. The purpose of Growing Water IPRO is to create a prototype of an Eco-boulevard on the IIT campus that will serve as an example of practices that could be implemented across the Chicago-land area to manage and naturally purify storm water and sewage water so it can be reintroduced to Lake Michigan. These Eco-boulevards will also serve as educational facilities to inform the community about the growing scarcity of water and how to conserve this precious resource., Deliverables
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- Process for Making Magnetic Recording Wire
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- Robotics Initiative at IIT (Fall 2003) IPRO 316: Robotics Initiative at IIT IPRO316 Fall2003 Final Presentation
- Research into robotics program at other universities. Introduce robotics as a major part of the academic curriculum. Acquire knowledge and hands-on experience in constructing and understanding of robotic units via 4 main projects Scorpion, Arm, Line Tracer, Hand Chaser / Repeller, Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies, Project Plan for IPRO 316: Robotics Initiative at IIT for Fall 2003 semester
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- Innovating Process Improvements in Manufacturing Operations (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304
- The purpose of this IPRO is to develop a robust, working prototype that can automatically monitor and detect a problem with a milling machine at A. FInkl & Sons Co. This IPRO is in its fourth semester and there are two challenges remaining: (1) alerting management to the detection of broken teeth during machining; and (2) developing spatial representations of items undergoing heat treatment. However, A. Finkl & Sons has asked us to concentrate solely on the goal of finding a way to detect when a break occurs in one of the milling teeth and then alert the mechanic monitoring the machine in order to replace it. This system will involve measuring vibrations using an accelerometer or by the use of laser detection. The goal of this IPRO is to research, test, and inform A. FInkl & Sons of the best solution to invest in, therefore they can decide what is better for their company., Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons Co, Deliverables
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- Reel
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent