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Bifilar Magnetic Recording System
Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
Detonator
Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
Distributed Feed Fuel Cell Stack
A fuel cell having a distributed fuel feed in which the heat generation profile can be better controlled. Fuel channel stack and system efficiency improvements are achieved., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
Hafnium Base Alloy (Boron)
Hafnium tantalum alloy containing about 15 and about 35 weight percent tantalum, between about 0.03 and about 2.0 weight percent boron, and at least one additional alloying agent selected from chromium, silicon and aluminum., Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
Signal Transducer Systems
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
Intra-Plant Communication regarding Equipment Maintenance and Alerts (semester?), IPRO 303
Intra-Plant Communication regarding Equipment Maintenance and Alerts (semester?), IPRO 303
IPRO 303 begins its first semester as a project designed to enhance the operations of both coal-burning power plants and the Smart Signal© Corporation. When critical equipment fails, it sends a shockwave throughout an organization and into its supply chain. Smart Signal’s EPI*Center software solution enables companies to fill the equipment performance gap between current operations and corporate objectives through early, actionable warning of any abnormal performance., Sponsorship: SmartSignal, Deliverables for IPRO 303: Intra-Plant Communication regarding Equipment Maintenance and Alerts for the Spring 2007 semester
Two-phase Heat Transport Device using Electrohydrodynamic Conduction Pumping
An electrohydrodynamic conduction liquid pumping system having a vessel configured to contain a liquid therein, a single pair or multi-pairs of electrodes disposed in a circularly spaced apart relationship to each other inside the vessel and configured to be oriented in the liquid. A power supply is coupled to the electrodes and configured to generate electric fields in-between each electrode pair to induce a net radial pumping of the liquid. A heat source is provided to produce heat sufficient to boil and vaporize the liquid while non-vaporized liquid moving toward the heat source prevents over-heating of the heat source. A heat sink is configured to have a operating temperature below the vaporization temperature of the liquid so that contact of the vapor with the heat sink will condense the vapor into a liquid to replenish the liquid supply moving toward the heat source., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent, Primary US Patent Classification 417/48, US Patent Classification 361/700, US Patent Classification 361/702, International Patent Classification F04B 37/00, International Patent Classification H05K 7/20
Zero Energy Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337
Zero Energy Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337
The ultimate goal of the Zero Energy Lab IPRO is to design a universal format for occupying laboratories that utilize the minimal amount of energy. For the Zero Energy Lab to be usable at all hours of the day, proper lighting is a necessity. The installation of an appropriately designed lighting system, which will be both cost and energy efficient, will be a high priority in the overall scheme. A small section of the overall space will be the prototype of the design, which will in turn allow for the further development of lighting implementation., Deliverables
FORCED PERIODIC OPERATION OF TUBULAR REACTORS
Forced periodic operation of tubular reactors can increase conversion and yield if proper operating conditions and forcing policies are selected. A numerical approach is proposed for computing the effects of periodic input forcing by a shooting algorithm. Such computational tools permit the assessment of the benefits of forced periodic operation of a specific reactor system and the identification of the ranges of operating conditions where forced periodic operation is beneficial. This information provides valuable insight for planning detailed experimental studies. Determining the influential input variables and bracketing the ranges of the operating conditions for improving reactor performance will reduce significantly the experiments needed for selecting the most favorable reactor operation policies. The application of the numerical algorithm is illustrated by assessing the benefits of forced periodic operation to a CO oxidation reactor model. The results reveal substantial improvement in performance with slow cycling in feed concentration., Endnote format citation
HawkTour (semester 2 of unknown), IPRO 305
HawkTour (semester 2 of unknown), IPRO 305
The team will be focusing on the challenge of integrating Pervasive Computing into a specific aspect of the IIT campus. The overall vision of the IPRO 305 team is to continue efforts to develop an application called HawkTour – a virtual Illinois Institute of Technology tour guide. HawkTour will provide a completely new approach to the campus tour at IIT., Deliverables
Method and Apparatus for Treating Materials
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
Process to Allocate Channels in a Sectorized Cellular Network
The invention disclosed is a process to allocate channels in a sectorized cellular network. A system of allocating cellular frequencies (channels) to the sectors among the cells within a tile is disclosed which maximizes channel set usage within the tile while avoiding co-channel interference between cells. According to the present system, no infrastructure rebuild is required. The disclosed approach further supports all currently used cellular technology. By alternating and rotating the channel assignments across sectors, what is a seemingly locally poor algorithm utilizing additional local channels is actually a globally good algorithm which is efficient in terms of the total number of channels used owing to short reuse distance and low number of cell types., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
Method of Producing Hydrazine
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
Development of Play for Peace Website (semester?), IPRO 328
Development of Play for Peace Website (semester?), IPRO 328
At this point, most of the requirements from the client have been obtained (in table below). Based off of this, we have selected the Joomla Client Management System to develop the web-site. The decision was made between Joomla, Mambo, and PHP-Nuke. All three are CMS systems with varying capabilities and weaknesses. The description for each of the CMS systems is provided below. What is left is to continue getting feedback from the client as well as continuing to adapt and modify Joomla as needed to fit our needs., Deliverables for IPRO 328: Development of Play for Peace Website for the Spring 2006 semester.
Magnetic Transducer System
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
Measurement of anisotropic radial flow rapidity
Using the sample of Au + Au collisions at 200 GeV generated by the AMPT with string melting model, the anisotropic amplitudes of azimuthal distributions of total transverse momentum, mean radial (transverse) momentum, and multiplicity are first presented and compared. It shows that the azimuthal distribution of mean radial momentum well characterizes the radial expansion. So a measurement of the azimuthal distribution of mean transverse (radial) rapidity of final state particles is suggested. We further show that the isotropic part of the suggested distribution is the combination of isotropic radial expansion and thermal motion. The anisotropic amplitude characterizes the anisotropic radial flow, and coincides with the parameter of anisotropic radial flow rapidity extracted from a generalized blast-wave parametrization., Sponsorship: IIT College of Science, High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory
Northern Illinois Hockey League (Semester Unknown) IPRO 308
Northern Illinois Hockey League (Semester Unknown) IPRO 308
We will make a prototype for the Northern Illinois Hockey league website. We want to develop web-based scheduling and scoring applications that can support their annual operations., Sponsorship: Northern Illinois Hockey League, Deliverables
Magazine Type Magnetic Recording and Reproducing Device
Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
Apparatus for Measuring Vibrations
Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
Electromagnetic Transducer Head
Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

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