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- Wheelchair Basketball Computer Game (Summer 2004) IPRO 306
- A Summer 2003 EnPRO team after reviewing the work done by previous IPRO teams and listening to wishes of both Professor Ladenson and Mr. Julius Jones, Jr., a Chicago independent inventor, decided that the Avoidatrak IPRO needed a new and fixed direction. That direction was that the collision avoidance game should incorporate a positive depiction of the abilities of disabled individuals in the form of a wheelchair basketball computer game. The purpose of this Summer 2004 IPRO was to do preliminary research and discover useful contacts for a Fall IPRO to begin designing Avoidatrak. Specifically, our goal was to generate a document that might be useful to the Fall IPRO team in understanding what the Avoidatrak game should and should not contain. In order to accomplish this goal, the IPRO team divided itself into two preliminary teams. Team 1 focused on the organizational and meaning that the game should incorporate, namely focusing on what disabled basketball players thought of the game and ways to make it an appealing and uplifting experience. Focus was also placed on the structure of the game, i.e. the level it is played at (locally, nationwide, international). Team 2 focused primarily on the actual game rules, strategies, and technicalities. Part of the research required was to discover what things set apart wheelchair basketball from able-bodied basketball. A consequence of coming up with rules and game play was that team 2 also contemplated various methods of interacting with the game through standard and widely available controllers., Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies in Collaboration with Julius Jones, Jr., inventor, Project Plan for IPRO 306: Wheelchair Basketball Computer Game for the Summer 2004 Semester
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- Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks (Semester Unknwon) IPRO 314
- The purpose of the team is to help Gage Park High School in developing a memorial by providing the technology solutions for the kiosk concept so that the memorial could give the brothers and sisters who live in that community a sense of proud., Deliverables
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- Method of and Means for Measuring Transfers
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- Method for the Preparation of Organic Sulfide Derivatives and Compositions Resulting Therefrom
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Eddy Current Shield in Electromagnetic Transducer Head
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- Research Web (Semester Unknown) IPRO 321
- The focus of our IPRO project was ResearchWeb, an IIT-centered interactive website allowing students and faculty to share research data, discuss their research findings, and find research opportunities. Our team brought together undergraduate students from several different departments, about half of whom were programmers. This report summarizes our goals and purpose, our team organization, our research findings, and our conclusions regarding the project’s future., Deliverables
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- Creating an Interdisciplinary Robotics Initiative @ IIT (Spring 2003) IPRO 316: Creating an Interdisciplinary Robotics Initiative @ IIT IPRO316 Spring2003 Final Presentation
- The IPRO team will investigate the general area of self-powered and mobile robots and create an action plan with recommendations for specific robotics-centered IPRO projects and other activities at IIT. It is critical that the team develop a common level of understanding and appreciation for project opportunities in robotics. This can be accomplished in several ways during the semester, through (1) a hands-on project experience, (2) review of the literature, (3) field trips to institutions that play a role in robotics research, design, development and marketing, (4) organization of an IIT special interest group (SIG) focused to topics in robotics, and (5) exploration of the opportunities for IIT to participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Professor Lykos will facilitate team discussions with other faculty at IIT who have expertise in various aspects of robotics. The extent to which the above five task opportunities are addressed is a function of the size of the team, level of experience of team members, and specific interests of team members. Students who have a background in robotics or are highly motivated to develop a deeper knowledge about robotics technology are strongly encouraged to contact Professor Lykos to discuss their role on the team and suggest areas of focus for the team's work before enrolling in this IPRO section., Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies, Project Plan for IPRO 316: Creating an Interdisciplinary Robotics Initiative @ IIT for Spring 2003 semester
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- Portable Video Recording System Employing Camera and Recording Stations Connected by a Wireless Link
- A portable video recording system, particularly for amateur video recording operations and the like, employing a camera station and a recording station which are physically separated from one another and connected over a wireless link, the camera station being of a size to be readily manually carried on the person and designed merely to produce video and associated signals and transmit the same by radiation of a high frequency carrier signal to the recording station, and processed by receiving means thereat to derive the signals to be recorded, the recorder being operatively controlled from the camera station, whereby both camera and the recorder of the remote recording station are under the control of the camera operator., Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- The Widget Wonder Workers (Semester Unknown) IPRO 312
- As a team, we desire to provide Comcast with feedback from an outside perspective, allowing them to see where their Tru2Way system needs additional attention or support. To do this, we will work together within out team and with Comcast, while maintaining professional standards., Sponsorship: Comcast Corporation, Deliverables
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- Magnetic Transducer Having Conductive Means Spanning Pole for Supplying Bias
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Nickel Base Alloys and Process for the Manufacture Thereof
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Aluminum Base Brazing Alloy
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- Intermodal Container System Solutions (Semester Unknown) IPRO 307
- Design a system involving cranes, buffers and Pathfinder components for implementing a new intermodal transfer system for the CN Harvey Yard resulting in 1 million lifts per year., Deliverables
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- Multistation Graphical Terminal System
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- High Surface Area Coating Production
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- Synthetic Biology: Engineering a Novel Organism (semester?), IPRO 302
- The specific plan for our IPRO is construct a synthetic biological circuit, that is both novel, aesthetically pleasing and independent of the host organism. This is a first step toward implementing entirely synthetic organisms that can be designed to a specification. The target we have chosen is a synchronized biological oscillator, implemented in a vertebrate organism, the zebrafish. To produce an organism requires a wide variety of skills and tasks. Accordingly we have organized into subteams, each responsible for progress in some area, with an administrative sub team overseeing all the events., Deliverables for IPRO 302: Synthetic Biology: Engineering a Novel Organism for the Fall 2006 semester
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- Maintaining and Implementing a Knowledge Management System (semester?), IPRO 338
- IPRO 338 project started in 2003 was designed to address the issue of knowledge transfer in the IPRO teams. Due to an 80% student turnover rate and few teams continuing across semesters a large amount of valuable project knowledge was being lost. To address this issue, the IPRO knowledge management tool – iKNOW, was developed to assist with capturing and cataloging the knowledge generated from IPRO projects during each semester. This semester, IPRO 338 was charged with the full implementation of IKNOW across the 36 teams in the IPRO Spring semester. However, since this report was completed prior to the iKNOW upload deadline, a full accounting of the number of compliant teams was unavailable., Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius, Deliverables for IPRO 338: Maintaining and Implementing a Knowledge Management System for the Spring 2006 semester
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- Green Building Design Concept & Integration (EnPRO357)
- Our purpose is to seek the best solution to designing a sustainable mixed use building for our client in Oak Park. A model of which can also be applied to other sites in the area. The design will focus on a solution that minimizes energy consumption and environmental impact by incorporating available sustainable technologies, sustainable design strategies, and analysis of economic viability., Deliverables
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- Crisis Management and Security Program (CMS) (Semester Unknown) IPRO 370
- The IIT IPRO 370 Crisis Management and Security Program (CMS) is in its fourth stage of development. The current goal is to further develop the capabilities of our web based program that can be used by organizations to assist when determining how well their crisis management plans stand up to different methodologies, assessments, and scenarios during the testing process. Also to start marketing our web site to attract a community of many users to assist in the growth of the CMS program. The initial grant for this project was funded by the Homeland Security Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. Ms. Irene Rozansky, CEO and founder of R&A Crisis Management Services Inc. will be our sponsor to ensure that we develop a program able to test existing crisis management plans for companies, organizations, and individuals who lack a response ready approach in times of crisis., Deliverables
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- Material Renovation (Spring 2002) IPRO 308: Material_Renovation_IPRO308_Spring2002_Final_Presentation
- The goal of this IPRO project is to create a realistic proposal for renovating and restoring Crown Hall to Mies Van der Rohe’s original vision while still keeping the building functional for today. By following guidelines for its new landmark status and last semester’s research on the high priority problems of the building we created a plan of restoration that is hopefully comprehensive enough to put into effect as soon as possible., Sponsorship: Getty Conservation Grant Program, Project Plan for IPRO 308: Material Renovation for the Spring 2002 semester