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: Sustainable Water distribution System for Pignon, Haiti (semester?), IPRO 327; Our objectives for the semester are:  Produce or procure a topographical map of Pignon, Haiti  Map the current structures on a topographical map  Design a preliminary water distribution system  Work with Haiti Outreach to foster relations between IIT, the organization, and the community of Haiti  Raise funds to cover partial costs of trips to Haiti to gather data, Deliverables for IPRO 327: Sustainable Water distribution System for Pignon, Haiti for the Spring 2007 semester

: Tension Indicating Fastener; A bolt having a shank and integral head has a strip of photoelastic material mounted in the head for manifesting in the form of photoelastic fringes linearly related to bolt tension the bending stresses created in the head during loading of the bolt. To determine the tension in the bolt during or after loading, polarized light is directed toward the photoelastic strip and reflected light from the strip is analyzed to measure fringe order. The fringe order is related to the amount of bending stresses in the head of the bolt by a predetermined calibration curve, the bending stresses being linearly related to bolt tension., Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent

: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation (semester?), IPRO 326; The IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) to find the optimum hybridization factor specific to each configuration. An additional objective of the team is to work in coordination with Ph.D. students to simulate a hybrid electric bus system that is scheduled to have practical implementations by the end of the year. All vehicle simulations and structured testing will be performed using ADVISOR, as well as other software packages available in the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at IIT. Related work done by previous student teams shall be reviewed and integrated into this project., Deliverables for IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation for the Spring 2005 semester

: Planning the 21st Century Urban Farm: From High Rise to Neighborhood (sequence unknown), IPRO 336 - Deliverables: IPRO 336 Project Plan F09; The purpose of this IPRO is to establish a strong foundation for the future of urban agriculture. The growing problems regarding the traditional methods of agriculture, and the rate of growth of the world population, the team plans to design a method to grow food more efficiently and economically in urban areas. The team is looking at large, industrial warehouse-type buildings that have outlived their primary use, and creating a plan that utilizes these buildings to grow enough food for the surrounding communities., Sponsorship: John Edel of Bubbly Dynamics, LLC, Deliverables for IPRO 336: Planning the 21st Century Urban Farm: From High Rise to Neighborhood for the fall 2009 semester

: Heat-Releasing Anti-Icing Means; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Ionic Contact Media for Electrodes and Soil in Conduction Heating; Ionic contact is established and maintained between electrodes and soil in ohmic heating of a subsurface formation for recovery of volatile and semi-volatile materials, such as hazardous waste, hydrocarbon-like materials, and valuable minerals having thermally responsive properties. A compressed, dry sponge is wrapped around an electrode, which is then inserted into a bore hole. A conductive liquid is added to the bore hole, causing the sponge to swell, creating a stable and substantial interface for the flow of heating currents., Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent

: Thermal Management of Battery Systems; The invention is to a method of operating a power supply system comprising the steps of discharging at least one cell element of a battery module to produce a quantity of power and a quantity of heat; absorbing at least a portion of the heat in a phase change material in thermal contact with the discharging cell element; following discharge, releasing at least a portion of the heat from the phase change material to heat the at least one cell element; and discharging the at least one cell element at elevated temperature., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Oriented Tape; Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent

: Campus Branding/ Sustainability Image (Semester Unknown) IPRO 311; The IPRO 311 Team’s overall objective is to create a conceptual design and branding of IIT as an eco-friendly campus, promoting sustainability to students, faculty and visitors. IPRO 311 is sponsored by IIT Marketing and Communication Department which seeks to portray a message of the university’s accomplishments in the area of sustainability and future capabilities. Furthermore, this project is driven by the interests of two IIT trustees with an interest to enhance the visibility of the IIT Main Campus from the I-94 expressway and other challenging vantage points (US Cellular Field, Sears Tower, McCormick Place, 2016 Olympics venues, etc.) Disney Imagineering is project partner participating with the Team through brainstorming discussion assisting the Team in building the IIT Brand. Initially, the focus of the IPRO was the development of signage that could represent sustainability and be situated at a prominent location on campus visible to the public. After several class discussions, the vision of the IRPO broadened, to develop an overall campus sustainable conceptual design, incorporating signage as one of the elements. Successful completion of the goals presented here will require each participant to gain useful experience and knowledge regarding teamwork, inter-professional skills and specifically sustainable concepts. There are several interrelated objectives: (1) Build IIT brand awareness and campus visibility in ways that are aesthetically pleasing, exciting and memorable. (2) Create an eco-friendly, self-sustained project that promotes general awareness of activities within the university among students, staff, faculty and the community. (3) Play a leadership role in supporting Mayor Daley's vision for creating a ultra-green Chicago by 2020. (4) Create an IIT campus sustainability plan for future IPROs to build upon., Deliverables

: Teacher Knowledge Share (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320; The goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow for the sharing of ideas, lesson plans and other professionally relevant information. This is a continuing project which saw limited success in the previous semester in that a functioning web site was constructed based on surveys of public school teachers but it saw very little use. This semester, the planned approach is to build on the research generated last semester by performing additional market research with teachers. Following that, IPRO 320 will rework much of the previous web site by refining some of the features, adding additional ones as the research indicates and improving the website in general, both functionally and aesthetically., Deliverables

: Harvesting & Beneficial Use of Condensate from Air Conditioning Systems, Summer 2011, IPRO 346; In an age where sustainability and “going green” have reached an all time high in both the media, and in politics, new initiatives are being explored more than ever before. Many of these initiatives would require drastic changes both in the way corporations do business, and in the way average citizens live their lives. However, there are initiatives which require very little change in lifestyle and business practice, and potentially represent great savings to those who choose to implement them. Like its predecessors, IPRO 346 aims to raise public awareness of the recycling and reuse of condensate produced by air-conditioning systems. This condensate is a byproduct of all AC units, and is currently sent straight to the sewer. Studies conducted by previous IPROs have not only indicated great potential for this initiative, but have also shown a great deal of public interest. Unfortunately, they have also revealed government policies and city codes which greatly restrict the use of this abundant resource. The aim of IPRO 346 is to work towards a change in these policies through the demonstration of a viable system. Members of the team equipped with a model of the systems we propose will meet with public officials, and others interested in the system, demonstrating its potential in hopes of getting policies in place which would allow such a system to be implemented. The IPRO has two main objectives: the development of a prototype and model for demonstration, and the marketing of the idea through the use of both social networks, and presentations to anyone interested. It is the aim of this team, that the accomplishment of these goals will result in both public demand for AC condensate recycling systems, and public policies which allow their use., Harvesting & Beneficial Use of Condensate from Air Conditioning Systems, Summer 2011, 346

: Erase Head for Magnetic Recorders; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Method for Securing Streaming Multimedia Network Transmissions; A method of securing against an unauthorized transmission within an authorized multimedia transmission from a sending data processor to a receiving data processor. The method includes altering the network transmission to interfere with the unauthorized transmission and render the unauthorized transmission invalid to the receiving data processor while not noticeably interfering with the streaming multimedia transmission. Monitoring for retransmissions or retransmission requests also serves as an indicator to an administrator that an unauthorized transmission is occurring. The method of this invention can be implemented by network administrator middleboxes such as firewalls., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Electrostatic Reproducing Apparatus; Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent

: Collaborative Mobile Robot Surveyors (Fall 2003) IPRO 308: Collaborative Mobile Robot Surveyors IPRO308 Fall2003 Final Presentation; Examine the need for error correction Develop means for measuring the distance the robot has traveled Create algorithm to dynamically adjust the signals sent to the motors to compensate for deviations, Sponsorship: NA, Project Plan for IPRO 308: Collaborative Mobile Robot Surveyors for Fall 2003 semester

: Suspended Carrier Modulation of High-Q Transmitters; A method for on-off modulation of a transmitter coil current of a high-Q resonant circuit transmitter comprising the steps of sensing a zero-crossing of the transmitter coil current and substantially instantaneously interrupting the transmitter coil current, and a high-Q resonant circuit transmitter for carrying out said method., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, Sponsorship: United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, United States Patent

: Means for Network Computation; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Container Filling Machine; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Method and Appartus for Passive Mapping; Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent

: Kids Invest Website (Spring 2002) IPRO 359: Kids_Invest_Website IPRO359 Spring2002 Final Presentation; This IPRO will provide you with two experiences: Continue the business plan and marketing strategy for the IIT UTEC Design (IIT Usability Testing and Evaluation Center) and user test KidsInvest website for the Illinois Sectetary Of State Securities Department. You will use the business plan from the previous IPRO to market the UTEC as a business venture. You will learn how to market a business, design a website, and user test websites and other products, Sponsorship: Illinois Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial Studies Program, Project Plan for IPRO 359: Kids Invest Website for the Spring 2002 semester

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