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: Edutainment (Fall 2003) IPRO 329: Edutainment IPRO329 Fall2003 Final Presentation; Educate using Entertainment: Computer gaming experience, Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies, Project Plan for IPRO 329: Edutainment for Fall 2003 semester

: Energy-Efficient Electromagnetic Elimination of Noxious Biological Organisms; An energy-efficient method for killing noxious biological organisms (bacteria, insects, etc.) in contaminated materials ranging from liquid, semi-liquid, and solid foods pharmaceuticals and hospital wastes comprises passing the contaminated material through an exposure chamber; screening, comminution, addition of fluid or foam, limited heating, or other pretreatment steps may be required. As it flows through the exposure chamber the contaminated material is subjected to a nonuniform, high-intensity electric field; in that chamber, excessive current flows, including arcing and current "streamers", are suppressed by limiting the current density. The amplitude of the applied current density and the electric field in the exposure chamber are controlled, in accordance with the conductivity and/or dielectric constant of the contaminated material, so that the electric field intensity is of the order of 3,000 volts/centimeter or more., Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent

: Battery System Thermal Management; Power supply systems and associated methods of operation are provided based on the incorporation of a supply of phase change material in thermal contact with at least one cell element capable of a heat-generating charge or discharge of power. Also disclosed, such as for increased or improved heat transfer and dissipation, is battery module incorporation of a heat-conductive containment lattice member such as having a plurality of openings wherein at least a portion of the supply of the phase change material can be disposed as well as the inclusion of a plurality of module housing-protruding heat transfer fins., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: 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

: Servomechanism Control System; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Sustainable Landscape Design for the IIT Rice Campus (semester?), IPRO 319; This semester, the team will continue on the work completed in the spring 2005 term as IPRO 371. The main goals for fall 2005 are to further research elements commonly found in sustainable landscape designs and to create a comprehensive landscape design, composed of the three key areas of appropriate vegetation, stormwater management, and stream restoration at the IIT Rice Campus. In addition, we will research the economic implications of our design and attempt to locate potential sources of funding, Deliverables for IPRO 319: Sustainable Landscape Design for the IIT Rice Campus for the Fall 2005 semester

: Community Air Monitoring (Spring 2001) IPRO 320: Community Air Monitoring IPRO320 Spring2001 Final Presentation; The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) is working to develop an air quality monitoring device and reporting system in the Bronzeville community over the next three to four years. This IPRO group is to provide technical background information to project leaders in the community, investigate some approaches to air quality monitoring that have yet to be considered, and get involved with the community., Sponsorship: Center for Neighbourhood Technology, Project Plan for IPRO 320: Community Air Monitoring for the Spring 2001 semester

: Zero Energy Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337; The IPRO 337 team’s objectives for this semester is to make further progress in updating the top floor of Machinery Hall into a lab for future energy and lighting technology research and for the space itself to be able to be as sustainable as possible throughout research this semester. Since the end goal is a rather ambitious one, a more realistic goal is to have an energy plan for following IPRO’s to work off of and to have the space cleared so that the developed plan can be tested. The team hopes to generate willingness in its members to establish an environment conducive to team-oriented goals, as outlined in the objectives below. 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 energy systems. For this fall semester, the team has set forth the following objectives:  Research office utilities that consume low amounts of energy, and investigate how to improve the efficiency of current utilities.  Research and test various energy efficient lighting solutions.  Research environmentally friendly floor, wall, and ceiling finishes along with necessary office furniture.  Develop a website to display the development progress of the Zero-Energy Lab and provide information regarding “green technology”  Clean and prepare the 6,000 ft2 space for future inhabitants.  Using the research, develop a program proposal for the Zero-Energy Lab., Deliverables

: Large Amplitude Pneumatic Oscillator; A system for producing variable amplitude pneumatic pulses, such as may be used to prevent flow separation on airfoil and diffuser surfaces to control stalling, utilizes a source of pressurized air which is regulated and fed to parallel outlet lines. Each outlet line has a control valve therein attached to a controller for activation of the valves. The first parallel line leads to an actuator which supplies the pulsed air to a desired surface. The second parallel line leads to the atmosphere. By cycling the valves at about ninety degrees out of phase, pneumatic pulses of large amplitude are obtained with a simple device capable of being transported on the aircraft., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Powered Resonance Tubes: Resonance Characteristics and Actuation Signal Directivity; The powered resonance tube (PRT) actuator and its variants are new developments in active flow control (AFC) technology. The PRT is attractive because it has no moving parts and can produce acoustic tones that have amplitudes greater than 150 dB over a large frequency bandwidth. The first part of this paper deals with the resonance characteristics of the PRT as a function of the operating parameters such as jet-to-tube spacing (Sp), tube depth (d), and nozzle pressure ratio (NPR). It was found that: (1) at low NPR (3.33), the PRT resonates at discrete combinations of spacing and depth. (2) Using theoretical estimates for predicting shock cell lengths, one could observe a correlation between the theoretical prediction for shock cell length and the spacing at which the PRT resonates. (3) At high NPR (4.29), for a fixed depth, the PRT resonates at virtually all spacings. (4) The frequency at which the PRT resonates remains approximately constant, regardless of spacing. The second part of the study focused on examining the directivity of the acoustic radiation from the PRT-significant for developing orientation strategies of the PRT with respect to the target flow in the end application. The directivity of the fundamental PRT tone and that of its harmonics were studied for a variety of resonance frequencies, both separately as well as cumulatively. It was found that the fundamental part of the actuation signal radiated predominantly in the downstream direction of the jet for low resonance frequencies. As the resonance frequency was increased from 3 to 12 kHz, the directivity changed from downstream of the jet to vertically upward, and finally upstream of the jet at the higher frequencies., http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-005-0041-5

: Magnetic Recorder Utilizing an Energizing Oscillating Circuit; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation, United States Patent

: Intelligent real-time performance monitoring and quality prediction for batch/fed-batch cultivations; Supervision of batch bioprocess operations in real-time during the progress of a batch run offers many advantages over end-of-batch quality control. Multivariate statistical techniques such as multiway partial least squares (MPLS) provide an efficient modeling and supervision framework. A new type of MPLS modeling technique that is especially suitable for online real-time process monitoring and the multivariate monitoring charts are presented. This online process monitoring technique is also extended to include predictions of end-of-batch quality measurements during the progress of a batch run. Process monitoring, quality estimation and fault diagnosis activities are automated and supervised by embedding them into a real-time knowledge-based system (RTKBS). Interpretation of multivariate charts is also automated through a generic rule-base for efficient alarm handling. The integrated RTKBS and the implementation of MPLS-based process monitoring and quality control are illustrated using a fed-batch penicillin production benchmark process simulator., Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2003.10.004

: Record Medium Transducing Error Correction System and Method; In one exemplary embodiment errors due to tape flutter are overcome by recording along with the analog signal clock pulses having a rate sufficient for sampling of the highest frequency component of the analog signal. Then on playback, the reproduced clock pulses control sampling and storage of samples of the reproduced analog signal. By reading out the samples from storage at a uniform clock rate, the effect of flutter on the reproduced signal is eliminated. In another example the recorded clock rate overcomes tape skew and other mechanical irregularities in recording and reproducing multiplexed analog or digital data., Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent

: Interactive Urban Landmark Memorial (Semester Unknown) IPRO 314; This report is a summary of IPRO 314 and the work which has been completed as of spring 2010. The continuing IPRO 314 team, consisting of undergraduates from the Illinois Institute of Technology, is a group of diverse individuals who are undertaking the planning and development stages of a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Equal Housing Rights March Memorial, to be located on the south side of Chicago., Deliverables

: Process of Coating and Hot Working of Metals; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Titanium Alloy; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

: Magnetic Recording Head; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation, United States Patent

: Comarch Pocket XL (semester?), IPRO 349F; The objective of this group is to produce barcode scanning software for warehouse acceptance. This means that when a warehouse receives an item (or items) information is generated about that item from its barcode that lets a warehouse worker know where the item should be stored in the warehouse. At the end of this project we should have a solution that is ready for verification of specifications by a Comarch deployers. Our software should meet several criteria:  Integrated into CDN XL which is Comarch ERP solution software.  Make use of its algorithm to improve the efficiency of a warehouse by directing the employees to where items should be stored in the warehouse.  Foolproof to minimize the effects of human error.  Capable of multinational use and will include a language pack for Polish and English.  Have a minimal learning curve in order to be an effective and marketable product. Some aspects of the software should be customizable after the prototype stage such as the format of barcode it will read, what type of mobile device it will run on and the appearance of the graphical user interface. The customization capabilities will not be implemented in this project since our software will be the initial release., Sponsorship: Comarch, Deliverables for IPRO 349F: Comarch Pocket XL for the Summer 2007 semester

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: Copper Base Brazing Alloys Containing Boron and Iron; Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent

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