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- Project InfoMoto (Summer 2011) IPRO 308
- Currently, some motorcycles have the ability to collect information about the performance of the vehicle. However, this information may not be easily accessible to the rider or mechanic of the bike and may also not be presented in an easily understood format. The equipment used to gather this data is generally not inexpensive as well. IPRO 308 intends to develop an affordable device called motoPro which firstly, will gather and record important information during a motorcycle trip and secondly, display that data in a user-friendly, understandable format. This data can be described as a rider profile. The rider profile will not only be useful for improving the safety and performance of the rider, but will also benefit the mechanic and also possibly the manufacturer of the motorcycle. Team motoPro completed initial technological and consumer research during this 2011 summer semester. The team investigated current technology to see what solutions it may provide, began obtaining some hardware components for prototype research and also began interviewing members of the motorcycle community in order to gain valuable insights to use for the device. Some members of the team also completed the Basic Riding Course offered through the Motorcycle Safety Foundation in order to become more familiar with riding a motorcycle. The project will continue into the 2011 fall semester and the team will continue consumer and technology research, create a compelling story with which to attract a sponsor and continue prototyping., Sponsorship: IIT Inter Professional Collaboratory, Project Plan for IPRO 308: Project InfoMoto for the Summer 2011 semester
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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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- Longitudinal Scan Magnetic Recording and Reproducing System for Color Television Signals
- The present invention relates to the magnetic recording of televisions signals. The source of video signals is a television receiver. Adapter circuitry is disclosed which includes a detachable cable for coupling the magnetic transducing heads with the video output of the receiver for the purpose of recording the broadcast signal or the display of the reproduced video signal derived from the tape. Detachment of the cable places the television receiver in a condition to allow the display of the broadcast video instead of recording the broadcast video signal., Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Crisis Management and Security Assessment Program (semester?), IPRO 370
- IPRO 370: Crisis Management & Security Assessment Program (CMS) is the second stage of a four stage project. Our goal is to develop the second phase of the project which involves the necessary assessments for organizations to use while determining how well their crisis management plans stand up to different methodologies, assessments, and scenarios during the testing process. Our grant was funded by Homeland Security Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. R&A Crisis Consulting will be our sponsor to ensure we are meeting the needs of the crisis management community., Sponsorship: Irene Rozansky, RA Consulting, Deliverables for IPRO 370: Crisis Management and Security Assessment Program for the Summer 2007 semester
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- Transducer System and Method
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Video Transducing Apparatus
- Monochrome and color television recording and playback circuitry for coupling of a video magnetic transducer head with a standard broadcast television receiver, the circuitry including an inductor connected in series between the transducer head and the input of the playback amplifier and disposed closely adjacent the amplifier input for blocking transmission of stray radio frequency energy to the amplifier., Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Hall Element Magnetic Transducer
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- Apparatus for Elecrostatic Encapsulation
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Advanced Shipping Container Transportation System Solutions (semester?), IPRO 307
- The main objective of the IPRO 307 team in the Spring 2007 semester is to completely design a modern intermodal yard for the city of Gary, Indiana. It will be capable of handling the forecasted increase in container movement over the next decade while decreasing the demand placed on existing intermodal facilities in Chicago and northwest Indiana. Several intermediate goals must be met in order to accomplish this objective, which include: Selecting the site and planning the physical layout of the Gary yard which maximizes efficiency and minimizes any negative effects on the surrounding areas, Making recommendations concerning the appropriate number, size, and type of cranes capable of handling the predicted capacity, and Developing a demonstration of software capable of tracking containers and trucks both within the yard and regionally, Deliverables for IPRO 307: Advanced Shipping Container Transportation System Solutions for the Spring 2007 semester
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- Social Network Analysis for Pace Suburban Bus Stakeholders (semester?), IPRO 321
- The Communication Design Workshop is an IPRO and is cross-listed with this main campus program. The sponsor is Pace, a successful and forward looking suburban Chicago bus company serving a six county market the size of Rhode Island. The focus of the workshop is to identify factors that will help Pace retain riders. Retention is a significant issue as it has direct financial implications and Pace does not know why they lose riders. Communication issues may be part of the retention problem. Pace will share existing research with us — we will extend and supplement this work., Sponsorship: Pace, Deliverables for IPRO 321: Social Network Analysis for Pace Suburban Bus Stakeholders for the Spring 2005 semester
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- Magnetic Recorder
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- VIBRATIONAL CONTROL OF CHEMICAL REACTORS - STABILIZATION AND CONVERSION IMPROVEMENT IN AN EXOTHERMIC CSTR
- Vibrational control is an open-loop control strategy implemented by fast zero-average oscillations in the input variables of a system. It has been previously shown that vibrational control of an exothermic reaction in a CSTR, introduced via oscillations in the input flow rate, modifies the dynamic behavior of the reactor and enables its stabilized operation in the unstable steady-state region. In the present paper it is shown that simultaneous vibrations in input flow rate and concentration lead, in addition to a reduction of the amplitude of oscillations in reactor temperature and/or increase in reactant conversion. It is also shown that the phase shift between the vibrations of the two input variables affects the behavior of the system as well as the amplitude, the frequency and the form of forcing functions., Endnote format citation
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- Method for the Production of Metallic Heat Transfer Bodies
- Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute, United States Patent
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- Building a Working Replica of Kolff's Rotating Drum (Spring 2004), IPRO 314
- This IPRO team has the unique opportunity to recreate, from the original plans, a working replica of the first clinically successful artificial kidney. Designed, built, and implemented in 1942, Willem Kolff’s rotating drum was the first successful extra-corporeal medical technological device. It provided a successful technological reference point for subsequent development of dialysis devices. This device literally established the field of artificial organs. There are no working models in the Western Hemisphere. Two exist in Europe both in the Netherlands., Sponsorship: Museum of science and Industry; Paticia ward, PhD, Dept. of Science and Technology, Deliverables for IPRO 314: Building a Working Replica of Kolff's Rotating Drum for the Spring 2006 semester
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- Nanopore Stochastic Sensing of Biomarkers
- A method and system for sensing or characterizing a biomarker, such as a proteolytic enzyme or nucleic acid. The system comprises a nanopore sensor to determine a current modulation of a sample including a biomarker, and a predetermined substrate or nucleic acid probe current modulation signature for comparison to a current signature from the nanopore sensor. The nanopore sensor includes a nanopore membrane between two fluid compartments, and a power supply in electrical contact with the membrane to provide an electric potential difference between the fluid compartments. A detector is used to detect an electrical current through the nanopore as the polypeptide substrate, or components thereof, transits the nanopore under an applied electric potential difference between the first and second fluid compartments. The result is a rapid, label-free method for the sensitive and accurate measurement of biomarker activity by real-time monitoring of the ionic current modulations arising from the substrate peptide-protease interactions or nucleic acid hybridization in the nanopore., Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent
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- Statistical monitoring of multistage, multiphase batch processes
- The monitoring of intermediate phases of production is as important as monitoring and control of the final stage. Here a framework is proposed for monitoring overall process performance at the end of each batch., Endnote format citation
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- Impact of Sulfur Capture Technology In Coal Power Plants (Semester Unknown) IPRO 302
- Our team will investigate the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United States. We will use this knowledge to determine which sulfur capture technologies produce the greatest benefit for industry and society and to find the marketability of the sulfur byproducts created in these power plants., Deliverables
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- Magnetic Recorder with Pressure Shoe for Record Members
- Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Patent