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Sofanda Booz
Sofanda Booz
In this interview, Sofanda relays her experience doing drag and developing her Bingo set, focusing on how she creates a welcoming community for Bingo players to join in on a Tuesday night. Highlighted here is how Bingo provides an accessible way for designers with little to no game design training are able to develop meaning play experiences. Furthermore, she elaborates on how Bingo extends her own performance of gender and sexuality to the players, inviting them to also perform and play with gender and sexuality. While Drag Bingo highlights an accessible method of structuring play, successful drag queen Bingo hosts must cultivate a liminal low- stakes space for participants to play with performances of gender and sexuality., Oral history project with Sofanda Booz
Sofanda Booz: 20180227_201404
Sofanda Booz: 20180227_201404
In this interview, Sofanda relays her experience doing drag and developing her Bingo set, focusing on how she creates a welcoming community for Bingo players to join in on a Tuesday night. Highlighted here is how Bingo provides an accessible way for designers with little to no game design training are able to develop meaning play experiences. Furthermore, she elaborates on how Bingo extends her own performance of gender and sexuality to the players, inviting them to also perform and play with gender and sexuality. While Drag Bingo highlights an accessible method of structuring play, successful drag queen Bingo hosts must cultivate a liminal low- stakes space for participants to play with performances of gender and sexuality., Oral history project with Sofanda Booz
Descriptors and measurements of verbal violence in tweets: toxicity_first_steps
Descriptors and measurements of verbal violence in tweets: toxicity_first_steps
Sponsorship: National Science Foundation Award # 1525662, The purpose of this data collection was to test a scale for detecting verbal violence in Tweets. Workers at Mechanical Turk were first asked to complete a qualification test and then invited to code additional Tweets according to our scale. The qualification test involved a detailed explanation of each item of the scale, a walkthrough of a tweet that we had coded according to all 14 scale-items, a practice exercise, and a test. In the practice exercise, potential coders attempted to code a tweet on their own using our scale. After submitting their ratings, they were shown our own ratings for the same tweet and explanations for each of our ratings. The test component consisted of another coding task, in which coders were asked to code another tweet that we had already coded ourselves. The workers who, on test, with our ratings of that tweet on at least 11 out of the 14 items “passed” the test, earning the qualification that allowed them to participate in future coding tasks. Variables in the data include the ID of the Tweet (so that you may find it on Twitter; Twitter Terms of Service prohibit us from sharing the Tweets), the ID number we assigned to the coder, the rating that coder provided for each of the 14 items on our scale, the gender and age of the coder, and any comments the coder provided. APA (6th Edition) CITATION: Guberman, J. and Hemphill, L. (2016) Descriptors and measurements of verbal violence in tweets [data file and codebook]. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3179368.
Lewis Institute, 1896-1940: Higher Education on Chicago's West Side
Lewis Institute, 1896-1940: Higher Education on Chicago's West Side
A presentation on the history of the Lewis Institute and its faculty, students, and staff. This presentation was researched, written, and produced by Catherine Bruck, then University Archivist at Illinois Institute of Technology. Some images and text have been removed to comply with university policy.
Reconciling Legacy Archival Metadata
Reconciling Legacy Archival Metadata
Presentation for Mashcat in Atlanta, Georgia on 24 January 2017.
Double Duty: Migrating an IR and Building a Digital Collections Platform in One Instance of Islandora
Presentation for the Digital Library Federation's 2019 Forum in Tampa, Florida (October 2019).
Teacher Knowledge Share (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320
Teacher Knowledge Share (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320
The goal of IPRO 320 is to continue development of 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 on a functional website that was constructed based on surveys of public school teachers. This semester, the planned approach is to build on the progress made by last semester’s IPRO by furthering research and continuing development. Additionally, we will be outsourcing a portion of our technical resources to other IPRO projects., Deliverables
Creating the Modern Utility Management Model (Semester Unknown) IPRO 326
Creating the Modern Utility Management Model (Semester Unknown) IPRO 326
Develop a operational model including pricing, utility integration and consumer involvement that will encourage efficiency and promote sustainability. Consider alternatives to the current centralized utility models, distribution systems and regulatory structures., Deliverables
Researching, Designing, Testing, and Evaluating IPRO Program Enhancements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 301
Researching, Designing, Testing, and Evaluating IPRO Program Enhancements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 301
The IPRO program at IIT, since its inception in 1995, has become a signature program of the school for it not only benefits participating students but also the corresponding sponsors and prospective employers of IIT graduates. During a student’s participation of an IPRO, he/she is engaged in a multi-discipline, teambased learning environment to solve a real-world problem proposed by industry sponsors and/or IIT faculty. Additionally, the program is designed to allow students to develop and apply their teamwork, project management, communication, and ethical behavioral skills. Each semester, the projects courses offered change depending on the emerging social and technological trends in today’s world., Deliverables
Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333
Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333
Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago (MSI) has partnered with this IPRO to further develop their existing Fab Lab. IPRO 333 has been assigned the task of working with the Fab Lab administrators to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and determining its end goals for both the museum and the community. Once these goals are established, we will support them with a list of projects that we will create and execute. By working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, we hope to encourage hands-on learning in local schools. This will promote membership at MSI and involve the community in science and technology programs and education. To accomplish this, we have broken into two teams, each of which will focus on a different audience. The first team will be responsible for designing and creating programs for more advanced and knowledgeable users of the equipment specific to the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program as well as museum members; the second team will be responsible for designing and implementing programs for less advanced users with more constrained timeframes, such as visiting families or groups of school children., Deliverables
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
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
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
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
Art of Wind Power (semester?), IPRO 314
Art of Wind Power (semester?), IPRO 314
Prototype design for windfarm-scale power production for local and grid use using an industrial corridor that includes Lake Michigan, the Calumet River, and brownfields within a portion of the proposed Calumet Heritage Corridor., Deliverables for IPRO 314: Art of Wind Power for the Spring 2007 semester
The Greenhouse Project (semester?), IPRO 320
The Greenhouse Project (semester?), IPRO 320
The goal of the IPRO 320 (The Greenhouse Project) team is to evaluate, improve, and utilize The Chicago Center for Green Technology’s solar greenhouse. The team will monitor the conditions within the greenhouse and use that information to find ways to improve its efficiency and functionality. In addition to making proposals to the Center for Green Technology, the team will implement some of these ideas. Ultimately, the team will plant and grow seedlings within the greenhouse. The vision for this IPRO group is to make the greenhouse fully functional and efficient., Deliverables for IPRO 320: The Greenhouse Project for the Spring 2005 semester
Social Networking as Economic Development Strategy in US and India (Semester Unknown) IPRO 305
Social Networking as Economic Development Strategy in US and India (Semester Unknown) IPRO 305
The course IPRO-305 is geared towards giving the students practical product development experience by addressing the problem statement provided by the workshop sponsor (and our client), Honeywell, Inc. During the course of this workshop, we will implement the formative stages of a user-centered design process by developing and prototyping design concepts based on an understanding of existing social networks in small business communities in two neighborhoods, Pilsen/Little Village in Chicago and Powai in Mumbai. The goal will be to develop product, communication or service designs that contribute to increasing prosperity and small business growth within the Chicago and Mumbai neighborhoods. This project will be undertaken in collaboration with graduate students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) and their Industrial Design Centre, (comparable to IIT Institute of Design), as well as staff at Honeywell in Bangalore and Minneapolis. By working on this project students, both undergraduate IPRO students and graduate IIT, Chicago’s design school students are intended to gain proficiency in remote research methods and collaborating with your contemporaries abroad on a global design project. The flavor of this effort will be a practical or professional one, working towards implementation and design refinement. At the end of this experience, all participating students should have: 1. a solid understanding of methods and artifacts necessary to conduct design research internationally 2. experience in applying design and business practices to economic development issues 3 3. a basic understanding of existing social networks in 2 small business communities and how design can help address these 4. established professional relationships with Indian designers who share a human-centered mindset 5. a portfolio-ready project, complete with a recognizable client, Deliverables
We would like to develop a system that measures the applied torque at a bicycle crank set. In contrast to current solutions, we want to be able to retrofit our system to existing crank sets, obviating the need to abandon parts that the bicyclist already o
We would like to develop a system that measures the applied torque at a bicycle crank set. In contrast to current solutions, we want to be able to retrofit our system to existing crank sets, obviating the need to abandon parts that the bicyclist already o
An estimated 2.7 million people die prematurely each year due to smoke and toxic emissions from wood burning. Around 3.1 million people died in 2002 as a result of diarrhea related diseases which are contracted from polluted water; 90% of whom were children. Out of 792 million people suffering from malnutrition, 5 million children die each year. 4 out of 5 of these 792 million people do not have access to needed fruits and vegetables. For the past four semesters, IPRO 325 has focused on helping solve problems of the world’s rural poor. This semester, the team is focused on improving last semester’s designs and developing better field manuals. Our team implemented our past projects in Sincape, Peru last semester, and we also intend to go back to look at them after a semester and implement more of our projects., Deliverables
Increasing Computer Science Awareness (Semester Unknown) IPRO 321
Increasing Computer Science Awareness (Semester Unknown) IPRO 321
Description: The project team's goal is to get high school students excited about Computer Science, and to ultimately increase the number of students in the Chicago area taking Computer Science (CS) courses in high school and college. The team will accomplish this by debunking myths and increasing the un- derstanding of what CS and computational thinking entails, explaining and providing evidence for why CS is important, and emphasizing importance of attracting women and underrepresented minorities to CS., Deliverables
eMotion (Semester Unknown) IPRO 354
eMotion (Semester Unknown) IPRO 354
eMotion creates and offers devices that connect those that are physically apart but mentally together in a manner that is safe and simple., Deliverables

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