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- Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
- 3241 South Federal Street, Chicago, Illinois
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- South Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
- 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Illinois
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- Wishnick Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
- 3255 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois
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- Optimum Design of a Solar Desalination Process (Spring 2002), IPRO 304E: Optimum_Design_of_a_Solar_Desalination_Process_IPRO304e_Spring2002_Final_Presentation
- In addition to a process design topic which will be the focus of each of the six teams, the students joining this IPRO 304 will be responsible for identifying, investigating, analyzing and addressing therange of complex issues associated with the process design topics, including: economic analysis, regulatory and other legal considerations, community and other social factors, safety/reliability/security, materials selection for piping and control systems, plant layout and other facility operations and maintenance constraints, etc., Sponsorship: IIT Interprofessional Collaboratory, Project plan for IPRO 304 E: Optimum Design of a Solar Desalination Process for the Spring 2002 semester
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- Descriptive Virtualized Reality Environment for Visual Guidance (Fall 2001) IPRO 305: Descriptive Virtualized Reality Environment for Visual Guidance IPRO305 Fall2001 Final Presentation
- In this project, the utilization of virtualized reality environments to the guidance of blind or visually-impaired people will be explored. A virtualized reality environment will be constructed based on visual sensory information and described verbally to the user instead of presented to him graphically. One of two contexts will be selected: a static scenario in which the motorized sensors and the system are located in the environment; or a mobile scenario in which a wearable computing system is worn by the user. The technical side of the project requires students with programming skills capable and/or interested in: image analysis, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and hardware interface and design. The non-technical side of the project requires students capable and/or interested in: analyzing the guidance needs of blind and visually-impaired people, analyzing and experimenting with different verbal descriptions of visual scenes, assessing the level of detail with which the user is comfortable, and experimenting with and assessing the effectiveness of different descriptive schemes. In the long term, the insight and ideas developed in this project may lead to their further development, testing and implementation in practical applications for those who are blind and visually-impaired or more generally for people to communicate and collaborate with each other more effectively in a virtual fashion., Sponsorship: NA, Project Plan for IPRO 305: Descriptive Virtualized Reality Environment for Visual Guidance for the Fall 2001 semester
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- IIT's Solar Hydrogen project (Spring 2003) IPRO 301: IIT's Solar Hydrogen Project IPRO301 Spring2003 Final Presentation
- Theobjectivesofthisprojectaretodesign,assemble and demonstrate a stand-alone distributed power generation system, which utilizes clean energy to power an LED sign. The sole purpose of the sign is to promote solar energy and other clean energy technologies via daily messages to the Chicago highway commuters. Our specific project goal for this semester was to integrate the pieces we already have into a single, autonomous, off-grid power system., Sponsorship: BP, BP Solar, IL- DCCA, Solarex, ComEd, Alcad, Proton Energy Systems, Project Plan for IPRO 301: IIT's Solar Hydrogen Project for the Spring 1002 semester
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- Design and Testing of a Lithium-Ion Battery for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications (Spring 2002) IPRO 362: Design_and_Testing_of_a_Lithium-Ion_Battery_System_for_Hybrid_Electric_Vehicle_Applications_IPRO362_Spring2002_Final_Presentations
- Li-ion cells have demonstrated excellent performance when operated at ambient temperature conditions. Still, the adverse effect of temperature excursions on lithium-ion cell performance is evident when the cell is operated at elevated temperatures beyond 65 oC or at low temperatures below 0 oC. In all applications, e.g. for powering personal electronics or electric vehicles (EV), a number of cells are packed together in different configurations (parallel and series) to form a battery. It is important to keep the battery pack temperature within a fairly narrow temperature range for optimal battery performance. Thermal management for battery systems can be achieved using an IIT patented technology that incorporates phase change material (PCM) in the battery pack design. The PCM integrated in the cell and/or battery design will act as a heat sink for heat generated, for example during discharge of a Li-ion battery, which is a highly exothermic process. The heat stored will be evolved later when the battery temperature drops during battery charge, or under cold weather conditions. The objectives of this project is to design and test a 10 A-hr, 12 VDC lithium-ion battery module that can be used to power electric/hybrid vehicles(EV/HEV). The design and testing of the battery module will require a team of students with strong backgrounds in mechanical, chemical and electrical engineering. There will also be a need for law students to ensure proper protection of any new intellectual property generated from the project. A business student is required to conduct a market survey of these technologies, including the current market size and sales projections for the EV/HEV market., Sponsorship: NA, Project plan for IPRO 362: Design and Testing of a Lithium-Ion Battery for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications for the Spring 2002 semester
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- Design and Testing of Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Applications (Fall 2001) IPRO 362: Design_and_Testing_of_Lithium-Ion_Battery_for_Electric%3AHybrid_Vehicle_Applications_IPRO362_Fall2001_Final_Presentation
- Li-ion cells have demonstrated excellent performance when operated at ambient temperature conditions. Still, the adverse effect of temperature excursions on lithium-ion cell performance is evident when the cell is operated at elevated temperatures beyond 65 oC or at low temperatures below 0 oC. In all applications, e.g. for powering personal electronics or electric vehicles (EV), a number of cells are packed together in different configurations (parallel and series) to form a battery. It is important to keep the battery pack temperature within a fairly narrow temperature range for optimal battery performance. Thermal management for battery systems can be achieved using an IIT patented technology that incorporates phase change material (PCM) in the battery pack design. The PCM integrated in the cell and/or battery design will act as a heat sink for heat generated, for example during discharge of a Li-ion battery, which is a highly exothermic process. The heat stored will be evolved later when the battery temperature drops during battery charge, or under cold weather conditions.The objectives of this project is to design and test a 10 A-hr, 12 VDC lithium-ion battery module that can be used to power electric/hybrid vehicles(EV/HEV). The design and testing of the battery module will require a team of students with strong backgrounds in mechanical, chemical and electrical engineering. There will also be a need for law students to ensure proper protection of any new intellectual property generated from the project. A business student is required to conduct a market survey of these technologies, including the current market size and sales projections for the EV/HEV market., Sponsorship: IIT, All Cell Technologies, JBRO Batteries, Project Plan for IPRO 362: Design and Testing of Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Applications for the Fall 2001 semester
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- Developing a Wind Turbine System for Chicago (Spring 2002) IPRO 307: Developing_a_Wind_Turbine_System_for_Chicago_IPRO307_Spring2002_Final_Presentation
- A French company has developed new technology for a wind turbine that produces significantly more energy for a given diameter. This company has agreed to donate a 12 kilowatt prototype unit for research purposes. The project will not only be directed to assessing the efficiency of the wind turbine, but also to the development of a unique stable energy source that integrates several renewable energy sources. The City of Chicago Department of Environment has agreed to partner with IIT in the development of this system. This IPRO team will be responsible for developing the research plan which will include but not be limited to: 1) identifying and assessing alternate locations for siting the wind turbine prototype, 2) developing the research protocol, 3) evaluating wind data in the Chicago area, 4) reviewing the legal aspects of the project including permitting requirements, 5) identifying potential contractors for the installation of the prototype, and 6) developing a preliminary design for the electrical generating system described above., Sponsorship: NA, Project Plan for IPRO 307: Developing a Wind Turbine System for Chicago for the Spring 2002 semester
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- Marine Biology Research Center
- This project tried to achieve 3 things. First urban integration to bigger master plan by being destination or starting point of journey at water front of Hudson river. Second finding an appropriate narrative to create a architectural language for Marine biology research center. And last but not least energy analysis to evaluate best orientation and form of the building.
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- Design of A Modern Hydrogen Production and Recovery Facility (Spring 2003) IPRO 304C
- The objective of this project is to design and provide an economic assessment of new flue gas cleanup processes to meet new and future environmental emissions standards. The issues to be considered in this project include technical viability, process integration, economic feasibility, and environmental disposal of waste streams. An economic assessment of the market-based prices of emissions allowances will be used to determine the best long-run strategy. An assessment will be made on the effects of implementation of new technologies on the cost of electricity for both low sulfur western coal, and high sulfur Illinois coal to determine if governmental incentives are needed to promote the use of Illinois coal. Students may focus on an existing power plant in Illinois which uses western coals and is not equipped with SOx/NOx/Hg control systems. Students are expected to use the principles of process design, to evaluate commercially available technologies for various pollutants or propose new approaches to the problem, integrate various technologies in the cleanup train, and perform an economic analysis of the overall processes., Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies, Project Plan for IPRO 304C: Design of A Modern Hydrogen Production and Recovery Facility for the Spring 2003 semester
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- Wastewater Reclamation (Spring 2002) IPRO 304C
- The main aim of this project is Wastewater reclamation to save the fast depleting Groundwater resources, Sponsorship: NA, Project Plan for IPRO 304C: Wastewater Reclamation for the Spring 2002 semester
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- Devices for Removal of VOCs from Ground Water (Spring 2002) IPRO 304B
- Water in Wausau, Wisconsin is contaminated with VOCs posing hazardous health risks. As part of the IPRO project, we need to determine a unit operation that can remove VOCs effectively and cost efficiently., Sponsorship: IIT Interprofessional Collaboratory, Project Plan for IPRO 304B: Devices for Removal of VOCs from Ground Water for the the Spring 2002 semester
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- Design and Evaluation of New Flue Gas Cleanup Processes to Meet New EPA Regulations (Spring 2003) IPRO 304
- Students who join this IPRO team will gain experience in working with chemical and environmental engineering students on important issues that relate to designing chemical and environmental engineering processes. Studens on this project will be split into three different subteams: (a) Design and Evaluation of New Flue Gas Cleanup processes to meet new Environmental Regulations: The objective of this project is to design and provide an economic assessment of new flue gas cleanup processes to meet new and future environmental emissions standards. The issues to be considered in this project include technical viability, process integration, economic feasibility, and environmental disposal of waste streams. An economic assessment of the market-based prices of emissions allowances will be used to determine the best long-run strategy. An assessment will be made on the effects of implementation of new technologies on the cost of electricity for both low sulfur western coal, and high sulfur Illinois coal to determine if governmental incentives are needed to promote the use of Illinois coal. (b) Design and evaluation of engineering systems to control VOCs from groundwater: The objective of this project is the design and cost estimation for various pollution control devices that can remove volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) from ground water. Effective and efficient treatment methods are needed to meet this clean up challenge. (c) Design of a Modern Hydrogen Production and Recovery Facility: The object of this project is to apply engineering principles of separation processes to recove pure hydrogen from mixed gases. This will include the availability and selection of a feed stream and an analysis of the feasibility and economics of commercial and innovative processed for the recovery operation., Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies, Project Plan for IPRO 304: Design and Evaluation of New Flue Gas Cleanup Processes to Meet New EPA Regulations for the Spring 2003 semester
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- Design and Evaluation of Engineering Systems to Remove VOCs from Groundwater (Spring 2003) IPRO 304B
- The objective of this project is the design and cost estimation for various pollution control devices that can remove volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) from ground water. Effective and efficient treatment methods are needed to meet this clean up challenge. Full-scale performance and cost data that minimizes energy requirements and documents the costs associated with design, construction, and operation will be required. Integration of various technologies and the application of unit operations involving adsorption, absorption, and biological reactor systems will be addressed. The need to address present and future environmental emission standards will be integrated into the design procedures. The design process will be part of a general evaluation of emission standards required for the control and removal of hazardous waste., Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies, Project Plan for IPRO 304B: Design and Evaluation of Engineering Systems to Remove VOCs from Groundwater for the Spring 2003 semester
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- Interview with Todd Friedman: photos
- We conducted an interview with Todd Friedman, a game competitor who holds over 100 game world records, on Sep 25, 2015 at his home in Gurnee, IL. Todd Friedman is a game competitor and competition organizer. His personal game collections consist of 2,840 games and he has been playing video games since he was five years old. His world records are recorded on the Twin Galaxies Score Database website. For the Wii DJ Hero alone he has three pages filled with records of him placing 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th with songs ranging from Foo Fighters to Jackson Five. However, Todd has never worked as a full-time game competitor. Instead, he is an EDI (Electronic data interchange) analyst at HubGroup, a truck company. Generally, he arrives home from work at 4:30pm and plays games or works out with his children. Todd has his own philosophy for life and gaming. He holds world records but has never thought of earning money from playing games or having it as a “real” job. Rather, he loves the competition itself. In his view, playing games is more like something that brings people fun and happiness, instead of a tool to make money. He also enjoys being a spectator and watching others play games. This is one of the reasons why he loves not only to participate but also to organize game competitions. How does Todd balance his daily life with his gaming life? If you ask Todd they are one and the same. In fact, a quote of his is “Working and being father is my typical day.” He works his full time job, spends time with his family and ensures that he also spends time on his professional gaming activities. He has twins, a boy and a girl aged 9 years old that he does the normal after school activities with like, soccer, cheerleading, etc. He also loves video gaming especially with his family! One controversial view is that coin-operated video gaming has been a target of negative perceptions. However, Todd completely discredits this argument -- that gaming is a negative influence. He credits video gaming for keeping him on a good path, away from drugs and alcohol, fueling his interest in technology, and obtaining friendships from an array of different cultures all due to being able to meet, talk and play video games with people from around the nation and around the world. Are e-sports according to Todd a real sport? The short answer is “yes.” Todd has two favorite sports, Bowling and video gaming. He compared video game competition to bowling to how some people do not believe it is a sport by discussing hand and eye coordination, mental focus, and talent. You have to beat the other person and practice to get better at it, which is exactly like bowling or golf. According to Todd, a professional gamer, a sport consists of using your mind, practicing, and playing against someone to win. And e-sports falls within his definition. Through the interview, we found that Todd was not in agreement with a lot of the negative stereotypes that people have about gaming, such as, video games are bad for young kids, it wastes their time, money and may have a negative effect on their behaviors and social skills. Instead, he is an average guy who has been playing games since 7 years old and it has helped to evolve him socially and as a positive role model. He credits video games to keeping him away from drugs and alcohol and is also a mechanism that helps to relieve stress. It also positively affects his relationships. He is a better friend, father, husband and co-worker because of his involvement with games.
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- Interview with Sean Davis: photos
- Lucky Strike FTW (For the Win) arcade is a bowling alley and arcade located in downtown Chicago. With 130 games that give prizes every time, a mini golf course, pool tables, and bowling, it has something for everyone. Featuring fresh made food developed by an in-house chef, private suites overlooking the Chicago skyline, and a variety of party options, it’s a great experience. In charge of all of this is Sean Davis, the Director of Operations at Lucky Strike FTW. Mr. Davis has meddled in all areas of the entertainment business throughout his career, including working as a cook, waiter, bartender, manager, and general manager. He first discovered that he loved working in the entertainment industry when working as a local Massachusetts pizza maker, whose venue housed several bar games like billiards and its own mini golf course. He studied business at Northeastern University, and went on to work at Jillian’s arcade around 1993 in Boston, which featured 52 pool tables, 200 games, and 70,000 square feet of restaurant space. Then, in 2011 he started working at FTW in Chicago. As Director of Operations, Mr. Davis checks on things like making sure the arcade is staffed, ensuring each department has what they need, ordering, scheduling, and generally makes sure that everything in his arcade runs smoothly from day to day. However, as he’ll tell you, “There’s always something going on, there’s always a catastrophe... It’s never ‘Hey everything’s great,’” citing a time when a nearby pipe burst and caused the entire floor to flood, as one extreme case. Mr. Davis plays the games in his arcade as often as possible (his favorite game being Silent Scope), and loves watching other people enjoy themselves. He has said that some of his best days at work are when they bring in groups of less fortunate or handicapped children and let them play and have fun to their heart’s desire. Davis says that FTW is really a place for everyone. The arcade uses large cabinets and displays so that even adults can feel like a kid again when standing in front of the big games, part of the appeal to going to the arcade. “We serve great food, great beer. It really is like the total package. And it’s geared more towards adults than it is kids, because we do have a lot of adults saying, ‘Hey we’re going to bring our kids here,’ and they have their birthday parties here and kids love it. Typically the bigger arcades are more designed for kids and they have to bring their parents, and so we said well why don’t we make it for the parents, and they have to bring their kids. It seems to be working out.”
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- Interview with Chris Dammacco: All Photos of Interview
- Chris Dammacco began as a cheese broker for the majority of Midwestern states until one day he confronted a video game shop owner about the poor treatment of his customers; the owner’s response was “If you don’t like the way I do things, then why don’t you start your own shop”, and that’s exactly what he did. Dammacco founded Windy Gaming officially in January of 2015, but first invested in the idea in September of 2012. Windy Gaming specializes in import games, specifically from Japan. He mostly runs the business by himself; the only help he gets is a mechanical engineer that comes in once a week to repair games and two unpaid college students who assist him during convention weekends. The majority of his inventory is games from the late 80s and early 90s because this is the era that Dammacco finds most intriguing. Windy Gaming attends several gaming conventions a year, the favorite being the Midwestern Gaming Convention. At Windy Gaming’s first year at this convention, they only had two eight-foot tables; this past year they had grown so much as to be able to purchase a private room. Dammacco was able to meet many famous internet personalities and players through these conventions some of which included James Rolfe and the hosts of the “Sat Guys” YouTube channel. These two to three day conventions can bring in as much as five figures according to Dammacco and make up a majority of his sales. Dammacco’s friendly treatment of the buyers has created a league of loyal customers that will follow go so far as to follow to him to conventions. Each product he sends out comes with a hand written, personalized note from Dammacco expressing gratitude for their purchase. Dammacco will facetime, skype, email, tweet, Facebook message, call, and the like if the customer wants a deeper understanding of the product or inventory as a whole. The most unique thing about Windy Gaming is that despite sales being entirely online, Dammacco strives to make himself known so the customer is aware that it is a man they are making deals with, not a soulless computer screen. He also makes an effort to keep prices as low as possible in order to cater to the player so they can enjoy the experience of the game without the guilt of overpriced items. Dammacco feels the poor treatment of the players and customers in this industry will be its eventual downfall because the overpriced, never to be played games that certain vendors are selling are not true to the real meaning of a video games. Games are a hobby meant to be enjoyed by those who love to play. His efforts at creating a standard for pricing and customer interaction are making an impact on the gaming industry. The amount of growth that Windy Gaming has produced in such a short time is truly amazing and serves as a commentary on the success of the modern video industry. Prospects are high for Chris Dammacco’s Windy Gaming as well as the gaming industry as a whole.