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Title: Method for Producing Biodegradable Products
Creator: Shutov, Fyodor, Ivanov, George, Arastoopour, Hamid
Date: 2009-05-11, 1997-11-18
Description: A method of making a molded biodegradable food receptacle product including the steps of grinding up non-toxic agricultural waste plant...
Show moreA method of making a molded biodegradable food receptacle product including the steps of grinding up non-toxic agricultural waste plant material like soy, rice, oat and wheat hulls into particles having a range of sizes so that, if compressed in a mold, the smaller particles substantially fill the spaces between the much larger ones. Where necessary, there is added to the particles a natural and biodegradable binder-forming material, like an edible vegetable oil which will bind like a food receptacle the particles together to form a leak-proof receptacle, when inserted into a mold and compressed by the mold walls at elevated temperatures will produce compact well bound together particles. Without any chemical or physical pretreatment of the ground particles and particle-binder feed mix, the unpretreated mix, with or without small amounts of coloring, aromatic or foaming agents, is fed into a pressure-applying mold. The initial pressure and temperature preferably squeezes inherent binding-forming oils from the preferably seed hulls which freely flow through the mix. The high pressure is then partially reduced and the mold temperature is elevated to maximize the binding action of the binder materials as they solidify.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Delta Hook Technology (Semester Unknown) IPRO 358
Creator: Egland, Erik, Howard, Nathan, Kim, Yunjung, Lee, Sewon, Lichaj, Andrew, Madan, Nikhil, Ng, Man, Springfield, Keegan, Yamin, Izmir, Zaidi, Shaad
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: During the fall 2009 semester, IPRO 358 plans to continue the development and creation of mock-ups for the Delta Hook Technology (DHT) as well...
Show moreDuring the fall 2009 semester, IPRO 358 plans to continue the development and creation of mock-ups for the Delta Hook Technology (DHT) as well as lay the foundation for a business model for Sparrowhawk, LLC, an early stage company. Sparrowhawk has investigated the concept for an innovative fishing hook that is not currently on the market or ready to be launched. The members of IPRO 358 will work together to design mock-ups of the DHT, test the mock-ups, and determine measures that can be taken to improve the DHT. Subsequent mock-ups will continue to improve based on results of the product testing. Simultaneously, we will be working towards better understanding the consumer’s behavior. This will aid in the determination of the probable distribution channels and the strategies to best use them.
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Title: Method of Making Fine-Grain Chromium
Creator: Metcalfe, Arthur G., Spachner, Sheldon A.
Date: 1962-06-05
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Developing an Artificial Pancreas (semester?), IPRO 308
Creator: Callahan, Sean, Devgun, Jason, Ferraro, Christie, Ferrese, Anthony, Gudivada, Medhavi, Manuntag, Renen, Mashruwala, Neil, Nazim, Maje, Park, Dukmin, Patel, Alok, Patel, Bhavin, Schuh, Nathaniel
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to improve the existing prototype to successfully extract interstitial fluid from pig’s skin and effectively...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to improve the existing prototype to successfully extract interstitial fluid from pig’s skin and effectively measure the glucose level in the interstitial fluid through both electrical impedance and light transmittance measurement and to secure grants in order to fund the testing and further completion of the prototype.
Deliverables for IPRO 308: Developing an Artificial Pancreas for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: Zero Energy Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337: ZeroEnergyLabandDesigningTheIPROTeamCollaboratorySpaceIPRO337MidTermPresentationF09
Creator: Akutagawa, Abraham, Babnigg, David, Braband, Jim, Chiu, Mark, Deboth, Ray, Dosky, Benton, Hamill, Nancy, Hansen, Hamill, Kawa, Konrad, Mensah, Teddy, Park, Lillian, Parkes, Brian, Patel, Jay, Reinecke, Jonathan, Shive, Clayton, Shunia, Limia, Vice, Evan, Zappala, Theresa
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: The goal of this IPRO is to continue the research and application of previous research into ‘Zero Energy’ techniques, while simultaneously...
Show moreThe goal of this IPRO is to continue the research and application of previous research into ‘Zero Energy’ techniques, while simultaneously evaluating an old CTA building on the IIT campus for its feasibility both as a collaboratory IPRO space and as a ‘Zero Energy’ building.
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Title: HIGH RISE BUILDING: tube detail 1
Creator: Sun, Yanfang
Date: 2012-05-08, 2012-05
Description: MIXED USE HIGH RISE BUILDING DESIGN COMBINING WIND TURBINE, IN ORDER TO FIND A SUSTAINABLE WAY TO USING CLEAN ENERGY

Title: Aiding Virtual Organization (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 353: Aiding Virtual Organization EnPRO 353 Final Presentation Sp08_redacted
Creator: Babel, Sebastian, Bennett, Casey, Dhewaju, Anusuya, Ann Gan, Kok, Jeong, Ah Reum, Heun Kim, Kee, Schweiger, James, Kang, Minsoo
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The objective for IPRO 353 is to evaluate the business opportunities for iGroups. We will do this by drafting a business plan, which will be...
Show moreThe objective for IPRO 353 is to evaluate the business opportunities for iGroups. We will do this by drafting a business plan, which will be evaluated for feasibility and a final report will be issued, for suggestions as to the next steps the iGroups project should take. Included in the business plan and recommendation shall be: Description of iGroups Market data Financial data Projections for income, cash flow, sales Analysis of different business models for iGroups, and final recommendation.
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Title: Zero Energy Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337: Zero Energy Lab IPRO 337 Project Plan F08
Creator: Aouissa, Abdelmalek, Chiu, Chris, Dodgen, James, Gambrell, Jennifer, Kadzban, Adam, Kedzuch, Andy, Larkin, Evan, Lowe, Scott, Meyer, James, Rojas, Brian, Vincent, Oba, Wolfe, Clark, Yaker, Farouk
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The IPRO 337 team’s objectives for this semester are to make further progress in updating the top floor of Machinery Hall into a lab for...
Show moreThe IPRO 337 team’s objectives for this semester are to make further progress in updating the top floor of Machinery Hall into a lab for future energy and lighting technology research. The research conducted this semester will help us transform the space into a more sustainable working environment. Since the ultimate goal is rather ambitious, our goal for this particular semester is to implement an energy plan which will become the basis off of which the future IPRO’s will continue towards the ultimate goal. We also intend to clear the space so that the developed plan can be tested.
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Title: Power Plant Waste Heat Utilization for Greenhouse Applications (Semester Unknown) IPRO 342: AtomicProduceIPRO342BrochureSp10
Creator: Aguirre, Marisol, Alvarez, Matthew, Bartus, Krzysztof, Chippo, Fatima, Fonk, Andrew, Harbour, Zachary, Hasbrouck, Joshua, Jeffcoat, Brooke, Jensen, Madeline, Kunkel, Emily, Lima, Nancy, Min Nam, Kyung, Patel, Tejash, Pope, Christopher, Qaisar, Samir, Zarazua, Gustavo, Zorra, I
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The goal of this project was to determine the feasibility of using the heated waste water from the Braidwood Generating Station for use in...
Show moreThe goal of this project was to determine the feasibility of using the heated waste water from the Braidwood Generating Station for use in greenhouse applications. Though extremely efficient, the Braidwood Generating Station, like all nuclear power plants, still wastes two-thirds of all energy generated and pumps 1.5 million gallons per minute of warm waste water into its cooling lake. All of this thermal energy pumped into the cooling lake is wasted. IPRO 342 was looking to change that.
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Title: Transducer Head System
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1962-06-19
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: RECONFIGURABLE ANALOG FRONT-END SYSTEM FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPLICATIONS
Creator: Vasudevan, Vidya
Date: 2014, 2014-12
Description: Ultrasonic systems, applied in the field of Medical Imaging and Non-Destructive Testing, have evolved from the trolley-based units to more...
Show moreUltrasonic systems, applied in the field of Medical Imaging and Non-Destructive Testing, have evolved from the trolley-based units to more portable, hand-held devices. These systems are built to suit a specific application or aim at specific target material. In order to make these systems portable and adaptable to the testing environment, a flexible and programmable hardware is built. A fully configurable Analog Front-End (AFE) is presented, which possesses the capability for dynamic re-configuration by using ARM processing core for real-time control, data acquisition and signal analysis in a Linux environment. This system supports up to 8 ultrasonic sensors. The flexibility built into the AFE allows for various beamforming and signal conditioning requirements. This reconfigurable system enables ultrasonic researchers to efficiently prototype different experiments and to incorporate high performance ultrasonic signal and image processing algorithms. This system provides real-time signal processing for nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and imaging applications using ultrasonic sensors ranging from 60 KHz to 15 MHz operating frequencies. A dynamically reconfigurable sensor interface is presented for ultrasonic pulse-echo measurements targeting flaw detection and parametric echo classification applications. For real-time implementation, a SoC-based system is developed on an ARM platform. For a working system, a BCM2835 SoC on a Raspberry Pi hardware system is explored with a further upgrade to Xilinx Zynq 7020 SoC in order to achieve a higher throughput.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, December 2014
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Title: TravelFlash (semester?), IPRO 350: Travel Flash IPRO 350 Final Report F04
Creator: George, Sherine, Raju, Betsy, Campion, Nicholas, Dabney, Matt, Ostapczuk, Alexander
Date: 2004-12, 2004-12
Description: The goal of the IPRO 350F04- Travel Flash team is to perform a feasibility analysis of the electronic travel guide idea. The team plans to...
Show moreThe goal of the IPRO 350F04- Travel Flash team is to perform a feasibility analysis of the electronic travel guide idea. The team plans to attain its goals by performing a competitive analysis of the existing market for travel guides, analyzing the technology for this particular idea and to do a focus group to receive feedback and input for desirable features. The vision is to do a thorough analysis of the idea to determine if it warrants further investment of this team.
Sponsorship: Sky Blue Mobile; Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial Studies Program
Deliverables for IPRO 350: TravelFlash for the Fall 2004 semester
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Title: Swimming Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers (Semester Unknown) IPRO 310
Creator: Alvargonzalez, Marta, Malon, Dave, Keane, Robert, Lin, Jeffrey, Cordogan, Paul, Biyawerwala, Hussain, Patel, Shital, Ragauskis, Kevin, Salimi, Mahdieh, Hubbard, Mclain, Przybysz, Nick, Dudek, Ryan, Daay, Fiona, Cabrera, Joshua, Leasenby, Alex, Karns, Nicole, Lichaj, Andrew
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: This project aims to help visually impaired individuals to exercise independently. While the primary focus this semester will be enabling...
Show moreThis project aims to help visually impaired individuals to exercise independently. While the primary focus this semester will be enabling visually impaired swimmers to swim independently, other physical activities will be researched for the purpose of choosing three activities to be considered for future projects. A passive device, which is a mechanically-based device that offers tactile feedback to the swimmer, and an active device, which is a sonarbased device, will both be developed in parallel to aid the swimmers. This project, overall, could potentially increase the independence of blind and visually impaired individuals, as well as improve their quality of life.
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Title: CreditSafe (Spring 2003) IPRO 329
Creator: Belchev, Bilyan, Hess, Brian, Waicekauskas, Scott, Fung, Richard, Geraghty, Mary, Hannigan, James, Bachmann, Scott, Karunamurthy, Aroon, Krydka, Przemyslaw, Fortinberry, Justin, Malik, Adnan, Ofori-amoah, David, Sundaram, Rachna
Date: 2003, 2003-05
Description: he proliferation of the Internet in recent years has led to more people using, and being confused by, computer interfaces. Usability testing...
Show morehe proliferation of the Internet in recent years has led to more people using, and being confused by, computer interfaces. Usability testing is a formal laboratory procedure used to identify problems with user interfaces during the development of a product. It involves creating tasks for users to accomplish and watching whether they can complete the given tasks. More importantly, the testers observe how users interact with the interface in an attempt to understand why they perform the actions they do. The testing allows developers to identify issues with their designs early enough in the product development cycle to be able to change them, saving money and resources later, in addition to creating an easier-to-use product. Unfortunately, many companies do not implement usability testing or do so too late into development to make any substantive changes suggested by the testing. The result is often a product that is needlessly hard to use. The team will conduct usability tests during the semester to gain first-hand experience in all aspects of usability testing. This project will test the interfaces of products produced by other IPROs and will work closely with other teams to identify and address issues arising from their work so that students on this team and others can appreciate the value of usability testing and designing with the end users in mind.
Sponsorship: Illinois Secretary of State
Project Plan for IPRO 329: CreditSafe for the Spring 2003 semester
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Title: Energy and Environment Based Architectural Research & Development (Spring 2003) IPRO 323: Energy and Environment Based Architectural Research and Development IPRO323 Spring 2003 Final Presentation
Creator: Kneer, Alexander, Hristova, Katya, Ogrinc, Michelle, Sampathkumar, Ananth, Shqeirat, Ranad, Sagami, Kim, Field, Mijeong, Oscar Kang, Yunseok, Lau, Erika, Mirincheva, Velina, Muhammad, Abdul, Sebti, Sophia, Enriquez, Rafael, Huang, Michael, Lin, Chuan-fang, Yehudah, Yehoshuah
Date: 2003, 2003-05
Description: The goal of this IPRO research/design project is to establish an ongoing energy-based architectural studio. The studio will focus on a...
Show moreThe goal of this IPRO research/design project is to establish an ongoing energy-based architectural studio. The studio will focus on a specific project, but in an investigative and experimental manner. The selected project is the Trump Tower, currently under design in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. The end result of each project is expected to consist of cutting edge architectural solution, which will help provide insight into methods for integrating environmental concerns into architectural design process. The IPRO team will apply the concept of the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system, particularly in applications used for exterior wall systems. Also wind energy will be introduced. During the semester students will be directed focusing on extensive research, data collection, elements and component design, putting this research information together and work towards a total building design. The studio will benefit from previous experiences which can be accessed http://ipro.iit.edu/~323. This project will be run in consultation with Professors Professors Mohammadi (CAE), Megri (CAE), Al Hallaj (CHEE), and faculty from mechanical engineering to be determined. The project also benefits from participation by partners Peter Ellis and Ray Clark from the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Sponsorship: Skidmore, Owings & Merill LLP
Project Plan for IPRO 323: Energy and Environment Based Architectural Research & Development for Spring 2003 semester
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Title: Educational and Technical support of Orthotics and Prosthetics Education in Latin America (semester?), IPRO 309: Orthotics and Prosthetics Edu in Latin America IPRO 309 Poster F06
Creator: Addis, Michael, Aramayo, Ed, Derrick, Russell, Gardner, Jared, George, Alayna, Northop, Julia, Ogbonnaya, Sandra A., Pyles, Katy, Swantek, Andrew B., Wido, Dan
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The primary objectives of the IPRO are to develop educational modules for an ISPO Category Three program. The Category Three program involves...
Show moreThe primary objectives of the IPRO are to develop educational modules for an ISPO Category Three program. The Category Three program involves training Orthotists and Prosthetists who are able to build much need devices for patients. This program is being implemented in Bogotá, Colombia at Cento Don Bosco High School. We are trying to develop hands-on, interactive sessions that can be used as learning and review material in the subject of the biomechanics of human movements.
Deliverables for IPRO 309: Educational and Technical support of Orthotics and Prosthetics Education in Latin America for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Podcasting, Market Research & Multimedia Pilots (semester?), IPRO 303
Creator: Shabihul, Abdi, Beauregard, Matthew, Ermogenoul, Angeliki, Fung, Janel, Glover, Eric, Ivanova, Polina, Jung, Young Ho, Lee, Moon-won, Reyes, Mauricio, Sabbah, Yonathan, Tyson, Christopher, Bistriceanu, Vlad
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: Calamos Investments provides professional money management services to major corporations, public and private institutions, pension funds,...
Show moreCalamos Investments provides professional money management services to major corporations, public and private institutions, pension funds, insurance companies and individuals and is an investment advisor to open-end and closed-end funds. The company was founded in 1977 by John Calamos. The company’s cornerstone strategy is risk management. Calamos Investments underwent rapid growth, from managing $5 billion in assets in 1999 to over $45 in 2006. During this period, a lot of the personal touch that permeated the interaction between clients and the company’s leadership was lost. The number of clients grew too quickly. A high level of personal interaction between John Calamos and its core investors became difficult to attain. The IPRO 303 team attempted to digitally leverage John Calamos by researching and piloting new methods of customer interaction utilizing digital communication technologies.
Sponsorship: Calamos Investments LLC
Deliverables for IPRO 303: Podcasting, Market Research & Multimedia Pilots for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Zero ComunIITy (Semester Unknown) IPRO 358
Creator: Weege, Alec, Scatchell, Anthony, Gut Ierrez, Antonio, Yanyshyn, Iryna, Allen, John, Hasbrouck, Joshua, Leach, Samantha, Czapla, Sarah, Lai, Se Yen, Lee, Sukmin, Xiao, Ying
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: Our team desires to create a plan that enables living in a sustainable manner at an affordable price. To do that, we are using a site in...
Show moreOur team desires to create a plan that enables living in a sustainable manner at an affordable price. To do that, we are using a site in Evanston as the basis for a design that minimizes energy consumption while still being an attractive marketable solution to current home buyers within the city. Ideally we will design a model community which will challenge conventions within the fields of design, planning, engineering, and everyday living and also serve as an example to Chicago-area municipalities about the benefits of affordable sustainable planning and design.
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Title: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America (Semester Unknown) IPRO 309: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin AmericaIPRO309ProjectPlanF10
Creator: Chan, Wen, Fistek, Christopher, Garczek, Katherine, Link, Krystian, Luttinen, Alexandra, Muller, Michael, Rovegno, Olivia, Shaw, Jessica, Song, Matthew, Sosa, Rafael, Williams, Sydney, Zahir, Soha
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: Helping in Orthopedic and Prosthetic Education
Sponsorship: H.O.P.E.
The overall goal of our IPRO team is to create a curriculum and a program...
Show moreHelping in Orthopedic and Prosthetic Education
Sponsorship: H.O.P.E.
The overall goal of our IPRO team is to create a curriculum and a program that helps all practitioners and employees better understand how to utilize and build upon their knowledge and talents in the medical work setting. This will be achieved by promoting the awareness of treatments available, organizing demonstrations and lectures to help educate others, developing a course load for an accredited student. By achieving the aforementioned, our IPRO team hopes to increase the availably of funding to help create public awareness as well as to increase the quality and durability of the products we produce. In addition, we hope to expand on the QR Code invented by the Japanese. With this invention, we hope to develop a low cost solution for developing nations to be able to have quick and easy access to maintenance instructions, use instructions, and contact information of medical professionals. With the QR Code, we hope that potential problems will be able to be solved on site, wherever one may be.
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Title: HYBRID TO SOCIAL CONDENSER: COMPETING APPROACHES TO MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
Creator: Zagow, Maged
Date: 2016, 2016-12
Description: In the last two decades, mixed use has taken center stage in urban planning development in the United States. The research frequently cites...
Show moreIn the last two decades, mixed use has taken center stage in urban planning development in the United States. The research frequently cites this development as a model that can address a variety of socioeconomic problems. Also, it has enjoyed a recent surge in popularity in redeveloping cities by providing more affordable housing opportunities, ensuring safety, reducing auto-dependency, and for providing a sense of place and community. However, its affordability, physical design, and outcomes are highly variable. This study is particularly interested in whether and how mixed use affects the socioeconomics configuration of the built environment. This study uses multilevel data from the county level to the zip code level that represents all US neighborhoods. I use different implementation methods of mixed-use development and different cultural and historical backgrounds to examine the data. The study adopts six mixed-use models that present different methodological interactions between socioeconomic spatial metrics and urban forms. These models represent the realistic constraints of urban geometry and of the socioeconomic structure that comprises the charateristics of race, income, accessibility, safety, adjacency, accessibility, environment, and density. This study finds that the built environment produces a rich landscape of information that appears to guide the opportunities for facilities. The analysis shows that mixed-use development may have certain effects on the number of facilities, housing, income, diversity, crime rate, employment, health, and environment. The analysis of this research works in two dimensions. First, urban models (Hybrid and Social Condenser in general and under two categories Metropolis and Neighborhood Community). The second dimension is the urban characteristics (zoning programming, land use mix, streets fabric), socioeconomics variables (Population density, occupied housing, median age, diversity of race, income, and employment rates), and location variation (states, and cities). The results confirm that mixing the facilities in hybrid communities create more jobs opportunities but limit the affordability of housing, social cohesion and the race diversity. But in Social Condenser models, there are more race diversity safety and healthy environment. These results reflect complexity demands more than mixed-use developments, beyond Jane Jacobs' requirements, and beyond the designation of selected mixed-use zones. This study contributes to the study of how mixed-use development models shift because of various social and economic conditions. The findings from this study can inform architects, investors, policymakers, economists, and planners about factors that sustain mixed-use neighborhoods in the United States and beyond. Urban designers will be able to inform how the seemingly necessary act of laying out mixed-use development can affect the socioeconomic structure of a city. Thus, this study is a useful source for more accurate planning ideas than generic abstract theories or slogans.
Ph.D. in Architecture, December 2016
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