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Title: Delta Hook Tech (Semester Unknown) IPRO 358
Creator: Bistriceanu, Bogdan, Boyer, Robert, Champlin, Austin, Choitz, Rachel, Divito, Michael, Edwards, Herbert, Egland, Erik, Gaonkar, Mohit, Lai, James, Obaid, Hamza, Pop, Sabina, Staats, Andrew, Ton, Jimmy, Zhu, Patrick
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: During the summer 2009 semester, IPRO 358 plans to develop mock-ups of the Delta Hook Technology (DHT) and to lay the foundation for a...
Show moreDuring the summer 2009 semester, IPRO 358 plans to develop mock-ups of the Delta Hook Technology (DHT) and to 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 IPRO team will work together to approach the process of designing mock-ups of the Delta Hook Technology (DHT), testing the mock-ups, and determining 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 do market research in order to identify the target market, determine price points, and develop marketing strategies for DHT.
Sponsorship: Sparrowhawk, Delta Hook Technologies
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Title: Integration of Process Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: IntegrationOfProcessImprovementsIPRO304FinalPresentationSp10
Creator: Flores, Emmanuel, Hawker, Corey, Loeppert, Charles, Marx, Ryan, Pollack, Richard, Rodriguez, Ricardo, Snyder, David, Stevanovic, Stefan, Willett, Joshua
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: During the milling operations at an industrial steel producer like A. Finkl & Sons (Chicago, IL), a substantial amount of time and money is...
Show moreDuring the milling operations at an industrial steel producer like A. Finkl & Sons (Chicago, IL), a substantial amount of time and money is lost due to the fact that cutting inserts break catastrophically and without warning. The goal of this project is to devise an effective means by which a cutting insert breakage event can be quickly and reliably detected, thereby minimizing damage to the steel and other cutting inserts, and also freeing technicians to attend multiple machines at a time. This increases the productivity of their operations, and it has the potential to save A. Finkl & Sons substantial costs per year in time lost in rework and prematurely broken cutting inserts.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Opening the door to the USHMM Archives with the Intranet Mediator (semester?), IPRO 311: IIT Intranet Mediator for USHMM IPRO 311 Project Plan Sp06
Creator: Carbon, Joseph, Odriozola, Susana, Olatunde-bello, Omolaoye, Olive, Daniel, Oster, Joshua, Rife, Carolanna, Tam, Chi
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The main focus of IPRO 311 this semester is to improve the Mediator by making it more attractive, accessible and user-friendly. Methods to...
Show moreThe main focus of IPRO 311 this semester is to improve the Mediator by making it more attractive, accessible and user-friendly. Methods to improve the Mediator include making the necessary adjustments after user studies were made, creating public relations materials and creating a user manual.
Deliverables for IPRO 311: Opening the door to the USHMM Archives with the Intranet Mediator for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Hydroelectric Facilities in Northeastern Illinois (semester?), IPRO 319: Hydroelectric NE IL IPRO 319 Final Report Sp06
Creator: Seagren, Ian, Burgos, Mauricio, Mahdi, Naila, Trocke, John, Fuglestad, Jason, Witkowski, Mark, Gottardo, Joe, Rossman, Justin, Kalynchuk, Aydra, Ibrahim, Nezar
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: IPRO 319’s objective is to determine the feasibility of converting one or more existing dams on the Fox River into low impact hydroelectric...
Show moreIPRO 319’s objective is to determine the feasibility of converting one or more existing dams on the Fox River into low impact hydroelectric facilities, based upon the project’s economic viability, stakeholders, permitting, and certification processes. As part of this objective, the group aims to provide an extensive catalogue of information on low-impact hydroelectricity so as to establish a strong foundation for future IPROs/EnPROs concerned with the project. We hope to take advantage of IIT’s unique role as an education and research institution to accomplish the task.
Deliverables for IPRO 319: Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Hydroelectric Facilities in Northeastern Illinois for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: INVESTIGATION OF NOROVIRUS CROSS CONTAMINATION DURING FOOD SERVICE PROCEDURES USED IN PREPARATION OF FRESH PRODUCE
Creator: Suriyanarayanan, Annamalai
Date: 2011-11, 2011-12
Description: Human norovirus (HuNoV) is considered an important cause of foodborne outbreaks, often attributed to the preparation of fresh produce by...
Show moreHuman norovirus (HuNoV) is considered an important cause of foodborne outbreaks, often attributed to the preparation of fresh produce by infected food handlers. In this investigation, methods for recovery of murine norovirus (MNV-1), a surrogate for HuNoV, from food preparatory surfaces were optimized, and MNV-1 crosscontamination between various surfaces common in a food service setting were studied. Fifty microliters of MNV-1 was inoculated onto demarcated 1 x 1 inch squares of polypropylene cutting board, stainless steel knife and spigots. After drying, MNV-1 was recovered from each surface using either a cotton swab, composite tissue or sterile sponge in combination with different eluents such as tissue culture growth medium, 3% beef extract, glycine buffer (50mM glycine, 1% beef extract), stripping solution (0.04% K2HPO4, 1.01% Na2HPO4, 0.1% Triton X-100), and Earle’s Balanced Salt Solution (EBSS). The eluent/recovery tool combinations that recovered the highest percentage of MNV-1 from cutting board were stripping solution/sponge (20%) and growth medium/swab (20%). The greatest recovery from the knife blade was achieved with the growth medium/composite tissue combination (43%), while recovery from spigots was greatest using the stripping solution/sponge (28%) and the growth medium/sponge combinations (27%). In the second phase of this investigation, human volunteers were asked to perform various tasks in order to quantify the amount of MNV-1 cross contamination between various surfaces, including bare hands, fresh-cut lettuce, and spigots. The percentage of MNV-1 transfer from hands to spigots varied from 0.06% to 3.59%, spigots to hands varied from 10% to 90.4% and lettuce to hands varied from 0.30% to 4.33%. x The results of this investigation can be used in developing a model describing the transfer pattern of HuNoV between surfaces common in retail food service, and used in developing educational materials for food service workers.
M.S. in Science, Food Safety, and Technology, December 2011
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Title: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders (semester?), IPRO 321
Creator: Tomsa, Michael, Zverev, Dmitriy, Pelae, Raisa, Strassler, Garrett, Kovacs, Julianna, Kwon, Chil-woong, King, Richard, Myers, Donald, Mennenga, Gregory, Chen, Jianyu
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The objective of this team will be to improve safety, performance and evaluate/design an implementation for the reduction of noise emission...
Show moreThe objective of this team will be to improve safety, performance and evaluate/design an implementation for the reduction of noise emission from the sample of Paper Shredder Prototypes provided to us by “The Manhattan Group”, project sponsor. Another objective of this team is to evaluate the current market offerings and price points and create new industrial designs for a line of paper shredders that could be sold at retail stores such as Staples, Target, or Office Depot. Designs should focus on a new feature or style.
Sponsorship: Seth Lewis, President, The Manhattan Group
Deliverables for IPRO 321: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: Power Measurement for Road Bicycles: Towards a Universal Solution (Semester Unknown) IPRO 324: PowerMeasurementsForRoadBicyclesIPRO324Poster2Sp09
Creator: Anupoju, Tarun, Halim, Stephanus, Kaminski, Bryan, Lam, Brian, Marcellis, Brandon, Martin, Rebecca, Odunaiya, Edumaregbemiro, Stevanovic, Stefan, Tsosie, Henrietta, Voukadinov, Ivan, Ziomek, Arkadiusz
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: 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...
Show moreWe 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 owns. In principle, according to preliminary tests performed at the MMAE department, this can be done using sets of quite inexpensive strain gauges. However, being able to get accurate torque measurements will require some advanced signal processing from the strain gauges. These signals can then be transmitted wirelessly to a bicycle computer like the Edge 705 that the global positioning system corporation Garmin released last year. There is a defined wireless protocol, called ANT+Sport, which has been developed specifically for the purpose of transmitting exercise data, such as power output or heart rate, to small computers. Chipsets and development kits for this protocol are also available commercially. Therefore, our task will be to find an optimal configuration of strain gauges that will be attached to the crank set, and to develop an algorithm to process the strain gauge data in order to isolate a signal that is proportional to the applied torque. This signal will then be transmitted to the bicycle computer for display and storage.
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Title: Method and Apparatus for Stress Analysis
Creator: Benson, Robert W., Raelson, Verner J.
Date: 1963-08-27
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Bucktown Artist's Live/Work Cooperative
Creator: Collier, T Scott
Date: 2011-05, 2011-05
Description: By creating affordable live-work environments and a cooperative production facility the project will reestablish the Bucktown neighborhood as...
Show moreBy creating affordable live-work environments and a cooperative production facility the project will reestablish the Bucktown neighborhood as a strong and viable artist community in the city of Chicago.
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Title: Enhancing Psychology Research through Advanced Communications Technology (semester?), IPRO 306
Creator: Abou-nemeh, Tarek, Chiu, Tina, Franke, Kevin, Jacob, Alice, Jones, Chris, Miller, Chelsea, Sweikert, Emma, Vilenchik, Vlad, Walter, Stephanie
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: IPRO 306’s overall objective is to augment existing knowledge regarding the patterns and accuracies of retrospective recall of affect in the...
Show moreIPRO 306’s overall objective is to augment existing knowledge regarding the patterns and accuracies of retrospective recall of affect in the clinically depressed. This will be done by evaluating recall accuracy in the nonhospitalized clinically depressed population and comparing it to that of the nonclinical population. The specific objective of the Fall 2006 semester is to recruit twenty-five depressed and twenty-five nondepressed controls through advertisement, screen them, train them in the use of PDAs and collect data on their momentary affect rating.
Deliverables for the IPRO 306: Enhancing Psychology Research through Advanced Communications Technology for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: PULSED LIGHT INACTIVATION OF MURINE NOROVIRUS ON VARIOUS FOOD CONTACT SURFACES
Creator: Zhou, Zijin
Date: 2015, 2015-07
Description: Norovirus is one of the leading causes for foodborne illness. Transmission of virus from surface to food has been known to cause a number of...
Show moreNorovirus is one of the leading causes for foodborne illness. Transmission of virus from surface to food has been known to cause a number of outbreaks. Studies of norovirus have been conducted using Murine Norovirus to simulate the behaviors. Pulsed light (PL) is a promising surface decontamination technology, which has the potential to be applied in a food service setting. PL uses intense pulses of short duration and a broad spectrum to accomplish microbial inactivation. This study evaluates the effect of PL on MNV-1, artificially inoculated onto various food contact surfaces including 304 stainless steel, glazed tile, polypropylene, and ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene. The virus was allowed to inoculate on the coupons for 20mins and treated with PL in a Xenon Steripulse XL-3000TM pulsed light treatment system for up to 60 s, at a distance of 8.3 cm 10.8 cm or 13.3cm from the central axis of the lamp. An infrared (IR) camera was used to record surface temperatures, in 1-s increments. After PL treatments, remaining viruses were recovered from surfaces and quantified by plaque assay. At a distance of 10.8cm, MNV-1 was reduced by 2.22-, 2.27- 2.75- and 3.12-log, after 20s treatment on inoculated stainless steel, glazed tile, UHMW polyethylene and polypropylene, respectively. After 50s treatment, MNV-1 was reduced by 4.86- and 5.93- log on glazed tile and stainless steel surface respectively. The surface temperature on tile and stainless steel increased at the rate of 1.08±0.20 and 1.28±0.32°C /s respectively. A relatively short treatment using pulsed light is sufficient to inactivate MNV-1 on the surface of materials commonly used in food preparation. The results suggest that the technology has the potential to reduce surface viral contamination in a food preparation setting.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, July 2015
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Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333: FabricationLabIPRO333Poster4Sp09
Creator: Boyer, Robert, Chung, Lawrence, Gajdorus, Michael, Gottschall, Keenan, Hendricks, Rachel, Luciani, Joseph, Mallinger, Nicolle, Marks, Paul, Murman, Patricia, Nadler, Anne, Nakano, Shunsuke, Obst, Leslie, Ptak, Treyson, Reyes, Ivan, Winterbauer, Adam
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: Fabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology providing...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology providing digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry has partnered with IPRO to further develop the Fab Lab at their site. IPRO 333 has been rendered the task of working with the administration in the Fab lab of MSI to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and assisting in determining its end goals for both the museum and the community by working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, promoting membership at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and involving the community in science and technology programs at the museum. In order to accomplish our tasks we have broken into three main teams, each of which will focus on a different aspect of the lab. The first team will be responsible for creating events specific to the museum members, creating proposals for low‐cost, high‐profit activities for the lab, and possibly creating a website where users of the lab may sign up for time in the lab, reserve or order materials, and rent storage space for long term projects they wish to work on. The second team is responsible for integrating the Fab Lab into the current working exhibits as well as future exhibitions. The third team will be responsible for designing and creating new programs for users of the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program or museum members.
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Title: Method for Recovery of Viscous Hydrocarbons by Electromagnetic Heating In Situ
Creator: Sresty, Guggilam C., Dev, Harsh, Snow, Richard H., Bridges, Jack E.
Date: 2009-05-08, 1984-12-04
Description: A method of electromagnetic heating in situ recovers liquid hydrocarbons from an earth formation containing viscous hydrocarbonaceous liquid...
Show moreA method of electromagnetic heating in situ recovers liquid hydrocarbons from an earth formation containing viscous hydrocarbonaceous liquid and water in an inorganic matrix where the formation is substantially impermeable to fluids under native conditions. A block of the earth formation is substantially uniformly heated with electromagnetic power to a temperature at which the viscous hydrocarbonaceous liquid is relatively fluid and a portion of the water vaporizes to water vapor at a pressure sufficient to overcome the capillary pressure of the liquid in the matrix. Water vapor thereupon escaping from the block under such pressure is recovered with hydrocarbonaceous liquid driven thereby. The magnitude of the electromagnetic power is controlled to limit the current recovery ratio of water vapor to hydrocarbonaceous liquid below a predetermined limit assuring substantial recovery of the hydrocarbonaceous liquid prior to the driving off of substantially all the water.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Steerable Catheter
Creator: Burns, Marvin, Ogden, Charles Thomas, Rodzen, Richard A.
Date: 2009-04-30, 1973-11-30
Description: A tip on a catheter is bent to steer the distal end of the catheter by displacing a control fluid within an elongated fluid conduit to stretch...
Show moreA tip on a catheter is bent to steer the distal end of the catheter by displacing a control fluid within an elongated fluid conduit to stretch one longitudinally extending side of the tip relative to an opposite longitudinally extending side of the tip. The stretched side bends about the shorter side with a radius of curvature larger than the radius of curvature for the shorter side of the tip. A longitudinal restraining means may be applied to the tip to assure that the tip always bends in the same direction with the fluid displacement. On the other hand, other catheters may be bent in several and predetermined directions by providing a plurality of discrete fluid control conduits and by establishing a fluid pressure differential in at least one of the conduits to cause its associated side to lengthen and bend relative to a portion of the tip associated with another control conduit. The catheter may be small in dimension, made inexpensively and restrained against expanding in diameter by a circumferential restraining means.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Conversion of a Commercial-Grade Riding Lawnmower to Hydrogen Fuel in conjunction with John Deere and the Chicago Parks District (semester?), IPRO 310
Creator: Evanoff, Steffany, Taulbee, Daniel, Abraham, Preeti, Gim, Yewon, Shoulders, Shawn, Fenner, Joel, Neale, Jason, Jung, Minsuk, Kim, Minjoong, Kim, Chungyun, Gates, Nate, Knopp, Nathan, Lemons, Melissa, Nihei, Jim, Sedacki, Karen, Costanzo, Frank
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: This semester, the IPRO 310 team is continuing the work started by the previous semester’s team. Our work will build off of the previous team...
Show moreThis semester, the IPRO 310 team is continuing the work started by the previous semester’s team. Our work will build off of the previous team’s work and many of our objectives will be an extension of their original objectives. This semester, the team has set forth the following objectives:  Finish benchmark testing on the lawnmower including gas emissions  Further research the safe storing and usage of hydrogen as a fuel  Develop guidelines to create and maintain a safe laboratory area  Investigate avenues to decrease overall conversion cost  Perform the engine conversion  Write a step-by-step conversion manual keeping in mind safety and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards Although the team’s main objective is to provide a safe way to convert a gas-powered lawnmower to a hydrogen-power lawnmower, the team will strive to create an environment in which team collaboration, the application engineering knowledge and ability, and individual passion for the project can flourish thus providing a rewarding and educational experience for all of the participants.
Deliverables for IPRO 310: Conversion of a Commercial-Grade Riding Lawnmower to Hydrogen Fuel in conjunction with John Deere and the Chicago Parks District for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FOR AN ACTUATED GLOVE FOR HAND REHABILITATION
Creator: Yuan, Ning
Date: 2016, 2016-12
Description: Stroke survivors often experience long-term upper extremity impairment. This can greatly impair activities of daily living. The eXtension...
Show moreStroke survivors often experience long-term upper extremity impairment. This can greatly impair activities of daily living. The eXtension Glove (X-Glove) is a soft robotic device to aid hand therapy. It uses cables serving as external extensor tendons to assist digit extension and control digit flexion. Load cells are located on each motor to detect the force value of fingers. This paper provides a way to add a biofeedback function on the X-Glove and update the microprocessor to a PIC32MX795. So the X-Glove can establish a wireless communication transmit data with terminals, like PC. In order to display the biofeedback, a graphic user-interface is also developed so that therapists can optimize the therapy for each individual patient in real time.
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, December 2016
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Title: Oak Park Energy Efficiency & Carbon Reduction (Semester Unknown) IPRO 329: OakParkEnergyEfficiencyAndCarbonReductionIPRO329ProjectPlantF10_redacted
Creator: Muyco, Michael, Broda, Dawid, Jardim, Thiago, Lakin, Colin, Moceri, Michael, Dexter, Eric, Kim, Tae-hoon, Lee, Seunggeun, Mohaimani, Aurash, Herman, Robert, Kungis, Andrew, Lim, Suk-hyun, Park, Minah
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The overall purpose of the IPRO 329 team is to work with the Village of Oak Park in order to implement a strategic plan to educate Oak Park...
Show moreThe overall purpose of the IPRO 329 team is to work with the Village of Oak Park in order to implement a strategic plan to educate Oak Park residents in making their homes more efficient and work toward a community wide reduction of energy and water usage. In doing so, we also hope to gain valuable experience in working in a team with members with varying degrees of experience and skills.
Sponsorship: Oak Park
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Title: Swimming Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers (Semester Unknown) IPRO 310: Swimming Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers IPRO 310 Poster1 F08
Creator: Chiu, Daniel, Gupta, Vaibhav, Teves, Jan, Turrentine, Lorne, Yew, Hsuen, Soleja, Sikander, Sood, Arun, Warns, Jodi, Padwal, Neha, Reed, Lisa, Sajjad, Sunny
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The primary focus of this project is to help blind and visually impaired individuals to swim independently. The team will be divided into two...
Show moreThe primary focus of this project is to help blind and visually impaired individuals to swim independently. The team will be divided into two sub-teams. One sub-team will create a passive device, which uses a mechanical device to provide tactile feedback to the swimmer. The other sub-team will create an active device which uses special electronic devices such as a sonar based device to help guide the swimmer. These devices will be repeatedly tested and updated to help increase the independence of blind and visually impaired individuals exercise and further improve their quality of life.
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Title: Crop to Truck (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 353: MobileCoffeeBaristaEnPRO353MidTermPresentationF10
Creator: Azab, Naguib, Brenner, Kevin, Choe, Mihee, Haznar, Daria, Horchin, Marina, Kamer, Kevin, Klockowski, Wesley, Mceneff, Aaran, Min, Hee-jong, Muchna, Joseph, Palau, Mariana, Pierce, Nicholas, Sanchez, Nicolas, Velazquez, Andrea, Zistakis, Nikola
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: Crop to Cup’s business mantra is “Pride to crop, quality, and cup”. IPRO 353, Crop to Truck, will embody this statement through investigation...
Show moreCrop to Cup’s business mantra is “Pride to crop, quality, and cup”. IPRO 353, Crop to Truck, will embody this statement through investigation into mobile coffee baristas. Our design and business models will present a world-conscious, attractive truck space that improves customer experience and ease of access to the best quality, responsibly sourced coffee available. We will complete the cycle that Crop to Cup has set forward in a sustainable manner that benefits consumer, producer, and barista alike.
Sponsorship: Crop to Cup Jacob Elster
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Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 353: FabLabIPRO353ProjectPlanSp10
Creator: Arendovich, Nikolai, Bartolomei, Anthony, Meno, Joel, Munir, Muqadas, Ostapenko, Maksym, Pham, Anne, Sanchez, Joseph, Sawyer, William, Stepniewski, Jesse, Sturrup, Terez, Ton, Jimmy, Zhu, Patrick
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: For this semester IPRO 353’s purpose is to generate a steady public interest in the Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) that is located in the...
Show moreFor this semester IPRO 353’s purpose is to generate a steady public interest in the Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) that is located in the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) by reaching out to a target user base of retirees, inventors, craft hobbyist, and students. Feedback collected from these user groups will be used to create and establish a feasible program that sets out requirements for qualified users, provides new users with tutorials (or workshop), and implements a schedule for steady use of the Fab Lab by qualified users. The program will include a volunteer force such as a group of community service students trained in the lab that can oversea activities in the Fab Lab.
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