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Title: Chicago Sister Cities China: Fuel Cell/Geothermal Sustainable Energy USX Site (Semester Unknown) IPRO 345: Fuel CellGeothermal Sustainable Energy at USX Site IPRO 345 Brochure1 Sp08
Creator: Agose, Daisy, Bober, Eliza, Kumar, Abnishek Prabha, Leep, Nick, Yoshimura, Maruja, Yun, Suk Hwan, Lockridge, Jonathan, Chung, Yoon Sung, Dado, Mathew, Byrne, Richard, Ajigbo, Funso, Enadeghe, Gregory, Lee, Yun Jin, Hogan, Brian, Wolcott, Chris, Peavler, Jennifer, Kim, Jaehyuk, Park, Jae Hyung, Park, Won Woo, Zheng, Min, Hornero, Alex, Pelae, Raisa, Zarate, Nyah, Arnoux, Christian, Mukai, Cheryl
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: A. Create a working software tool that assists in the capacity of planning, decision making and accessing the economic feasibility of...
Show moreA. Create a working software tool that assists in the capacity of planning, decision making and accessing the economic feasibility of implementing an integrated fuel cell technology and geothermal energy system. B. Through a case study approach, research and evaluate the energy needed in residential homes to use as a basis for determining the algorithms employed in the software development. C. Demonstration of the viability of the integrated fuel cell and geothermal system in a specific location through the prototype testing of the database tool. D. Connect an alternative energy source for heating and cooling to the industrial world by providing an efficient way to analyze the design and economic parameters required to implement such an integrated energy system. E. Research on all parameters needed for our project’s implementation including environmental laws and regulations, permits, funding, weather, population, and energy consumption.
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Title: Greenweb
Creator: Thomas, Boerman
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: Environmental Wood Reclamation via Creative Arts & Crafts Products (An Entrepreneurial IPRO Project) (Semester Unknown) IPRO 350: Environmental Wood Reclamation via Creative Arts and Crafts Products EnPRO 350 Final Presentation F08
Creator: Karpuzi, Isida, Ross, Trillian, Marell, Daniel, Streyle, Kaitlin, Cieszynski, Kamil, Chunuwe, Felix, Szanyi, Ryan, Mersch, Erin, Day, Michael, Cahan, Noah, Couillais, Marc
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The project aims to convert the urban wood waste into an environmentally friendly, marketable product. The primary focus this semester will be...
Show moreThe project aims to convert the urban wood waste into an environmentally friendly, marketable product. The primary focus this semester will be to create visibility for urban wood through the connection of products made from urban wood to the end users. The primary drawback for urban wood is the perception of “no value” attached to the wood, which results in an epidemic of wasted wood, since nobody wants to use it. This project will research and organize possible production methods and uses for urban wood, which could create a business opportunity and jump-start the urban wood demand/market in Chicago.
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Title: CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOR AND MODELING OF AL-CU ALLOY SYSTEMS
Creator: Turkkan, Omer Anil
Date: 2013-05-07, 2013-05
Description: High speed deformation events such as caused by projectile penetration, fragment impact and shock/blast loading are of great importance in...
Show moreHigh speed deformation events such as caused by projectile penetration, fragment impact and shock/blast loading are of great importance in designing materials and structures for army applications. In these events, materials are subjected to large strains, high strain rates and rapid increase in temperature due to thermoplastic heating. In such severe conditions, overall performance is determined by the evolution of flow stress, failure initiation and propagation, and commonly in the form of adiabatic shear banding. Some of 2XXX series aluminum-copper (Al-Cu) alloys are recognized for their decent ballistic properties, and therefore they have been used as an armor material for lightweight U.S. Army vehicles. Most recently, an Al-Cu-Mg-Mn-Ag alloy labeled as Al 2139-T8 has been developed and is evaluated by the U.S. Army Research Labs. because of its better ballistic properties and higher strength than its predecessors. The underlying microstructure is believed to be the key element for this superior performance. The goal of this study is to explore the effect of composition and microstructural features on overall dynamic material behavior by examining mechanical and deformation behavior of different Al-Cu material systems. Starting from the pure single crystal and polycrystalline Al structures, and adding a different element to chemical composition in each step (i.e., Cu, Mg, Mn, Ag), mechanical response of these different systems has been investigated. For all alloy systems with the exception of single crystal Al, mechanical tests have been performed at room and elevated temperatures covering quasi-static ( to ) and dynamic ( to strain rate regimes. xiv Shear-compression specimens promoting localized shear deformation have been used to explore tendency of each one of these materials to failure by adiabatic shear banding. In addition to phenomenological Johnson-Cook Model (JCM), physics based Zerrilli-Armstrong and Mechanical Threshold Models have been studied to model the constitutive response of Al-Cu alloys over a wide range of strain rates and temperatures.. An improved ZA model has been developed to better capture the trends in experimental data.
M.S. in MECHANICAL, MATERIALS, AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, May 2013
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Title: Sustainable Water distribution System for Pignon, Haiti (semester?), IPRO 327: Susatainable Water dist System for Pignon Haiti IPRO 327 Brochure F07
Creator: Ballog, Matthew, Dennis, Nicole, Hussaini, Mudassir, Kohler, Jonathan, Lis, Tom, Mendoza, Gustavo, Mohammed, Ashfaq, Nockov, Ivan, Omeralovic, Enis, Parv, Ionut, Radloff, Eric, Rajic, Ivan, Rokita, Mark, Shethwala, Fuzel, Skrebo, Ermin, Smagur, Peter, Stella, Meredith, Szwajnos, Joanna, Tailor, Kinjal, Terry, Natasja
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: IPRO 327’s objective is to create a complete set of drawings and specifications of a water distribution system for Pignon, Haiti that can be...
Show moreIPRO 327’s objective is to create a complete set of drawings and specifications of a water distribution system for Pignon, Haiti that can be easily built and used by the town. This is a continuation of a spring 2007 IPRO, which completed mapping of the town. We now seek to design the physical water distribution system that can be sustained for twenty years. To do this, we have identified several factors significant to the success of this system that we will be focusing on. These include finding a water source that can provide a continuous and adequate flow of water, design of a pump and the power source to run it, design of water kiosks and faucets, and design of the piping network with erosion protection. User fees will also be determined for both public and private water lines. The water system will also be designed so that its output may grow with the population of the town over the next twenty years. Through our work, we hope to create a system that can be implemented by Pignon to provide a clean and reliable water source for its citizens.
Deliverables for IPRO 327: Sustainable Water distribution System for Pignon, Haiti for the Fall 2007 semester
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Title: Crop to Cup Coffee: Building Communities through Coffee (Semester 2) IPRO 333: BuildingCommunitieThroughCoffeeIPRO333Poster1Su10
Creator: Awol, Yeamlaksira, Canelo, Freddy, Drabek, Lindsay, Economy, Stacy, Erie, Mike, Hurst, Trey, Waterloo, Becca, Z, Isabella
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: The mission of IPRO 333 is to assist the Crop to Cup Company with the design and building of an enclosure for a temporary storage facility...
Show moreThe mission of IPRO 333 is to assist the Crop to Cup Company with the design and building of an enclosure for a temporary storage facility within the vicinity of their largest producing farming zone for robusta coffee in the Mbale region of Uganda. The sponsor, along with the team, has decided that the best method for addressing the local and global needs of the farmers is to present the research and design personally. Therefore, IPRO 333 will be fundraising to help finance the forthcoming trip to Uganda to present to the farming communities.
Sponsorship: Jacob Elster Crop to Cup
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Title: Assisting Blind and Visually Impaired Swimmers (semester?), IPRO 310: Blind Swimmers IPRO 310 IPRO Day Presentation S07
Creator: Bauer, Elizabeth, Tovalin, Ivan, Goldstein, Palika, Dela Cruz, Miguel, Mokhuach, Svetlana, Stanford, Jeffrey, Patel, Axita, Ezell, Garrett, Koshy, Abin
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: IPRO 310’s objectives are to continue the designing and building process of devices that help visually impaired swimmers. The IPRO 310 team...
Show moreIPRO 310’s objectives are to continue the designing and building process of devices that help visually impaired swimmers. The IPRO 310 team intends to design, create and test a sonar device that actively aids a visually impaired swimmer. The team also plans on redesigning, building and testing a swimming lane tapper that passively aids visually impaired swimmers. In addition, the 310 IPRO team has a business and marketing team that will be surveying members of the visually impaired community to assess their need and acceptance of the proposed devices.
Deliverables for IPRO 310: Assisting Blind and Visually Impaired Swimmers for the Summer 2007 semester
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Title: Integration Of Process Improvements (Spring 2011) IPRO 304: IntegrationOfProcessImprovementsIPRO304ProjectPlanSp11_redacted
Creator: Kozmel, Tom, Collins, Dorothy, Watts, Bill, Tatkowski, Greg, Chojnacki, Tomasz, Ray, Jaimin, Sparks, Gregory, Regacho, Michael, Diao, Yubo, Kuzmicki, Claudius, Gal, Paul, Szalko, Alex, Kim, Suk Won
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: A. Finkl & Sons Co. was founded in 1879. Finkl is the world's leading supplier of forging die steels, plastic mold steels, die casting tool...
Show moreA. Finkl & Sons Co. was founded in 1879. Finkl is the world's leading supplier of forging die steels, plastic mold steels, die casting tool steels and custom open‐die forgings, processing 100,000 tons of steel each year. Since the 1800s, Finkl has maintained a commitment to manufacture 100 percent of its products in Chicago. These products are distributed domestically and to more than 18 countries worldwide. They sell their products to other manufacturers including plastic processors, die casting companies and closed‐die forging plants. With more than 100 patents to its credit, Finkl's steel formulations and steel-making technologies set worldwide standards. Finkl's facilities are on the leading edge of technology, using the most automated processes in the world. In recognition of Finkl's product quality, Finkl was the first integrated steel manufacturer in America to receive ISO 9000 certification
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Improving the Efficiency of a Paper Shredder (semester?), IPRO 321: Improving the Efficiency of a Paper Shredder IPRO 321 Poster S07
Creator: Babatola, Yemi, Bergren, Kelly, Cho, Luke, Dill, Erik, Esparza, Saul, Kim, Michael, Mendez, Daniel, Michael, Mithun, Stclair, Joey, Stultz, Adam, Zielinkski, Sebastian
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: IPRO321, Enhancing Reliability and Performance of a Paper Shredder, is focused on designing a better, more reliable paper shredder without...
Show moreIPRO321, Enhancing Reliability and Performance of a Paper Shredder, is focused on designing a better, more reliable paper shredder without increasing cost. The objectives of this group, as set forth by the sponsor, Seth Lewis of the Manhattan Group, are: 1. To determine the amount of force needed to cut 6, 8, and 10 sheets of 20 lb. paper taking into account the length and width of the shred 2. To design an efficient gear train that optimizes the number of gears and minimizes the motor size 3. To develop acoustical sound dampeners to reduce the amount of noise created during the shredding process by 10 decibels. The team will seek to accomplish these goals through the use of computer simulation, extended research, and laboratory testing and error. By the end of the semester the team anticipates having developed a mathematical model that will allow for the minimization of the amount of force used to shred various amounts of paper, to have built a gear train that works better and lasts longer, and to have noticeably reduced the amount of noise created by the shredder. The IPRO Team’s goal is to implement all of these changes to create a shredder with improved performance, reliability, and life span without increasing cost.
Sponsorship: Seth Lewis
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Title: Advanced Systems Applied to Student Loan Rehabilitation Processes (semester?), IPRO 313: Student Loan Rehab IPRO 313 Final Report Sp06
Creator: Atta, Muhammad, Bordelon, Jean, Johnston, Nathan, Krol, Martin C., Park, Jong, Sethi, Sourabh, St. Clair, Robert, Tayal, Rahul
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: IPRO 313 Advanced Systems Applied to Student Loan Rehabilitation Processes worked with the IPRO sponsor Financial Management Systems Company ...
Show moreIPRO 313 Advanced Systems Applied to Student Loan Rehabilitation Processes worked with the IPRO sponsor Financial Management Systems Company (FMS) to to design and build a student loan rehabilitation tool. FMS is primarily a collections company that is growing rapidly. Each year FMS receives accounts from private and government agencies and must collect from those accounts in order to receive a commission, their payment. The IPRO team had met with the sponsor many times over the course of the semester to gather requirements, map and layout FMS’ process model and in general have a better understanding of what FMS does. The team needed a better understanding of the problem and what the problem meant for FMS. FMS is in need of a tool that is able to track accounts over the course of their loan rehabilitation program quickly and effectively allow the tracking of trends over a period of time.
Sponsorship: Financial Management Systems
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Title: Crisis Management and Security Program (CMS) (Semester Unknown) IPRO 370: Crisis Management and Security Program IPRO 370 Midterm Report Sp08
Creator: Wanic, Andrew, Housley, Chris, Monte, Don, Zabawski, Vito, Staats, Andy, Bochnik, George, Chojecki, Matt, Kusnierz, Ziggy, Saurabh, Singhal
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The IIT IPRO 370 Crisis Management and Security Program (CMS) is in its fourth stage of development. The current goal is to further develop...
Show moreThe IIT IPRO 370 Crisis Management and Security Program (CMS) is in its fourth stage of development. The current goal is to further develop the capabilities of our web based program that can be used by organizations to assist when determining how well their crisis management plans stand up to different methodologies, assessments, and scenarios during the testing process. Also to start marketing our web site to attract a community of many users to assist in the growth of the CMS program. The initial grant for this project was funded by the Homeland Security Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. Ms. Irene Rozansky, CEO and founder of R&A Crisis Management Services Inc. will be our sponsor to ensure that we develop a program able to test existing crisis management plans for companies, organizations, and individuals who lack a response ready approach in times of crisis.
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Title: VIBRATIONAL CONTROL OF AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION IN A CSTR - THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS
Creator: Cinar, A., Deng, J., Meerkov, S. M., Shu, X. S.
Date: 1987-03
Publisher: AMER INST CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
Description: Vibrational control is a method for modification of dynamic properties of linear and nonlinear systems by introducing fast, zero-average...
Show moreVibrational control is a method for modification of dynamic properties of linear and nonlinear systems by introducing fast, zero-average oscillations in the system's parameters. In this paper, forced oscillations introduced in the input flow rates of an exothermic continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) are shown to result in a modification of the S-shaped steady state curve. This modification leads to a possibility of operating a CSTR at an asymptotically stable period regime located in the vicinity of an unstable steady state of the reactor system with stationary input flow rates. Thus, vibrations of the input flow rates can be viewed as a stabilizing mechanism for exothermic CSTR's.
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Title: QUALITY-OF-SERVICE AWARE SCHEDULING AND DEFECT TOLERANCE IN REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Creator: Li, Zheng
Date: 2015, 2015-05
Description: For real-time embedded systems, such as control systems used in medical, automotive and avionics industry, tasks deployed on such systems...
Show moreFor real-time embedded systems, such as control systems used in medical, automotive and avionics industry, tasks deployed on such systems often have stringent real-time, reliability and energy consumption constraints. How to schedule real-time tasks under various QoS constraints is a challenging issue that has drawn attention from the research community for decades. In this thesis, we study task execution strategies that not only minimize system energy consumption but also guarantee task deadlines and reliability satisfaction. We first consider the scenario when all tasks are of the same criticality. For this case, two task execution strategies, i.e. checkpointing based and task re-execution based strategies are developed. Second, considering the scenario when tasks are of different criticalities, a heuristic search based energy minimization strategy is also proposed. When tasks are of different criticalities, a commonly used approach to guaranteeing high-criticality task deadlines is to remove low-criticality tasks whenever the system is overloaded. With such an approach, the QoS provided to low-criticality tasks is rather poor, it can cause low-criticality tasks to have high deadline miss rate and less accumulated execution time. To overcome this shortcoming, we develop a time reservation based scheduling algorithm and a two-step optimization algorithm to meet high-criticality task deadlines, while minimizing low-criticality task deadline miss rate and maximizing their accumulated execution time, respectively. As many-core techniques mature, many real-time embedded systems are built upon many-core platforms. However, many-core platforms have high wear-out failure rate. Hence, the last issue to be addressed in the thesis is how to replace defective cores on many-core platforms so that deployed applications’ real-time properties can be maintained. We develop an offline and an online application-aware system reconfiguration strategy to minimize the impact of the physical layer changes on deployed real-time applications. All the developed approaches are evaluated through extensive simulations. The results indicate that the developed approaches are more effective in addressing the identified problems compared to the existing ones in the literature.
Ph.D. in Computer Science, May 2015
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Title: Failure Prediction Modeling of Power Plant Emission Control Systems (Semester Unknown) IPRO 303: FailurePredictionModelingOfPowerPlantEmissionControlSystemsIPRO303ProjectPlanSp09
Creator: Arastu, Insiyah, Belanger, Dave, Bouikidis, John, Capps, Zachary, Hesser, Cari, Irish, Sean, Kaneria, Satyam, Mcquillan, Brett, Mohinani, Lavesh, Patel, Jay
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The main goal of IPRO 303 is to investigate how SmartSignal’s modeling technology can provide value in detecting problems on environmental...
Show moreThe main goal of IPRO 303 is to investigate how SmartSignal’s modeling technology can provide value in detecting problems on environmental systems: The main objectives that SmartSignal would like for the team to investigate are: · What are the regulatory drivers – changes in laws/regulation occurring at various points in time? Are the regulations fleet-wide or regionally specific? Can credits be traded? Etc. · What types of systems are being deployed to remove what pollutants? Describe different sub-types and configurations within a type of system, and how common they are. · How much instrumentation is available on these systems, and what signals are measured (temperature, pressure, chemistry analysis, etc.)? How much diversity is there in the levels of available instrumentation? IPRO 303 Spring’09 13th February 2009 IPRO303 Project Plan Page 2 of 7 · What are the failure and performance degradation problems that occur? How common are they? What are the ramifications of these problems – outages, derates, having to burn more expensive fuel or turn up the “peaking” generation units that are more expensive to run, etc.? · How can the available instrumentation be used to remotely monitor and detect developing problems?
Sponsorship: SmartSignal
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Title: Magnetic Recorder and Wire Handling Means Therefor
Creator: Kemp, Jay Sterling
Date: 1951-04-17
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Operator Information Tool to Manage Heat Treat Furnace Parts for A.Finkl & Sons (semester?), IPRO 330: Finkl Operator Info Tool Manage Heat Treat Furnace IPRO 330 Abstract Sp06
Creator: Barnard, Leland, Cappello, Bill, Chen, Zheyan, Ijaz, Syed, O'leary, Patrick, Roberts, Colleen, Schwalbach, Eddie, Tovalin, Ivan, Velten, Josef, Virani, Minaz
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description:  To generate an accurate survey of temperature distribution within the furnace.  To determine a method of stacking that provides the most...
Show more To generate an accurate survey of temperature distribution within the furnace.  To determine a method of stacking that provides the most uniform temperature distribution.  To create an efficient and intuitive tracking system that allows the exact location of each part in the furnace to be recorded and catalogued for future reference.  To put this knowledge together to create a software package that can be used to quickly and easily generate a stacking sequence that will result in a proper heat treatment for each piece in the furnace each time.  To fulfill all IPRO requirements
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
Deliverables for IPRO 330: Operator Information Tool to Manage Heat Treat Furnace Parts for A.Finkl & Sons for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Intranet Mediators (Spring 2001) EnPRO 307
Creator: Saelee, M., Ahuja, R., Beitzel, S., Jensen, E., Pilotto, A., Schmeltzer, D., Yap, D.
Date: 2001, 2001-05
Description: Current web search engines only search unstructured data (web documents). A lot of data is available that is structured (weather, census,...
Show moreCurrent web search engines only search unstructured data (web documents). A lot of data is available that is structured (weather, census, sports, etc.). A search engine that could search both structured data and text would be able to answer questions such as "show me the top three restaurants in Chicago" without simply looking for the word "three." The team has been building a Java-based metasearch engine in IPRO 334 duringFall 2000. Numerous issues have arisen. How do we identify which data source will be best for the query? What is the best user interface for the system? For Spring 2001, the team will extend the search engine to include more sources. The team could really use the talents of non-computer science students to help test the system and improve the user interface. Students should plan to work on this at least ten hours a week - anything less will resultin a poor grade for the IPRO. Students for this IPRO are graded heavily based on the success of the team, not just individual performance. Weekly progress reports are required. Note that graduate students in Computer Science are not able to use IPRO classes for credit toward a graduate degree.
Sponsorship: IIT Internal R&D
Project Plan for EnPRO 307: Intranet Mediators for the Spring 2001 semester
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Title: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact (semester?), IPRO 341: Insight IPRO 341 IPRO Day Presentation Sp06
Creator: Ayodele, Ayo, Dass, Saurabh, Desai, Ankit, Frumkin, Jason, Komyathy, Jonathan, Lerush, Kevin, Novak, Jason, Peterson, Margaret, Robinson, Bezaleel, Shah, Sagar, Skontos, George, Stohl, Michael, Wilk, Andrew, Yang, Sungwoo
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The first objective of IPRO 341 is to research four areas in which nanotechnology is being applied. Through this research the team will gain a...
Show moreThe first objective of IPRO 341 is to research four areas in which nanotechnology is being applied. Through this research the team will gain a basic understanding of the workings behind nanotechnology and determine applications which may interest our target audience (see second objective). The second objective of IPRO 341 is to determine a target audience. Since this semester’s team will focus on public assessment and education, a target audience must be chosen to present our research findings to. The third objective of IPRO 341 is to assess the current level of knowledge which the target audience has pertaining to nanotechnology. By determining what the audience already knows about the subject the team can organize and present the necessary information. The fourth objective of IPRO 341 is to educate our target audience. Public education of nanotechnology and its applications is the mission of this IPRO team. All previous objectives are part of this encompassing goal of public education. The team will work on putting together a tool for public education which can be used by the target audience to gain knowledge on the subject of nanotechnology. The team also plans to spread interest of the tool so that it may be used to educate the public.
Deliverables for IPRO 341: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Wagner single phase induction motor
Creator: Ash, H. J., Croskey, Philip
Date: 2009, 1905
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/wagnersinglephas00ashh
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Smart Specs for Civilian Military Applications (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 350: SmartSpecsForCivilianandMilitaryApplicationsEnPRO350Poster1F09
Creator: Fairall, Earl, Patel, Purvag, Spitler, Noah, Bubert, Casey, Hopkins, Dong, Hutchins, Sarah, Mcclusky, John, Pain, Muhammad, Roa, Carlos, Kobayashi, Jonathan
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: In the real world, receiving the right information at the right time exacts success or failure. In the growing sport of paintball, every...
Show moreIn the real world, receiving the right information at the right time exacts success or failure. In the growing sport of paintball, every little edge counts towards victory. Real Time Initiative offers Smart Specs to our consumers to obtain an edge over the competition. Smart Specs relay real-time networked information amongst the users to distinguish friends from foes. The communication occurs through head mounted displays worn within the paintball masks. It reduces friendly fire which in turn reduces tension within the team.
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