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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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Title: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation (semester?), IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles IPRO 326 Poster 1 Sp05
Creator: Parks, Jeffrey, Antoniou, Antonis, Bench, Justin, Evanoff, Steffany, Komyathy, Jonathan, Ozcan, Murat, Panchal, Nikunj, Seaton, Brandon, Tisler, Ovidiu, Waller, Trevor, Bhatia, Mayank
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility...
Show moreThe IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) to find the optimum hybridization factor specific to each configuration. An additional objective of the team is to work in coordination with Ph.D. students to simulate a hybrid electric bus system that is scheduled to have practical implementations by the end of the year. All vehicle simulations and structured testing will be performed using ADVISOR, as well as other software packages available in the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at IIT. Related work done by previous student teams shall be reviewed and integrated into this project.
Deliverables for IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation for the Spring 2005 semester
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Title: Transit Foods (Semester Unknown) IPRO 315: TransitFoodsIPRO315BrochureSu10
Creator: Al-awadhi, Lulu, Aronberg, Daniel, Boin, Nicholas, England, Madeleine, Kolanowski, Kristen, Kos, Carolyn, Lemus, Andres, Miller, Justin, Pang, Alan, Skinner, Jonathan, Wenzler, Erika
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: Most of the existing large scale urban food depositories / pantries are based on a model of food production and distribution which has not...
Show moreMost of the existing large scale urban food depositories / pantries are based on a model of food production and distribution which has not changed in the last forty years. It is essentially the same model used by large private grocery chains, involving off-site food acquisition (either through production or donation) and dissemination to large distribution centers. In some cases, these distribution centers are then accessed by either individuals or organizations which truck the goods to smaller, local urban distribution points. In other cases, patrons are required to visit the large facility, which it typically in a less accessible location.
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Title: Offset Carrier Recording System & Method
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 2009-05-04, 1974-04-23
Description: An offset carrier longitudinal scan recording and reproducing system for television signals wherein an amplitude modulated video signal is...
Show moreAn offset carrier longitudinal scan recording and reproducing system for television signals wherein an amplitude modulated video signal is derived from a television receiver and converted to an offset carrier with a full upper sideband and an attenuated vestigial lower sideband. A direct or offset carrier audio signal may be recorded on the same channel with the offset carrier video signal. During monitoring and playback, the offset carrier is heterodyned to a television broadcast frequency or intermediate frequency and coupled into the television receiver. The same receiver may simultaneously supply video I.F. and audio F.M. signals for recording, and monitor offset carrier audio and video signals supplied to the recording head to facilitate recording adjustments.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Intra-Plant Communication regarding Equipment Maintenance and Alerts (semester?), IPRO 303: Intra-Plant Communication IPRO 303 Final Report Sp07
Creator: Omair Rehman, Mohammed, Palikevicius, Sarunas, Lyles, Kevin, Lee, Chihwan, Hwang, Taeho, Amber, Jamie, Choi, Migun, Featherstone, Amanda, Hatch, Michael, Tung, Kevin, Rhoda, John
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: IPRO 303 begins its first semester as a project designed to enhance the operations of both coal-burning power plants and the Smart Signal©...
Show moreIPRO 303 begins its first semester as a project designed to enhance the operations of both coal-burning power plants and the Smart Signal© Corporation. When critical equipment fails, it sends a shockwave throughout an organization and into its supply chain. Smart Signal’s EPI*Center software solution enables companies to fill the equipment performance gap between current operations and corporate objectives through early, actionable warning of any abnormal performance.
Sponsorship: SmartSignal
Deliverables for IPRO 303: Intra-Plant Communication regarding Equipment Maintenance and Alerts for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: Assistive Robotics Team (Semester Unknown) IPRO 334: The Assistive Robotics Team IPRO 334 Final Presentation F08
Creator: Kim, Byunggon, Mead, Erik, Gupta, Neil, Deroo, Mary, Bian, Joy, Dhagam, Karthik
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The Assistive Robotics Team (IPRO 334) is faced with the problem of creating a prototype for a robot meant to be used in a hospital setting or...
Show moreThe Assistive Robotics Team (IPRO 334) is faced with the problem of creating a prototype for a robot meant to be used in a hospital setting or assisting the elderly. The robot should be modular so that future improvements and applications can be easily added. The focus of the team will be on the mobility and the interface modules of the robot. Other modules may be designed and prototyped throughout the course of the semester.
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Title: Integration of Process Improvement (sequence unknown), IPRO 304 - Deliverables: IPRO 304 Brochure F09
Creator: Bauer, Jessie, Bergeron, Tony, Campen, Matt, Gruchalski, Erik, Choi, Tae Ki, Marx, Ryan, Murti, Chaitanya, Robbins, Brian, Sohal, Atinder Pal, Stenson, Amanda, Taboada, Alejandro, Zhang, Bingjian
Date: 2009-12
Description: A. Finkl and Sons require an effective way of detecting carbide inserts on the steel milling machine. These inserts break off due to stress...
Show moreA. Finkl and Sons require an effective way of detecting carbide inserts on the steel milling machine. These inserts break off due to stress and shape of metal and need to be replaced immediately to avoid further damage to the machine and the steel to be milled.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl and Sona
Deliverables for IPRO 304: Integration of Process Improvements for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Intermodal Transport System in Crete Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 307: IntermodalContainerSystemSolutions IPRO307FinalPresentationF10
Creator: Williams, Gabriel, Woods, Bryan, Radzik, Izydor, Levin, Jeremy, Anca, Gruita, Davis, Aaron, Roth, Jessica, Allen, John, Pollack, Aaron, Bajzek, Sasha, Ahmadu, Jibril
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: IPRO 307 is following the path of its predecessors in order to help improve the shipping transportations and facilities in the immediate...
Show moreIPRO 307 is following the path of its predecessors in order to help improve the shipping transportations and facilities in the immediate region, specifically Crete, IL. While there has been other IPRO teams that have contributed to the modernization of the intermodal system at My-Jack Shipping Company, our sponsor is now calling upon us again to further their research in this field.
Sponsorship: My-Jack Shipping Company
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