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- Power Measurement for Road Bicycles: Toward a Universal Solution (Semester Unknown) IPRO 324: PowerMeasurementForRoadBicyclesIPRO324FinalPresentationF09
- Creator
- Adrianzen, Luis, Allen, Ross, Antonio, Chris, Callan, Mark, Claxton, Sara, Diesse, Patrick, Gaylord, Matthew, Herbert, Greg, Shaffer, Dan, Wegrzyn, Celeste
- Date
- 2009, 2009-12
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The goal of the IPRO is to try to find an inexpensive, but accurate way of measuring the power output of a rider on a bicycle. Problems with...
Show moreThe goal of the IPRO is to try to find an inexpensive, but accurate way of measuring the power output of a rider on a bicycle. Problems with systems currently available are: some products are not compatible with all bike systems causing the need to purchase new parts, the cost of the available products is expensive, and some of the available IPRO 324 Project Plan Page: 4 measuring systems are not very accurate. In order to achieve our goals and to improve the current technology, our IPRO is divided into two groups: the mechanical and the electrical team.
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- Simply Park (Semester Unknown) IPRO 365: SimplyParkIPRO365Poster2Sp11
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- Bredau, Jason, Bryski, Timothy, Bubert, Casey, Bukowska, Angelika, Byrne, Matthew, Coates, Allan, Gonzalez, Julia, Huynh, Alex, Ko, Hyunseok, Mui, Danny, Ritchie-smith, Robert, Sahagun, Benjamin, Shah, Malav, Trudo, Michelle, White, Kenny, Wicker, Nathan, Winstanley, Sam
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- 2011, 2011-05
- Description
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Efficiency in parking facilities has been set to low standards since self-parking was introduced in the 1950s1. As technology has developed,...
Show moreEfficiency in parking facilities has been set to low standards since self-parking was introduced in the 1950s1. As technology has developed, parking has been left in the past. Drivers are increasingly realizing the problem as they become accustomed to other technology, which increases the efficiency of their lives (eg smartphones). While driving around searching for an open lot, circling a garage for an parking spot, or wandering through garage a looking for a parked car, people have time to ponder the many improvements that should be made to the parking experience. Simply Park: IPRO 365 is taking initiative to seize the possibilities new technologies offer the parking industry. The result should be improved driver experience as well as increased efficiency and profitability of parking facilities. The system will include signs visible to passersby that display the number of vacancies within a parking facility. Once in the parking facility, additional signs will direct drivers to sections of the facility with vacancies. Colored lights above each parking spot will indicate the state of occupancy for quick reference when looking down an aisle. When a driver parks, the ticket they receive at the entrance gate will associate their ticket to the spot they parked in, so when the driver returns to the facility he/she can present his/her ticket to a kiosk which will notify him/her how to get back to his/her car. As the vehicle leaves the ticket association will be reset and displays will update to show one more spot available. Additional interfaces through mobile and internet applications will further expedite the parking process. 1National
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- Alumni Memorial Hall Renovation (Semester Unkown) IPRO 335: Alumni Memorial Hall Renovation IPRO 335 Project Plan Sp08
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- Denney, Thomas, Ericksen, Michael, Forkan, Garret, Healy, Kieran, Hong, Ei Sheng, Kim, Yong-wan, Kirk, Justin, Ontiveros, Adrian Jesus, Rogers, Eric, Roth, Nathaniel, Sharadendu, Dipti, Sissala, Amy, Warner, Alexander, Weston, Brad
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- 2008, 2008-05
- Description
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The scope of I-Pro 335 is both a conclusion to unfinished work from the previous two semesters along with new projects that will start and end...
Show moreThe scope of I-Pro 335 is both a conclusion to unfinished work from the previous two semesters along with new projects that will start and end this semester. Work to be concluded and closed-out from last semester: Final LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) documentation and identification of individuals that might be part of a LEED team should the school desire to pursue that route. Final design of Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) elements including a re-design of the elevator, and approval by the client. Using the Code of Ethics written last semester as a base line, the code will be rewritten to strengthen its objective to provide guidance for the I-Pro. New projects to begin and completed this semester are: The roof re-design- Green roof options. This may also include storm water retention and grey water recycling systems, as well as any updates to the buildings primary plumbing systems. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) - Lab hoods, air conditioning load calculations and Hydronic Heating. Electrical systems design- Illumination calculations and design, Alarm systems, and ‘Off-heating’ load calculations from equipment to be housed in Alumni Memorial Hall (A.M.H.). Construction schedule. Cost estimate.
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- Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Hydroelectric Facilities in Northeastern Illinois (semester?), IPRO 319: Hydroelectric NE IL IPRO 319 Project Plan Sp06
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- Seagren, Ian, Burgos, Mauricio, Mahdi, Naila, Trocke, John, Fuglestad, Jason, Witkowski, Mark, Gottardo, Joe, Rossman, Justin, Kalynchuk, Aydra, Ibrahim, Nezar
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- 2006-05, 2006-05
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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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- Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients (Semester Unknown) IPRO 319: Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Final ReportF08
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- Alemayehu, Matti, Bunce, Alex, Jessica, Shaw, Toe, Myint, Untiveros, Gustavo, Zhang, Caidi, Jose, Jerry, Butkovich, Paul, Cosenza, Matthew, Martin, Rebecca
- Date
- 2008, 2008-12
- Description
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for an estimated 325,000 deaths each year according to the...
Show moreSudden Cardiac Arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for an estimated 325,000 deaths each year according to the Heart Rhythm Foundation. Cardiac arrest is different from a typical heart attack because it involves a complete stopping of the heart. Brain injury is likely to occur if the cardiac arrest is untreated for more than 5 minutes and a person cannot be revived after 10 minutes of no action. This is because the arrest sets off a chain of metabolic reactions, which leads to swelling of the brain tissue. Cardiac arrest results in ischemia reperfusion injury, which is when circulation is restored and high levels of oxygen rich blood rushes back into the brain causing brain damage. Decreasing the metabolism of the victim may result in a decrease of ischemia reperfusion injury. Reducing the oxygen level that enters the body when the victim revives and slowly increasing this level may also reduce reperfusion injury. However, current procedures dictate that 100% oxygen be given to cardiac arrest victim.
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- Enhanced Vision System for Construction Safety (Semester Unknown) IPRO 355
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- Connelly, David, Mizek, Jeff, Sticha, Chuck, Sustersic, Sara, Bassett, Leo, Montgomery, Tom, Lee, Melissa, Ann Gan, Kok, O’leary, Kevin, Beemsterboer, Michael
- Date
- 2008, 2008-12
- Description
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The purpose of our team is to save lives and prevent accidents involving construction equipment damaging underground utilities. We seek to do...
Show moreThe purpose of our team is to save lives and prevent accidents involving construction equipment damaging underground utilities. We seek to do this by introducing the Enhanced Vision System, or EVS. The goal then for this semester is to design and build this system for displaying the location of buried utilities to the operators of construction vehicles. This includes producing a proof-of-concept prototype as well as designing the final product that we would produce. As this project is not merely an IPRO, but also an EnPRO, we are also considering how to turn this idea into a successful business venture. To this end, we will be preforming research and creating a business plan.
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- Oral History of Pilgrim Baptist Church (Spring 2003) IPRO 334: Oral History of Pilgrim Baptist Church IPRO334 Spring2003 Final Presentation
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- 2003, 2003-05
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Preserve the history of Pilgrim Baptist Church, Enhance relationship between IIT and surrounding community, Interview members of the Church,...
Show morePreserve the history of Pilgrim Baptist Church, Enhance relationship between IIT and surrounding community, Interview members of the Church, Develop an annotated bibliography, Develop a website, Produce digital, video, and print versions of the interviews, Write an article on PBC for publication
Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies
Project Plan for IPRO 334: Oral History of the Pilgrim Baptist Church for Spring 2003 semester
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- Developing Web Applications for the Northern Illinois Hockey League (sequence unknown), IPRO 308 - Deliverables: IPRO 308 Final Report F09
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- Lucchesi, Kristin, Barksdale, Dustin, Hays, Julian, Bartus, Kryzystof, Perkins, William, Savage, Christopher, Scheer, Colin, Semenov, Vladimir, Vidutis, Mantas
- Date
- 2009-12
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The NIHL is the largest hockey league in Illinois. It is also the largest youth all star hockey league in the US, serving over 300 youth teams...
Show moreThe NIHL is the largest hockey league in Illinois. It is also the largest youth all star hockey league in the US, serving over 300 youth teams and over 4,000 players. The team's purpose is to make the NIHL a web-based scheduling and scoring applications that can support their annual operations.
Sponsorship: Northern Illinois Hockey League(NIHL)
Deliverables for IPRO 308: Developing Web Applications for the Northern Illinois Hockey League for the fall 2009 semester
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- Ghost City Chicago ( Fall 2003 ) IPRO 306: Ghost City Chicago IPRO306 Fall2003 Final Presentation
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- Kowalewski, Danielle, Garcia, Alexander, Krestel, Christopher, Fichtner, Matt, Holtz, Alex, Ralyte, Raimonda, Sabano, Mohammed, Rehnberg, Eric, Duncan, Frank, Chong, Danny
- Date
- 2003, 2003-12
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Mies' Influence on Chicago Architecture
Sponsorship: NA
Project Plan for IPRO 306: Ghost City Chicago for Fall 2003 semester
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- Application of Solar Thermal Heating Technologies in Large Scale Buildings in the Urban Environment (semester?), IPRO 328: Solar Thermal Tech for Large Bldgs IPRO 328 IPRO Day Presentation F04
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- Tokarz, Christopher, Pannala, Harsha, Kelley, Kristen, Sutalo, Joseph, Jeong, Jae-sun, Huber, Sean, Shah, Rajiv, Mahadevan, Sriram, Odom, Justin
- Date
- 2004-12, 2004-12
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To provide heating to the pool facility and surrounding spaces of Keating Sport Facility through the use of solar thermal collectors placed in...
Show moreTo provide heating to the pool facility and surrounding spaces of Keating Sport Facility through the use of solar thermal collectors placed in the immediate area. • To discover which form or solar collector has the highest potential payback if used. • To discover if modification of the building envelop has a potential to reduce the energy load produced by Keating Sports Facility. • To study the possibilities of using sustainable system to provide for the cooling of Keating sports facility. • To study the impact of solar thermal Technologies can have on Chicago as a whole
Deliverables for IPRO 328: Application of Solar Thermal Heating Technologies in Large Scale Buildings in the Urban Environment for the Fall 2004 semester
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- Edutainment (semester 2 of unknown), IPRO 329: Edutainment IPRO 329 Project Plan F04
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- Sokolowski, Jackie, Mardis, Jerrell, Collier, Matt, Ruettiger, Kevin, Swesey, Pj, Pfisterer, Steve, Sierka, Wojciech, Maloney, Sean, Nguyen, Toan, Coats, Chris, Manesh, Hosain, Joyce, Lauren, Pacheco, Tony
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- 2005-02, 2004-12
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Our IPRO is called Edutainment because we develop computer games that educate and entertain at the same time. The goal for IPRO 329 is to...
Show moreOur IPRO is called Edutainment because we develop computer games that educate and entertain at the same time. The goal for IPRO 329 is to complete a 3D financial aid computer game – College Pursuit – as well as start a children’s game – Scholars of the Lost Exhibit. In College Pursuit, students accumulate money towards college via scholarships, grants, and loans. Scholars of the Lost Exhibit takes the student on a journey through a magical museum filled with friends and foes, while testing the student in the areas of Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts.
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- Our Energy Future (Semester Unknown) IPRO 332: Our Energy Future IPRO 332 Final Report Sp08
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- Aguilar- Wedge, Carmen, Garcia, Alfredo, Connley, Kaitlyn, Mey, Andrew, Rennard, Maile, Stanley, Samantha, Bunda, Dariusz, Bunda, Dariusz, Stone, Sarah, Nguyen, Minh, Mehta, Rohan, Jones, Alex Di Sciullo, Walczuk, Matthew, Galo, Audrey
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- 2008, 2008-05
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Our objectives for this semester are to: (1) Develop a teaching kit containing curriculum to present the Ecological Footprint module and...
Show moreOur objectives for this semester are to: (1) Develop a teaching kit containing curriculum to present the Ecological Footprint module and instructional materials designed to help teachers teach the module. Use the teaching kit as a means of spreading our module beyond our immediate scope, to high school teachers, college campus organizations and volunteer based groups. (2) Develop a website to enrich the experience of the module, provide a professional contact interface and deliver our educational message to a broader audience. (3) Promote How Many Earths and education on resource consumption by developing marketing plan, publishing stories in local media outlets and capitalizing on publicity opportunities. (4) Continue to reach out to high school students by visiting more Chicago-land high schools, continuing to present the Ecological Footprint module and beginning to present the Cradle-to- Cradle module. (5) Refine the Cradle-to-Cradle presentation by analyzing feedback and response of pupils. (6) Continue to collect and analyze feedback from students and teachers concerning both of the modules, our presentation style and the teaching kit. Use this information to continually enhance the learning experience.
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- Kalleidos (Spring 2011) IPRO 303
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- Rakauskaite, Ausrine, Siver, Ben, Pyrkh, Hanna, Kovacs, Hilary, Jewell, John, Jin, Keojin, Arroyo, Marcos, Michael, Mark, Koto, Melanie, Curran, Morgan, Kushaare, Rishi, Ri, Sujin, Liu, Xiaochen
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- 2011, 2011-05
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“Over the last few years there has been an explosion of different websites that allow average person to contribute different content such as...
Show more“Over the last few years there has been an explosion of different websites that allow average person to contribute different content such as pictures, comments, stories and reviews about places around them. While there are many companies that focus on aggregating such data into common stream - complexity of interpreting such data in a meaningful actionable way remains a challenge for many companies including NAVTEQ.” [Appendix B] Identify new content from real time feeds which include 1. Points of Interest and their attribution (e.g. Hours of Operation, Languages Spoken at locale, etc…) 2. Any associated content (e.g. events, relationships to other Points of Interest (e.g. same owner, etc…) Create visualizations based on this content - some basic examples could include 1. Hot/Not So Hot real estate areas (new construction, sales) based on agent and broker social media updates 2. High/Low crime areas based on social media stream 3. Hot/Not city zones based on number of people tweeting/updating Facebook/checking in/etc… in certain areas, parties, POIs.
Sponsorship: NAVTEQ
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- Growing Water: 31st Street Eco-Boulevard and IIT Pavilion Prototype (Semester Unknown) IPRO 322: Growing Water IPRO 322 Ethics F08
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- Beissinger, Daniel, Boder, Matthew, Booher, Steven, Bryant, Kristin, Guzek, Ewa, Horabik, David, Klusek, Natalia, Kochanek, Malgorzata, Mccarthy, Michael, Mejsak, Marcin, Oblenida, Ryan, Slota, Carolina, Veneziano, Marco
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- 2008, 2008-12
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1048 million gallons of water is used in Chicago everyday. Chicago replenishes almost none of it. Although there is no water shortage...
Show more1048 million gallons of water is used in Chicago everyday. Chicago replenishes almost none of it. Although there is no water shortage currently, many believe that water will be to the next century what oil is to this century: a huge commodity. Twenty percent of the world's potable water is contained in the Great Lakes. In order to be responsible consumers of this natural resource, Chicago is looking into different plans to return water to Lake Michigan. The purpose of Growing Water IPRO is to create a prototype of an Eco-boulevard on the IIT campus that will serve as an example of practices that could be implemented across the Chicago-land area to manage and naturally purify storm water and sewage water so it can be reintroduced to Lake Michigan. These Eco-boulevards will also serve as educational facilities to inform the community about the growing scarcity of water and how to conserve this precious resource.
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- Comparison of Brake Pedal Frictional Characteristics (Spring 2001) IPRO 313: Comparison of Brake Pedal Frictional Characteristics IPRO313 Spring 2001 Final Presentation
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- 2001, 2001-05
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This project will develop new ideas for materials that can be used to improve the safety, performance and appearance of accelerator pedals...
Show moreThis project will develop new ideas for materials that can be used to improve the safety, performance and appearance of accelerator pedals used in automobiles. The team will investigate the range of feasible materials and mechanical design alternatives, as well as their economic viability. Selected concepts will be tested through a carefully designed testing program so that the performance of alternatives can be compared with confidence.The results of this project will provide important information to Daimler-Chrysler that can be used for follow-up design work; and can lead to other projects that explore new concepts for automobile components and systems. This project continues the work of a Fall 2000 IPRO team.
Sponsorship: Daimler-Chrysler Corporation
Project Plan for IPRO 313: Comparison of Brake Pedal Frictional Characteristics for the Spring 2001 semester
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- A Video Annotation and Indexing System (sequence unknown), IPRO 327 - Deliverables: IPRO 327 Midterm Presentation F09
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- Dhagam, Karthik, Donchev, Alexander, Homawoo, Sergio, Litas, Alexander, Orlichenko, Anton, Osswald, Christian, Petsod, Jason, Rawlings, Ori, Shaffer, Joshua, Smith, Antoinette, Yates, Andrew, Yu, Hee Jeoung
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- 2009-12
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Much information available on the Web is in video format. The problem with this medium is users cannot comment on particular scenes within the...
Show moreMuch information available on the Web is in video format. The problem with this medium is users cannot comment on particular scenes within the videos and there is no method of searching for specific content within the videos. The team proposes to develop a system that will allow users to make fine-grained comments on scenes within the video and then to use these comments to aid in search within videos.
Deliverables for IPRO 327: A video annotation and indexing system for the fall 2009 semester
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- Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT (semester ?), IPRO 339: iKnow Training and Testing IPRO 339 IPRO Day Presentation F04
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- Strokova, Victoria, Vajaria, Sonia, Dimitrov, Petar, Dronamraju, Rahul, Gupta, Nishi, Pacheco, Paul, Chuah, Choong Hui, Gutkovsky, Vladimir
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- 2004-12, 2004-12
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To define the body knowledge of Project Management, Team Work and Communication. Identifying alternate methods for teaching or delivering the...
Show moreTo define the body knowledge of Project Management, Team Work and Communication. Identifying alternate methods for teaching or delivering the body knowledge. Experimenting with self help websites (development of content and its structuring for self-help websites technically implemented by IPRO 338).
Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius
Deliverables for IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT for the Fall 2004 semester
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- Design and Economic Evaluations of Biorefinery Operations (semester?), IPRO 347: Eval of Biorefinery IPRO 347 IPRO Day Presentation Sp06
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- Niekoo, Abbasian, Agose, Daisy, Arguijo, Susanna, Hogan, Brian, Jung, Minsuk, Pelae, Raisa, Roberts, Ben, Kyaagba, Tor, Macdougall, Chris, Malacina, Adam, Michael, Adam, Michael, Henry, Demarah, Daniel, Newberg, Phil, Ocwieja, Sarah, Patti, Julie, Vann, Adam, Keen, Andrew, Woo, Hyun, Zarate, Nyah
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- 2006-05, 2006-05
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The IPRO team was successful in designing a process that converts biomass into liquid fuels for transportation. The biomass chosen was cow...
Show moreThe IPRO team was successful in designing a process that converts biomass into liquid fuels for transportation. The biomass chosen was cow manure because of two main reasons. The abundance of cows in southern Wisconsin provides an ideal place for the process to be built. Also, because most other types of potential biomasses currently have uses, manure was favorable. The process was split into three sections: gasification, gas clean-up and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor.
Deliverables for IPRO 347: Design and Economic Evaluations of Biorefinery Operations for the spring 2006 semester
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- Our Energy Future: Lessons in Sustainability (Semester Unknown) IPRO 332: OurEnergyFutureLessonsInSustainabilityIPRO332BrochureF09
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- Vega, Mayra, Chavez, Jorge, Chin, Jason, Grande, Gina, Tyler, Micheal, Lay, Livia, Randle, Jennifer, Weiner, Andrew, Johnson, Ross, Mccloat, Declain, Nguyen, Nam, Olechno, Patrick, Zajac, Gregory
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- 2009, 2009-12
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Ipro 332 is in its sixth and concluding semester and has become a well established project. The strong work of previous semesters’ teams has...
Show moreIpro 332 is in its sixth and concluding semester and has become a well established project. The strong work of previous semesters’ teams has given the current team a good base to start from in furthering our goal of energy consumption. This semester the goals were to expand upon the modules that have already been made, explore the creation of a new module and market our modules within the community.
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- The Artificial Pancreas (semester?), IPRO 308: Developing an Artificial Pancreas IPRO 308 Midterm Report F06
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- Davis, Elena, Miller, Jennifer, Nazim, Mehjabeen, Patel, Sapna, Patel, Shital C., Pathak, Yagna, Ravuri, Venkata, Reddy, Kirthi, Shivakumar, Vidya, Tanner, Ryan, Vinckevicious, Aurimes
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- 2006-12, 2006-12
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The objective of this IPRO is to develop a system that will function as an artificial pancreas and will incorporate an insulin delivery system...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to develop a system that will function as an artificial pancreas and will incorporate an insulin delivery system with a non invasive glucose monitor.
Deliverables for IPRO 308: The Artificial Pancreas for the Fall 2006 semester
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