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Title: Liquefied Natural Gas Technology (Fall 2003) IPRO 304A: Liquefied Natural Gas Technology IPRO304A Fall2003 Final Presentation
Date: 2003, 2003-12
Description: Design and model a production process for the manufacture of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Understand the economic aspects of running a...
Show moreDesign and model a production process for the manufacture of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Understand the economic aspects of running a facility and the worldwide market of LNG and its by products. To identify environmental and safety concerns
Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies
Project Plan for IPRO 304A: Liquefied Natural Gas for the Fall 2003 semester
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Title: Tournitech: Smart Clothing for Sensing Muscle Development (semester?), IPRO 332: Tournitech IPRO 332 Miterm Report F04
Creator: Latuszek, Dan, Dulinkskas, Alexis, Beckman, Jonathan, Zamazona, Jose, Ozmen, Hakan, Vaicekauskaite, Jotvinge, Rohe, Craig, Godfrey, Nate
Date: 2004-12, 2004-12
Description: This IPRO is the second of a two phase design project. Its objective is to continue the work of the Summer 2004 IPRO 332 team, advancing from...
Show moreThis IPRO is the second of a two phase design project. Its objective is to continue the work of the Summer 2004 IPRO 332 team, advancing from feasibility study and conceptual design to prototype development. This IPRO will focus on the specific material selection and design specifications of a successful prototype that meets the following design objectives: low cost, easy to use, easy to produce, and meets the requirements outlined in the research studies. The finished prototype will then be sent to La Crosse Exercise and Health Program at the University of Wisconsin where the effectiveness and safety concerns will be addressed.
Sponsorship: James Adducci, Entrepreneur
Deliverables for IPRO 332: Tournitech: Smart clothing for Sensing Muscle Development for the Fall 2004 semester
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Title: SUSTAINABLE NEW CITY VAN, TURKEY
Creator: Dursun, Kevser Pinar
Date: 2013, 2013-07
Description: While the negative effects of rapid urbanization is threatening cities and the environment, being more conscientious about the current...
Show moreWhile the negative effects of rapid urbanization is threatening cities and the environment, being more conscientious about the current problems and future expansions of the cities and developing new visions and strategies for new cities is crucial. In this proposal, the aim is to develop a prototype of a sustainable new city in Turkey. Design area is called Carpanak, at the east shore of Lake Van. It is in the north of Van, the biggest city in the Eastern Anatolia district of Turkey. Eastern Anatolia is a mountainous district with a severe climate. The region is less developed than the other regions in every aspect. Severe climate and lack of job opportunities caused outmigration from this region to big cities or onshore regions with more developed industries. A city with sufficient infrastructure, efficient energy solutions, green areas, well-designed transportation, economic viability, and open social structure will help reverse the migration and rescue Eastern Anatolia from being abandoned. It is hoped that the design decisions, ideas, and the research can be applied as an outline to other underdeveloped areas in Turkey.
M.S. in Architecture, July 2013
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Title: Cellular Towers In The Urban Environment (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344: CellularTowersInTheUrbanEnvironmentIPRO344Poster2Sp10
Creator: Chan, Ronald, Chatman, Amanda, Divito, Michael, Dohm, Jacob, Ghafoori, Marc, Lee, Timothy, Perizes, Fotis, Reznicek, Dustin, Roberson, Jon
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The purpose of the IPRO is to consider a new generation of cellular towers specifically designed for the urban environment. The IIT campus...
Show moreThe purpose of the IPRO is to consider a new generation of cellular towers specifically designed for the urban environment. The IIT campus will serve as a “representative” location on Chicago’s south side for purposes of this project, but the overall objective is to develop a concept and design for a self-contained, secure and environmentally friendly facility that can adapted to almost any other urban location.
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Title: New Technologies For Cardiac Arrest Patients (Semester Unknown) IPRO 319: NewTechnologiesForCardiacArrestIPRO319FinalReportSp10
Creator: Aijazuddin, Ambreen, Akhambay, Assyl, Austin, Grant, Bansal, Neha, Eid, Aya, Esbensen, Kirsten, Halim, Stephanus, Jackson, Lisa, Kim, Sua, Ko, Hyunseok, Martinez, Juan, Oberg, Jarrett, Kyeong Park, Bo, Patel, Neelkumar, Tesfaye, Melat, Voss, Melissa, Mouddou, Khadija
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: Over 250,000 people in the U.S. alone die annually from sudden cardiac arrest, and many of those that survive suffer brain damage, which can...
Show moreOver 250,000 people in the U.S. alone die annually from sudden cardiac arrest, and many of those that survive suffer brain damage, which can begin within minutes of the heart attack. Major risks among survivors include tissue damage, including brain damage. We are currently developing three life saving devices which could greatly decrease the risks which cardiac arrest victims face, and also save lives.
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Title: IIT Creating Access to Remote Electronic Support (Summer 2011) IPRO 345: IIT Creating Access to Remote Electronic Support IPRO345 Summer2011 Poster
Creator: Kos, Carolyn, Valio, Nicole, Michael, Hazel, Chinzorig, Unubold, Johnson, Kendra
Date: 2011, 2011-07
Description: The purpose of IPRO 345 is to improve and mobilize the data and remote health care system for Mount Sinai Hospital. Specifically, this project...
Show moreThe purpose of IPRO 345 is to improve and mobilize the data and remote health care system for Mount Sinai Hospital. Specifically, this project aims to create a data support to aid diabetic patients within 500 meters of the hospital in order to decrease cost of operation and time and increase the quality of care. We will develop the groundwork for future IPRO 345 teams that will eventually implement the new data collection program.
Sponsorship: Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center
Project Plan for IPRO 345: IIT Creating Access to Remote Electronic Support for the Summer 2011 semester
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Title: Trailer Loading Optimization Group (Semester Unknown) IPRO 305: TrailerLoadingOptimizationGroupIPRO305FinalReportSp10
Creator: Hinshaw, Benjamin, Taylor, Donald, Patel, Nixalkumar, Buakong, Nuntana, Shah, Parth, Surendran, Prashanthan, Mckeever, Sean, Pekalski, Tom, Veitch, Robert, Liu, Xingshuo
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: DSC Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Title: Enhancing Psychology Research through Advanced Communications Technology (semester?), IPRO 306: Enhancing Psych Research IPRO 306 Poster F06
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: Heat Treat (semester?), IPRO 304: A Finkl Tooth Breakage Detection IPRO 304 Final Report F07
Creator: Antal, Vlad, Banaska, Steven, Biyawerwala, Hussain, Groszko, John, Jay, Ryan, Koning, Kyle, Lee, Sangwook
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: IPRO 304 is the continuation of IPRO 330 (Spring 2006) and was created to develop an Information Tool for the Metals Industry with a focus on...
Show moreIPRO 304 is the continuation of IPRO 330 (Spring 2006) and was created to develop an Information Tool for the Metals Industry with a focus on Heat Treatment, in this case. The development of an Information Tool for Heat Treatment requires across-disciplinary knowledge of the fundamentals of heat treatment process, as well as an in-depth understanding of and the practical skills required for the development of computer software
Deliverables for IPRO 304: Heat Treat for the Fall 2007 semester.
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Title: OIL RECOVERY IN SINGLE CAPILLARIES AND POROUS MEDIA USING WETTING NANOFLUIDS
Creator: Zhang, Hua
Date: 2016, 2016-05
Description: Recent experiments and modeling conducted in our laboratory have demonstrated that the spreading of nanofluids, liquid suspensions of...
Show moreRecent experiments and modeling conducted in our laboratory have demonstrated that the spreading of nanofluids, liquid suspensions of nanosized particles, on solids are enhanced due to self-structuring of nanoparticles in the confined three-phase oil-nanofluid-solid contact region. Nanofluids have recently been proposed as agents for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Despite recently widely conducted research using nanofluids for EOR, the underlying operating mechanism is not well understood. In this thesis, we attempt to understand the mechanism of nanofluid based EOR and evaluate its performance from reservoir core samples and model systems (glass capillary and sintered bead-pack). To visualize how oil displacement in the rock pores by nanofluid, we conducted model study using hexadecane and single glass capillary and showed the oil film dynamics in air and nanofluid after oil was displaced in the capillary. Based on the understanding of the role of nanofluid on oil displacement in capillaries, we conducted imbibition tests using Berea sandstones and flooding experiments in sintered glass-beads. X-ray microtomography was used to visualize and analyze fluid distribution and to see the effect of nanofluid in EOR. We finally considered fractured media by fabricating such structures. The dynamics of a cylindrical hexadecane layer deposited inside glass capillaries after the oil/air displacement was studied experimentally and by modeling. The oil layer subject to surface perturbation becomes unstable forming uniform, regularly-spaced double concave menisci across the capillary that are bridged with dimples (collars). In order to reveal the phenomena of the film thinning and stability between the double concave meniscus and the dimple, we monitored an air bubble approaching a flat glass surface in hexadecane. We found that the oil film thinning in a cylindrical glass capillary and on a flat glass substrate were similar; We adapted the model proposed by Gauglitz and Radke for our system (oil-air displacement) and solved it numerically. The numerical result shows a stable film between the liquid bridge and the dimple, which is consistent with our experimental observations. We also estimated the meniscus-film-dimple thickness profile and found it was in fair agreement with the model prediction. The dynamics of cylindrical hexadecane film after displacement by a nanofluid in a glass capillary was studied. We found the thick hexadecane film is unstable, and over time it breaks and forms a thin film. Once the thick film ruptures, it retracts and forms an annular rim (liquid ridge) that collects liquid. As the volume of the annular rim increases over time, it forms a double concave meniscus across the capillary and dewetting stops. The thin film on the right side of the double concave meniscus then breaks and the contact angle increases. The process repeats until droplets build along the capillary wall. Finally, the droplets are displaced from the capillary wall by the nanofluid and spherical droplets appear inside the capillary. This is a novel phenomenon not observed during dewetting by a solution without nanoparticles. The theoretical model based on the lubrication approximation using the capillary pressure gradient was developed to estimate the annular rim dewetting velocity. The predicted dewetting velocity is found to be in fair agreement with the experimental value. We conducted imbibition tests using a reservoir crude oil and a reservoir brine solution with a high salinity and a suitable nanofluid that displaces crude oil from Berea sandstone and single glass capillaries. We present visual evidence of the underlying mechanism based on the structural disjoining pressure for the crude oil displacement using a polymeric nanofluid (our definition of such a fluid means a suspension of polymeric particles in an aqueous substrate) in high salinity brine. The polymeric nanofluid is specially formulated to survive in a high salinity environment and is found to result in an increased efficiency of 50% for Berea sandstone compared to 17% using the brine alone at a reservoir temperature of 55 oC. These results aid our understanding of the role of the nanofluid in displacing crude oil from the rock especially in a high salinity environment containing Ca++ and Mg++ ions. Results are also reported using Berea sandstone and a nanofluid containing silica nanoparticles. We conducted a series of flooding experiments at different capillary numbers to quantify the performance of a polymeric nanofluid compared to brine using the sintered glass-beads. A high resolution X-ray microtomography (microCT) was used to visualize oil and brine distribution in a sintered bead-pack before and after nanofluid flooding. The results of flooding experiments showed that an additional oil recovery of approximately 15% is possible with nanofluids compared to brine at low capillary numbers, and is as effective as high capillary number brine flooding. Nanofluid induced additional oil recovery decreases as we increase the capillary number and the total oil recovered shows a marginal decrease. At first glance, these results are opposite of what one expects in the conventional EOR, where oil recovery is known to increase progressively with increasing capillary number. These results cannot be explained based on mobilization theories due to the reduced capillarity. Our results however are consistent with the mechanism of wettability alteration caused by structural disjoining pressure leading to the formation of the wetting nanofluid film between oil and substrate.We presented experimental studies of nanofluid flooding in fractured porous media formed with sintered glass-beads. The nanofluid injection is conducted at a rate where structural disjoining pressure driven recovery is operational. We found an additional 23.8% oil can be displaced using nanofluid after brine injection with an overall displacement efficiency of 90.4% provided the matrix was in its native wettability state. In summary, nanofluids are excellent EOR agents and their economic viability needs to be examined.
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, May 2016
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Title: Operational Considerations in Wind Power Generation (Semester Unknown) IPRO 303: Operational Considerations in Wind Power Generation IPRO 303 Brochure1 F08
Creator: Adeola, Olaoluwa, Catalina, Christopher, Cervantes, Jesus, Claxton, Sara, Erogbogbo, Samad, Fairall, Earl, Ike, Richard, Keane, Robert, Lakiotis, Kristina, Melko, Aaron, Michael, Mithun, Patel, Viral, Ruffatto, Donald
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The Fall 2008 semester of IPRO 303 will investigate and analyze the economic and technical details of the wind-turbine electricity generation...
Show moreThe Fall 2008 semester of IPRO 303 will investigate and analyze the economic and technical details of the wind-turbine electricity generation industry. The IPRO 303 team will be focusing on the impact of equipment failures that lead to downtime and maintenance associated with the failures. A comparison of current industry practices in dealing with these problems, along with a detailed economic analysis of the true costs involved, will be the major goal. A final report of the findings and conclusions of the IPRO 303 team will be provided to our sponsor, SmartSignal Inc. It is understood that this Project Plan will change as the term progresses and more information becomes available.
Sponsorship: SmartSignal
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Title: Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks for Memorial Walk of Martin Luther King (sequence unknown), IPRO 314 - Deliverables
Creator: O’leary, Kevin, Petty, Sonya, Qi, Tianshu, Tan, Sophia, Noor, Nashrah, Schleich, Kenneth, Akhtar, Ayesha, Cheng, Eric, Kim, James, Parker, Joseph, Saha, Sougata
Date: 2009-12
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to help the students of Gage Park H.S. bring their vision of a memorial to a historical event into existence.
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Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to help the students of Gage Park H.S. bring their vision of a memorial to a historical event into existence.
Sponsorship: Gage Park High School
Deliverables for IPRO 314: Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks for Memorial Walk of Martin Luther King for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Tool Management System and Feed Mechanism Design (Semester Unknown) IPRO 347: ToolManagementSystemandFeedMechanismDesignIPRO347FinalReportF09
Creator: Chiu, Daniel, Cicero, Joseph, Hill, Ross, Lee, Woong-kyo, Perry, Jonathan, Powers, John, Sanborn, Peter, Sarratt, Meagan, Williams, Robert, Xu, Ran
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: This project is being performed on behalf of Smith & Richardson, a precision machined parts manufacturing company. The project’s tasks are to...
Show moreThis project is being performed on behalf of Smith & Richardson, a precision machined parts manufacturing company. The project’s tasks are to develop a tool management system as well as a feed mechanism design for the company.
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Title: Intermodal Container System Solution (Semester Unknown) IPRO 307: IntermodalContainerSystemSolutionsForTheChicagoAreaIPRO307Brochure1F09
Creator: Balakirev, Konstantin, Beau-luby, Ryan, Bouikidis, John, Cargill, Matthew, Dziuba, David, Kehoe, Matthew, Slonski, Kehoe, Tesfaye, Melat, Wiese, Matthew, Wiseman, Christopher, Zook, Joel
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: Chicago is the third largest intermodal freight hub in the world. Joliet, being so close, makes a great place as a depot to intercept much of...
Show moreChicago is the third largest intermodal freight hub in the world. Joliet, being so close, makes a great place as a depot to intercept much of Chicago’s goods, it is also far enough away to avoid further congestion in the city. Currently one hub exists in Joliet (Elwood BNSF), another is being developed (Centerpoint), and one is being proposed off of Lorenzo road. Our sponsor, Mi-Jack, has asked us to come up with solutions to make these freight hubs more efficient.
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Title: WIDESPAN: 2030-board 1
Creator: Ninan, Janice
Date: 2011-05, 2010-12
Description: Widespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span...
Show moreWidespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span grater spans using virtual depth concepts with slender lightweight design.
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Title: Incubator for Small Business Manufacturing
Creator: Victor, Jimeniz
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333: FabLabIPRO333MidTermPresentationF09
Creator: Bonesz, Andrew, Clark, Howard, Douglas, Carlie, Gajdorus, Michael, Gottschall, Keenan, Hendricks, Rachel, Kimball, Clayton, Linares, Jered, Marks, Paul, Mellom, James, Oblenida, Cindy, Pop, Sabina, Stelcel, Carl, Young, Jeremy, Zhou, Raymond
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: Fabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and provide...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and provide digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry has partnered with this IPRO to further develop the Fab Lab at their site. IPRO 333 currently works with the administration in the Fab lab of MSI to design materials and activities for increasing the use of the laboratory. IPRO 333 aims to broaden the possible uses of the lab, promote membership at the museum, and increasing participation by the community in science and technology programs at the museum.
Sponsorship: Fabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs
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Title: The thermal conductivity of various forms of tile and their value as fireproofing materials
Creator: Anderson, S. W., Chamberlin, J. F.
Date: 2009, 1915
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/thermalconductiv00ande
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: ACCESS Healthcare Perinatal Care (semester 1 of unknown) IPRO 340
Creator: Bir, Suman, Mathews, Joanne, Oza, Pooja, Resch, Jason, Shah, Parinda, Cohoon, Jesse, Limon, Armando, Thakkar, Dhaval, Wilhoit, Karla
Date: 2005-01, 2004-12
Description: Our goal was to improve ACCESS Community Health Network’s information systems that support the perinatal treatment program in order to enhance...
Show moreOur goal was to improve ACCESS Community Health Network’s information systems that support the perinatal treatment program in order to enhance the sectors of revenue and quality of care.
Sponsorship: ACCESS Healthcare
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Title: COVERAGE AND CONNECTIVITY IN WIRELESS NETWORKS
Creator: Xu, Xiaohua
Date: 2012-04-25, 2012-05
Description: The limited energy resources, instability, and lacking central control in wireless networks motivates the study of connected dominating set ...
Show moreThe limited energy resources, instability, and lacking central control in wireless networks motivates the study of connected dominating set (CDS) which serves as rout- ing backbone to support service discovery, and area monitoring and also broadcasting. The construction of CDS involves both coverage and connectivity. We ¯rst study sev- eral problems related to coverage. Given are a set of nodes and targets in a plane, the problem Minimum Wireless Cover (MWC) seeks the fewest nodes to cover the targets. If all nodes are associated with some positive prices, the problem Cheapest Wireless Cover (CWC) seeks a cheapest set of nodes to cover the targets. If all nodes have bounded lives, the problem Max-Life Wireless Cover (MLWC) seeks wireless coverage schedule of maximum life subject to the life constraints of individ- ual nodes. We present a polynomial time approximation scheme (PTAS) for MWC, and two randomized approximation algorithms for CWC and MLWC respectively. Given a node-weighted graph, the problem Minimum-Weighted Dominating Set (MWDS) is to ¯nd a minimum-weighted vertex subset such that, for any vertex, it is contained in this subset or it has a neighbor contained in this set. We will propose a (4+²)-approximation algorithm for MWDS in unit disk graphs. Meanwhile, for the connecting part, given a node-weighted connected graph and a subset of terminals, the problem Node-Weighted Steiner Tree (NWST) seeks a lightest tree connecting a given set of terminals in a node-weighted graph. We present three approximation algorithms for NWST restricted to UDGs. This dissertation also explores the applications of CDS, and develops e±cient algorithms for the applications such as real-time aggregation scheduling in wireless networks. Given a set of periodic aggregation queries, each query has its own period , and the subset of source nodes Si containing the data, we ¯rst propose a family of e±cient and e®ective real-time scheduling protocols that can answer every job of each query task within a relative delay under resource constraints by addressing the following tightly coupled tasks: routing, transmission plan constructions, node activity scheduling, and packet scheduling. Based on our protocol design, we further propose schedulability test schemes to e±ciently and e®ectively test whether, for a set of queries, each query job can be ¯nished within a ¯nite delay. We also conduct extensive simulations to validate the proposed protocol and evaluate its practical performance. The simulations corroborate our theoretical analysis.
Ph.D. in Computer Science, May 2012
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