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Title: SURVIVAL OF SALMONELLA ON CHAMOMILE, PEPPERMINT AND GREEN TEA DURING STORAGE RELATED TO TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY
Creator: Chen, Zhengzai
Date: 2013-04-24, 2013-05
Description: Botanical/herbal teas may contain antimicrobial compounds that will affect the survival and persistence of the native as well as contaminant...
Show moreBotanical/herbal teas may contain antimicrobial compounds that will affect the survival and persistence of the native as well as contaminant microflora. Although Salmonella are known for their ability to survive in low water activity environments, their survival on dry botanical/herbal teas has not been examined. The purpose of this work is to determine the survival of Salmonella on three types of teas, chamomile peppermint, and green tea under different storage conditions. In addition, the ability of Salmonella to grow in tea brewed with contaminated product was examined. A cocktail of four Salmonella serovars was inoculated onto 1 g samples of chamomile, peppermint, and green tea to give a starting cell population of approximately 10 log cfu/g. The inoculum was allowed to dry prior to storage at 25 °C and 35 °C and at low (<30% RH) and high (> 90% RH) humidity levels. At different time intervals up to 6 months, triplicate samples at each condition were evaluated for surviving Salmonella populations. In addition, samples were used to produce a low-temperature (sun) brewed tea and inoculated. Growth was assessed after 24 hr. Under the four storage conditions tested, survival followed the order 25°C/low RH > 35°C/low RH > 25°C/high RH > 35°C/high RH. Salmonella losses at 25°C/low RH occurred primarily during drying, after which populations showed little declines over 6 months. In contrast Salmonella decreased below detection after 45 days at 35°C and high RH in all teas tested. All teas tested supported the growth of Salmonella after brewing. Storage conditions significantly impact the survival of Salmonella in dried herbal teas. If Salmonella survives after storage, it may also survive and grow after a home brewing process.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, May 2013
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Title: Improving Food Packaging Processes Using Process Mapping Techniques (Semester Unknown) IPRO 345: ImprovingFoodPackagingProcessesIPRO345FinalPresentationSp10
Creator: Adenjinle, Remi, Baker, Kathleen, Blaszynski, Wojciech, Gala, Pankti, Gunasekera, Chathuri, Kuuspalu, Adam, Popa, Crina, Popoola, Popa, Reigle, Nicole, Veliyathuparambil, Deepthi
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO is to better understand the interdependent relationship of the Formulation process and its impact upon through time,...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO is to better understand the interdependent relationship of the Formulation process and its impact upon through time, productivity, and quality. We seek to implement improvements to Land O’ Frost in order to optimize their Formulation.
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Title: Presenting Forensic Data (Fall 1999) IPRO: Presenting Forensic Data IPRO Fall1999
Creator: Dale Nance, J.d., Ferguson, Nathan, Pei, Kevin, Wang, Jimmy
Date: 1999, 1999-12
Description: Misconception: Jurors greatly value scientific evidence, Different ways of presenting data affect the outcome of trials, Assessing undervalue...
Show moreMisconception: Jurors greatly value scientific evidence, Different ways of presenting data affect the outcome of trials, Assessing undervalue or overvalue.
Sponsorship: NA
Project Plan for IPRO: Presenting Forensic Data for the Fall 1999 semester
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Title: IN VITRO STUDIES OF VIRULENCE SUPPRESSION ON P. AERUGINOSA BY PHOSPHATE / POLYPHOSPHATE-LOADED NANOPARTICLES
Creator: Yin, Yushu
Date: 2015, 2015-07
Description: Critically ill patients harbor multi-drug resistant pathogens that can activate their virulence in the response to low nutrient conditions and...
Show moreCritically ill patients harbor multi-drug resistant pathogens that can activate their virulence in the response to low nutrient conditions and host stress derived factors. It was recently shown that the oversupply of inorganic phosphate to bacterial environment can profoundly suppress the virulence of pathogens. Here we hypothesized that phosphateand/ or polyphosphate-loaded nanoparticles can present a tool to deliver and slowly release phosphate in pathogen-rich niche, thereby suppressing bacterial virulence. In this work, a designed study on effect of different phosphate levels (including the phosphate released from hydrogel nanoparticles) on virulence of P. aeruginosa is addressed. In this work, we developed formulations for preparing hexametaphosphate-loaded nanoparticles on the basis of that for phosphate loaded nanoparticles. We utilized inverse miniemulsion polymerization in the synthesis of these nanoparticles. Polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA, moleculat weight of 575 Da) and N-vinyl pyrrolidone (molecular weight: 111.14 Da ) were chosen to be the initial monomers because the main crosslinker, polyethylene glycol is a kind of biocompatible material that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Several parameter could be adjusted among the experiment. We selected the monomer mole fraction of PEGDA-575 as our parameter. After the synthesis, a nanoparticle size distribution between 110 nm and 150 nm was obtained. And these nanoparticles were proved to be able to release phosphate and hexametaphosphate as drug molecules. Although there were release bursts in the test of release kinetics, the crosslink density could be adjusted in following researches. The second part of this study is to test the virulence suppression effect of the nanoparticles in in vitro experiment on a kind of opportunistic pathogen, P. aeruginosa. This kind of gram-negative bacteria is one of the common intestinal microbial communities. We presented the strategy of suppressing virulence while containing rather than killing the bacteria. As a result, polyphosphate loaded nanoparticles showed to be the most effective one among several experiment groups. This result gave this study a promising future in further research in several aspects, such as in vivo test in biomedical and biomedical engineering.
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, July 2015
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Title: Web Application for Electrical Contractors for LEED Building Projects (Semester Unknown) IPRO 338: WebApplicationForElectricalContractorsForLEEDBuildingProjectsIPRO338Poster1Sp09
Creator: Tomal, Dan, Akbany, Omair, Asher, Michael, Aulfata, Muluken, Bennett, Casey, Day, Michael, Kim, Woochan, Park, Minah, Shaffer, Dan, Lee, Yeseul,, Zajac, Greg
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO is to develop a website to host a user-friendly online database of green technologies information for the Electrical...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO is to develop a website to host a user-friendly online database of green technologies information for the Electrical Contractors’ Association of the City of Chicago. This website will involve providing data on green electrical products with cut sheets, pricing and distributor information, return on investment projections, and LEED certification facts. The use of this website should help create a well informed transition from industry standard electrical products, to green alternative products, as well as cut down on miscommunication between architects and electrical contractors.
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Title: Design of a Large-Scale Structural System for the 21st Century (Semester Unknown) IPRO 356
Creator: Alarcon, Alexander, Alvord, Steve, Belanger, David, Brazzale, Ross, Cho, Andrew, Coad, Matthew, Fanizza, Francesco, Fujiwara, Bryan, Hold, Melissa, Mosey, Grant, Nelson, Karen, Nielsen, Lisa, Nilforooshan, Razieh, Olechno, Patrick, Pattermann, William, Waas, Zachary, Wedster, Bonnie
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The main problem which our project faces is what to plan to build in the Michael Reese site, which was recently demolished to make room for...
Show moreThe main problem which our project faces is what to plan to build in the Michael Reese site, which was recently demolished to make room for the Olympic village. Since Chicago did not win the bid for the 2016 Olympics, the site remains vacant and unused. The basis of the IPRO is to develop a plan for this site, and, specifically, to design a building to serve as an anchor for the area. This anchor building should serve the community while still remaining economical.
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Title: Impacts of Sulfur Capture Technology in Coal Power Plants (sequence unknown), IPRO 302 - Deliverables: IPRO_302_Project_Plan_final
Creator: Contreras, Abraham, Dickman, Justin, Enadeghe, Gregory, Garcia Rodriguez, Hector, Haddad, Michael, Kyle, Ryan, Mongillo, Michael, Murphy, Ryan, Shonubi, Oluwaseun, Swillum, Bryce, Wolber, Brian, Worthon, Terrika
Date: 2009-12
Description: The IPRO team was investigating the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United...
Show moreThe IPRO team was investigating the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United States. It planned to use this knowledge to determine which sulfur capture technologies produce the greatest benefit for industry and society and to find the marketability of the sulfur byproducts created in these power plants.
Sponsorship: Sargent & Lundy, LLC
These are the deliverables for IPRO 302: Impacts of Sulfur Capture Technology in Coal Power Plants from the Fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Robbins Community Power (Summer 2011) IPRO 347: Robbins Community Power IPRO347 Summer2011 Poster
Creator: Ahn, Yoona, Alhassan, Abdalmohsen, Johnson, Ashleigh, Khan, Nomair, Kois, Carolyn, Munoz, Matthew, Toy, Robert, Young, Julieann
Date: 2011, 2011-07
Description: IPRO 347 is a continuation of an IPRO, which previously explored ways to utilize waste heat and CO2 from Robbins Community Power Plant. The...
Show moreIPRO 347 is a continuation of an IPRO, which previously explored ways to utilize waste heat and CO2 from Robbins Community Power Plant. The concluding thought from that project was that the plant would need to select a source of greenwood to burn. The goal of IPRO 347 is to establish a plan for the Robbins Community Power Plant to gather and utilize the green waste of urban lumber. The main task is to research opportunities for RCP to gather a supply of greenwood. The items being researched are estimated expenses and profits, whom will be participating, the availability of our raw good—greenwood—and potential buyers.
Sponsorship: Robbins Community Power Plant
Project Plan for IPRO 347: Robbins Community Power for the Summer 2011 semester
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Title: Swimming Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers (Semester Unknown) IPRO 310: Swimming Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers IPRO 310 Final Presentation F08
Creator: Chiu, Daniel, Gupta, Vaibhav, Teves, Jan, Turrentine, Lorne, Yew, Hsuen, Soleja, Sikander, Sood, Arun, Warns, Jodi, Padwal, Neha, Reed, Lisa, Sajjad, Sunny
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The primary focus of this project is to help blind and visually impaired individuals to swim independently. The team will be divided into two...
Show moreThe primary focus of this project is to help blind and visually impaired individuals to swim independently. The team will be divided into two sub-teams. One sub-team will create a passive device, which uses a mechanical device to provide tactile feedback to the swimmer. The other sub-team will create an active device which uses special electronic devices such as a sonar based device to help guide the swimmer. These devices will be repeatedly tested and updated to help increase the independence of blind and visually impaired individuals exercise and further improve their quality of life.
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Title: Digital Word of Mouth (semester?), IPRO 304: Rural Health Design Solutions IPRO 304 IPRO Day Presentation Sp07
Creator: Joseph, Asha, O'brien, Daniel, Collins, Maura, Smets, Marieke, Baum, Alexis, Yamashita, Megumi, Park, Woo Jin, Fan, Chung-yi, Patel, Purvag, Campbell, Valerie, Niu, Eric, Solheim, Michael, Vichare, Pushkar, Khan, Syed, Ekholm, John, Wang, Taeho, Madraswala, Yousuf, Ward, Christopher, Cheek, Alex, Rivera-pierola, Peter, Sitthisathainchai, Waewwan
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The purpose of this project that will begin in Spring 2007 is to increase the "footprint" of health care workers in rural areas of India, that...
Show moreThe purpose of this project that will begin in Spring 2007 is to increase the "footprint" of health care workers in rural areas of India, that is, leverage the time and expertise of the workers to achieve a bigger and broader benefit to those who need health care. The basic question is how to increase the ability of health care workers to see more patients, increase their diagnostic capabilities and track patients on a regular basis within the existing rural environment
Sponsorship: Honeywell, Inc.
Deliverables for IPRO 304: Digital Word of Mouth for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: New United Center Arena (semester?), IPRO 335: United Center Replacement IPRO 335 Final Report Sp06
Creator: Austin, Adon, Boundaoui, Elyes, Grajewski, Jeffrey, Hallberg, Amanda, Imam, Erum, Jahnke, Nicholas, Kechagias, Kallinikos, Mcdougal, Donald, Medina, Jorge, Patel, Jinit, Pedrola, Blanca, Kazimi, Syed, Roustan, Arianna, Sanz, Dennis, Suk, Myung-eun, Tay, Cyril, Rivera, Robert
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: This project involves design of a multipurpose sporting arena to be located within the city of Chicago. The arena should seat a capacity of...
Show moreThis project involves design of a multipurpose sporting arena to be located within the city of Chicago. The arena should seat a capacity of about 20,000 spectators and will house such sports as pro and college basketball, ice hockey, arena football, and also will be used for musical events. Assume the arena is to be located at the current location of United Center with the same amount of above ground area available for parking.
Deliverables for IPRO 335: New United Center Arena for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: AudioDoc (semester?), IPRO 350: Audiodoc IPRO 350 Abstract F06
Creator: Kuc, Dariusz, Srivastava, Shivam, Berg, Adam, Short, Josh, Zaffer, Syed, Mccree, Sayiddah, Patel, Soham, Feuerstein, Ryan, Pasupneti, Shravani
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The mission of AudioDoc is to usher in a new technology called “browsable audio” to people all around the world, which they can use to learn a...
Show moreThe mission of AudioDoc is to usher in a new technology called “browsable audio” to people all around the world, which they can use to learn a new language efficiently and cost-effectively. We hope to develop the hardware and software technologies, as well as strategic business partnerships and operations, that will make AudioDoc a unique and lucrative business venture.
Sponsorship: Ed Kaplan entrepreneurial Program; Attila Kondac
Deliverables for IPRO 350: AudioDocs for Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Power Assist Kayak (semester?), IPRO 353: Kayak Motors IPRO 353 Midterm Report Sp06
Creator: Arvis, Christina, Cornejo, Eliseo, Inamdar, Manjeet, Larson, Scott, Merkley, Michael, Netherton, Daniel, Pyles, Kyle, Zaprzal, Robert
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: Adapt-A-Yak is a small company that one will operate out of the owner’s garage. The company is not meant to be a job where one works 40+ hours...
Show moreAdapt-A-Yak is a small company that one will operate out of the owner’s garage. The company is not meant to be a job where one works 40+ hours per week. It will remain a very small company as it is more of a hobby based business. Adapt-A-Yak will be the first company to produce and sell universal power-assist products for sit-on-top kayaks.
Deliverables for IPRO 353: Power Assist Kayak for the spring 2006 semester
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Title: Pervasive Training (Semester Unknown) IPRO 317: PervasiveTrainingIPRO317FinalPresentationSp11
Creator: Bailey, Preston, Bennett, Noelle, Callan, Mark, Cho, Andrew, Dasari, Sravya, Hassan, Ismail, Lutgendorf, Michael, Noorts, George, Orawiec, Paul, Peprah, Nana, Reddy, Swathi, Fatima Rizvi, Syeda, Singh, Archana
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The team for IPRO 317 is tasked with working on developing a pervasive training program. This program will integrate various psychological and...
Show moreThe team for IPRO 317 is tasked with working on developing a pervasive training program. This program will integrate various psychological and technological applications. As such the team working on this project has split into 2 groups to work on these respective applications. The idea of pervasive training addresses a dire need in the field of corporate training. This concept allows companies to put their employees through training by making them self-aware. This method of training also enables employers to train their employees with minimal disruption to productivity. Our intention is to implement this training through the employee’s hand held devices. Each employee would select a group of peer to fill out an assessment, the combination of the peer assessments, an assessment performed by the employee’s supervisor and one by the employee themselves would constitute the evaluation of employee. The employee would then receive a series of periodic e-mails to their mobile device that they would then need to respond to in order to complete this training. After a pre-designated amount of time for this training the employee will fill out a new survey and receive their results. A significant motivator for this training is that it is purely voluntary and allows the employee to receive these evaluations without their employer knowing any of the results aside from completion status. From our research team we hope to derive a set of themes by which to rate the employee as well as survey questions. What this will lead to is a group of teachable moments. These moments will be reminders for the employee based upon the results of their surveys. Once this system is derived the research team will begin a search for appropriate test organizations for us to run our trials on. While this is being done our development team will build a website to distribute and compile these surveys. This site will also send out our teachable moments and maintain this data. All of this will be done on a desktop computer that will be converted into a server. Once testing begins, this team will be responsible for assisting the test users in the survey and teaching process. These team members will provide support for any issues the users will have as well as for maintaining the website integrity during this process. Ultimately once this initial phase is done our hope is that this product will move immediately into production. Our hope is that with the success of our project this will become a new standard in the training of employees. With this being the case employers will be able to train more employees with less loss of production. Our goal is for this to be used with every employee and not just those in management.
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Title: Power Measurement of Performance Bicycles (Semester Unknown) IPRO 324: PowerMeasurementsForPerformanceBikesIPRO324PosterSp11
Creator: Dvorscak, Mike, Andrews, Preston, Lee, James, Wisniewski, Jerome, Fabian, Michael, Frebes, Elizabeth
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: Competitive cyclists around the world are using technology to monitor training data in order to improve their training methods. Power...
Show moreCompetitive cyclists around the world are using technology to monitor training data in order to improve their training methods. Power measurements are important to such training, however existing power meters are expensive and the cyclist must replace existing crank sets. Thus, IPRO 324 intends to develop a power meter that not only can be applied to any crank set but that will accurately collect and transmit data to current cycling computers as well as cost significantly less than comparable systems.
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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 Project Plan Sp06
Creator: Gracia, David, Prabhu, Vinit, Kelley, Kristen, Pellico, Christopher, Singh, Prachi, Rezek, Natalie, French, Elise, Grilley, Michael, Ogbonnaya, Amara, Maksimowicz, Piotr, Caro, Jahir, Lemley, Shea, Hamblen, Matthew, Patel, Sonali
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: There is an enormous need for creating and supporting education opportunities in orthotics and prosthetics in Latin America. The primary...
Show moreThere is an enormous need for creating and supporting education opportunities in orthotics and prosthetics in Latin America. The primary objective of this IPRO is to support the first orthotics and prosthetics educational program (established in February 2005) in Bogotá, Colombia.
Deliverables for IPRO 309: Educational and Technical support of Orthotics and Prosthetics Education in Latin America for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Transients on transmission lines and modern protective devices
Creator: Muelleman, Joseph P., Smely, James
Date: 2009, 1920
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/transientsontran00muel
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: IIT Saves Water (Summer 2011) IPRO 346: IIT Saves Water IPRO346 Summer 2011 Brochure
Creator: Li, Cheng, Ruth, Anthony, Romo-ortiz, Esther, Kenward, Joshua, Patel, Mansi, Natarajan, Narayan, Rajagopalan, Raksha, Tapia, Rene
Date: 2011, 2011-07
Description: The purpose of this project is the advancement in knowledge of, and applied practical solutions to the challenges of sustainability in regards...
Show moreThe purpose of this project is the advancement in knowledge of, and applied practical solutions to the challenges of sustainability in regards to a very specialized area of water conservation. The harvesting of air conditioner condensate could potentially lead to the conservation of a great deal of both water and money. Pentair, a company specialized in providing water solutions, is interested in the technology to harvest the condensate from A/C in buildings, and is our sponsor. We aimed to create public awareness surrounding the potential non-potable use of air conditioner condensate through demonstration and presentation. The IPRO Team of Summer 2011 will advance the prior work by focusing upon building public awareness and working to change public policy. The Team will utilize social media promotional strategies/messages and implementation. The Team will also identify the practical and political barriers to main stream harvesting of condensate and develop action plans to overcome the barriers. The two activities of the Team will be to build public enthusiasm for condensate harvesting via social media and secondly to summarize all IPRO condensate efforts into a presentation with collateral materials and share it with organizations that have outreach missions of sustainability and conservation.
Sponsorship: Pentair, Inc
Project Plan for IPRO 346: IIT Saves Water for the Summer 2011 semester
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Title: Web Application for Electrical Contractors for LEED Building Projects (Semester Unknown) IPRO 338: WebApplicationForElectricalContractorsForLEEDBuildingProjectsIPRO338FinalReportSp09
Creator: Tomal, Dan, Akbany, Omair, Asher, Michael, Aulfata, Muluken, Bennett, Casey, Day, Michael, Kim, Woochan, Park, Minah, Shaffer, Dan, Lee, Yeseul,, Zajac, Greg
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO is to develop a website to host a user-friendly online database of green technologies information for the Electrical...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO is to develop a website to host a user-friendly online database of green technologies information for the Electrical Contractors’ Association of the City of Chicago. This website will involve providing data on green electrical products with cut sheets, pricing and distributor information, return on investment projections, and LEED certification facts. The use of this website should help create a well informed transition from industry standard electrical products, to green alternative products, as well as cut down on miscommunication between architects and electrical contractors.
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Title: Nana A Sustainable Restaurant (Semester Unknown) IPRO 371: NanaASustainable RestaurantIPRO317EthicsSp10
Creator: Bajzek, Sasha, Boubel, Kenneth, Deboth, Ray, Ellsworth, Seth, Hussaini, Bushra, Jeong, Hye Sun, Jin, Keo-jin, Kavicky, Matthew, Kim, Kibum, Klusek, Natalia, Yun Lee, Sang, Lee, Sukmin, Margolis, Jordan, Mellom, James, Qi, Tianshu, Roth, Jessica, Geun Yun, Joong
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: Nana Organic is a family owned organic restaurant in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, offering lunch (and soon dinner) options with an...
Show moreNana Organic is a family owned organic restaurant in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, offering lunch (and soon dinner) options with an emphasis on organic and sustainable produce. The owners of Nana, and IPRO 317’s client, stressed the importance of reaching out to the community that has been always been a part of their lives, while spreading the message of sustainability and ecological awareness – all of which would fuel and accommodate future growth.
Sponsorship: NANA
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