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Title: Design of a Genetically Modified Food Database (Semester Unknown) IPRO 318
Creator: Miller, Jennifer, Chandrasekharan, Nivedita, Khiabani, Ali, De La Hoz, Andres, Kuebrich, Elizabeth, Mcclelland, Lauren, Patel, Pavan, Peavler, Jennifer, Seo, Hee, Ziegel, Kurt
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Genetically modified crops have come to play an increasingly large role in our daily lives. Unfortunately these crops remain a mystery to much...
Show moreGenetically modified crops have come to play an increasingly large role in our daily lives. Unfortunately these crops remain a mystery to much of the general population. For some, ideas about GM crops are exciting and represent hope for new potential in science and agriculture, for others they represent potential danger, and for others there are simply many unanswered questions. Our goal this semester will be to create a new source of information about GM products and to provide information that will answer the many questions we all have about this important subject. To do this, our objectives will be to: 1. Collect background information in an unbiased and comprehensive manner about laws and regulations regarding genetically modified crops. 2. Gather information about public opinion concerning GM crops. 3. Present facts about the processes and technologies that are used in this industry. 4. Create a database of known genetically modified crops, potential allergens, and traits in order to provide future IPRO’s with a foundation of knowledge concerning GM crops.
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Title: Aiding Virtual Organization (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 353: Aiding Virtual Organization EnPRO 353 Brochure2 Sp08_redacted
Creator: Babel, Sebastian, Bennett, Casey, Dhewaju, Anusuya, Ann Gan, Kok, Jeong, Ah Reum, Heun Kim, Kee, Schweiger, James, Kang, Minsoo
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The objective for IPRO 353 is to evaluate the business opportunities for iGroups. We will do this by drafting a business plan, which will be...
Show moreThe objective for IPRO 353 is to evaluate the business opportunities for iGroups. We will do this by drafting a business plan, which will be evaluated for feasibility and a final report will be issued, for suggestions as to the next steps the iGroups project should take. Included in the business plan and recommendation shall be: Description of iGroups Market data Financial data Projections for income, cash flow, sales Analysis of different business models for iGroups, and final recommendation.
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Title: Improving Abilityy to verify Audio CAPTCHA's (Semester Unknwon) IPRO 316
Creator: Klansky, Gabriel, Schneider, Erick, Kaim, Maxwell, Ciarkowski, Adam, Fabian, Michael, Wallace, Sean, Kipp, Daniel
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) are used to prevent automated access to sensitive...
Show moreCAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) are used to prevent automated access to sensitive information online. In its usual format, users are presented with distorted text and asked to enter the displayed text in an answer box. If successful, humans, but not computers, will be able to interpret the distorted text. Another format of CAPTCHAs asks users to identify audio information (usually a string of digits or phrase of words) that has been distorted or placed against a background of noise (\white" noise, reversed speech, etc.). Users type the words they hear into an answer box. The audio format is intended to be accessible to blind and low-vision users who cannot use the visually-based format. Unfortunately, audio CAPTCHAs are di cult for humans to use (Bigham and Cavendar 2009) but relatively easy for computers to solve (Tam et al. 2008), which is exactly the opposite outcome desired. To take two extreme examples, in one recent study (Sauer et al. 2008), users were able to solve only 46 percent of audio CAPTCHAs, while in another study (Burztein and Bethard 2009), a computer program was able to break 75 percent of audio CAPTCHAs. At issue is whether audio CAPTCHAs can be designed so that users can easily solve them but computers cannot. Yan and Ahmad (2008) propose testing di erent kinds of background noise to determine which is the most e ective at blocking computers but admitting humans. To this end, Tam et al. (2008) suggest using other human voices as background noise (to thwart computers) but familiar phrases as the string to decode (to aid listeners). The current project will focus on selecting from a set of potential solutions to test.
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Title: Emotion (Semester Unknown) IPRO 354: EmotionIPRO354BrochureSp09
Creator: Roy, Avelo, Suda, Edward, Segre, Alessandro, Luan, Haojie, Graziano, John, Votipka, Daniel, Estrada, Zachary, Patel, Nirali, Morath, Johannes, Laurence, Alexis, Ludden, Shanon, Horn, Whitney
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: eMotion creates and offers devices that connect those who are physically separated but emotionally connected in a simple and safe manner.
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Show moreeMotion creates and offers devices that connect those who are physically separated but emotionally connected in a simple and safe manner.
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Title: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact (semester?), IPRO 341: Insight IPRO 341 Brochure Sp06
Creator: Ayodele, Ayo, Dass, Saurabh, Desai, Ankit, Frumkin, Jason, Komyathy, Jonathan, Lerush, Kevin, Novak, Jason, Peterson, Margaret, Robinson, Bezaleel, Shah, Sagar, Skontos, George, Stohl, Michael, Wilk, Andrew, Yang, Sungwoo
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The first objective of IPRO 341 is to research four areas in which nanotechnology is being applied. Through this research the team will gain a...
Show moreThe first objective of IPRO 341 is to research four areas in which nanotechnology is being applied. Through this research the team will gain a basic understanding of the workings behind nanotechnology and determine applications which may interest our target audience (see second objective). The second objective of IPRO 341 is to determine a target audience. Since this semester’s team will focus on public assessment and education, a target audience must be chosen to present our research findings to. The third objective of IPRO 341 is to assess the current level of knowledge which the target audience has pertaining to nanotechnology. By determining what the audience already knows about the subject the team can organize and present the necessary information. The fourth objective of IPRO 341 is to educate our target audience. Public education of nanotechnology and its applications is the mission of this IPRO team. All previous objectives are part of this encompassing goal of public education. The team will work on putting together a tool for public education which can be used by the target audience to gain knowledge on the subject of nanotechnology. The team also plans to spread interest of the tool so that it may be used to educate the public.
Deliverables for IPRO 341: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: LENGTH DEPENDENT ACTIVATION IN MANDUCA SEXTA FLIGHT MUSCLE
Creator: Kumar, Mohit
Date: 2011-08-09, 2011-07
Description: The flight muscle of Manduca sexta has some interesting properties. It is synchronous, like mammalian skeletal and cardiac striated muscle,...
Show moreThe flight muscle of Manduca sexta has some interesting properties. It is synchronous, like mammalian skeletal and cardiac striated muscle, but it is structurally similar to the more widely studied asynchronous insect flight muscles of Drosophila and Lethocerus. One of the main goals of the thesis is to generate a useful skinned preparation for mechanical studies in vitro. A number of different skinning protocols were tried and evaluated for preservation of structural integrity by using light and X-ray diffraction. In all muscles studied to date, isometric force is a function of the [Ca2+] of the bathing solution and also a function of the sarcomere length whereby more force is generated at a longer sarcomere length than at a shorter for the same [Ca2+]. This phenomenon is termed “length dependent activation” (LDA). To date no real studies on the force-pCa relationship has been done on Manduca sexta flight muscle. This force-pCa analysis would give us some insight into the length dependent activation (LDA) in this novel insect flight muscle system. The present studies were undertaken to characterize and analyze the force-pCa relationships in Manduca sexta. Conditions were found that allowed skinning muscles while maintaining good structural order. We found that both DLMs dorsal and ventral show length-dependent activation at longer SL. Our study also shows that ventral muscles are more cooperative than the dorsal muscles which may be related to their different functions in vivo.
M.S. in Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences, July 2011
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Title: A diary study of the disruption experiences of crew members on a jobsite (Working Paper)
Creator: Menches, Cindy L., Chen, Juan
Date: 2012-06-01, 2012-06-01
Description: This article demonstrates the use of a diary technique in a construction setting. The advantage of a diary study over other methods for...
Show moreThis article demonstrates the use of a diary technique in a construction setting. The advantage of a diary study over other methods for capturing subjective experience is its ability to capture the thoughts, decisions, actions, and emotions of individuals in situ – while they are working in their natural setting – at multiple points in time during an individual’s workweek. Hence, the diary method is uniquely designed to answer questions about group-level trends as well as individual behavior. The specific goal of the study reported in this article was to derive an understanding of the types of fast decisions and actions that are made following a workflow disruption and how the disruption impacts the worker’s state of mind. The analyses revealed that there was a group-level positive correlation between experiencing a disruption and initiating a fast improvised decision and action. However, some workers tended to improvise frequently when disrupted while others did not. The analyses also revealed that the workers’ emotions fluctuated throughout the week, and two emotions – determined and interested – tended to decline following a disruption. But, some of the workers also experienced increases in their negative emotions while others did not, suggesting that not all workers react in the same way to disruptions. Consequently, the diary technique provides a novel way to identify the impact of disruptive events on worker decision-making and performance.
Sponsorship: National Science Foundation
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Title: MEAN EXIT TIME FOR RADIALLY SYMMETRICAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS DRIVEN
Creator: Luan, Yuanchao
Date: 2013, 2013-12
Description: Stochastic differential equations (SDEs) driven by non-Gaussian L´evy noises have attracted much attention recently [1, 29]. In [12], the...
Show moreStochastic differential equations (SDEs) driven by non-Gaussian L´evy noises have attracted much attention recently [1, 29]. In [12], the authors studied a scalar SDE driven by a non-Gaussian L´evy motion, and numerically investigate mean exit time and escape probability for arbitrary noise intensity in one dimensional case. In the present thesis, we utilize a different strategy to explore a numerical method for the problem in two dimensional cases. To be specific, we assume the solution u(x) is radially symmetric with respect to the origin, and then represent the equation using radial coordinate, reducing the problem into one dimensional case. Then main difficulty is that, in the integral term, appears a Gauss Hypergeometric function and the unknown function u(r), which makes the error estimates complicated. We exploit some properties of Gauss Hypergeometric function, and finally make out a way for estimating the error [19]. Up to now we are only able to deal with this problem with 0 < α ≤ 1, since our numerical scheme does not converge when 1 < α < 2. Then we compare our numerical solutions with the analytical ones which are given in [3], and they coincide very well. KeyWords: Stochastic dynamical systems; non-Gaussian L´evy motion; L´evy jump measure; First exit time
M.S. in Applied Mathematics, December 2013
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Title: Dynamic and Contemporary Science Fair Projects for Chicago Public Schools (Semester Unknown) IPRO 330: Dynamic and Contemporary Science Fair Projects for Chicago Public Schools IPRO 330 Project Plan F08
Creator: Diaz, Rocio, Elg, Brianna, Gay, Kyle, Jo, Youngju, Kang, Xuan, Mehr, Andrew, Nemanich, Sam, Rhodes, Mark, Tate, Joshua
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The primary purpose of the Interprofessional Project (IPRO) 330 team is to promote the study of mathematics and the sciences amongst Chicago...
Show moreThe primary purpose of the Interprofessional Project (IPRO) 330 team is to promote the study of mathematics and the sciences amongst Chicago Public School (CPS) students. We intend to achieve this goal primarily by enhancing the website sciencefair.math.iit.edu and by interacting directly with CPS students, educators, and administrators. The website, entitled Science Fair Extravaganza, is already fully functional thanks to the efforts of previous IPRO 330 groups. Our team aims to further improve and publicize this website. To improve the website we will be addressing suggestions given by CPS teachers and students as well as outside education professionals in an effort to provide a high quality and useful project. The success of our IPRO will be assessed by increasing the number of daily hits received by Science Fair Extravaganza and by positive direct interaction with CPS students.
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Title: Heat Treat (semester?), IPRO 304: A Finkl Tooth Breakage Detection IPRO 304 IPRO Day Presentation 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: Green Building (Semester Unknown) IPRO 335: GreenArtStudioIPRO335Poster2Sp09
Creator: Antol, Marcin, Balkany, Grahm, Block, Shawn, Campbell, Brittanie, Hart, Carl, Hodgson, Ashley, Korbus, Tracy, Limpinyakul, Jutarop, Lis, Tom, Llakmani, Anton, Macklin, Brandon, Mcguire, Luke, Modi, Nishant, Nguyen, Linh, Nigamatzyanov, Tagir, Palomo, Kaye, Ramey, Ronald, Saracino, Anthony, Socher, Daniel, Tan, Sophia, Williams, Jeremy
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The teams’ task is to demonstrate the interdisciplinary cooperative requirements as needed to fulfill a mission of sustainability. This IPRO...
Show moreThe teams’ task is to demonstrate the interdisciplinary cooperative requirements as needed to fulfill a mission of sustainability. This IPRO simulates an actual building development within the Chicago City limits. Specifically a green building development, which means that there is an increase in efficiency of the resources used while the building is constructed, operative, and removed.
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Title: New United Center Arena (semester?), IPRO 335: United Center Replacement IPRO 335 Abstract 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.
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Title: Robbins Community Power (RCP) (Semester Unknown) IPRO 347: RCPIPRO347PosterF10
Creator: Abankwa, Kevin, Alhassan, Kolade, Apampa, Kunle, Bukowska, Angelika, Drecoll, Daniel, Ernst, William, Ibrahim, Suliman, Jung, Young, Kunkel, Emily, Morton, Stacy, Mulcany, Liam, Munoz, Matthew, Olorunoje, Kamaldeen, Kyeong Park, Bo, Pham, Anne, Singh, Java
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The IPRO 347 team intends to seize the opportunity given by Robbins Community Power (RCP) to improve the efficiency of the power plant. RCP...
Show moreThe IPRO 347 team intends to seize the opportunity given by Robbins Community Power (RCP) to improve the efficiency of the power plant. RCP plans to convert the facility from its original role as an incinerator into a wood biomass electricity plant. Working with RCP, the team will look at thermodynamic values to determine how to best utilize the excess heat generated from the boiler that currently radiates out the cooling towers. Additionally, the team will research and discuss possible solutions to be implemented on the 22 acre site. The intricacies that arise from the nontraditional nature of our plan require we split into two groups. One sub-team will look into exactly where the waste heat exists and the values of viable energy available in the form of steam or hot water. This team will seek interdisciplinary advice as part of the energy analysis. The second, but most influential, sub-team will predominantly be researching feasible outlets for the recovered energy. Some solutions they will pursue include supplying nearby greenhouses with CO2, providing on-site and local heat, and increasing the efficiency of the plant through drying processes.
Sponsorship: Robbins Community Power Plant
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Title: Asian American Chicago Network: A Case Study of Facebook Group Use By Immigrant Groups
Creator: Rao, Xi, Hemphill, Libby
Date: 2016, 2016
Publisher: ACM
Description: Through analyzing data from posts and about users, we describe how one particular Facebook group helps immigrants to the U.S. use social media...
Show moreThrough analyzing data from posts and about users, we describe how one particular Facebook group helps immigrants to the U.S. use social media to build a local community. As a preliminary study in intercultural communication through social media, we analyze one case, the Asian American Chicago Network (AACN) Facebook group, and uncover common topics users discuss and relationships between user tenure and various indicators of leadership and interaction. Our small finalized results from this preliminary project suggest that members of AACN likely use it (1) to build a professional network in the U.S.A., and (2) to reinforce and affirm their Asian culture and identities.
Sponsorship: National Science Foundation Award Number 1525662
Rao, X., & Hemphill, L. (2016). Asian American Chicago Network: A Case Study of Facebook Group Use By Immigrant Groups. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion (pp. 381–384). New York, NY, USA: ACM. http://doi.org/10.1145/2818052.2869077
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Title: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Commercialization (semester?), IPRO 356: SP Hybrids IPRO 356 Project Plan F06
Creator: Fuglestad, Jason, Popoola, Dolapo, Patti, Julie, Lee, Jae Suk, Ali, Hassan, Thomas, Sujit, Cyriac, Mary, Baek, Seung, Anderson, Matt, Zhao, Yin
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: To complete the final stage in the assembly of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and commercialize the technology on a large scale.
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Show moreTo complete the final stage in the assembly of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and commercialize the technology on a large scale.
Deliverables for IPRO 356: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Commercialization for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Hybrid Electric Augmentation using Ultra-Capacitors (Fall2003) IPRO 314: Hybrid Electric Augmentation using Ultra-Capacitors IPRO314 Fall2003 Final Presentation
Creator: Semerdjiev, Boyan, Choi, Sam, Victor, Tim, Mandal, Jay, Zumidio, Baltazar, Gellert, Christian, Morales, Francisco, Min, Sung Woo, Robertson, Matt, Littleton, Sean
Date: 2003, 2003-12
Description: To augment a low-cost capacitor into the energy storage module of a HEV in order to extend the lifetime of the vehicle’s battery.
Sponsorship: NA
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Show moreTo augment a low-cost capacitor into the energy storage module of a HEV in order to extend the lifetime of the vehicle’s battery.
Sponsorship: NA
Project Plan for IPRO 314: Hybrid Electric Augmentation using Ultra-Capacitors for Fall2003 semester
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Title: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT (semester ?), IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT IPRO 339 Final Report S06
Creator: Luxmi, Raj, Glenon, Thomas, Trevor, Nicole, Allen, Meredith, Clark, Brian, Curtis, Reginald, Fakhouri, Younan, Mirichev, Silvia
Date: 2006-07, 2006-07
Description: The goal of IPRO 339 team is to create and select IPRO proposals, develop online training materials for IPRO Learning Objectives and develop...
Show moreThe goal of IPRO 339 team is to create and select IPRO proposals, develop online training materials for IPRO Learning Objectives and develop teamwork building games.
Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius, Mike Cama, Rebecca Peel, Abhinav Pamulaparthy
Deliverables for IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: MyWay: A Pervasive Computer Application (semester?), IPRO 305: MyWay IPRO 305 Project Plan Sp06
Creator: Pope, Alex, Jastrzebski, Marcin, Gabel, Mike, Varshavskiy, Anton, Charles, Jodel, Gergees, Douglas, Kim, Kyu Hun, Procaccio, Vincenzo, Vijayan, Jeevan, Williams, Taylor, Orrison, Natalie, Siragusa, Jeri, Sutherlin, Emily
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The purpose of this document is to define goals that the IPRO 305 team wishes to accomplish for the Spring semester of 2006 and the outline of...
Show moreThe purpose of this document is to define goals that the IPRO 305 team wishes to accomplish for the Spring semester of 2006 and the outline of teams that will accomplish these goals. At a later date a document will be produced detailing the exact requirements of each goal, build milestones (if necessary for a particular goal), and due dates. Outlining goals and team structures is very important to ensuring that the IPRO is kept on track and accountability is maintained.
Deliverables for IPRO 305: MyWay: A Pervasive Computer Application for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: ZERO ENERGY LAB (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337: ZeroEnergyLabIPRO337ProjectPlanSp09
Creator: Brewin, Christopher, Gandhi, Shweta, Hernandez, Carlos, Kedzuch, Andrew, Leemon, Steve, Nelson, Karen, Pfeifer, Sarah, Reinecke, Jonathan, Schmidt, Nathan, Shah, Jainam, Simons, Raymond, Walker, Jason, Wisniewski, Anthony
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The ultimate goal of the Zero Energy Lab is to get the fourth level of machinery hall off the electrical grid. The IPRO is moving towards...
Show moreThe ultimate goal of the Zero Energy Lab is to get the fourth level of machinery hall off the electrical grid. The IPRO is moving towards transforming the space into a research space for future energy and lighting technologies. Since the end goals of the Zero Energy Lab are ambitious for one semester we are proposing to address solar hot water, a golf cart used as a mobile battery bank, and window efficiency this semester. We are also hoping to learn some tuck-pointing techniques to make the space more presentable. We would like for the team to learn new things about the technologies we are researching and using. We hope to have a good hands-on experience with energy efficiency and green technologies. The team is a collaboration of students from various majors including architecture, political science, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and biophysics. Together we believe we will be able to create a cohesive end product and work well together along the way.
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Title: Swimming Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers (Semester Unknown) IPRO 310: Swimming Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers IPRO 310 MidTerm 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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