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Title: Solid Fuel from Biomass for Cogeneration (Semester Unknown) IPRO 349: SolidFuelFromBiomassForCogenerationIPRO349BrochureSp09
Creator: Brazzale, Ross, Bryne, Richard, Cheever, James, Clark, Michael, Dorr, Elena, Gibbs, Jeremy, Lazicki, Katherine, Prabha Kumar, Abhishek, Vandegrift, Bertha, Williams, Robert, Worthon, Terrika, Yi Yeap, Xin
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: Renewable energy is one of the most important and widely researched topics today. It is classically defined as any form of energy that comes...
Show moreRenewable energy is one of the most important and widely researched topics today. It is classically defined as any form of energy that comes from renewable sources and, for all practical purposes, cannot be depleted. This may include solar, wind, or geothermal power, as well as biomass or biofuels. When considering biomass, or any living or recently dead biological material, the chemical energy of the molecules is generally collected through the process of combustion.
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Title: Increasing Alternative Transportation at IIT (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352: IncreasingAlternativeTransportation@IITIPRO352AbstractSp11
Creator: Wu, Yijin, Williams, Tiauna, Binggeser, Peter, Hammond, Tom, Harris, Raymond, Potter, Quintin, Nguyen, Trang, Ross, Connor, Manoharan, Tryphaena, Muchna, Joseph, Ramminger, Max, Varghese, Danny, Lademan, Anthony
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: We want to celebrate the sustainable image of IIT by promoting bicycling at IIT. We want to increase awareness about the benefits of biking...
Show moreWe want to celebrate the sustainable image of IIT by promoting bicycling at IIT. We want to increase awareness about the benefits of biking and how it is the most useful and the most easiest and fastest way of transportation around IIT We want to continue the efforts of IIT and its attempt to be a more environmentally friendly and sustainable campus by showing the school the advantages of bicycling at IIT. We want to promote the facts of bicycles and the benefits it will bring to the community if used in a greater capacity.
Sponsorship: IIT
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Title: Tummi Pals (Semester Unknown) IPRO 353: TummiPalsIPRO353BrochureSp09
Creator: Salgado, Christopher, Chachakis, Christopher, Brierley, Philip, Toro, Branden, Anglin, Christopher, Untiveros, Gustavo, Gomez, Fernando, Tai, Hana
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: All 4 Kidz Enterprises is a minority and women-owned business based in Homewood, Illinois. All 4 Kidz Enterprises specializes in providing...
Show moreAll 4 Kidz Enterprises is a minority and women-owned business based in Homewood, Illinois. All 4 Kidz Enterprises specializes in providing multicultural learning aids and children's books with audio CDs for children ages 2 and up. This is done primarily through its "Urban Kidz" series of books. The author, Angela E. Davis, is a retired elementary teacher with a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction/Early Childhood Education. Her passion for educating young people led her to develop a series of books that would be both educational and enjoyable. She is also a frequent visitor to schools, conducting "Meet the Author Day", where she speaks to both students and teachers about realizing their dreams. Angela's mission is to provide young children with books and toys that will enhance their learning and broaden their thinking. To that end, she has developed a concept for a line of learning doll called Tummi Pals. Angela has researched the market and has not found a doll with the attributes of Tummi Pal. Her hope is to fill the void left by the initial excitement of the Cabbage Patch dolls.
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Title: PA 508 Student Computer Usage Survey: PA508 Student Survey 2010 Results
Creator: Ahrens, Aric G.
Date: 2010-01-19, 2010-01-19
Description: Included are a survey, and the results in graphic form. The survey was designed to find out how and where the Chinese contingent of Master of...
Show moreIncluded are a survey, and the results in graphic form. The survey was designed to find out how and where the Chinese contingent of Master of Public Administration students used computers. The focus was to determine whether they preferred to use computers on the Downtown Campus, where classes were taught, or on Main Campus, where most of the students lived.
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Title: Teacher Knowledge Share (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320: Teacher Knowledge Share IPRO 320 MidTerm Presentation F08
Creator: Bern, David, Bochantin, Marike, Hartline, Julian, Mccall, Ian, Mick, Emily, Peake, Andrew, Pierce, Alison, Pindrik, Dmitriy, Quinn, Michael, Stanford, Carly, Tilatti, Michael
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow...
Show moreThe goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow for the sharing of ideas, lesson plans and other professionally relevant information. This is a continuing project which saw limited success in the previous semester in that a functioning web site was constructed based on surveys of public school teachers but it saw very little use. This semester, the planned approach is to build on the research generated last semester by performing additional market research with teachers. Following that, IPRO 320 will rework much of the previous web site by refining some of the features, adding additional ones as the research indicates and improving the website in general, both functionally and aesthetically.
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Title: Ramovation (Summer 2011) IPRO 364: Ramovation IPRO364 Summer2011 Project Plan
Creator: Chlebek, Alicia, Mier, Fernando, Durbin, Grace, Pangere, Nick, Jureidini, Jad, Wylie, William, Oskierko-jeznacki, Evan, Law, Joseph, Weir, Joanna, Durbin, Kay, Lamoureux, Courtney, Sakib, Nazmus, Marx, Michael, Seryapin, Igor
Date: 2011, 2011-07
Description: IPRO 364: Ramovation has the great opportunity to assist our community partner, Save the Ramova organization, in the development of...
Show moreIPRO 364: Ramovation has the great opportunity to assist our community partner, Save the Ramova organization, in the development of preliminary design and business opportunity assessments for the renovation of the Ramova Theater. IPRO 364 is a continuing IPRO from the spring 2011 semester. From the spring semester, the IPRO 364 team created a preliminary program for the Ramova Theater renovation. The preliminary program was informed by analysis gathered from three research methods: case studies on other theater renovations, survey responses from the Bridgeport neighborhood and surrounding colleges, and contextual studies on neighborhoods similar to Bridgeport. A preliminary budget for the renovation was also determined. To tackle the summer 2011 IPRO workload, the summer team will divide into several sub groups which include the Design/Clean Energy Group, Budget/Finance Group, Case Study/Survey Group, and the Interview Group. In the summer semester, the IPRO team will expand on the preliminary program and preliminary budget created by the spring team. The IPRO group hopes the output from the Spring 2011, Summer 2011, and subsequent semesters will assist the Save the Ramova organization in presenting Ramova Theater renovation ideas to key stakeholders and also help spur development on the Halsted St. corridor of Bridgeport.
Sponsorship: Save the Ramova Organization
Project Plan for IPRO 364: Ramovation for the Summer 2011 semester
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Title: Crop to Cup Coffee: Building Communities through Coffee (Semester 2) IPRO 333
Creator: Feldman, Laurie, Waterloo, Becca, Hurst, Trey, Chatterjee, Dia, Houser, Clay, Esko, Emily, Campbell, Laurel, Schmid, Miriam, Erie, Mike, Tam, Phil, Patel, Vishal, Swingler, Mark, Bloom, Ryan, Abbott, Matt
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The mission of IPRO 333 is to assist the Crop to Cup Company with the design and building of an enclosure for a temporary storage facility...
Show moreThe mission of IPRO 333 is to assist the Crop to Cup Company with the design and building of an enclosure for a temporary storage facility within the vicinity of their largest producing farming zone for robusta coffee in the Mbale region of Uganda. The sponsor, along with the team, has decided that the best method for addressing the local and global needs of the farmers is to present the research and design personally. Therefore, IPRO 333 will be fundraising to help finance the forthcoming trip to Uganda to present to the farming communities.
Sponsorship: Crop to Cup
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Title: Zinc-Fuel Cell Powered Car (sequence unknown), IPRO 313 - Deliverables: IPRO 313 Brochure F09
Creator: Sivanyanam, Sithambara, Ong, Wai, Shpuntova, Galina, Ludden, Shanon, Vetter, Jonathan, Sadja, Joel, Dado, Mathew, Ajigbo, Oluwafunso, Fairbanks, David, Slomiany, Krzysztof, Bjerke, Brian, Aihara, Rodrigo, Ragsdale, Christopher, Zaug, Julia, Lane, Brendan, Rial, Alexander, Ruszczak, Erich, Shaw, Kaumil, Sokolic, Jordan, Assaliyski, Marin
Date: 2009-12
Description: The team’s objective is to design a refuelable electric vehicle based on a zinc‐air battery, that is comparable to a current consumer vehicle...
Show moreThe team’s objective is to design a refuelable electric vehicle based on a zinc‐air battery, that is comparable to a current consumer vehicle in performance, cost, and safety; and to also develop a system for zinc fuel delivery that requires a minimum of changes to the existing fuel delivery infrastructure.
Deliverables for IPRO 313: Zinc-Fuel Cell Powered Car for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: User Created Map Content (Spring 2011) IPRO 305: UserCreatedMapContentIPRO305MidTermPresentationSp11
Creator: Ciarkowski, Adam, Hwangbo, James, Jurewicz, Marc, Kaufhold, Kenneth, Kornika, David, Kumar, Arjun, Millonzi, Roger, Paradiso, Nicholas, Simmonds, Claire, Summers, Devon, Yonezawa, Samuel
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: NAVTEQ is the corporate sponsor for IPRO 305. NAVTEQ is one of the world’s largest digital mapping companies. With competitors, such as Google...
Show moreNAVTEQ is the corporate sponsor for IPRO 305. NAVTEQ is one of the world’s largest digital mapping companies. With competitors, such as Google, NAVTEQ aims to outdo the competition by providing their clients with robust quality mapping data. NAVTEQ achieves this by employing over 1,000 geographic analysts who’s sole job is to ensure that the data on their maps is unique and, above all, accurate from each of NAVTEQ’s 80,000+ sources[citation 1]. On their quest to provide their clients with robust data, NAVTEQ has identified the need for user- generated content. This is data that a user of a GPS mapping system can enter in for themselves. With this recognition of usergenerated mapping data, NAVTEQ pursues the need to be the world’s most robust digital mapping data provider.
Sponsorship: NAVTEQ
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Title: New Product Evaluation and Improvement (Semester Unknown) IPRO 341: NewProductEvaluationandImprovementIPRO341MidTermPresentationF09
Creator: Bart, Jeffrey, Cantonwine, Sara, Ende, Mark, Gowe, Arence, Hotz, Thomas, Khaliqdina, Shahmeer, Lee, Jae, Ostasz, Raluca, Park:, Hyejin, Pauley, Erica, Rahman, Raihan, Sarvana:, Saad
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: Our mission is to build a modern, functional, and longstanding toolbox with the cooperation of Versatility Tool Works that fits the needs of...
Show moreOur mission is to build a modern, functional, and longstanding toolbox with the cooperation of Versatility Tool Works that fits the needs of the employees at Amada. This will be done through progressive prototyping and testing that will lead to innovative designs. We will mind expenses to make critical selections that have the highest cost effectiveness. Additionally, we will exercise cooperation amongst the whole team by utilizing the assets each person brings.
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Title: Intermodal Container Transport (Semester Unknown) IPRO 307: Intermodal Container Transport IPRO 307 Final Report F08
Creator: Kaska, Michal, Slomiany, Krzysztof, Brewin, Christopher, Alarcon, Xavier, Cheung, Kwong, Fuentes, Daniel, Kedzuch, Andrew, Nguyen, Linh, Loquidis, Ryan, Magdel, Irina, Lis, Tomasz, Marinov, Plamen, Suik, Bradley
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The direction IPro 307 “Intermodal Container Transport” is taking for the 2008 semester is geared toward alternative energy technologies as...
Show moreThe direction IPro 307 “Intermodal Container Transport” is taking for the 2008 semester is geared toward alternative energy technologies as well as expansion of the capacity and efficiency of a designated rail transfer yard. The selected exploration site is the Norfolk Southern rail transfer yard at 47th street near the Dan Ryan Expressway. Since there is a large amount of on-site equipment (Mi-Jack side loaders, cranes, and yard hostlers), the possibility of introducing alternative fuel technologies exists and can provide a cleaner and more cost-effective solution to air pollution and rising fuel costs. The group will be focusing efforts on using wind power in parallel with compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel, as well as designing innovative ways to improve yard capacity and efficiency. The ultimate goal of this IPro is to develop a plan to increase yard efficiency and output, while at the same time incorporating green technology as an alternative energy source for the facility equipment.
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Title: IIT Sustainability Branding (Semester Unknown) IPRO 311: IITSustainableBrandingIPRO311FinalPresentationSp09
Creator: Aguilar, Alejandro, Alexander, Richard, Animashaun, Oladipo, Chauhan, Mark, Ellsworth, Seth, Glover, Crystal, Krupp, Kevin, Patel, Nim, Scheer, Colin, Tadros, Nader
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: This is a continuing IPRO with the overall aim of improving and enhancing the image of Illinois Institute of Technology, both as an...
Show moreThis is a continuing IPRO with the overall aim of improving and enhancing the image of Illinois Institute of Technology, both as an institution and a physical campus, in regards to sustainability and “green” practices. To that end, the current semester is focused on several design projects based on concepts generated in the previous semesters along with input from the current semester to enhance a new “green” campus. We will also be providing information on how IIT is currently acting in a sustainable fashion and how students on campus can contribute to our image as a sustainable campus
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Title: Creating an Artificial Pancreas (semester?), IPRO 308: Creating an Artificial Pancreas IPRO 308 Poster F07
Creator: Babicz, Amanda, Goldstein, Linda, Kochanek, Malgorzata, Mathews, Rohan, Mesquitta, Walatta, Narasimhan, Devnaradev, Patel, Bhavin, Rahnavard, Amir, Reddy, Kirthi, Riaz, Maryum, Saung, E-faan, Thomas, David, Morley, Michael
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: 1. Advance extraction technique in order to extract a greater amount of interstitial fluid than achieved before. 2. Modify extraction...
Show more1. Advance extraction technique in order to extract a greater amount of interstitial fluid than achieved before. 2. Modify extraction technique to lessen time needed to extract required amount of interstitial fluid. 3. Research and design a technique of administering insulin into the body without needle injection. 4. Determine optimal wavelength to analyze glucose concentrations with emission spectroscopy. 5. Determine whether the glucose measuring techniques investigated function with an acceptable degree of accuracy over possible physiologic interstitial glucose levels. 6. Determine the highest voltage level while performing impedance spectroscopy that will not harm the skin. 7. Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the different glucose measuring techniques investigated and select the most advantageous one. 8. Design a prototype small enough to be worn on the body
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Title: BUOY (Semester Unknown) IPRO 310: BUOYIPRO310BrochureSp10
Creator: Amine, Mukarram, Antony, Claude, Chipman, Aubrey, Choi, Lien, Dykeman, Kimberly, Healton, Michaela, Jayanthy, Ashika, Mckinley, Matthew, Noorts, George, Reilly, Jeffrey, Schafer, Michael, Taylor, Joseph
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: This IPRO is working on the problem of creating an assistive device that will help blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals exercise in a...
Show moreThis IPRO is working on the problem of creating an assistive device that will help blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals exercise in a swimming pool and elsewhere with increased independence and also to present this technology to the community in a way that is usable to them. In the interest of achieving both of these goals the team has organized its structure into a technology team and a communication team, so that once the device has been created the methodology for teaching the community to use it will already be tested and approved.
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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: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333: FabricationLabIPRO333Poster3Sp09
Creator: Boyer, Robert, Chung, Lawrence, Gajdorus, Michael, Gottschall, Keenan, Hendricks, Rachel, Luciani, Joseph, Mallinger, Nicolle, Marks, Paul, Murman, Patricia, Nadler, Anne, Nakano, Shunsuke, Obst, Leslie, Ptak, Treyson, Reyes, Ivan, Winterbauer, Adam
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: Fabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology providing...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology providing digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry has partnered with IPRO to further develop the Fab Lab at their site. IPRO 333 has been rendered the task of working with the administration in the Fab lab of MSI to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and assisting in determining its end goals for both the museum and the community by working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, promoting membership at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and involving the community in science and technology programs at the museum. In order to accomplish our tasks we have broken into three main teams, each of which will focus on a different aspect of the lab. The first team will be responsible for creating events specific to the museum members, creating proposals for low‐cost, high‐profit activities for the lab, and possibly creating a website where users of the lab may sign up for time in the lab, reserve or order materials, and rent storage space for long term projects they wish to work on. The second team is responsible for integrating the Fab Lab into the current working exhibits as well as future exhibitions. The third team will be responsible for designing and creating new programs for users of the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program or museum members.
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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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