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Title: AN ASSESSMENT OF HEAT PUMP APPLICATION AT WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES-THAT USE SURFACE WATER
Creator: Yan, Wenpeng
Date: 2012-07-17, 2012-07
Description: Energy-efficient heat pumps have been applied in the United States and other regions of the world for decades. Geothermal heat pumps have been...
Show moreEnergy-efficient heat pumps have been applied in the United States and other regions of the world for decades. Geothermal heat pumps have been used, but their application is not wide spread due to the high cost of drilling and installing a ground loop. An alternative choice for space conditioning at municipal water utilities is a surface water source heat pump. Because treated surface water is readily available and it exists in a relatively narrow temperature range it could be useful heat transfer fluid. In this project the economic benefits and greenhouse gas emissions of a heat pump system for a building in NE Illinois are analyzed. Heating and cooling requirements for a hypothetical a 1000 m2 space at a drinking water treatment plant are considered. The analysis includes initial, operating and maintenance costs as well as greenhouse gas emissions, between a heat pump system and a conventional natural gas furnace and air-conditioner. The cost savings in this project for the heat pump system were from $39900 to $41511 over the life cycle of the system depending on the different efficiency level of the heat pump system. Surprisingly the initial cost of the standard efficiency heat pump system is lower than the conventional NGAC system. There is no need to take time to make up the additional initial cost. Surface water heat pumps operating at different efficiency level produce less greenhouse gas than the conventional NGAC system. The CO2 emission reduction could be as high as 73%.
M.S. in Environmental Engineering, July 2012
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Title: Education and Technical Support of Prosthetics and Orthotics Education in Latin America (Semester Unknown) IPRO 309: Orthotics and Prosthetics Edu in Latin America IPRO 309 Project Plan Sp07
Creator: Bagby, Allison, French, Elise, Gracia, David, Maksimowicz, Peter, Morley, Michael, Pellico, Christopher, Prabhu, Vinit, Rife, Carolanne, Sedacki, Karen, Valls, Nil
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: Primary Objective The primary objective of this IPRO is to support the development of the first International Society of Prosthetics and...
Show morePrimary Objective The primary objective of this IPRO is to support the development of the first International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) accredited Category 3 program in Latin America. Secondary Objectives The secondary objectives are necessary for accomplishing the primary objective. To ensure that the program will be accredited, many guidelines must be followed; these guidelines have set the secondary objectives as follows: • Develop several educational modules concerning common diseases and their orthotic treatments • Develop several low-cost demonstrations and hand-outs to compliment the educational modules • Carefully follow ISPO requirements to ensure accreditation • Translate all material to Spanish for use in Latin America • Develop a three day short course to be presented at a Prosthetics and Orthotics conference at Bogotá, Colombia in May 2007 • Work with educators in Colombia to develop a program similar to IPRO 309
Deliverables for IPRO 309: Education and Technical Support of Prosthetics and Orthotics Education in Latin America for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: Design a Novel Mobile Process for Remediating PCB Contaminated Soils (semester?), IPRO 345: Design Novel Mobile PCB Contaminated Soil IPRO 345 IPRO Day Presentation F06
Creator: Barragan-perez, Katya, Hmadouch, Ahlam, Rivera, Robert, Okwudi, Charlotte, Polena, Sotiel Sam, Witthoueft, Jonathan M., Popoola, Dolapo, Bir, Suman, Taylor, La Shawna, Kirk, Justin M., Bussmann, Vito A.
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: Design a mobile fluidized bed process that desorbs Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) and other toxic materials from identified contaminated areas
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Show moreDesign a mobile fluidized bed process that desorbs Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) and other toxic materials from identified contaminated areas
Deliverables for IPRO 345: Design of Novel Mobile Process for Remediating Contaminated Soils for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation (semester?), IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles IPRO 326 Poster F04
Creator: Bastrzyk, Marta, Hittie, Thomas, Hudik, Theresa, Johnson, Chad, Mohammad, Mahdi, Naqvi, Ali, Reinhard, Paul, Sadiq, Sadia, Stano, Jeffrey, Waliczek, Gregory, Washington, Tiana
Date: 2004-09, 2004-12
Description: The IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility...
Show moreThe IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) to find the optimum hybridization factor specific to each configuration. An additional objective of the team is to work in coordination with Ph.D. students to simulate a hybrid electric bus system that is scheduled to have practical implementations by the end of the year. The team will also review research papers published from other universities to prepare for the upcoming FutureTruck 2005 competition, which involves designing more energy-efficient trucks with hybrid-electric drive trains. All vehicle simulations and structured testing will be performed using ADVISOR, as well as other software packages available in the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at IIT. Related work done by previous student teams shall be reviewed and integrated into this project.
Deliverables for IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation for the Fall 2004 semester
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Title: Using Mitsimlab to Generate Dynamic Traffic for NS2 Simulation of Vanet
Creator: Diao, Zhaoshi
Date: 2011-04-25, 2011-05
Description: The vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) has attracted a lot of attentions due to their interesting and promising functionalities including...
Show moreThe vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) has attracted a lot of attentions due to their interesting and promising functionalities including vehicular safety, traffic congestion avoidance, and location based services. However, using a real VANET to do these researches costs too much. Simulation of VANET is useful and could solve this problem well. Nevertheless, many simulations of VANET base on simple road networks and relatively simple mobility models. Based on this road networks and mobility models, consequently, the results of simulation of VANET would be impractical and inaccurate. Therefore, MITSIMLAB which is a simulation of transportation system developed by Massachusetts Institution of Technology Intelligent Transportation System Program is introduced. In MITSIMLAB, a real world road network could be generated. Moreover, the mobility models in MITSIMLAB are more practical. However, MITSIMLAB is a simulation of transportation system. It cannot be used to simulate the VANET directly, while NS2 could simulate VANET properly. NS2 is an open sourced and free software, and it is widely used and successfully simulates plenty of situations in the wireless environment. It could well simulate the communication protocols and applications of VANET. But it cannot generate road network and mobility models to simulate a practical traffic by itself. As a result, it is important to incorporate MITSIMLAB by using its practical road network and mobility models with NS2. In the thesis, a method about how to translate the output file of MITSIMLAB into the format of NS2 would be proposed. In addition, a road network based on IIT main campus is generated by using MITSIMLAB. After translating it into the format usable by NS2, a VANET based on the map of IIT main campus and practical mobility models could be simulated.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2011
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Title: IMPROVED DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MR IMAGING WITH AN APPLICATION TO PROSTATE CANCER LOCALIZATION
Creator: Afshar, Niloufar Totonchi
Date: 2011-07, 2011-07
Description: Prostate cancer is one of the most frequently detected cancers and a leading cause of death for men in the United States. Fortunately, chances...
Show moreProstate cancer is one of the most frequently detected cancers and a leading cause of death for men in the United States. Fortunately, chances of successful treatment significantly improve when prostate cancer is diagnosed at an early stage. An accurate and reliable imaging technique that can localize tumors is very valuable for example in guiding needle biopsy, therapy, as well as surgery. Current imaging techniques such as ultrasound provide unsatisfactory result for tumor localization. Therefore, Multispectral Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) emerged as an alternative method of imaging for prostate cancer. An important part of multispectral MRI is Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI). Traditionally, a compartmental model is used with DCE-MRI to estimate parametric images. However these images are usually very noisy. Therefore, we propose to use directly the series of DCE-MRI for tumor localization instead of the pharmacokinetic parameters which are derived from DCE MR images through a compartmental model. As a second contribution, we have developed new features in addition to traditional parameters based on different characteristic of tumor and normal pixels. These new features are standard deviation and the energy of the first half of the spectrum divided by the energy of the second half of the spectrum based on an analysis of TACs for tumor and normal pixels. We use quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods to demonstrate that employing DCE-MRI directly as features and our proposed features result in an improvement in terms of tumor localization performance.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, July 2011
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Title: Impacts of Sulfur Capture Technology in Coal Power Plants (sequence unknown), IPRO 302 - Deliverables: IPRO 302 Final Report F09
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: Large Scale Structure Design (Semester Unknown) IPRO 315: Large Scale Structure Design IPRO 315 Poster3 Sp08
Creator: Brady, Brian, Butkovich, Paul, Chung, Chun, Dominikowski, Marek, Herbert, Greg, Hussaini, Muddasir, Magdel, Irina, Mallinger, Nicolle, Omeralovic, Enis, Palma, Jennifer, Rathakrishnan, Malar, Ratnani, Shoaib, Russeva, Diyana, Russo, Ben, Shim, Mary, Sisay, Mary, Varhegyi, Aron, Velichekov, Veselin
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The plan for this IPRO is to develop a design for a large scale parking garage that can accommodate about 500 cars. The objective of this...
Show moreThe plan for this IPRO is to develop a design for a large scale parking garage that can accommodate about 500 cars. The objective of this project is to develop a design that goes beyond the standard parking systems used today. Rather, the attempt is to have a design which is more representative of “parking garages of future.” And as such, such features as quick handling of incoming and outgoing cars, efficiency in storage and aesthetics are considered in design. The building will be completely self-sufficient and will have to incorporate the architecture of the various buildings on campus. The design could have separate entrance and exit ramp towers, ramps incorporated with parking, or the futuristic design may be automated. An automated system will include a vehicle elevator of lift system to move the vehicle so the driver does not have to. The structure could be built with reinforced concrete or steel. The design will also include accessibility following the requirements set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Title: Designing Affordable Energy, Water, And Shelter Solutions For The World's Poor (Semester Unknown) IPRO 325: DesigningAffordableWater,Energy, and ShelterSolutionsIPRO325FinalPresentationSp09
Creator: Khalil, Shezami, Lee, Sang Hwa, Leposavic, Milos, Lee, Jeonghun
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: There are currently around 40 million people living in urban slums without adequate water and sanitation in India. In addition, there is no...
Show moreThere are currently around 40 million people living in urban slums without adequate water and sanitation in India. In addition, there is no sewage system in urban slums and water is not being recycled. In a particular slum in Mumbai that we are looking at, people need to walk to the foothill 2km away in order to get water. It takes a lot of time to carry su cient amount of water for a family for daily use. Water obtained in this way is primarily used for washing. Since there is no private place for people to wash, people often wash themselves on the street and the water is simply wasted. Our team attempted to address two main issues for this semester. Firstly, we tried to provide people with clean and private facility for washing while allowing the water to be recycled. Secondly, we tried to make transporting water easier and more e cient by developing a device that allows you to carry water on your back.
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Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333
Creator: Brassil, Michael, Lamonica, Regina, Luciani, Joseph, Ly, Christine, Martinez, Jessica, Martinez, Michael, Murman, Patricia, Ptak, Treyson, Reyes, Ivan, Villa, Jacqueline
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago (MSI) has partnered with this IPRO to further develop their existing Fab Lab. IPRO 333 has been assigned the task of working with the Fab Lab administrators to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and determining its end goals for both the museum and the community. Once these goals are established, we will support them with a list of projects that we will create and execute. By working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, we hope to encourage hands-on learning in local schools. This will promote membership at MSI and involve the community in science and technology programs and education. To accomplish this, we have broken into two teams, each of which will focus on a different audience. The first team will be responsible for designing and creating programs for more advanced and knowledgeable users of the equipment specific to the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program as well as museum members; the second team will be responsible for designing and implementing programs for less advanced users with more constrained timeframes, such as visiting families or groups of school children.
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Title: Design and Economic Evaluations of Biorefinery Operations (semester?), IPRO 347
Creator: Niekoo, Abbasian, Agose, Daisy, Arguijo, Susanna, Hogan, Brian, Jung, Minsuk, Pelae, Raisa, Roberts, Ben, Kyaagba, Tor, Macdougall, Chris, Malacina, Adam, Michael, Adam, Michael, Henry, Demarah, Daniel, Newberg, Phil, Ocwieja, Sarah, Patti, Julie, Vann, Adam, Keen, Andrew, Woo, Hyun, Zarate, Nyah
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The IPRO team was successful in designing a process that converts biomass into liquid fuels for transportation. The biomass chosen was cow...
Show moreThe IPRO team was successful in designing a process that converts biomass into liquid fuels for transportation. The biomass chosen was cow manure because of two main reasons. The abundance of cows in southern Wisconsin provides an ideal place for the process to be built. Also, because most other types of potential biomasses currently have uses, manure was favorable. The process was split into three sections: gasification, gas clean-up and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor.
Deliverables for IPRO 347: Design and Economic Evaluations of Biorefinery Operations for the spring 2006 semester
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Title: Fostering Synergy
Creator: Cooper, Andrea
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: Fostering Synergy will create a community based support system by pairing young mothers outgrowing the foster care system with community...
Show moreFostering Synergy will create a community based support system by pairing young mothers outgrowing the foster care system with community matriarchs in need of companionship. Each generation has social and physical needs that can be eased through the Fostering Synergy support system.
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Title: INSTANTANEOUS DETECTION OF SPATIAL GRADIENT ERRORS IN DIFFERENTIAL GNSS
Creator: Jing, Jing
Date: 2014, 2014-12
Description: Differential GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) is currently being ex- tended using a high integrity Ground Based Augmentation System ...
Show moreDifferential GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) is currently being ex- tended using a high integrity Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) to enable civil aircraft precision approach and landing. Differential GPS carrier phase measure- ments between ground-based GBAS reference antennas can provide the means to de- tect and isolate certain signal-in-space (SIS) failures and anomalies that are hazardous to aircraft, most notably ionospheric anomalies and ephemeris failures, which can be characterized as spatial range error gradients. In this research, we develop a monitor capable of instantaneously detecting multi-dimensional spatial gradient faults. The existence of large gradients, while rare, has prompted the development of numerous ground monitors for their detection. One drawback of previously proposed monitors is that their performance for a given ground antenna con guration is de- pendent on how antennas are paired to form measurement differences. In contrast, in this work a new monitor approach is developed to provide consistent detection performance, regardless of how the antennas are paired, by combining measurements from multiple, spatially separated ground antennas through a null space transforma- tion. It is shown that the `null space' monitor signi cantly improves the detection performance over existing fault detection algorithms and enables GBAS to support Category III precision approach and landing. The instantaneous carrier phase monitor cannot detect all gradients due to the presence of integer cycle ambiguities. These ambiguities cannot be resolved because the gradient magnitude is unknown a priori. Furthermore, it has been shown that the performance of such monitors is highly dependent on the reference antenna topol- ogy. The range of detectable gradients for all carrier phase monitors depends on two factors: the number of antennas and their con guration. One can always expand the detection range by using many antennas, but only at greatly increased operational cost. Optimizing antenna con guration has been overlooked as a means to improve performance; simple, heuristic arguments typically prevail in the associated siting decisions. For example, when given four antennas it is generally assumed that they should be sited in a square arrangement to balance performance in all directions. However, such heuristics do not provide the maximum detectable range of gradients, and exploiting the freedom to choose the antenna topology can dramatically expand the detectable range. Due to the presence of carrier phase cycle ambiguities, the re- sulting optimization problem is a constrained, mixed integer nonlinear programming problem. By solving the nonlinear program, the optimal GBAS antenna topology that maximizes the range of detectable gradients can be found for any number of antennas. For ionospheric fronts, the magnitude of the resulting gradient is bounded. However, orbit ephemeris faults can be arbitrarily large. The monitor must be able to detect all large gradients. To detect gradients beyond the capability of the car- rier phase monitor, code phase measurements are integrated into the monitor. Al- though we show this allows for the detection of all gradients, the number and spacing of ground antennas may not be suitable for all ground stations. Therefore, dual frequency carrier phase measurements are also considered to reduce the number of antennas required to achieve the desired detection performance. Finally, a search algorithm is developed to nd the antenna topology that enables the null space mon- itor to detect all hazardous gradients using code and dual frequency carrier phase measurements.
Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, December 2014
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Title: Design of Coal Desulfurization Processes to Improve the Environment (semester?), IPRO 346: Coal Desulfurization IPRO 346 Final Report F06
Creator: Mcdowell, Amy, Benegal, Salil, Doellman, Tony, Keen, Andrew, Kisiel, Greg, Maratt, James, Ogunride, Ranti, Olmos, Oscar, Toe, Myint
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to choose an appropriate method (or combination of multiple methods) for desulfurizing coal before combustion...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to choose an appropriate method (or combination of multiple methods) for desulfurizing coal before combustion takes place in a furnace for energy production. Three methods will be researched in order to find the best way of desulfurization- physical, chemical, and biological. Whichever method(s) is found to be the most effective at removing sulfur from coal will be chosen. After this decision the group will move forward and design the process equipment; later an economic assessment will be done to cost the equipment. All of the group’s goals will be completed within this semester.
Deliverables for IPRO 346: Design of Coal Desulfurization Processes to Improve the Environment for the Fall 2006 semester.
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Title: Community Leadership in Bronzeville Public School (Fall 2003), IPRO 303: Community Leadership in Bronzeville Public School IPRO 303 Fall2003 Final Presentation
Creator: Coogan, David
Date: 2003, 2003-12
Description: The goal of this project is to implement a parent involvement program in three of Bronzeville's public schools: Beethoven Elementary School,...
Show moreThe goal of this project is to implement a parent involvement program in three of Bronzeville's public schools: Beethoven Elementary School, Hartigan Specialty School, and Woodson North Middle School. Research in the field of education has long shown that parental involvement can boost academic achievement, even in neighborhoods with a high concentration of poverty. Although Bronzeville has many poor schools, the aforementioned schools were selected because they have either been placed on academic probation, as a result of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, or have experienced a significant drop in attendance, as a result of the CHA Plan for Transformation. To positively effect the parents whose children attend these schools, last semester's IPRO team researched and designed a parent involvement program, in conjunction with the principals, teachers, and parents at the three schools and our community partners, The Grand Boulevard Federation (GBF) and IIT's Office of Community Development. This program calls for the construction of a parent's resource room filled with supplemental curricular materials, ongoing workshops for parents on helping children with their homework, after-school enrichment activities for children, adult education classes for the parents, and increased communication between teachers and parents regarding student performance. See www.iit.edu/~ipro303s03 for more details. Community out-reach workers from the GBF will recruit parents into the program, using brochures and handouts designed by the IPRO team. Together, they will assist each school build-up their parent resources. Ongoing, informal assessment will be conducted, both in terms of parent needs and program effectiveness. Central to the entire project will be a consensus-based, communicative practice in which the principals, the teachers, the outreach workers, the IPRO team, and a core group of parents jointly determine the most effective ways to involve parents in their children's education.
Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies in collaboration with the IIT Office of Community Development, Grand Boulevard Federation, Hartigan Speciality School, Beethoven Elementary School and Woodson North Middle School
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Title: Kalleidos (Spring 2011) IPRO 303: KalleidosIPRO303MidTermPresentationSp11
Creator: Rakauskaite, Ausrine, Siver, Ben, Pyrkh, Hanna, Kovacs, Hilary, Jewell, John, Jin, Keojin, Arroyo, Marcos, Michael, Mark, Koto, Melanie, Curran, Morgan, Kushaare, Rishi, Ri, Sujin, Liu, Xiaochen
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: “Over the last few years there has been an explosion of different websites that allow average person to contribute different content such as...
Show more“Over the last few years there has been an explosion of different websites that allow average person to contribute different content such as pictures, comments, stories and reviews about places around them. While there are many companies that focus on aggregating such data into common stream - complexity of interpreting such data in a meaningful actionable way remains a challenge for many companies including NAVTEQ.” [Appendix B]  Identify new content from real time feeds which include 1. Points of Interest and their attribution (e.g. Hours of Operation, Languages Spoken at locale, etc…) 2. Any associated content (e.g. events, relationships to other Points of Interest (e.g. same owner, etc…)  Create visualizations based on this content - some basic examples could include 1. Hot/Not So Hot real estate areas (new construction, sales) based on agent and broker social media updates 2. High/Low crime areas based on social media stream 3. Hot/Not city zones based on number of people tweeting/updating Facebook/checking in/etc… in certain areas, parties, POIs.
Sponsorship: NAVTEQ
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Title: CHANGES OF BACTERIAL SPECIES AND HEME PROTEIN OCCURRENCE IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE COMMUNITIES CULTURED IN THE LABORATORY
Creator: Wang, Xiaomeng
Date: 2016, 2016-05
Description: An activated sludge sample that had originally been collected from an aeration tank of the Stickney wastewater treatment plant in Chicago, and...
Show moreAn activated sludge sample that had originally been collected from an aeration tank of the Stickney wastewater treatment plant in Chicago, and had previously been cultured at low dissolved oxygen (DO) for 48 weekly passages was used as starting material for continuation of the low DO acclimation. The culture was continued at low dissolved oxygen in synthetic wastewater for 25 additional weekly passages to study what would happen to the activated sludge if the low DO continued. In order to do that, some important data were measured during the culture, including the specific oxygen uptake rates (SOUR) which could reflect the ability of oxygen utilization, 16S rDNA information which could tell the community diversity of sludge, and the dominant species genome data which suggested what really happened to the sludge and some reasons. The results showed that SOUR decreased modestly during the course of low DO adaptation, which was contrary to the results of the previous study. There were significant changes in community structure with respect to bacterial species during the first fifteen additional passages. Species known to produce both flavohemoglobins (FHbs) and truncated hemoglobins (trHbs) were common at all passages tested, although the dominant species were totally different from passage to passage. Specifically, during the course of the experiment, the frequency of cells encoding an FHb decreased substantially, from 84% to 50%, while the percentage of cells encoding a trHb decreased slightly from 84% to 78%. The overall content in the culture of heme b (the heme type found in bacterial hemoglobins) decreased, however, during continuation of the low DO conditions. So it is indicated that the oxygen utilization ability of the activated sludge does not increase all the time.
M.S. in Biology, May 2016
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Title: Web-Based Supervisor, Management and Leadership Training (semester?), IPRO 306
Creator: Allen, Kelleny, Chandrasekharan, Nivedita, Engel, Jeff, Greiling, Michael, Hays, Julian, Hofland, Andrew, Kadzban, Adam, Lagiglio, Michael, Lee, Florence, Mehr, Andrew, Moss, Elizabeth, Segal, Jason
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: The primary purpose of the Interprofessional Project (IPRO) 306 team is to enable a group of students from diverse cultural, economic, and...
Show moreThe primary purpose of the Interprofessional Project (IPRO) 306 team is to enable a group of students from diverse cultural, economic, and academic backgrounds to work towards a common goal and conjointly succeed. The secondary purpose of the IPRO 306 team is to develop a topical web-based supervisory, management, and leadership program. In pursuing our objectives, we will gain familiarity and understanding of the best training methods, the most significant and universal leadership traits for organizational effectiveness, and an appreciation for our own unique strengths on an interdisciplinary team.
Deliverables for IPRO 306: Web-Based Supervisor, Management and Leadership Training for the Fall 2007 semester
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Title: Widget Applications to Enhance the Tru2Way Consumer Experience (sequence unknown), IPRO 312 - Deliverables: IPRO 312 IPRO Day Presentation F09
Creator: Alsharief, Yagoob, Aulfata, Muluken, Curtis, Christopher, Dhewaju, Anusuya, Mooney, Kevin, Mutyaba, Kevin, Ndoping, Marco, Onaissi, Samah, Peterson, Naomi, Siwek, Steven, Wallace, Sean, Yi, Won-jae
Date: 2009-12
Description: The IPRO teams objectives are to provide Comcast with feedback from an outside perspective, allowing them to see where their Tru2Way system...
Show moreThe IPRO teams objectives are to provide Comcast with feedback from an outside perspective, allowing them to see where their Tru2Way system needs additional attention or support.
Sponsorship: Comcast
Deliverables for IPRO 312: Widget Applications to Enhance the Tru2Way Consumer Experience for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: COMPUTATION AND ANALYSIS OF TUMOR GROWTH
Creator: Turian, Emma
Date: 2016, 2016-05
Description: The ability of tumors to metastasize is preceded by morphological instabilities such as chains or fingers that invade the host environment....
Show moreThe ability of tumors to metastasize is preceded by morphological instabilities such as chains or fingers that invade the host environment. Parameters that control tumor morphology may also contribute to its invasive ability. In this thesis, we investigate tumor growth using a two-phase Stokes model. We first examine the morphological changes using the surface energy of the tumor-host interface and investigate its nonlinear dynamics using a boundary integral method. In an effort to understand the interface stiffness, we then model the tumor-host interface as an elastic membrane governed by the Helfrich bending energy. Using an energy variation approach, we derive a modified Young-Laplace condition for the stress jump across the interface, and perform a linear stability analysis to evaluate the effects of viscosity, bending rigidity, and apoptosis on tumor morphology. Results show that increased bending rigidity versus mitosis rate contributes to a more stable growth. On the other hand, increased tumor viscosity or apoptosis may lead to an invasive fingering morphology. Comparison with experimental data on glioblastoma spheroids shows good agreement especially for tumors with high adhesion and low proliferation. Next, we evaluate tumor regression during cancer therapy by a combined modality involving chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The goal is to address the complexities of a vascular tumor (e.g. apoptosis and vascularization) during treatment. We introduce an apoptotic time delay and study its impact on tumor regression using numerical and asymptotic techniques. In particular, we implement the linear-quadratic model and identify two extreme sets of parameter data, namely the slow, and fast tumor response to therapy. Numerical simulations for the slow response set show good agreements with data representing non-small cell lung carcinoma. Using the evolution equation for tumor radius with time delay, we find that tumors with shorter time interval to the onset of apoptosis shrink faster.
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, May 2016
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