Search results

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.
Deliverables for IPRO 335: New United Center Arena for the Spring 2006 semester
Show less

Title: Marine Biology Research Center
Creator: Pehlivan, Nurullah
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: This project tried to achieve 3 things. First urban integration to bigger master plan by being destination or starting point of journey at...
Show moreThis project tried to achieve 3 things. First urban integration to bigger master plan by being destination or starting point of journey at water front of Hudson river. Second finding an appropriate narrative to create a architectural language for Marine biology research center. And last but not least energy analysis to evaluate best orientation and form of the building.
Show less

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
Deliverables
Show less

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
Show less

Title: Bridging the Gap: Multi-Generational Community Center
Creator: Lunn, Elizabeth
Date: 2012, 2012-05
Description: This community center was designed to make connections between the different generations to create a truly united community, not just a...
Show moreThis community center was designed to make connections between the different generations to create a truly united community, not just a neighborhood. Each generation has something that they can bring to others, but this rarely happens because each generation normally congregates together, which isolates themselves from the others. The community center provides opportunities to create these connections. These opportunities will be through Music, Fitness, Art and Education.
Show less

Title: Variable speed motor control
Creator: Fry, August, Baker, Charles
Date: 2009, 1906
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/variablespeedmot00frya
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

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.
Deli...
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
Show less

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
...
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
Show less

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
Show less

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
Show less

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.
Deliverables
Show less

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.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Crisis Management and Security Assessment Program (semester?), IPRO 370: Crisis Management and Security Assessment Program IPRO 370 Project Plan S07
Creator: Alnoon, Hassan, Benoit, Danielle, Fiorato, James, Kaim, Rick, Pioletti, Annette, Schmidt, Oliver, Trevor, Nicole, Watkins, Brett, Zielinkski, Sebastian
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: IPRO 370: Crisis Management & Security Assessment Program (CMS) is the second stage of a four stage project. Our goal is to develop the second...
Show moreIPRO 370: Crisis Management & Security Assessment Program (CMS) is the second stage of a four stage project. Our goal is to develop the second phase of the project which involves the necessary assessments for organizations to use while determining how well their crisis management plans stand up to different methodologies, assessments, and scenarios during the testing process. Our grant was funded by Homeland Security Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. R&A Crisis Consulting will be our sponsor to ensure we are meeting the needs of the crisis management community.
Sponsorship: Irene Rozansky, RA Consulting
Deliverables for IPRO 370: Crisis Management and Security Assessment Program for the Summer 2007 semester
Show less

Title: CONSTRUCTION OF ZEBRAFISH OLFACTORY RECEPTORS INTO A MAMMALIAN EXPRESSION VECTOR FOR FUTURE LIGAND-BINDING STUDIES
Creator: Tian, Chen
Date: 2011-07, 2011-07
Description: The olfactory system is an important chemosensory system. Our identification of odorants is occurred through binding of odorant molecules with...
Show moreThe olfactory system is an important chemosensory system. Our identification of odorants is occurred through binding of odorant molecules with olfactory receptors in the olfactory epithelium. In zebrafish, there are four classes of olfactory receptors: trace amine-associated receptor (TAAR), odorant receptor (OR), vomeronasal type 1-like receptor (V1R-like) and vomeronasal type 2-like receptor (V2R-like). In this study, I amplified four olfactory receptors taar1a, or1016, ora5 and olfcc1, which are respectively belong to the four olfactory receptor classes, from cDNA of the zebrafish olfactory epithelium and cloned genes into a mammalian expression vector pCI. The gene sequences of these receptors were not identical as the sequences obtained from GenBank database. The possible reasons for the inconsistency of gene sequence are discussed. I further tranfected these four cloned olfactory receptors in a mammalian cell line Hana3A. Expression of all four olfactory receptors in Hana3A cells was confirmed by immunocytochemistry. In summary, these four olfactory receptors taar1a, or1016, ora5 and olfcc1 were successfully cloned into the pCI vector and can be expressed on cell membrane surface of Hana3A cells.
M.S. in Biology, July 2011
Show less

Title: Edutainment (semester?), IPRO 329
Creator: Mcmanus, Keith, Hahn, Christopher, Aguirre, James, Smith, Anthony, Pasupneti, Shravani, Crowley, Joseph, Tan, Yun, Kloepping, Jason, Potocki, Brandon
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: IPRO 329, Edutainment, has the distinct goal of creating a simulated training program for nuclear health technicians. This program will...
Show moreIPRO 329, Edutainment, has the distinct goal of creating a simulated training program for nuclear health technicians. This program will provide an interactive environment in which to practice the skills necessary to pass the certification test. It focuses on the oral exam portion of this exam where the technician will be presented with a scenario designed to test his problem solving and reasoning skills while applying the general knowledge of radiation health standards required for his profession.
Deliverables for IPRO 329: Edutainment for the Spring 2007 semester
Show less

Title: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Commercialization (semester?), IPRO 356: SP Hybrids IPRO 356 Poster 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.
Deli...
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
Show less

Title: SPECTRUM OBSERVATORY BASED TRAFFIC MODELING AND CHANNEL SELECTION IN SUPPORT OF DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS
Creator: Bacchus, Brent Roger
Date: 2015, 2015-05
Description: It is well known that the exponential growth in popularity of wireless devices has created a demand for radio spectrum that cannot be met with...
Show moreIt is well known that the exponential growth in popularity of wireless devices has created a demand for radio spectrum that cannot be met with current regulatory policies. Despite the difficulty in procuring access to new spectrum resources, many empirical studies have indicated that the majority of spectrum is in-fact unused in the temporal, spatial and/or spectral domains, representing an untapped wealth that must be exploited. Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) is a promising technology which aims to improve the efficiency of future radios and alleviate the issue of spectrum under-utilization. This dissertation utilizes the data from the IIT Spectrum Observatory to develop models of channel activity on the Land Mobile Radio (LMR) band (used for critical communication by organizations such as public safety) and shows how such models can be applied to improve the performance of DSA. We demonstrate that LMR traffic may possess multi-timescale behavior – such as clustering and dispersion over different time periods – and propose a novel statistical model to account for these observations based on a multiple emission hidden Markov model. We then used this model to design a collision constrained channel selection algorithm that can permit the re-use of licensed spectrum while minimizing interference with incumbent users. The findings in this work are primarily developed for public safety, however the techniques developed are general enough to be applied to other types of traffic possessing similar characteristics. The proposed model, in particular, is well suited for further analytic work and simulations studies in this area.
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2015
Show less

Title: Improving Voice Recognition Prompts for Users in Various Application Environments (Semester Unknown) IPRO 316: ImprovingVoiceRecognitionPromptsIPRO316PosterF10
Creator: Bossemeyer, Andrew, Morrison, Ruth, Gopal, Shashank, Klansky, Gabriel, Peterson, Naomi, Webster, Alexander, Winston, Nithin, Echavarria, Vincent, Milonzi, Robert, Bossemeyer, Andrew, Peterson, Naomi
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: Users of speech recognition technology often hyperarticulate (i.e., exaggerate) their speech in response to recognition failures and...
Show moreUsers of speech recognition technology often hyperarticulate (i.e., exaggerate) their speech in response to recognition failures and subsequent requests to repeat (e.g., \I'm sorry, I didn't understand, please repeat the input."). Hyperarticula- tion usually leads to further recognition failure. The goal of the current project is to develop a protocol for testing di erent talker characteristics of voice prompts in speech recognizers with an aim towards minimizing hyperarticulated speech from users. This IPRO is equally suited to students interested in the more tech- nical aspects of acoustic phonetics and voice recognition as well as the cognitive aspects of predicting user behavior in technology-mediated environments.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: A Soccer Stadium for the Community of Phoenix
Creator: Smith, Victor
Date: 2012, 2012-05
Description: This project is a Major League Soccer stadium in Phoenix, AZ. It is built with the intention to provide both a place for sports entertainment...
Show moreThis project is a Major League Soccer stadium in Phoenix, AZ. It is built with the intention to provide both a place for sports entertainment and a landmark unique to a neighborhood of Pheonix. It incoporates local architectural practices, cultural references, and Olympic stadium design standards in order to create a site-specific architecture for sport.
Show less

Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF VERY LARGE YET VERY MILD BMD TYPE EDITS OF DYSTROPHIN
Creator: Lin, Yi-hsiu
Date: 2014, 2014-12
Description: Duchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD, is a severe X-linked recessive disease that kills boys in their second or third decade of life. A related...
Show moreDuchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD, is a severe X-linked recessive disease that kills boys in their second or third decade of life. A related condition Becker Muscular Dystrophy, BMD, is very heterogeneous with clinical severity ranging from nearly as bad as DMD, to nearly benign. Both of these are caused by defects in the dystrophin gene, which encodes a 427 kDa cytoskeletal protein, dystrophin, which can provide a mechanical link between the cytoskeleton and the muscle membrane and stables muscle tissue. In general, DMD results from defects that eliminate all dystrophin expression, whereas BMD patients carry mutated products: modified and malfunctioned dystrophin proteins. Since DMD is invariably fatal, monogenic, has a high incidence (1:3500 male births) and afflicts a charismatic patient profile, it has been an attractive target for gene therapy. However, the huge size of the dystrophin gene (2.4 Mbp) and more importantly its processed mRNA (14.2 kb) poses a problem for viral gene therapy which is limited to payloads of about 8 kb. This has prompted efforts to reduce the size of the dystrophin protein while still maintaining functionality. A major inspiration for such efforts was the identification of a very unusual, very large deletion serendipitously found in an extremely mild BMD case. The patient identified with this defect was ambulatory at 65 year of ages. This edit removes more than half the central rod region, from exon 17 to 48, Δe17-48, and, fortunately, the size of this BMD type edit protein is available for viral vector loading. In this project, edited dystrophin with central rod region deletion (D2:22 Δe17-48) and other two related edits, D2:22 Δe17-47 (exon 48 is added in D2:22 Δe17-48) and D2:22 Δe17-49 (exon 49 is deleted from D2:22 Δe17-48), were studied. According to these results, D2:22 Δe17-47 demonstrated the best biophysical and biochemical properties, but D2:22 Δe17-48 displayed higher to protease sensitivity, and D2:22 Δe17-49 had the worst thermal stability. This work will help us to understand the factors that result in benign large scale edits, and facilitate the development of effective viral gene therapy vectors.
M.S. in Biology, December 2014
Show less

repository.iit

Search the repository

Pages

Pages

Enabled Filters

Refine Results

Type

Date

Academic status of creator

Department

Subject

Creator

Part of

Rights