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Title: Green Class Community (Semester Unknown) IPRO 358: GreengClassCommunity IPRO358FinalReport1F10
Creator: Beck, Steve, Snyder, Mark, Eshleman, Justin, Krebs, Byron, Nguyen, Trang, Oraziman, Indira, Qi, Tianshu, Shehada, Hazem, Skopek, Paul, Varghese, Danny, Warnes, Michael, Cho, Moses
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: Our purpose is to seek a union between living comfortably and living sustainably at an affordable price. Our design, for the community of...
Show moreOur purpose is to seek a union between living comfortably and living sustainably at an affordable price. Our design, for the community of Evanston, will first minimizes its energy consumption and then uses the most sustainable methods to fulfill the remaining needs of the inhabitants. Ideally we will design a model community which will challenge conventions within the fields of design, planning, engineering, and everyday living. This community will also serve as an example to Chicago-area municipalities about the benefits of affordable sustainable planning, design, and living. It will also be an attractive marketable solution to the current home buyers within our given demographic.
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Title: Power Measurement for Road Bicycles: Towards a Universal Solution (Semester Unknown) IPRO 324: Power Measurements for Road Bikes IPRO 324 Brochure F08
Creator: Aguilar, Sergio, Becker, Patrick, Gonzalez, Daniel, Kaminski, Bryan, Knopp, Nathan, Jankhot, Crystal, Marcellis, Brandon, Poli, David, Ruidera, Ryan, Tsosie, Henrietta, Yoo, Jaewon, Ziomek, Arkadiusz
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: We would like to develop a system that measures the applied torque at a bicycle crank set. In contrast to current solutions, we want to be...
Show moreWe would like to develop a system that measures the applied torque at a bicycle crank set. In contrast to current solutions, we want to be able to retrofit our system to existing crank sets, obviating the need to abandon parts that the bicyclist already owns. In principle, according to preliminary tests performed at the MMAE department, this can be done using sets of quite inexpensive strain gauges. However, being able to get accurate torque measurements will require some advanced processing of signals from the strain gauges. These signals can then be transmitted wirelessly to a bicycle computer like the Edge 705 that the global positioning system corporation Garmin released this spring. There is a defined wireless protocol, called ANT+Sport, which has been developed specifically for the purpose of transmitting exercise data, such as power output or heart rate, to small computers. Chipsets and development kits for this protocol are also available commercially. Therefore, our task will be to find an optimal configuration of strain gauges that will be attached to the crank set, and to develop an algorithm to process the strain gauge data in order to isolate a signal that is proportional to the applied torque. This signal will then be transmitted to the bicycle computer for display and storage
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Title: Carbon Footprint Reduction (Semester Unknown) IPRO 329: CarbonFootprintReductionIPRO329Poster2Su10
Creator: Fong, Jessica, Kieser, Jeremy, Young, Julieann, Primm, Casey, Port, Graeme, Reznicek, Dustin, Pabba, Shabarinath
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: Our team’s objective is to evaluate Oak Park’s different types of commercial and residential buildings in order to assess their current energy...
Show moreOur team’s objective is to evaluate Oak Park’s different types of commercial and residential buildings in order to assess their current energy usage. We aim to use this information to reduce the carbon footprint of Oak Park Village by proposing a comprehensive sustainability plan.
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Title: Challenge to the Pollution Haven Hypothesis: A Study of Northeast Asia and China
Creator: Shapiro, Matthew A.
Date: 2013, 2013
Description: This paper explores the phenomena of environmental coordination within Northeast Asia. I initially frame the discussion around claims that...
Show moreThis paper explores the phenomena of environmental coordination within Northeast Asia. I initially frame the discussion around claims that China is a pollution haven for its neighboring countries, and I look for evidence in the domestic and regional environmental institutions which challenge China’s pollution haven status. I find that that there is a science and technology-based epistemic community in Northeast Asia which provides an important theoretical response to counter the pollution haven hypothesis. As well, given its strong science and technological output, Japan is poised to assume leadership of the Northeast Asian environmental regime for at least the short- to medium-term.
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Title: Designing Affordable Energy, Water, And Shelter Solutions For The World's Poor (Semester Unknown) IPRO 325: DesigningAffordableWater,Energy, and ShelterSolutionsIPRO325ProjectPlanSp09
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: “How Many Earths?” (Semester Unknown) IPRO 332: HowManyEarthsIPRO332AbstractSp09
Creator: Baldwin, Leah, Braband, Jim, Broekere, Eliza, Colburn, Charleen, Craven, Joseph, Kelly, Madison, Kimball, Clayton, Leep, Nick, Masangkay, Rodolfh, Mulligan, James, Olson, Sarah, Patel, Hiren, Phillips, Timothy, Wolcott, Chris
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The mission of “How Many Earths?” is to educate people on the issues of sustainability and energy needs, concerns, and sources. In doing this...
Show moreThe mission of “How Many Earths?” is to educate people on the issues of sustainability and energy needs, concerns, and sources. In doing this we look to expand on work that has been done in previous semesters in addition to developing modules for a wider age base. Previously the modules have been focused on High School and Middle School students; this semester, we look to develop a program for elementary school classrooms in addition to post-high school education.
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Title: Map Reporting Component for Reports and CDN XL (semester?), IPRO 349D
Creator: Drzyzdzyk, Krzsztof, Hadou, Katherine, Schmit, Jessica, Warzynski, Przemyslaw
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: IPRO 349 2.1 is focused on creating a prototype of a map reporting component that will be used as an addition to the ComArch Report Book...
Show moreIPRO 349 2.1 is focused on creating a prototype of a map reporting component that will be used as an addition to the ComArch Report Book software. The Report Book is a bundle of software used for data analysis that is not built in Excel. ComArch Report Books are used to analyze transactional data, as well as profit control data. For example, it interprets data collected from transactions at stores through the register data gathered during the day, but can also help companies analyze why profit margins are different in different regions
Sponsorship: Comarch
Deliverables for IPRO 349D: Map Reporting Component for Reports and CDN XL for the Summer 2007 semester
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Title: Improving Global Supply Chain Management (Semester Unknown) IPRO 306
Creator: Thukral, Anand, Wilas, Arthur, Lukic, Djordje, Smith, Suni, Chandnani, Abhishek, Devalam, Arun, Limpinyakul, Jutarop, Malpekar, Nilesh, Sun, Cong, Kotha, Anurag, Skiba, David, Sharangdhar, Kunal, Bergland, Tomas
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 306 team will be working with a sanitation and janitorial equipment manufacturer, Sloan Valve. The core competency of this company...
Show moreThe IPRO 306 team will be working with a sanitation and janitorial equipment manufacturer, Sloan Valve. The core competency of this company lies in manufacturing flush valves. Sloan Valve is currently one of the leading producers of flush valves in the Northern American Continent. The team will be assisting Sloan Valve in realizing two major projects.
Sponsorship: SLOAN
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Title: HIGH PERFORMANCE LOGIC DESIGN FOR ADAPTIVE FIR FETAL ECG ESTIMATION
Creator: Wang, Sizhou
Date: 2014, 2014-05
Description: This thesis presents realizations of IEEE-754 single precision floating point non-invasive fetal ECG estimation based on QR Decomposition...
Show moreThis thesis presents realizations of IEEE-754 single precision floating point non-invasive fetal ECG estimation based on QR Decomposition Recursive Least Square algorithm (QRD-RLS). Experiments of the system, which is implemented on Xilinx Zynq SoC platform, are carried out with electrocardiogram (ECG) data and the results with analysis are presented. The embedded system design aims for saving resources, streaming pipeline performance and software-aid computation and integration. The challenge of exploiting the system full potential with pseudo-parallel computation on multiple fetal ECG data packets is also examined.
M.S. in Computer and Electrical Engineering, May 2014
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Title: ADAPTATION AND RENOVATION OF SCHULZE BAKERY TO A MIXED USE BUILDING: Schulze_poster
Creator: Al-guneid, Wigdan
Date: 5/2/2011, 2011-05
Description: Holding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and...
Show moreHolding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and transformed from a bakery to a much needed mixed use building.
Sponsorship: Waldorf, Tyler
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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Title: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America (sequence unknown), IPRO 309 - Deliverables: IPRO 309 Abstract F09
Creator: Ashley, Trevor, Claxton, Matt, Conover, Stephen, Gotanco, Francis, Mathai, Alexander, Nizich, Adam, Park, Yong, Quikr, Kerry, Ray, Monmayuri, Vasquez, Raul
Date: 2009-12
Description: The overall goal of our IPRO team is to create a program for delivering orthotics and prosthetics that is sustainable. This will be...
Show moreThe overall goal of our IPRO team is to create a program for delivering orthotics and prosthetics that is sustainable. This will be accomplished by improving the quality of the product by increasing availability of funding, improving cost effectiveness of prosthetics, and promoting awareness of treatment available.
Deliverables for IPRO 309: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Affordable and Sustainable Quality of Life Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 325
Creator: Collins, Dorothy, Jung, Young, Kimball, Mark, Lange, William, Parks, Nikki
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: 3 billion people cook their meals over open fires on primitive stoves inside their homes. Indoor air pollution from those primitive stoves...
Show more3 billion people cook their meals over open fires on primitive stoves inside their homes. Indoor air pollution from those primitive stoves kills 1.5 million people worldwide. Furthermore, indoor air pollution is fifth most costly environmental degradation issue in the Peru. Previous IPRO 325 classes have made stove for Peru. However, the stoves made from previous IPRO 325 classes did not work properly. The purpose of this subteam of the spring 2010 IPRO 325 is to improve the stove and help Peru realistically.
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Title: FABRICATION OF POLYMER OF CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES AND DEVELOPMENT OF CLAY DIGESTION METHODS
Creator: Jin, Zhen
Date: 2014, 2014-07
Description: This thesis reports on our preliminary development of methods used to assess the risks that polymer/clay nanocomposite (PCN) food packaging...
Show moreThis thesis reports on our preliminary development of methods used to assess the risks that polymer/clay nanocomposite (PCN) food packaging pose to consumers. PCN with 1% - 7% (w/w) montmorillonite (MMT) clay and 3 mass equivalents of maleic anhydride-grafted polyethylene (MAPE) as a compatibilizer dispersed in low-density polyethylene (LDPE) was successfully extruded into thin, free-standing films using a pilot-scaled microcompounder with 65 mm film device. These films had good optical clarity and a reasonably consistent thickness of 35 ± 3 μm. An oxygen permeability analyzer was used to measure oxygen transmission rate and permeability of these fabricated films to demonstrate that they perform similarly to PCN barrier materials intended for commercial applications; these results showed that the films with the highest amount of added clay had better barrier properties than the neat LDPE films. In preparation of experiments to assess whether clay particles can be released from these materials during intended conditions of use, we also explored effective digestion and trace-metal analysis (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy) methods of both pure clay and MMT/MAPE/LDPE films. This work resulted in an effective digestion protocol to fully digest neat clays and PCN films, as well as an analysis method that provides for a 5-orders-of-magnitude linear detection range and single-digit parts-per-billion detection limits for aluminum and magnesium. Silicon was a more challenging element and efforts to eliminate environmental contamination of samples with this element were unsuccessful. While the work presented in this thesis is largely preliminary and numerous questions remain unanswered, the PCN fabrication and ix characterization methods developed here will be invaluable in our future efforts to understand the risks that nanocomposite food packaging materials pose to human health.
M.S. in Food Process Engineering, July 2014
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Title: Defining the Role of the 21st Century Public Library in Madison: Bartley_N_MadisonLibrary_Final_Presentation
Creator: Bartley, Nate
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: Madison, WI is dominated by two main forces; the state government and the University of Wisconsin. These two institutions are linked by State...
Show moreMadison, WI is dominated by two main forces; the state government and the University of Wisconsin. These two institutions are linked by State Street, a pedestrian and bike corridor that serves as the main public gathering space for the city. The new Central Public Library along this strip will provide a free, democratic space for all Madison citizens. Beyond collecting books and storing media, the Madison Library offers opportunities for gatherings and informational exchanges 24 hours a day.
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Title: TRANSMISSION RESERVE DESIGN IN ELECTRICITY MARKETS CONSIDERING RAMPING CONSTRAINTS AND LOAD UNCERTAINTY
Creator: Xiao, Xuli
Date: 2016, 2016-12
Description: With increasing penetration of renewable energy, uncertainty challenges ISOs to keep power balance in real-time. As ramping issues draw public...
Show moreWith increasing penetration of renewable energy, uncertainty challenges ISOs to keep power balance in real-time. As ramping issues draw public attention, many ISOs have instituted flexible ramping products to ensure ramping reserve at generation side. However, not all the ramping reserves are deliverable when a transmission line is already congested. In the real-time market, if an uncertain load estimation is known at peak time t+10mins previously, SCUC/SCED is able to spare transmission reserve by changing the dispatch at time t with additional uncertain load constraints at t. To spare transmission reserve under uncertainty, this research proposes an uncertain load estimation to generate an estimated uncertain load and uncertainty constraints at t+10 in SCUC/SCED: with the help of a stochastic optimization model, uncertainties are quantified as a random actual load y and utilized in a modified stochastic model for undeliverable ramping reserve issues; once the optimal total system generation x is obtained, treated as an estimated uncertain load, uncertainty constraints are added at t+10mins in SCUC/SCED to obtain a secure dispatch at t. Therefore, transmission ramping reserve is ensured by a change in dispatch at t. Numerical results show that this design enhances the economy and scalability of power systems. In addition, scalability analysis proves it works for any scale of power systems with multiple local peak loads.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, December 2016
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Title: New Technologies For Cardiac Arrest Patients (Semester Unknown) IPRO 319: NewTechnologiesForCardiacArrestIPRO319EthicsSp10
Creator: Aijazuddin, Ambreen, Akhambay, Assyl, Austin, Grant, Bansal, Neha, Eid, Aya, Esbensen, Kirsten, Halim, Stephanus, Jackson, Lisa, Kim, Sua, Ko, Hyunseok, Martinez, Juan, Oberg, Jarrett, Kyeong Park, Bo, Patel, Neelkumar, Tesfaye, Melat, Voss, Melissa, Mouddou, Khadija
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: Over 250,000 people in the U.S. alone die annually from sudden cardiac arrest, and many of those that survive suffer brain damage, which can...
Show moreOver 250,000 people in the U.S. alone die annually from sudden cardiac arrest, and many of those that survive suffer brain damage, which can begin within minutes of the heart attack. Major risks among survivors include tissue damage, including brain damage. We are currently developing three life saving devices which could greatly decrease the risks which cardiac arrest victims face, and also save lives.
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Title: Campus Branding/ Sustainability Image (Semester Unknown): IIT Campus BrandingSustainability IPRO 311 Brochure Su08
Creator: Barlow, Elliot, Chamales, Michael, Nadler, Anne, Contreras, Abraham, De Vita, Neils, Ishaq, Mohammad, Stultz, Adam, King, Richard, Gupta, Prairna, Song, Yunseok, Ono, Ashley, Ae Park, Ji, Korol, Phil, Mindock, Rae
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: The overall aim of the project is to improve and enhance the image of IIT, both as an institution and a physical campus, as regards...
Show moreThe overall aim of the project is to improve and enhance the image of IIT, both as an institution and a physical campus, as regards sustainability and “green” practices. To that end, the current semester is focused on several design projects based on concepts generated in the previous semester. These projects will then be analyzed regarding their appeal, both direct and methodological, to other members of the IIT community in order to inform the best model for sustainability develop to be promoted by future semesters of this project.
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Title: Low-Cost Water Purification System Design & analysis for Applications in Mexico and the US (semester?), IPRO 355: KlarAqua IPRO 355 Abstract Sp06
Creator: Aderangi, Vince, Gomez Balboa, Adrian, Craig, Seun, Gilliam, Amanda, Grimmer, Laura, Jimenez, Esmeralda, Martis, Isaac, Nambiar, Abhilash R., Nguyen, Uyen, Nuanual, Ruckfa Mek, Ogunsanwo, Olumide, Primozic, Chris, Ramirez, Eugenio, Young, Daniel
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The main objective of the IPRO is to provide direct health services to low-income socieites, specifically Mexico, by the design of a water...
Show moreThe main objective of the IPRO is to provide direct health services to low-income socieites, specifically Mexico, by the design of a water purification filter. The IPRO will design a clay based filter and a business plan with the aim of introduction into these societies. The filter should be simple to use, affordable, simple to setup, easy to maintain and should be adaptable to a variety of every day househould activities such as drinking, bathing and washing.
Deliverables for IPRO 355: Low-Cost Water Purification System Design & analysis for Applications in Mexico and the US for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Cure for the IKIA Syndrome : presented at IACRL 2008 conference: Academic Search Premier results
Creator: Uth, Charles, Link, Jeanne
Date: 2008-02
Description: Informal observations of a practical and creative approach piloting Blended Library Instruction for undergraduate Civil Architecture and...
Show moreInformal observations of a practical and creative approach piloting Blended Library Instruction for undergraduate Civil Architecture and Engineering students, in collaboration with faculty. At Illinois Institute of Technology students don’t receive library instruction as a required class or in tandem with a composition class. Faculty will schedule one-time sessions, which ideally should be planned with a class assignment in mind, but students are rarely engaged with a one time instruction. Many have IKIA syndrome or I Know It Already syndrome. The Millennials are a group that has integrated technology into every aspect of their lives and they assume that retrieving useful or necessary information will be easy. When they discover this isn’t the case lack of time, heightened anxiety, and increased frustration can prevent them from doing their best work. By intentionally creating a similar crisis prior to library instruction, students were more interested in what they stood to gain during pending library instruction. In this presentation we will discuss: 1) A creative means of delivering library instruction to a traditionally challenging population: engineering undergraduate students 2) Qualitative information collected via multiple assignments and interpreted in a quantitative fashion, as well as our observations. 3) A method for preparing students for library instruction that can be applied in almost any discipline without asking the instructor to sacrifice class time.
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Title: New Harbor Village (Semester Unknown) IPRO 356: NHV IPRO356BrochureF10
Creator: Balakierv, Konstantin, Brucato, Roberta, Dorn, Lawrence, Gallagher, Ellen, Gonzalez, Juan, Kim, Yoojee, Kwon, Steven, Matuszak, William, Patel, Abhishek, Wang, Ruoxi, Wang, Yani, Jong Kim, Churl, Marangoudakis, Chris, William, Paschal
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The aim of this project was to design a use for the area around the Michael Reese memorial. This area is currently unused and the city has...
Show moreThe aim of this project was to design a use for the area around the Michael Reese memorial. This area is currently unused and the city has asked for ideas to use the area. The previous IPRO had designed an extended living facility to be placed in the area. This was a good start but there is an extensive amount of land that is still unused. The city wishes to utilize this land so that the maximum amount of tax revenue can be seen. This semester, the IPRO team took what was suggested last year and improved it by developing a hotel, residential, and retail area. The plan called for different phases in which each area was either developed or added to during each phase. Extensive research was done to calculate number of units and location of the units. In the future the IPRO should future its research in the cost aspect of the project.
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