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Title: Combating Underage Drinking and Driving (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 351: CombatingUnderageDrinkingandDrivingEnPRO351Poster2Sp10
Creator: Burnett, Shana, Choi, Minsung, Garfinkle, Faye, Howe, Phaedra, Jin Kim, Hyo, Macon, Briana, Perez, Alicia, Salem, Stephanie
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The purpose of IPRO 351 is to create a product that discourages minors driving under the influence of alcohol that will act as an unbiased...
Show moreThe purpose of IPRO 351 is to create a product that discourages minors driving under the influence of alcohol that will act as an unbiased mediator that takes the decision of driving drunk out of the driver‟s hands. Our goal is to determine the most efficient, cost effective means to achieve this and to obtain, through surveys and continued research, a possible market that would be interested in the design.
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Title: Design & Build Chicago Scale Model for Dynamic Disaster Simulation (Semester Unknown) IPRO 317
Creator: Balkany, Graham, Claxton, Matt, Correa, Jessica, Flores, Emmanuel, Hernandez, Yvonne, Kim, Jichul, Lebron, Chance, Leong, Erick, O’brien, Daniel, Martinez, Oscar, Robledo, Ruben, Rus, Bogdan, Russeva, Diyanna, Seo, Andrew, Sun, Meng
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: This is the second phase of this project as a continuation of Spring 2008 IPRO 317 and will have a focus for Summer 2008 on the computer...
Show moreThis is the second phase of this project as a continuation of Spring 2008 IPRO 317 and will have a focus for Summer 2008 on the computer program, the user interface, as well as completion of the first geographic area of the scale model. The objective of this project is to design and construct a 3-D scale model for the first portion of downtown Chicago (downtown Chicago has been subdivided into 6 portions). The model will be used to simulate and test the effectiveness of fire defense strategies to address fire or other catastrophes related to public health and safety. This model will include streets, buildings and detailed information that help the Chicago Fire Department in planning interventions, considering various scenarios and case studies. The model is being built in phases, with the overall design incorporating a sophisticated, computer-driven illumination scheme built within the model base. The model thus will be able to display animated scenarios of virtually any depth and focus, by means of time-varying color and brightness. CAD Computer-generated images and laser-cutting methods are the main techniques used to design and build the model, but hand craftsmanship is also necessary. The completed model will be fully modular, designed to transport easily to various facilities. The usefulness of the model thus will extend to many needs of the Chicago Fire Department and City of Chicago, as an educational tool within the department and for community outreach. Possible additional uses for the model will be wind tunnel measurement of pressure distributions to inform building design and City infrastructure needs, as well as the study of urban microclimates and the impact on building energy demand. There is also the potential for this model and its design approach to inform the development of scale models to depict the venues associated with the proposed 2016 Olympics along the Chicago lakefront. This project will include: (1) Identification of the scale, materials, technologies, and strategies for construction; (2) Physical mapping and computer modeling of the downtown built environment; (3) Design of the physical model and computer/electronic components; and (4) Construction of a reduced-area mock-up for final review and approval by the City of Chicago.
Sponsorship: Chicago Fire Department
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Title: The Rotten IPRO (Semester Unknown) IPRO 312: TheRottenIPRO312MidTermPresentationSp09
Creator: Cargill, Matthew, Coad, Matthew, Dominski, John, Gulling, Richard, Karpuzi, Isida, Morton, Stacy, Nielsen, Lisa, Oblenida, Cindy, Olichwier, David, Rossi, James, Ryan, Emily, Szpiech, Paulina
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: Our team, IPRO 312: The Rotten IPRO’s goal is to determine the best method on how to recycle organic waste generated by the university....
Show moreOur team, IPRO 312: The Rotten IPRO’s goal is to determine the best method on how to recycle organic waste generated by the university. Research and analysis will inform us on whether initiating a composting facility on campus is feasible or not. The opening of a composting facility can reduce the university's environmental impact. Furthermore, IIT can serve as a model to expand composting across the city of Chicago.
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Title: Robotic System Applications to Healthcare and Elderly Living Environments (Semester Unknown) IPRO 334: RoboticSystemApplicationsIPRO334FinalPresentationSp09
Creator: Cink, Jefferey, Clauer, Harmony, Frey, Brent, Garfinkle, Faye, Kaushik, Srinighi, Mooney, Kevin, Parikh, Harshill, Patel, Payaal, Salamanca, Juan, Shindo, Grant, Surendran, Prash
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: Robotic System Applications to Healthcare and Elderly Living Environments
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Title: Carbon Footprint of Automobiles (Semester Unknown) IPRO 322: CarbonFootprintOfAutomobilesIPRO322EthicsSp10
Creator: Bais, Rajiv, Burian, James, Choi, Lien, Fournier, Andrew, Mora, Andres, Rafalko, Susan, Shonekan, Morayomola, Swanston, Seantoia, Vasilev, Teodora, Yi, Won-jae, Yu, Mary
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The goal of the IPRO 322 team is to develop and present a “User friendly” way of identifying vehicles with respect to the emission of...
Show moreThe goal of the IPRO 322 team is to develop and present a “User friendly” way of identifying vehicles with respect to the emission of greenhouse gases throughout their life cycle.
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Title: DEPTH MAP PROCESSING FOR MULTI-VIEW VIDEO PLUS DEPTH
Creator: Vijayanagar, Krisha Rao
Date: 2014, 2014-05
Description: The world of multimedia and visual entertainment has grown in leaps and bounds in the past decade with 3-D television being one of the biggest...
Show moreThe world of multimedia and visual entertainment has grown in leaps and bounds in the past decade with 3-D television being one of the biggest technologies. Amongst several formats proposed for representing 3-D content, multi- view video plus depth (MVD) format has gained a lot of interest in the past few years. MVD requires that each view of a particular scene be accompanied by a per-pixel depth. This introduces new problems for compression and transmission of MVD content because a depth map has di erent characteristics from a color image. Keeping the MVD format and depth map characteristics in mind, we highlight three majors problems that plague the MVD format, namely, 1. depth map re nement. 2. depth map compression. 3. novel view synthesis using the depth map at the decoder side. In order to re ne a depth map, we propose a multi-resolution anisotropic di usion algorithm that is optimized to run in real-time thus ensuring that the encoder does not su er from additional latency. Next, we propose two unique solutions for compressing them. We rst propose a solution using the Layered Depth Video (LDV) concept using a rate-distortion optimized quadtree decomposition of the LDV using a novel two-mode block truncation code with improved prediction. We also propose a compression solution using compressive sensing (CS) concepts by creating a hybrid rate-optimized CS codec. This codec achieves two goals:- rstly, block classi cation to ensure lower decoder complexity and secondly, rate-distortion optimization of the measurement rate for each block that is to be compressively sensed. We then look at the view synthesis component of the MVD tool-chain which x is a time-sensitive process. Keeping decoding latency in mind, we propose a lookup- table based approach to the 3-D warping process with a simpli ed hole- lling algorithm that is not only competitive quality-wise with other schemes but is several times faster too. It is hopeful that the presented techniques can be used successfully to create MVD architectures for applications that need low-complexity encoding solutions.
PH.D in Electrical Engineering, May 2014
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Title: PHOTONASTIC Innovative Facade Technology: L.ROMERO_FINAL_BOARD_1
Creator: Romero, Loretta
Date: 2012-04-24, 2012-05
Description: PHOTONASTIC is a concept addressing the invention, design, production and potential implementation of a building integrated system. The system...
Show morePHOTONASTIC is a concept addressing the invention, design, production and potential implementation of a building integrated system. The system attempts to address the relationship between energy conservation and architectural facade innovation. The skin affects both the appearance and performance in such a way that these features promote new design concepts and stimulate technical developments for the architecture of the future.
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Title: Emotion (Semester Unknown) IPRO 354: EmotionIPRO354ProjectPlanSp09
Creator: Roy, Avelo, Suda, Edward, Segre, Alessandro, Luan, Haojie, Graziano, John, Votipka, Daniel, Estrada, Zachary, Patel, Nirali, Morath, Johannes, Laurence, Alexis, Ludden, Shanon, Horn, Whitney
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: eMotion creates and offers devices that connect those who are physically separated but emotionally connected in a simple and safe manner.
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Show moreeMotion creates and offers devices that connect those who are physically separated but emotionally connected in a simple and safe manner.
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Title: Inspection System and Method
Creator: Hansen, Wilbur W.
Date: 1961-07-25
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Selector System for Magnetic Wire Reproducers
Creator: Danisch, Marion S.
Date: 1949-09-06
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Silver Nanoparticles Indicators of Thermal History (Semester Unknown) IPRO 317: SilverNanoParticlesIndicatorsOfThermalHistoryIPRO317MidTermPresentationSp09
Creator: Schillaci, Michael, De Nicolo, Marisa, Larkin, Evan, Hammes, Katherine, Peavler, Jennifer, Wicker, Amanda, Arnoux, Christian, Ucci, Russell, Justice, Grant, Konwar, Riju, Pyciak, Mark, Yaker, Farouk, Darwish, Muhammad, Petsod, Jason, Ismail, Malisa, Adejinle, Remi, Kyle, Ryan, Apampa, Kunle, Apyan, Aram, Bijonowski, Brent, Adamczyk, Paul, Muchna, Joseph, Bednarz, Mathew, Mbaegbu, Amaka
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: A. The primary purpose of IPRO 317 is to prove the merit of using silver nanorods as a thermal history indicator. The extended purpose of IPRO...
Show moreA. The primary purpose of IPRO 317 is to prove the merit of using silver nanorods as a thermal history indicator. The extended purpose of IPRO 317 is to convert the production of silver nanorods from a batch process to a continuous flow process. B. To accomplish this our team will:  Gain deeper understanding of batch process.  Research continuous flow processes with an emphasis on microreactors 6  Design and simulate a continuous flow process for production of silver nanorods with the aid of a computer simulation software.
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Title: Residential Rain Water Harvesting (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344: ResidentialRainWaterHarvestingIPRO344Poster2Su10
Creator: Al-sabah, Mohammad, Gubser, Michael, Kirkpatrick, Alysa, Martin, Shuana, Martinez, Juan, Mccloat, Declain, Munir, Muqadas, Murray, Sean, Newman, Adam
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: There is evidence that people have been harvesting rainwater since 4000BC. The Roman Empire developed an intricate infrastructure to direct...
Show moreThere is evidence that people have been harvesting rainwater since 4000BC. The Roman Empire developed an intricate infrastructure to direct water to be used for irrigation and sanitary purposes. For the most part, modern society has abandoned the practice of harvesting rainwater because water sources have been plentiful and inexpensive. Residents have become accustom to turning on the tap and receiving potable water from their Municipal Authority or a free standing well. Essentially rainwater is undervalued and as such has not been given the priority it deserves. This circumstance is rapidly changing as fresh water is becoming more difficult to acquire. Municipalities are raising the price of water, adding regulations to restrict its use and promoting the rapid growth of investment in „green‟ lifestyle solutions. These actions are increasing public awareness of the need to reduce our “water footprint” and a willingness to invest in conservation systems. In urban settings, two-thirds of the water provided by municipalities goes to residential properties. In a typical single family home, 70 percent of the water used annually is used in toilets and outside the home for lawn irrigation, gardens, washing cars, swimming pools etc. These applications could successfully utilize non-potable water, if a reliable source existed for capturing and recycling it in a convenient and affordable way. This IPRO will develop and test a system targeted at homeowners for rainwater harvest.
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Title: COMPUTER MODELING OF BREAST LESIONS AND STUDIES OF ANALYZER-BASED X-RAY IMAGING
Creator: Garcia, Luis De Sisternes
Date: 2011-11, 2011-12
Description: Phase-contrast x-ray imaging is an emerging technique that promises to yield highly sensitive medical images of soft tissue, which is...
Show morePhase-contrast x-ray imaging is an emerging technique that promises to yield highly sensitive medical images of soft tissue, which is difficult to observe via conventional radiography given its low X-ray attenuation differences. One of these phase-contrast techniques, known as analyzer-based imaging, has demonstrated that highly detailed breast tissue images can be obtained using synchrotron radiation. However, synchrotron facilities are impractical for clinical use. This thesis introduces studies and exposure consideration towards the application of analyzer-based imaging in a clinical environment, particularly in the context of breast imaging. It also introduces a computational breast lesion model that generates randomized three-dimensional phantoms which follow realistically the characteristics observed in real lesions. Moving analyzer-based imaging to clinical application requires the consideration of photon noise, inherent from the use of a photon-limited conventional source. We summarize the statistical properties in the presence of photon noise of two popular analyzer-based imaging techniques, known as diffraction-enhanced imaging (DEI) and multiple-image radiography (MIR). The statistics for MIR have not been previously derived and are introduced in this thesis. Comparison of the resulting statistical predictions with results obtained by Monte Carlo simulation validated the analysis. An expression for the maximum-likelihood (ML) solution for analyzer-based imaging is presented as a way of minimizing the effects of photon noise in the reconstruction of the object’s absorption, refraction and ultra-small angle scattering properties, and more practical maximum-likelihood expectation-maximization (ML-EM) and maximum-a-posteriori expectation-maximization (MAP-EM) solutions are also introduced. The behavior of the ML-EM and MAP-EM solutions was compared to the results produced by the five best-known analyzer-based reconstruction methods using computer simulations. The ML-EM and MAP-EM reconstructions proved closer to the theoretical values as they do not rely on commonly known limitations and approximations introduced by the other techniques. We introduce the development and evaluation of a new computational breast lesion phantom model that can simulate either massess or microcalcifications. The proposed tool allows the generation of a large number of randomized three-dimensional breast lesion simulations following desired characteristics normally used to describe breast lesions in clinical practice. The initial motivation for the development of this new phantom model was to enable the proposed evaluations of analyzer-based imaging to be achieved. However, the model became a major focus of this thesis because it improves significantly upon those that can be found in previous literature. The proposed lesion model can be used for evaluation studies across different breast imaging techniques, as well as for training purposes, so it is our hope that it could become an important resource for the broader mammography research community. As part of the lesion modeling research, we also introduce methods to computationally modify experimental mammography and analyzer-based images of breast tissue so that they present the generated tumor simulations embedded within their parenchyma realistically. The realism of the simulated lesion images was evaluated by comparison of 83 real tumor cases observed in mammograms with 83 constructed hybrid images in which simulated tumors matching the characteristics observed in the real cases were embedded, with healthy tissue acting as background. As a quantitative comparison, extracted features describing tumor shape and density showed no statistically significant differences between real and simulated tumors. A known computational tumor classification technique based on their shape observed in mammography was implemented and showed no significant performance differences between real and simulated cases, as well as showing good correlation with previously published performance results in real tumors. To measure the realism for use in human observer studies, we conducted a reader study in which 5 experienced radiologists were asked to judge whether each of the 166 images was real or simulated by assigning a score on a 7-point scale. The results were analyzed in a multiple-reader multiple-case statistical framework. The conclusion of the study was that the readers’ accuracy in assessing whether the lesions were real or simulated was not significantly better than random chance. This thesis also incorporates a reader study to evaluate the degree to which photon-limited analyzer-based images may be effective for visualization of breast cancer features. Our motivation was to establish the x-ray intensity that would be required to make these methods feasible, the purpose being to serve as a guide in parameter selection for future design of imaging hardware. We conducted a series of observer studies that quantify the performance of analyzer-based refraction images at different noise levels for the task of identifying subtle details present in breast tumors which are relevant to clinical diagnosis. The cases shown to the readers consisted of hybrid images where simulated lesions of known characteristics were computationally embedded in real breast analyzer-based background images. The original phase-contrast data was obtained using synchrotron radiation and was later modified to simulate the noise and blurring effects produced from a photon-limited source with a 300μm aperture size, similar to those used in a laboratory environment. Results showed that the analyzer-based imaging techniques statistically outperformed conventional mammography for the given task with an average of just 128 recorded photons per pixel in background image regions
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, December 2011
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Title: Unmanned Aerial Systems (Semester Unknown) IPRO 312: UnmannedAerialSystemsIPRO312Order3F10
Creator: Ellickson, Andrew, Goliya, Akshay, Kotha, Anurag, Katre, Aniruddha, Luo, Chieh, Ragsdale, Christopher, Semerdjiev, Ivo, Traylor, Kay, Rivera, Rafael, Bilski, Sebastian, Semenov, Vladimir
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance as well as in search and rescue is rapidly expanding...
Show moreThe use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance as well as in search and rescue is rapidly expanding in both civilian and military applications at an unprecedented rate which was not foreseen a decade ago. Accordingly, there are significant job opportunities in this field and it is expected that this will continue to grow in the next decade. However, the design of UAS is truly an interdisciplinary task as it requires an excellent team work with expertise in diverse areas ranging from aircraft design to autonomous flight, video and data transmission to visual object recognition, the operation of ground station such as real time data analysis and antenna tracking as well as legal/policy aspects of UAS flight operations.
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Title: Building a Wireless Broadband Infrastructure to Support Maritime Applications (semester?), IPRO 305: Wireless Broadband Infrastructure IPRO 305 Midterm Report Sp07
Creator: Hendrickson, James, Dietz, Joe, Czuchra, Daniel, Kim, Brian, Calzaretta, Jack, Tenenbaum, Jason, Chung, Brian, Emelogu, Ike, Yousuf, Talha
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The objective of IPRO 305 is to build a wireless broadband network infrastructure along a local river to help Air2Access, an IIT University...
Show moreThe objective of IPRO 305 is to build a wireless broadband network infrastructure along a local river to help Air2Access, an IIT University Technology Park Company, expand its maritime solutions offerings. We will do this by becoming familiar with cutting edge wireless broadband network technologies and the different vendors that offer and use this technology. We will also examine the pilot site and work with the appropriate Agencies to determine any natural, man-made or legal restrictions that we must abide by. To effectively complete our task in a timely manner, our team has divided into two sub-teams. The application team will focus on business applications and how to build them from off-the-shelf and custom built software. The infrastructure team will focus on technologies to support the necessary applications and will focus on the site itself, along with the required hardware deployment.
Sponsorship: Air2Access, LLC
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Title: “How Many Earths?” (Semester Unknown) IPRO 332: HowManyEarthsIPRO332PosterSp09
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: Nutrition and Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Management
Creator: Opara, Emmanuel C.
Date: 2006
Publisher: CRC, Taylor & Francis

Title: Developing a Next-Generation Occupant Engagement System (Semester Unkown) IPRO 323: DevelopingANext-GenerationOccupantEngagementSystemIPRO323BrochureSp09
Creator: Sirk, Phillip, Ventullo, Kevin, Parkes, Brian, Shaffer, Joshua, Clark, Howard, Binet, Adrien, Veneziano, Marco, Guzek, Ewa
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The IPRO is pending to be sponsored by ComEd in order to research possible methods of energy conservation. The focus of this project is to...
Show moreThe IPRO is pending to be sponsored by ComEd in order to research possible methods of energy conservation. The focus of this project is to design a system that encourages energy conserving behavior in residents by use of an interface that displays real time energy use of a residence. For this system to encourage conservation on a significant scale it is necessary that it can be installed in both new and existing buildings. The interface needs to give detailed enough data about the building’s energy consumption for the user to make well informed decisions of how to save energy, but at the same time the data must be presented in an easy to understand format. Also, the unit or units that provide the data must be accessible enough so that the user can at any time be aware of the impact that activating a certain device will have on energy consumption in their home.
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Title: COOPERATIVE BATCH SCHEDULING FOR HPC SYSTEMS
Creator: Yang, Xu
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: The batch scheduler is an important system software serving as the interface between users and HPC systems. Users submit their jobs via batch...
Show moreThe batch scheduler is an important system software serving as the interface between users and HPC systems. Users submit their jobs via batch scheduling portal and the batch scheduler makes scheduling decision for each job based on its request for system resources and system availability. Jobs submitted to HPC systems are usually parallel applications and their lifecycle consists of multiple running phases, such as computation, communication and input/output data. Thus, the running of such parallel applications could involve various system resources, such as power, network bandwidth, I/O bandwidth, storage, etc. And most of these system resources are shared among concurrently running jobs. However, Today's batch schedulers do not take the contention and interference between jobs over these resources into consideration for making scheduling decisions, which has been identified as one of the major culprits for both the system and application performance variability. In this work, we propose a cooperative batch scheduling framework for HPC systems. The motivation of our work is to take important factors about jobs and the system, such as job power, job communication characteristics and network topology, for making orchestrated scheduling decisions to reduce the contention between concurrently running jobs and to alleviate the performance variability. Our contributions are the design and implementation of several coordinated scheduling models and algorithms for addressing some chronic issues in HPC systems. The proposed models and algorithms in this work have been evaluated by the means of simulation using workload traces and application communication traces collected from production HPC systems. Preliminary experimental results show that our models and algorithms can effectively improve the application and the system overall performance, HPC facilities' operation cost, and alleviate the performance variability caused by job interference.
Ph.D. in Computer Science, May 2017
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Title: Developing Technology to Transform Education in Haiti (Semester Unknown) IPRO 335: OneLaptopPerChild-HaitiPRO335FinalPresentationF10
Creator: Brummer, Stephanie, Crane, Zach, Ernst, Jacob, Fujiwara, Bryan, Guan, Sarah, Harpstead, Erik, Heilig, Annika, Mendimenos, Anastasia, Mcgrath, Alexander
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: To enable and empower Haitian children’s education through the use of sustainable energy and collaborative technology, as well as expanding...
Show moreTo enable and empower Haitian children’s education through the use of sustainable energy and collaborative technology, as well as expanding our practical and professional experience through obtaining funding and grants. To create a reproducible model, intended to be applied to other similar projects around the world.
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