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Title: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT (semester ?), IPRO 339: iKnow Training and Testing IPRO 339 Project Plan F04
Creator: Strokova, Victoria, Vajaria, Sonia, Dimitrov, Petar, Dronamraju, Rahul, Gupta, Nishi, Pacheco, Paul, Chuah, Choong Hui, Gutkovsky, Vladimir
Date: 2004-12, 2004-12
Description: To define the body knowledge of Project Management, Team Work and Communication. Identifying alternate methods for teaching or delivering the...
Show moreTo define the body knowledge of Project Management, Team Work and Communication. Identifying alternate methods for teaching or delivering the body knowledge. Experimenting with self help websites (development of content and its structuring for self-help websites technically implemented by IPRO 338).
Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius
Deliverables for IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT for the Fall 2004 semester
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Title: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders (semester?), IPRO 321: Enhancing the Reliability and Perf of Paper Shredders IPRO 321 Final Report F07
Creator: Choi, Migun, Choriki, Justin, Flicek, Stephen, Huang, Yuxiong, Inouye, Tyler, King, Richard, Marinov, Plamen, Nagwan, Angad, Nielson, Garrett, Obst, Leslie, Pesik, Vesna, Swaidner, Kyle, Toyama, Brandee, Valls, Nil
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: 1. Determine the amount of force to cut 6, 8, 10 sheets of 20 lb paper, taking into account the width and length of the shred. Once the amount...
Show more1. Determine the amount of force to cut 6, 8, 10 sheets of 20 lb paper, taking into account the width and length of the shred. Once the amount of force is determined, develop a computer simulation model that can predict the amount of force required based upon the following variable inputs: number of sheets, shred width, and shred length. 2. Through computer simulation or prototype development, design an efficient gear train that optimizes the number of gears and minimizes the motor size based upon data obtained from previous semester’s data. The goal is to develop and simulate a gear train that can withstand 500 cycles at maximum sheet capacity. 3. Develop acoustical sound dampeners or “tune” the shredder to reduce the amount of noise created during the shredding process, leveraging information obtained from previous semesters’ data. The goal is to reduce the noise output by 10 decibels
Sponsorship: Seth Lewis, President of The Manhattan Group
Deliverables for IPRO 321: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders for the Fall 2007 semester
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Title: Zoo Tech (Semester Unknown) IPRO 318: ZooTechIPRO318FinalReportSp10_redacted
Creator: Alesia, Anthony, Chen, Qiaogiao, Chiba, Mitsuru, Dreher, Taylor, Dziuba, David, Eid, Aya, Romit, Girdhar, Hutchful, Albert, Ibrahim, Suliman, Lan, Jiang, Miller, Mathew, Moraga, Justo, Puzewski, Jennifer, Szulyk, Natalie, Winterbauer, Adam, Xing, Jiangi
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The members of IPRO 318 are teaming up with the Brookfield Zoo to develop an iPhone application which will enhance the visitors‟ experience...
Show moreThe members of IPRO 318 are teaming up with the Brookfield Zoo to develop an iPhone application which will enhance the visitors‟ experience and interactions with the Zoo environment. This educational module will be broken down into two major components. First, the Zoo education staff and animal researchers need help in developing a guided inquiry process that will assist users in identifying animals. By organizing the hierarchical structure of information provided by the Zoo, and coupling this with the tools available on the iPhone, IPRO 318 seeks to design an efficient, educational, and entertaining means of utilizing modern technology to identify animals in the Zoo and beyond.
Sponsorship: Brookfield Zoo
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Title: Impact of Sulfur Capture Technology In Coal Power Plants (Semester Unknown) IPRO 302: ImpactsOfSulfurCaptureTechnologyInCoalPowerPlantsIPRO302PosterF09
Creator: Chmielewski, Don, Contreras, Abraham, Deboth, Ray, Dickman, Justin, Enadeghe, Gregory, Garza Rodriguez, Hector, Gottlieb, Myron, Haddad, Michael, Kyle, Ryan, Mongillo, Michael, Murphy, Ryan, Shonubi, Oluwaseun, Swillum, Bryce, Wolber, Brian, Worthon, Terrika
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: Our team will investigate the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United States....
Show moreOur team will investigate the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United States. We will 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.
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Title: Method of Analyzing Odors
Creator: Dravnieks, Andrew
Date: 2009-05-04, 1974-06-11
Description: A method of analyzing odors is provided in which an odorant sample is passed through a plurality of gas chromatographic columns having...
Show moreA method of analyzing odors is provided in which an odorant sample is passed through a plurality of gas chromatographic columns having stationary phases of differing chemical polarity. The numerical value of various subjective odor dimensions of the odorant sample which otherwise would involve subjective test panel analysis, may be determined from the retention times of the odorant sample with respect to the various stationary phase materials.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Information Design for Plant Management to Predict Equipment Failure (Semester Unknown) IPRO 303: Information Design for Plant Management to Predict Equipment Failure IPRO 303 Ethics Sp08
Creator: Dodds, Jacob, Erogbogbo, Samad, Fleming, Rachel, Fujimoto, Haruko, Hazariwala, Nirav, Kim, Jihyung, Lee, Sangwook, Mcanally, Arthur, Simons, Ray
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 303 is working on the user interface for SmartSignal Corporation’s software which predicts equipment failures in coal fired power plants....
Show moreIPRO 303 is working on the user interface for SmartSignal Corporation’s software which predicts equipment failures in coal fired power plants. We are now in the third stage of the project. We are to deliver the user interface of the software based on the studies done by two previous semesters. SmartSignal suggested that we also consider specific elements of the software such as the clear presentation of developing fault information, and the efficient communication system between users. An appropriate UI will utilize SmartSignal’s predictive analysis software to provide an efficient and clear means for power plant personnel to: · Predict or identify equipment faults · Understand the predicted faults · Prioritize the disposition of the predicted faults or highlight urgent or important faults · Reduce the need for plant personnel to have many years of experience or “institutional knowledge” The ultimate goal of this project is to introduce an innovative approach to the user interface which SmartSignal can use for predicting equipment failures in coal fire power plants. To realize this, we set these objectives. · Research and collect information relative to the User Interfaces [UI] from the first hand users of the software while examining the study done by the previous IPRO303. · Create the Requirements Document for the UI in light of the concerns expressed by SmartSignal and the results of research. · Generate several possible UIs based upon the Requirements Document stated above. · Select one of the Several UI for development of details and revise it based upon the input from SmartSignal. · Add details and finalize the design of the selected UI.
Sponsorship: SmartSignal
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 Final Presentation F08
Creator: Dole, Shreyas, Eliyahu, Haim, Moore, Jeremy, O’neil, Ben, Olson, Heather, Peroni, Joe
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO team this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last two semesters to Juarez, Mexico, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to Juarez situation we
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Title: Intermodal Transport System in Crete Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 307: IntermodalContainerSystemSolutions IPRO307Poster2F10
Creator: Williams, Gabriel, Woods, Bryan, Radzik, Izydor, Levin, Jeremy, Anca, Gruita, Davis, Aaron, Roth, Jessica, Allen, John, Pollack, Aaron, Bajzek, Sasha, Ahmadu, Jibril
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: IPRO 307 is following the path of its predecessors in order to help improve the shipping transportations and facilities in the immediate...
Show moreIPRO 307 is following the path of its predecessors in order to help improve the shipping transportations and facilities in the immediate region, specifically Crete, IL. While there has been other IPRO teams that have contributed to the modernization of the intermodal system at My-Jack Shipping Company, our sponsor is now calling upon us again to further their research in this field.
Sponsorship: My-Jack Shipping Company
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Title: PEM Fuel Cell Technology (Semester Unknown) IPRO 318: PEMFuelCellTechnologyIPRO318Poster1Sp09
Creator: Adebole, Kolade, Aguirre, Marisol, Baker, Kathleen, Booher, Steven, Corson, Elizabeth, Dorr, Elena, Khan, Anam, Kloppenborg, Ellen, Kunkel, Emily, Marks, Matthew, Massoud, Hussein, Matezic, Samira, Mocny, William, Nicholson, Bethany, Shpuntova, Galina, Smith, Adam, Swillum, Bryce, Willett, Joshua, Zellarchaffer, Priscilla, Zhao, Yin, Zwibelman, Hannah
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: 1. Evaluate the feasibility of PEM fuel cells in commercial application, including military and defense, automotive, aerospace, and other...
Show more1. Evaluate the feasibility of PEM fuel cells in commercial application, including military and defense, automotive, aerospace, and other specialties 2. Investigate industrial and commercial technicalities of PEM fuel cells and study methods of improving the robustness of catalysts and reducing fuel impurities 3. Compare and contrast the performance and cost of fuel cell and internal combustion engines 4. Design and incorporate a PEM fuel cell system into commercial application and perform a cost and benefit analysis utilizing engineering design principles
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Title: Enhanced Vision System for Construction Safety (Semester Unknown) IPRO 355: Enhanced Vision System For Construction Safety IPRO 355 Poster F08
Creator: Connelly, David, Mizek, Jeff, Sticha, Chuck, Sustersic, Sara, Bassett, Leo, Montgomery, Tom, Lee, Melissa, Ann Gan, Kok, O’leary, Kevin, Beemsterboer, Michael
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The purpose of our team is to save lives and prevent accidents involving construction equipment damaging underground utilities. We seek to do...
Show moreThe purpose of our team is to save lives and prevent accidents involving construction equipment damaging underground utilities. We seek to do this by introducing the Enhanced Vision System, or EVS. The goal then for this semester is to design and build this system for displaying the location of buried utilities to the operators of construction vehicles. This includes producing a proof-of-concept prototype as well as designing the final product that we would produce. As this project is not merely an IPRO, but also an EnPRO, we are also considering how to turn this idea into a successful business venture. To this end, we will be preforming research and creating a business plan.
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Title: Teacher Knowledge Share (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320: Teacher Knowledge Share IPRO 320 Poster1 F08
Creator: Bern, David, Bochantin, Marike, Hartline, Julian, Mccall, Ian, Mick, Emily, Peake, Andrew, Pierce, Alison, Pindrik, Dmitriy, Quinn, Michael, Stanford, Carly, Tilatti, Michael
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow...
Show moreThe goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow for the sharing of ideas, lesson plans and other professionally relevant information. This is a continuing project which saw limited success in the previous semester in that a functioning web site was constructed based on surveys of public school teachers but it saw very little use. This semester, the planned approach is to build on the research generated last semester by performing additional market research with teachers. Following that, IPRO 320 will rework much of the previous web site by refining some of the features, adding additional ones as the research indicates and improving the website in general, both functionally and aesthetically.
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Title: A Mixed Use High Rise in Mumbai
Creator: Saleji, Irshad
Date: 2011-05, 2011-05
Description: C-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement...
Show moreC-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement in infrastructure, which has led to narrow street, unsafe pedestrian and limited open space. C-ward in one of the most prime real-estate location considering it right next to financial district , close to major train station and close to Shoreline. ROMF (Remaking of Mumbai Federation) has taken the initiative to develop the C-ward and the project site part of ROMF development area. City centers have always been source of density because of scarcity of land. The sensible and effective use of such land would be to build vertical (high-rise) and also to have the possibility of expansion for the future development. A mixed use high rise development diversifies the use of space within a single building structure. Combination of living, entertainment, shopping and lodging in single urban structure, helps to utilize the full potential of an urban site.
Sponsorship: Durbrow, John
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Title: Affordable and Sustainable Quality of Life Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 325: AffordableandSustainableQualityOfLifeImprovementsIPRO325FinalPresentationSp10
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: Audio Quality & Energy Efficiency for Mobile Devices and Intercoms (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344: AudioQualityandEnergyEfficiencyForMobileDevicesandIntercomsIPRO344EthicsSp09
Creator: Barnett, Alex, Gullikson, Kevin, Raza, Mohammad, Aigner, Jeff, Su, Yihan, Craig, Titilayo, Kuo, Steve, Chiles, Jeff, Walker, Alex
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: IPRO 344 began as an investigation into the applications of Class D amplifiers for low-power and high-quality audio devices. This semester’s...
Show moreIPRO 344 began as an investigation into the applications of Class D amplifiers for low-power and high-quality audio devices. This semester’s IPRO will focus on integrating the Class D amplifier into a drive-through order system. In addition to the Class D amplifier, this semester’s team will be investigating high-fidelity microphones, microphone preamplifiers, and speaker mounting.
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Chicago (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: DesigningAffordableHousingOutOfShippingContainersForChicagoIPRO339PosterSu09
Creator: Ahsan, Saad, Anderson, Aaron, Bais, Rajiv, Bhatti, Talha, Chan, Ronald, Davis, Blake, Dunn, Michael, Gibbons, Jennifer, Glynn, Michael, Gregory, Nicole, Jacobson, Joel, Kucher, Rostislav, Labuda, Timothy, Lima, Nancy, Park, Ji Ae, Park, Lucas, Pederson, Erin, Pyciak, Mark, Rahman, Raihan, Ribot, Garcia, Anna, Roseen, Michael, Silvestre, Ivan, Specht, Cassandra
Date: 2009, 2009-07
Description: The City of Chicago has been nominated as the U.S. Bid City for 2016 Olympic Games and currently remains a strong contender for this title. If...
Show moreThe City of Chicago has been nominated as the U.S. Bid City for 2016 Olympic Games and currently remains a strong contender for this title. If Chicago is selected as the Host City it will face the enormous task of providing temporary housing for all Olympiad participants including athletes, coaches, organizers, and media reporters. Continuing in the vein of last semester’s IPRO, our IPRO is proposing an economical and environmentally friendly solution to this challenge. We propose to utilize thousands of old shipping containers that are cluttering up shipping yards in the Chicago area and to convert them into low-cost housing units. With proper foresight, this challenge can become an opportunity for the I P R O 3 3 9 City to demonstrate an attitude of sustainability that can serve as a model for other cities around the world to follow suit. The intense media attention directed towards the Olympic Games could be channeled to showcase our commitment to environmentally and socially responsible actions.
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Title: Tool Management System and Feed Mechanism Design (Semester Unknown) IPRO 347: ToolManagementSystemandFeedMechanismDesignIPRO347ProjectPlanF09
Creator: Chiu, Daniel, Cicero, Joseph, Hill, Ross, Lee, Woong-kyo, Perry, Jonathan, Powers, John, Sanborn, Peter, Sarratt, Meagan, Williams, Robert, Xu, Ran
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: This project is being performed on behalf of Smith & Richardson, a precision machined parts manufacturing company. The project’s tasks are to...
Show moreThis project is being performed on behalf of Smith & Richardson, a precision machined parts manufacturing company. The project’s tasks are to develop a tool management system as well as a feed mechanism design for the company.
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Title: A Business Plan for the Production of Crumb Rubber by Solid State Shear Extrusion (Spring 2003) EnPRO 351: A Business Plan for the Production of Crumb Rubber by Solid State Shear Extrusion EnPRO351 Spring2003 Final Report
Creator: Phillips, Shannon, Omarov, Aidar, Mroszczak, Michael, Krzyzanowski, Pete, Cerney, Matt, Brock, Ginny, Shahidi, Nima
Date: 2003, 2003-05
Description: Hamid Arastoopour in Chemical Engineering has developed and patented technology for processing scrap rubber from tires in an extruder. This...
Show moreHamid Arastoopour in Chemical Engineering has developed and patented technology for processing scrap rubber from tires in an extruder. This technology breaks the chemical bonds that result in the rubber being vulcanized. This allows the rubber to be reformed into new shapes and re-vulcanized resulting a true recycling of the material into new rubber parts. Most other rubber recycling technology only grinds up the rubber. These technologies allow the rubber to be used as a filler but does not allow true recycling of the rubber. There is a tremendous supply of used tires are a significant environmental problem as well as waste of a potential resource. This technology could provide the means to effectively use this waste. This EnPRO will look at the issues and opportunities associated with commercializing this exciting technology. This will include an assessment of additional technology development that is needed, an analysis of the cost of implementing this technology, sources of scrap rubber, as well as the market for the recycled rubber. It will also look at possible ways to fund the development. The EnPRO will be supported by a business representative in addition to technical faculty.
Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies under the Auspices of the Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial Program
Project Plan for EnPRO 351: A Business Plan for the Production of Crumb Rubber by Solid State Shear Extrusion for the Spring 2003 semester
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Title: Designing Affordable Energy, Water, And Shelter Solutions For The World's Poor (Semester Unknown) IPRO 325: DesigningAffordableWater,Energy, and ShelterSolutionsIPRO325Brochureperu2Sp09
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: Project Management Strategies and Technology Efficiency for Electrical Contractors' Construction Projects (Semester Unknown) IPRO 338: BIMIPRO338Poster2Sp10
Creator: Anderson, Scott, Babnigg, David, Cachero, Eunice, Carroll, John, Jun, Chang Han, Khaleq, Fade, Kim, Suk Won, Kim, Tae-hoon, Lee, Se Won, Maloney, Michael, Park, Lillian, Rizvi, Syeda Fatima, Son, Min-jeong, Yi, Jennifer
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: Continuing from last semester, our purpose is to identify ways to improve the efficiency of electrical contracting projects through new...
Show moreContinuing from last semester, our purpose is to identify ways to improve the efficiency of electrical contracting projects through new software and technology, communications, and project management techniques, especially through Building Information Modeling (BIM) utilization. Since BIM is a fairly new product with few, if any, competitors, we don’t see many options for the immediate future, when it comes to IPRO projects.
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Title: Agent-based control of autocatalytic replicators in networks of reactors
Creator: Tatara, E., Birol, I., Teymour, F., Cinar, A.
Date: 2005-03-15
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Description: Spatially distributed systems such as reactor networks hosting multiple autocatalytic species demonstrate a rich spectrum of complex behavior....
Show moreSpatially distributed systems such as reactor networks hosting multiple autocatalytic species demonstrate a rich spectrum of complex behavior. From a control systems perspective, spatially distributed systems offer a difficult control challenge because of their distributed nature, nonlinearity, and high order. Furthermore, manipulation of the network states may require simultaneous control actions in different parts of the system and may need transients through several operating regimes to achieve the desired operation. The lack of accurate and computationally efficient model-based techniques for large, spatially distributed systems results in complications in controlling the system, either in disturbance rejection or changing the operational regimes of the system. A hierarchical, agent-based control structure is presented whereby local control objectives may be changed in order to achieve the global control objective. The performance of the control system is demonstrated for several global objectives. The challenge posed is to control the spatial distribution of autocatalytic species in a network of five reactors hosting two species using the interaction flow rates as the manipulated variables. The multi-agent control system is able to effectively explore the parameter space of the network and intelligently manipulate the network flow rates such that the desired spatial distribution of species is achieved.
Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2004.09.022
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