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- Business Study of Alternatives Uses for Brewers’ Spent Grain (Semester Unknown) IPRO 340: AlternativeUsesForBrewers'SpentGrainIPRO340BrochureSp11
- Creator
- Acacio, Kevin, Kapaldo, James, Orekoya, Moyosoreoluwa, Sahni, Sakshi, Apyan, Aram, Kim, Paul, Prusak, Mateusz, Zahir, Soha, Chiem, Edward, Mares Araiza, Rodolfo, Smith, Amanda, Tomlin, Stephen
- Date
- 2011, 2011-05
- Description
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IPRO 340 (The Idea Fermentors) is working with Rock Bottom Brewery to determine alternative uses for the spent grain the brewery produces....
Show moreIPRO 340 (The Idea Fermentors) is working with Rock Bottom Brewery to determine alternative uses for the spent grain the brewery produces. Over 1,000 pounds of spent grain are produced at each of the three area locations weekly. Spent grain has many applications because of its high content of protein and fiber. Applications range from production of bio-plastics and bio-fuel, to agricultural uses as animal feed and compost material, to reuse as food for people. A major issue that Rock Bottom Brewery faces is that spent grain spoils very quickly, so alternative uses of spent grain must happen within a matter of days. IPRO 340 will determine what will be the best use of Rock Bottom Brewery’s spent grain in terms of logistics, cost, practicality, and environmental impact. The Idea Fermentors will lean and understand the brewery process and various applications for spent grain, as it pertains to Rock Bottom Brewery. The team will work together to accomplish project requirements as set forth by the IPRO office at IIT on time as well as satisfy the sponsor company’s needs.
Sponsorship: Timothy Marshall, Rock Bottom Brewery
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- Increasing Alternative Transportation at IIT (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352: IncreasingAlternativeTransportation@IITIPRO352BrochureSp11
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- Wu, Yijin, Williams, Tiauna, Binggeser, Peter, Hammond, Tom, Harris, Raymond, Potter, Quintin, Nguyen, Trang, Ross, Connor, Manoharan, Tryphaena, Muchna, Joseph, Ramminger, Max, Varghese, Danny, Lademan, Anthony
- Date
- 2011, 2011-05
- Description
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We want to celebrate the sustainable image of IIT by promoting bicycling at IIT. We want to increase awareness about the benefits of biking...
Show moreWe want to celebrate the sustainable image of IIT by promoting bicycling at IIT. We want to increase awareness about the benefits of biking and how it is the most useful and the most easiest and fastest way of transportation around IIT We want to continue the efforts of IIT and its attempt to be a more environmentally friendly and sustainable campus by showing the school the advantages of bicycling at IIT. We want to promote the facts of bicycles and the benefits it will bring to the community if used in a greater capacity.
Sponsorship: IIT
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- PROGRAMTIC INTEGRATED HOUSING COMMUNITY DESIGN: PROGRAMMATIC INTEGRATED HOUSING COMMUNITY DESIGN
- Creator
- Bai, Xue
- Date
- 2012-05, 2012-05
- Description
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Basing on the plan of Lake Meadow re-development, the proposal of Prairie Shore residential area will meet the demand of the raising...
Show moreBasing on the plan of Lake Meadow re-development, the proposal of Prairie Shore residential area will meet the demand of the raising population, which will be a mixed used, mid desity of residents plan. The idea behind this proposal is trying to integrate programs to the housing plan which could also enhance the connection between people and the city. Each of the housing takes advantage of the site facing Lake Michigan and sunshine, the amenities and programs located on the ground level of building courtyard, supply the service of residents living by, while on the 31st street there are several types of commercial areas which will also contribute the vitality to this community.
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- Parental Involvement Project for Bronzeville Public Schools (Spring 2003) IPRO 303: Parental Involvement Project for Bronzeville Public Schools IPRO303 Spring2003 Final Presentation
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- Awolola, Yetunde, Cruz, Emerald, Escasa, Julie Anne, Leos, Stephen, Modjeski, Amanda, Stanton, Moore, Perera, Joe, Rathod, Daisy, Ravella, Shalini, Shell, Stuart
- Date
- 2003, 2003-05
- Description
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The goal of this project is to assist our client, the Lugenia Burns Hope Center, expand an already-established parents organization serving...
Show moreThe goal of this project is to assist our client, the Lugenia Burns Hope Center, expand an already-established parents organization serving seven of Bronzeville's public schools: Doolittle West, Dootlittle East, Raymond, Abbot, Donahue, Wells-Prep, and Mayo. This organization P.O.W.E.R. for our kids (Parents Organization Working for Educational Responsibility for our kids)--is an independent network of parents and community organizers working in concert with the Local School Councils to improve student achievement and educational opportunity. Our team will create promotional literature advertising the cause of the union, research the problems in the schools, and propose changes to the curriculum and the culture of the schools, which members of POWER and the local school councils can implement. This project gives students in the Leadership Academy an introduction to grass-roots, community organizing. Students involved with Math/Science education and the Young Women's Charter School might join the team to advise our client on best classroom practices. Students of public policy, law, political science, and architecture would be challenged to place the problems of the schools within the context of city, state, and federal policies on education, housing, land-use and other aspects related to the vitality of healthy neighborhoods. Should students of psychology join the project, they might help the team understand those aspects of human motivation and behavior required for building of human capital in low income communities. And, of course, students of technical communication, design, and internet communications, finally, would not only be valuable additions to the team because of their interests in web site and document design, but because of their interests in constructing persuasive texts. In general, students with an interest in making a difference in the surrounding, IIT community would have an opportunity to work with community leaders who likewise want to see Bronzeville's public schools better serve their children.
Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies
Project Plan for IPRO 303: Parental Involvement Project for Bronzeville Public Schools for Spring 2003 semester
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- Large Scale Structure (semester?), IPRO 315: Large Scale Structure IPRO 315 IPRO Day Presentation F07
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- Beltran, Julian J., Carden, Joe, Dominikowski, Marek, Janulis, Lukas, Kapecki, John, Khudeira, Mohamad, Palladino, Nicholas, Patel, Saagar, Patel, Viral, Sawulski, Piotr, Shen, Jie-hua, Stine, Elijah, Thomas, Seth, Williams, David, Zaatar, Yousef
- Date
- 2007-12, 2007-12
- Description
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The IPRO 315 team’s objective for this semester is to design a automated car parking structure. However, the team’s main objective is to...
Show moreThe IPRO 315 team’s objective for this semester is to design a automated car parking structure. However, the team’s main objective is to create the most cost efficient and space saving parking lot. This team will also attempt to establish a strong team-working environment based on the knowledge and capabilities of each individual given their different fields of study for the successful completion of the goals presented for the IPRO group, as well as gaining useful experience and knowledge for every member. During the fall semester, the team has set forth the following objectives: Analyze different parking methods based on different building shapes Define crucial resources used in these processes and structure them Research costs associated with this parking structure
Deliverables for IPRO 315: Large Scale Structure for the Fall 2007 semester
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- Means for Recording and Reproducing Video Signals
- Creator
- Camras, Marvin
- Date
- 1959-08-18
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Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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- Integration of Process Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: IntegrationOfProcessImprovementsIPRO304BrochureF09
- Creator
- Bauer, Jessie, Bergeron, Tony, Campen, Matt, Gruchalski, Erik, Ki Choi, Tae, Marx, Ryan, Murti, Chaitanya, Robbins, Brian, Pal Sohal, Atinder, Stenson, Amanda, Taboada, Alejandro, Zhang, Bingjian
- Date
- 2009, 2009-12
- Description
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The goal and mission this semester is to create a procedure that can show a technician when a carbide insert breaks off of a face mill during...
Show moreThe goal and mission this semester is to create a procedure that can show a technician when a carbide insert breaks off of a face mill during operation. Completing this task will increase productivity for A. Finkl and Sons.
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- Learning the Lingo? Gender, Prestige and Linguistic Adaptation in Review Communities
- Creator
- Hemphill, Libby, Otterbacher, Jahna
- Date
- 2011-11-19, 2012-02
- Publisher
- ACM Press
- Description
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Women and men communicate differently in both face-to- face and computer-mediated environments. We study linguistic patterns considered...
Show moreWomen and men communicate differently in both face-to- face and computer-mediated environments. We study linguistic patterns considered gendered in reviews contributed to the Internet Movie Database. IMDb has been described as a male-majority community, in which females contribute fewer reviews and enjoy less prestige than males. Analyzing reviews posted by prolific males and females, we hypothesize that females adjust their communication styles to be in sync with their male counterparts. We find evidence that while certain characteristics of “female language” persevere over time (e.g., frequent use of pronouns) others (e.g., hedging) decrease with time. Surprisingly, we also find that males often increase their use of “female” features. Our results indicate, that even when they resemble men’s reviews linguistically, women’s reviews still enjoy less prestige and smaller audiences.
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- New Applications for Virtual Reality Training (semester?), IPRO 316: New Applications for Virtual Reality Training IPRO 316 Midterm Presentation F07
- Creator
- Jeong, Ahreum, Doolittle, Erik, Mead, Erik, Roe, Ian, Stanford, Jeffrey, Kim, Jeongshik, Knopp, Kyle, Malanowski, Mark, Cantoni, Nick, Steward, Shane
- Date
- 2007-12, 2007-12
- Description
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We have quite a few objectives for this IPRO. Our first objective is to research into both industrial and mass market applications of the...
Show moreWe have quite a few objectives for this IPRO. Our first objective is to research into both industrial and mass market applications of the Product Animations technology. After this first objective, we take 2 paths. The first leads to determining a screening criterion to select the best industrial prospects. We then plan to quantify the value propositions for the prospects selected from objective 2. When this is finished, we will create a deliverable simulation example, and finally write down any and all recommendations for future work with this IPRO. The other path leads to researching the idea or design of an ASP website. After this has been implemented, we want to use a PAI example of a milkshake machine, and show this on the ASP at IPRO day.
Deliverables for IPRO 316: New Applications for Virtual Reality Training for the Fall 2007 semester
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- Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333: FabricationLabIPRO333EthicsSp09
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- Boyer, Robert, Chung, Lawrence, Gajdorus, Michael, Gottschall, Keenan, Hendricks, Rachel, Luciani, Joseph, Mallinger, Nicolle, Marks, Paul, Murman, Patricia, Nadler, Anne, Nakano, Shunsuke, Obst, Leslie, Ptak, Treyson, Reyes, Ivan, Winterbauer, Adam
- Date
- 2009, 2009-05
- Description
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Fabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology providing...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology providing digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry has partnered with IPRO to further develop the Fab Lab at their site. IPRO 333 has been rendered the task of working with the administration in the Fab lab of MSI to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and assisting in determining its end goals for both the museum and the community by working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, promoting membership at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and involving the community in science and technology programs at the museum. In order to accomplish our tasks we have broken into three main teams, each of which will focus on a different aspect of the lab. The first team will be responsible for creating events specific to the museum members, creating proposals for low‐cost, high‐profit activities for the lab, and possibly creating a website where users of the lab may sign up for time in the lab, reserve or order materials, and rent storage space for long term projects they wish to work on. The second team is responsible for integrating the Fab Lab into the current working exhibits as well as future exhibitions. The third team will be responsible for designing and creating new programs for users of the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program or museum members.
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- Delta Hook Tech (Semester Unknown) IPRO 358
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- Bistriceanu, Bogdan, Boyer, Robert, Champlin, Austin, Choitz, Rachel, Divito, Michael, Edwards, Herbert, Egland, Erik, Gaonkar, Mohit, Lai, James, Obaid, Hamza, Pop, Sabina, Staats, Andrew, Ton, Jimmy, Zhu, Patrick
- Date
- 2009, 2009-12
- Description
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During the summer 2009 semester, IPRO 358 plans to develop mock-ups of the Delta Hook Technology (DHT) and to lay the foundation for a...
Show moreDuring the summer 2009 semester, IPRO 358 plans to develop mock-ups of the Delta Hook Technology (DHT) and to lay the foundation for a business model for Sparrowhawk, LLC, an early stage company. Sparrowhawk has investigated the concept for an innovative fishing hook that is not currently on the market or ready to be launched. The IPRO team will work together to approach the process of designing mock-ups of the Delta Hook Technology (DHT), testing the mock-ups, and determining measures that can be taken to improve the DHT. Subsequent mock-ups will continue to improve based on results of the product testing. Simultaneously, we will do market research in order to identify the target market, determine price points, and develop marketing strategies for DHT.
Sponsorship: Sparrowhawk, Delta Hook Technologies
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- Integration of Process Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: IntegrationOfProcessImprovementsIPRO304FinalPresentationSp10
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- Flores, Emmanuel, Hawker, Corey, Loeppert, Charles, Marx, Ryan, Pollack, Richard, Rodriguez, Ricardo, Snyder, David, Stevanovic, Stefan, Willett, Joshua
- Date
- 2010, 2010-05
- Description
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During the milling operations at an industrial steel producer like A. Finkl & Sons (Chicago, IL), a substantial amount of time and money is...
Show moreDuring the milling operations at an industrial steel producer like A. Finkl & Sons (Chicago, IL), a substantial amount of time and money is lost due to the fact that cutting inserts break catastrophically and without warning. The goal of this project is to devise an effective means by which a cutting insert breakage event can be quickly and reliably detected, thereby minimizing damage to the steel and other cutting inserts, and also freeing technicians to attend multiple machines at a time. This increases the productivity of their operations, and it has the potential to save A. Finkl & Sons substantial costs per year in time lost in rework and prematurely broken cutting inserts.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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- Opening the door to the USHMM Archives with the Intranet Mediator (semester?), IPRO 311: IIT Intranet Mediator for USHMM IPRO 311 Project Plan Sp06
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- Carbon, Joseph, Odriozola, Susana, Olatunde-bello, Omolaoye, Olive, Daniel, Oster, Joshua, Rife, Carolanna, Tam, Chi
- Date
- 2006-05, 2006-05
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The main focus of IPRO 311 this semester is to improve the Mediator by making it more attractive, accessible and user-friendly. Methods to...
Show moreThe main focus of IPRO 311 this semester is to improve the Mediator by making it more attractive, accessible and user-friendly. Methods to improve the Mediator include making the necessary adjustments after user studies were made, creating public relations materials and creating a user manual.
Deliverables for IPRO 311: Opening the door to the USHMM Archives with the Intranet Mediator for the Spring 2006 semester
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- Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Hydroelectric Facilities in Northeastern Illinois (semester?), IPRO 319: Hydroelectric NE IL IPRO 319 Final Report Sp06
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- Seagren, Ian, Burgos, Mauricio, Mahdi, Naila, Trocke, John, Fuglestad, Jason, Witkowski, Mark, Gottardo, Joe, Rossman, Justin, Kalynchuk, Aydra, Ibrahim, Nezar
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- 2006-05, 2006-05
- Description
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IPRO 319’s objective is to determine the feasibility of converting one or more existing dams on the Fox River into low impact hydroelectric...
Show moreIPRO 319’s objective is to determine the feasibility of converting one or more existing dams on the Fox River into low impact hydroelectric facilities, based upon the project’s economic viability, stakeholders, permitting, and certification processes. As part of this objective, the group aims to provide an extensive catalogue of information on low-impact hydroelectricity so as to establish a strong foundation for future IPROs/EnPROs concerned with the project. We hope to take advantage of IIT’s unique role as an education and research institution to accomplish the task.
Deliverables for IPRO 319: Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Hydroelectric Facilities in Northeastern Illinois for the Spring 2006 semester
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- INVESTIGATION OF NOROVIRUS CROSS CONTAMINATION DURING FOOD SERVICE PROCEDURES USED IN PREPARATION OF FRESH PRODUCE
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- Suriyanarayanan, Annamalai
- Date
- 2011-11, 2011-12
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Human norovirus (HuNoV) is considered an important cause of foodborne outbreaks, often attributed to the preparation of fresh produce by...
Show moreHuman norovirus (HuNoV) is considered an important cause of foodborne outbreaks, often attributed to the preparation of fresh produce by infected food handlers. In this investigation, methods for recovery of murine norovirus (MNV-1), a surrogate for HuNoV, from food preparatory surfaces were optimized, and MNV-1 crosscontamination between various surfaces common in a food service setting were studied. Fifty microliters of MNV-1 was inoculated onto demarcated 1 x 1 inch squares of polypropylene cutting board, stainless steel knife and spigots. After drying, MNV-1 was recovered from each surface using either a cotton swab, composite tissue or sterile sponge in combination with different eluents such as tissue culture growth medium, 3% beef extract, glycine buffer (50mM glycine, 1% beef extract), stripping solution (0.04% K2HPO4, 1.01% Na2HPO4, 0.1% Triton X-100), and Earle’s Balanced Salt Solution (EBSS). The eluent/recovery tool combinations that recovered the highest percentage of MNV-1 from cutting board were stripping solution/sponge (20%) and growth medium/swab (20%). The greatest recovery from the knife blade was achieved with the growth medium/composite tissue combination (43%), while recovery from spigots was greatest using the stripping solution/sponge (28%) and the growth medium/sponge combinations (27%). In the second phase of this investigation, human volunteers were asked to perform various tasks in order to quantify the amount of MNV-1 cross contamination between various surfaces, including bare hands, fresh-cut lettuce, and spigots. The percentage of MNV-1 transfer from hands to spigots varied from 0.06% to 3.59%, spigots to hands varied from 10% to 90.4% and lettuce to hands varied from 0.30% to 4.33%. x The results of this investigation can be used in developing a model describing the transfer pattern of HuNoV between surfaces common in retail food service, and used in developing educational materials for food service workers.
M.S. in Science, Food Safety, and Technology, December 2011
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- Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders (semester?), IPRO 321
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- Tomsa, Michael, Zverev, Dmitriy, Pelae, Raisa, Strassler, Garrett, Kovacs, Julianna, Kwon, Chil-woong, King, Richard, Myers, Donald, Mennenga, Gregory, Chen, Jianyu
- Date
- 2007-05, 2007-05
- Description
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The objective of this team will be to improve safety, performance and evaluate/design an implementation for the reduction of noise emission...
Show moreThe objective of this team will be to improve safety, performance and evaluate/design an implementation for the reduction of noise emission from the sample of Paper Shredder Prototypes provided to us by “The Manhattan Group”, project sponsor. Another objective of this team is to evaluate the current market offerings and price points and create new industrial designs for a line of paper shredders that could be sold at retail stores such as Staples, Target, or Office Depot. Designs should focus on a new feature or style.
Sponsorship: Seth Lewis, President, The Manhattan Group
Deliverables for IPRO 321: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders for the Spring 2007 semester
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- Power Measurement for Road Bicycles: Towards a Universal Solution (Semester Unknown) IPRO 324: PowerMeasurementsForRoadBicyclesIPRO324Poster2Sp09
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- Anupoju, Tarun, Halim, Stephanus, Kaminski, Bryan, Lam, Brian, Marcellis, Brandon, Martin, Rebecca, Odunaiya, Edumaregbemiro, Stevanovic, Stefan, Tsosie, Henrietta, Voukadinov, Ivan, Ziomek, Arkadiusz
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- 2009, 2009-05
- Description
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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 signal processing 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 last year. 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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- Method and Apparatus for Stress Analysis
- Creator
- Benson, Robert W., Raelson, Verner J.
- Date
- 1963-08-27
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Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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- Bucktown Artist's Live/Work Cooperative
- Creator
- Collier, T Scott
- Date
- 2011-05, 2011-05
- Description
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By creating affordable live-work environments and a cooperative production facility the project will reestablish the Bucktown neighborhood as...
Show moreBy creating affordable live-work environments and a cooperative production facility the project will reestablish the Bucktown neighborhood as a strong and viable artist community in the city of Chicago.
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- Enhancing Psychology Research through Advanced Communications Technology (semester?), IPRO 306
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- Abou-nemeh, Tarek, Chiu, Tina, Franke, Kevin, Jacob, Alice, Jones, Chris, Miller, Chelsea, Sweikert, Emma, Vilenchik, Vlad, Walter, Stephanie
- Date
- 2006-12, 2006-12
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IPRO 306’s overall objective is to augment existing knowledge regarding the patterns and accuracies of retrospective recall of affect in the...
Show moreIPRO 306’s overall objective is to augment existing knowledge regarding the patterns and accuracies of retrospective recall of affect in the clinically depressed. This will be done by evaluating recall accuracy in the nonhospitalized clinically depressed population and comparing it to that of the nonclinical population. The specific objective of the Fall 2006 semester is to recruit twenty-five depressed and twenty-five nondepressed controls through advertisement, screen them, train them in the use of PDAs and collect data on their momentary affect rating.
Deliverables for the IPRO 306: Enhancing Psychology Research through Advanced Communications Technology for the Fall 2006 semester
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