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Title: Sloan Valve Company (sequence unknown), IPRO 306 - Deliverables: IPRO 306 Abstract F09
Creator: Delahanty, Sean, Jaouen, Julien, Thakkar, Hetul, Jones, Santiago Guerrero, Kim, Sung, Toor, Hammad, Jalan, Arjun, Soleja, Sikander, Zhang, Yayan
Date: 2009-12
Description: Sloan Valve manufactures and distributes commercial valves and plumbing fixtures globally. The IPRO team will work to improve the 'procure to...
Show moreSloan Valve manufactures and distributes commercial valves and plumbing fixtures globally. The IPRO team will work to improve the 'procure to pay' process and also assist in the development of a new warehouse management module.
Sponsorship: Sloan Valve Company
Deliverables for IPRO 306: Sloan Valve for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: TASK/STAFFING-TECHNOLOGY FIT IN CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING
Creator: Yang, Juneseok
Date: 2015, 2015-07
Description: Construction managers use scheduling methods such as the critical path method (CPM) and linear scheduling methods (LSM) to improve the outcome...
Show moreConstruction managers use scheduling methods such as the critical path method (CPM) and linear scheduling methods (LSM) to improve the outcome of their project. CPM is a popular scheduling method that is mostly based on precedence relationships and the identification of the longest path through a network. LSMs are based on a continuous flow of resources and are used mostly on projects that exhibit repetitive characteristics. Despite the many obvious advantages of CPM, its use in construction has been limited. LSMs are much less frequently used than CPM, although the general consensus is that LSMs are quite effective in projects composed of activities of repetitive nature. Understanding the reasons why these methods are not used as extensively as expected could improve their level of acceptance in the construction industry. The link between construction scheduling methods and the tasks expected to be performed by schedulers has been an on-going concern in the construction industry. The link between construction scheduling methods and the capabilities of the scheduling staff has also been an important issue. This study proposes a combined task/staffing-technology fit model to understand why CPM and LSM are not used as extensively as expected in construction scheduling: (1) a task-technology fit model that aims to measure the extent to which a construction scheduling method functionally matches the tasks expected to be performed by the scheduling staff; (2) a staffing-technology fit model that aims to measure the extent to which a construction scheduling method matches the staff`s experience, know-how and capabilities. The models that are proposed are an answer to the lack of proper instruments for evaluating the extent to which scheduling methods are used in the industry. A questionnaire survey was administered to professionals listed in the directory of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) who have many years of experience in construction scheduling. Statistical analyses were performed to determine statistical significance of the differences between the level of agreement concerning task-technology fit and staffing-technology fit for CPM and LSM applications. Findings indicate that there are significant differences between the opinions of CPM users and LSM users. This means that task-technology fit is much different in CPM and LSM applications. Similarly, staffing-technology fit is also quite different in CPM and LSM applications.
M.S. in Civil Engineering, July 2015
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Title: COMPUTATIONAL ACCESS FLOW REDUCTION EFFECT ON WALL SHEAR STRESS IN BRACHIOCEPHALIC FISTULAE
Creator: Wlodarczyk, Marta P.
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: The population of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) is growing at a rate higher than the global population. The only viable...
Show moreThe population of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) is growing at a rate higher than the global population. The only viable treatment for these patients is a kidney transplant. However, in the absence of a suitable kidney donor, renal patients are left with hemodialysis as a renal replacement therapy. Hemodialysis is facilitated through arteriovenous fistula (AVF), and the particular interest in this investigation is brachiocephalic fistula (BCF). The survival of dialysis patients depends on maintaining patency of fistula over a prolonged period of time. The extreme hemodynamic environment that is created by BCF triggers the onset of neointimal hyperplasia (NH) in most renal dialysis patients, which leads to access failure via stenosis. This is because the hemodynamics in AVF are well outside the normal physiological range. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) along with shape optimization allows for the study of the hemodynamic parameters such as wall shear stress that have been shown to be detrimental in the future occurrence of cephalic arch stenosis. In this study, CFD modeling and identification of hemodynamic patterns was possible in three dimensions due to advanced post processing of IVUS patient-specific geometries. A method utilizing 3D CFD and shape optimization has been developed to implement Miller’s banding method used in clinical practice to evaluate its impact on WSS and onset of neointimal hyperplasia. The level of banding represented by a constriction is in fact a patient specific value and is not a trivial solution of minimum flow rate necessary to conduct hemodialysis; hence suggesting that even restoring the inlet velocity to the velocity pre-fistula creation might not reduce incidence of cephalic arch stenosis. The findings of this study support the previous hypothesis that non-homeostatic WSS distributions trigger neointimal hyperplasia and resulting venous stenosis. The important outcome is that the presented computational framework allows for evaluation of Miller's banding method for reducing the blood flow rate via surgical constriction and identification of a patient-specific banding level that restores the WSS to the normal physiological range.
M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, May 2017
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Title: Overlap Overlay: Overlap Overlay Board
Creator: Wankel, Jordan
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban...
Show moreThe purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban vacancy. The overlay attempts to be democratic. It establishes basic rules based on the existing block requirements, while also providing flexibility within. Residents voluntarily participate in the system, benefiting from the whole. Social interactions, block orientated activities, and housing arrangements expand and contract over time.
Sponsorship: Goodman, David
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Title: DISPARITY ESTIMATION WITH SEGMENT-BASED MULTI-STEP DISPARITY REFINEMENT
Creator: Anand, Bhaskar
Date: 2012-07-20, 2012-07
Description: Stereo Vision is one of the fundamental problems of computer vision and one of the oldest and heavily investigated areas of 3D Vision. Recent...
Show moreStereo Vision is one of the fundamental problems of computer vision and one of the oldest and heavily investigated areas of 3D Vision. Recent advances in stereo matching methodologies have allowed researchers to develop several stereo vision techniques. But it has been observed that most of these methodologies mainly focus on only one aspect, either the execution time or the quality of the generated depth map. While attempts to maximize the quality of the depth map have been successfully achieved, it is however observed that the execution time has increased signi cantly, thereby rendering them un t for real time implementation. In this thesis, an attempt to solve the above said problem is presented, in which we combine the e ects of two important stereo matching concepts, one attempting to increase the depth map quality, while the other being that of having an algorithmic structure so that in future, it can be used for real-time implementation. By applying hardware-friendly methods to the framework of segment based stereo matching, the method is said to achieve a good quality depth map. This work also discusses the various challenges which it takes care of plus the study of performance compared to existing methods.
M.S. in Electronical Engineering, July 2012
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Title: Finding Uses for Alternative Fuels in Intermodal Transportation Hubs (sequence unknown), IPRO 307 - Deliverables: IPRO 307 IPRO Day Presentation F09
Creator: Balakirev, Konstantin, Beau‐luby, Ryan, Bouikidis, John, Cargill, Matthew, Dziuba, David, Kehoe, Matthew, Slonski, Bryan, Tesfaye, Melat, Wiese, Matthew, Wiseman, Christopher, Zook, Joel
Date: 2009-12
Description: Chicago, being the third largest freight hub in the world, needs an efficient movement of goods for the increasing freight shipments.
Sponsorsh...
Show moreChicago, being the third largest freight hub in the world, needs an efficient movement of goods for the increasing freight shipments.
Sponsorship: Mi-Jack
Deliverables for IPRO 307: Finding Uses for Alternative Fuels in Intermodal Transportation Hubs for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: DESIGN OF A SECURE WIRELESS HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL BODY SENSOR NETWORKS
Creator: Wu, Pingping
Date: 2016, 2016-07
Description: In this research, we have explored and verified the data security and real-time performance of a Secure Wireless Health Data Management (SWHDM...
Show moreIn this research, we have explored and verified the data security and real-time performance of a Secure Wireless Health Data Management (SWHDM) system applied to personal body sensor networks. Security must be considered critical for any healthrelated information system. The SWHDM examined for this study consists of multiple wireless health-related sensors, one central data coordinator called the Wireless Intelligent Personal Communication Node (W-iPCN), a custom application designed for an Android smartphone, and a remotely located central medical server. There are two major communication channels involved in wireless data transmission. We extensively studied the body sensor data for wireless data transmission. We also focused on applying cryptographic algorithms in order to provide data confidentiality, integrity and authentication. This security assessment aims to observe the performance of data encryption and decryption, and feasibility to remotely monitor patients' health in realtime. The test result based on ECG examples is favorable towards the real-time processing requirements of the system.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, July 2016
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Title: Effect of Transformatinoal Leadership on Student Engagement, Reactions and Learning
Creator: Widlak, Izabela
Date: 2011-05-02, 2011-05
Description: 124 participants were recruited from thirteen undergraduate psychology courses and responded to online surveys over the course of a semester,...
Show more124 participants were recruited from thirteen undergraduate psychology courses and responded to online surveys over the course of a semester, rating their instructors' behaviors, their own behaviors and experience with their course. Results supported the hypothesized main effect of transformational leadership on students' class-engagement and satisfaction with a course. Additionally, student engagement mediated the relationship between the leadership style and satisfaction. Results also indicated that transformational leadership has an indirect effect of on two measures of student performance (final course grades and students' expected course grades) through student engagement. In conclusion, the findings of this research indicate the transformational leadership has a significant and positive role in engagement, satisfaction and learning, further supporting the value of examining instructor behavior as leader behavior.
M.S. in Psychology, May 2011
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Title: ROLE OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN CELLULAR BEHAVIOR AND TISSUE FUNCTION
Creator: Sridharan, Indumathi
Date: 2012-04-22, 2012-05
Description: Matrix-dictated control of stem cell differentiation and tissue status are of considerable interest to cell biologists and tissue engineers....
Show moreMatrix-dictated control of stem cell differentiation and tissue status are of considerable interest to cell biologists and tissue engineers. To create suitable biological scaffolds for tissue engineering and cell therapeutics, it is essential to understand the matrix mediated specification of cell lineage. Our study examines the role of matrix properties on cellular behavior and tissue mechanics. To this end, we studied the effect of collagen type I on stem cell differentiation and its mechanical properties within a live tissue. We altered the properties of collagen type 1 by incorporating CNT. The collagen-carbon nanotube (collagen-CNT) composite material was stiffer with thicker fibers and longer D-period. We find that the enhanced mechanical and structural properties of collagen-CNT allow for rapid and efficient derivation of neural progenitors from human decidua parietalis placental stem cells (hdpPSC). Both structure and stiffness of the matrix are important determinants of neural differentiation rate. Strikingly, the collagen-CNT matrix, unlike collagen, imposes the neural fate by an alternate mechanism that is independent of beta-1 integrin and beta-catenin. The study demonstrates the sensitivity of stem cells to subtle changes in the matrix and the utilization of a novel biocomposite material for efficient and directed differentiation of stem cells. Investigation of connective tissue disorders has led to the understanding of the important role played by collagen. So far, native collagen fibers within an intact tissue have not been examined. In this study, we employed a unique approach- histochemical staining guided high-resolution elasticity mapping- to study collagen and smooth muscle in fresh vaginal wall connective tissue. The comparative study of tissues collected from healthy pre-menopausal (pre-M) and post-menopausal (post-M) women suggest that during menopause, collagen’s structure and elasticity are subtly altered. The systematic analysis enables detection of minute changes in collagen in non-fatal conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse and other genitor-urinary disorders, where the initial symptoms are subtle and multivariate and where early diagnosis will allow non-invasive interventions and reduce incidence of surgical correction for these common disorders.
Ph.D. in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics, May 2012
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Title: Integration of Process Improvement (sequence unknown), IPRO 304 - Deliverables: IPRO 304 Final Report F09
Creator: Bauer, Jessie, Bergeron, Tony, Campen, Matt, Gruchalski, Erik, Choi, Tae Ki, Marx, Ryan, Murti, Chaitanya, Robbins, Brian, Sohal, Atinder Pal, Stenson, Amanda, Taboada, Alejandro, Zhang, Bingjian
Date: 2009-12
Description: A. Finkl and Sons require an effective way of detecting carbide inserts on the steel milling machine. These inserts break off due to stress...
Show moreA. Finkl and Sons require an effective way of detecting carbide inserts on the steel milling machine. These inserts break off due to stress and shape of metal and need to be replaced immediately to avoid further damage to the machine and the steel to be milled.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl and Sona
Deliverables for IPRO 304: Integration of Process Improvements for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Latino Cultural Center in Chicago
Creator: Vidal, Francisco
Date: 2010-05-01, 2010-05-01
Description: As Latino immigrant families assimilate in to U.S. Society there is the risk that future generations will not learn about their history,...
Show moreAs Latino immigrant families assimilate in to U.S. Society there is the risk that future generations will not learn about their history, culture and traditions. Many Latin people born in the United States do not learn about their heritage, they just adapt to the American lifestyle. There is a need for new infrastructure that works as cultural exchange and support for this community. This Cultural Center is intended to be part of the existing downtown cultural infrastructure. The idea is to include it as part of the cultural and educational organizations in order to integrate it with tourism.
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Title: Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks for Memorial Walk of Martin Luther King (sequence unknown), IPRO 314 - Deliverables: IPRO 314 Midterm Presentation F09
Creator: O’leary, Kevin, Petty, Sonya, Qi, Tianshu, Tan, Sophia, Noor, Nashrah, Schleich, Kenneth, Akhtar, Ayesha, Cheng, Eric, Kim, James, Parker, Joseph, Saha, Sougata
Date: 2009-12
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to help the students of Gage Park H.S. bring their vision of a memorial to a historical event into existence.
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Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to help the students of Gage Park H.S. bring their vision of a memorial to a historical event into existence.
Sponsorship: Gage Park High School
Deliverables for IPRO 314: Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks for Memorial Walk of Martin Luther King for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Our Energy Future: Lessons in Sustainability AND IPRO Teams for K-12: The Education Outreach Service Learning Cluster (sequence unknown), IPRO 332 - Deliverables: IPRO 332 Brochure F09
Creator: Chavez, Jorge, Johnson, Ross, Chin, Jason, Grande, Gina, Lay, Livia, Mccloat, Declain, Nguyen, Nam, Olechno, Patrick, Randle, Jennifer, Tyler Ii, Micheal, Vega, Mayra, Weiner, Andrew, Zajac, Gregory
Date: 2009-12
Description: The mission of the IPRO is to educate the community, focusing mainly on elementary and high school students, on the issues of sustainability...
Show moreThe mission of the IPRO is to educate the community, focusing mainly on elementary and high school students, on the issues of sustainability and energy conservation. The group looks to expand on the work that has been completed in previous semesters, by adding multi-media presentations to enhance the current teaching modules. Previous modules have presented to classrooms simply with information, and the team looks to add upon this by adding interactive and entertaining materials to intrigue the audience.
Deliverables for IPRO 332: IOur Energy Future: Lessons in Sustainability AND IPRO Teams for K-12: The Education Outreach Service Learning Cluster for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: A system of street pavement for Naperville, Illinois
Creator: Beckman, H. E., Johnson, R. W., Peterson, I. C.
Date: 2009, 1909
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/systemofstreetpa00beck
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: THE EXAMINATION OF EFFORT TESTS: IDENTIFYING AN EFFICIENT APPROACH TO THE ASSESSMENT OF MALINGERING
Creator: Van De Kreeke, Diana
Date: 2013, 2013-05
Description: Malingering is an important issue in neuropsychology. A person can malinger both cognitive and psychological symptoms and it is important for...
Show moreMalingering is an important issue in neuropsychology. A person can malinger both cognitive and psychological symptoms and it is important for a clinician to assess for this possibility as malingering invalidates test findings. Several embedded and standalone effort tests exist for the purpose of malingering classification. This study looked to assess the effectiveness of embedded cognitive effort measures as compared to standalone effort measures. Additionally, the effectiveness of a smaller set of measures versus a larger set was analyzed for both cognitive and psychological measures. The likelihood of a person malingering both cognitive and psychological symptoms was assessed. Lastly, exploratory analyses were conducted to assess for differences between malingerers and non-malingerers. It was discovered that the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition-Forced Choice and the Victoria Symptom Validity Test were poor estimators of malingering classification. Therefore, the cognitive effort measures included in the analyses were the Reliable Digit Span, Rey 15-Item Test, Word Memory Test, and the Test of Memory Malingering. Psychological measures included the F and FBS indices from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and the Negative Impression Management and Malingering Index scales from the Personality Assessment Inventory. Findings revealed that stand-alone tests add a significant amount of variance to malingering classification over and above embedded measures in a cognitive test battery. The most effective set of cognitive effort tests included the Reliable Digit Span, Rey 15-Item Test, and Word Memory Test. The Test of Memory Malingering did not add significant additional variance to the classification of malingering. Results showed that a vii person is not likely to malinger both cognitive and psychological symptoms. Lastly, the F and Negative Impression Management indices were just as effective at classifying malingering as when the FBS and Malingering Index scales were also used. Future research should further assess the actual sensitivities of the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition-Forced Choice and the Victoria Symptom Validity Test. Also, research should assess whether different cut off scores for the Test of Memory Malingering lead to increased efficiency of the measure for malingering classification.
PH.D in Psychology, May 2013
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Title: PURIFICATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF D16/17 SPECTRlN REPEATS OF DYSTROPHIN
Creator: Tom, Tinku
Date: 2012-12-26, 2012-12
Description: Muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting. Most of the dystrophies are...
Show moreMuscular dystrophies are a group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting. Most of the dystrophies are due to the anomalies in dystrophin or its associated proteins. Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is a vasodilator localized to the sarcolemma that acts in response to the increased metabolic rates during muscle contraction. nNOS localization is impaired in most Duchenne muscular dystrophies (DMD) cases. The nNOS is localized by both dystrophin and syntrophin acting together. The D16/17 spectrin repeats is the part of dystrophin that binds to nNOS. It was found that restoring the dystrophin nNOS interaction could ameliorate the effects of dystrophy in mdx mouse (mouse model for DMD). The goal of this project was to crystallize D16/17 in order to study the structural details of this polypeptide and its binding site to nNOS. The BL21 clones of D16/17 gene with a GST tag were cultured and lysed. Affinity chromatography was used to isolate the protein with the GST tag. The tag was enzymatically cleaved using thrombin and was purified from GST and other proteinsusing ion-exchange chromatography. Highly pure protein was obtained. The solution was stored in -800 C. Optimum well conditions for crystallization was found using the PEG ION-II crystallization kit from Hampton. Three well conditions were varied to find the conditions that yield best crystals.
M.S. in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics, December 2012
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Title: 35TH BRONZEVILLE·IIT SOCIAL CONDENSER
Creator: Hyesun, Jeong
Date: 2012-11-19, 2012-12
Description: The transit station at IIT is mono-functional, lacking connections to place or programs that engage flows of people passing in and out of the...
Show moreThe transit station at IIT is mono-functional, lacking connections to place or programs that engage flows of people passing in and out of the neighborhood. Due to this fact, campus areas around the transit station become desolate and lackluster giving no motivation for people to remain at the station other than just to take train and bus. IIT’s campus lacks engagement with Bronzeville, although both the institution and neighborhood share the transit station. My proposal for these problems is to design a transit station and cultural complex that provides a social condenser for the larger community of Bronzeville. This will create a rich mixture of programs and amenities to be shared by both audiences
M.S. in Architecture, December 2012
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Title: Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks for Memorial Walk of Martin Luther King (sequence unknown), IPRO 314 - Deliverables: IPRO 314 Poster F09
Creator: O’leary, Kevin, Petty, Sonya, Qi, Tianshu, Tan, Sophia, Noor, Nashrah, Schleich, Kenneth, Akhtar, Ayesha, Cheng, Eric, Kim, James, Parker, Joseph, Saha, Sougata
Date: 2009-12
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to help the students of Gage Park H.S. bring their vision of a memorial to a historical event into existence.
Spo...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to help the students of Gage Park H.S. bring their vision of a memorial to a historical event into existence.
Sponsorship: Gage Park High School
Deliverables for IPRO 314: Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks for Memorial Walk of Martin Luther King for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Load Redistribution Attacks and Protection Strategy Design in Electric Power Systems
Creator: Yuan, Yanling
Date: 2012-04-27, 2012-05
Description: Electric power systems have evolved over the past century to the largest and the most complex cyber-physical systems. With the development of...
Show moreElectric power systems have evolved over the past century to the largest and the most complex cyber-physical systems. With the development of Smart Grid, cyber security has become an area of growing concern. False data injection attack has recently attracted wide research interest. This thesis develops the concept of load redistribution attack, a special type of false data injection attack. The physical and economic impact of load redistribution (LR) attacks is quantitatively analyzed in this thesis. Since LR attacks can successfully bypass bad data detection and manipulate the state estimation outcome, security constrained economic dispatch (SCED) based on the false state estimation would lead the system into a non-optimal or insecure operation state. Based on the consequence analysis, two different attacking goals are differentiated from the adversary’s perspective, i.e., immediate attacking goal and delayed attacking goal. For the immediate attacking goal, a max-min attacker-defender model is proposed to identify the most damaging immediate LR attack. Two different algorithms are used to solve this bi-level optimization problem. For the delayed attacking goal, a tri-level model is proposed to identity the most damaging delayed LR attack. This thesis studies the economic impact of LR attacks on power market operation. A convex model is proposed under the mechanism of virtual bidding to compute the optimal injection of LR attack, which gains the most profit from the attackers’ perspective. The quantitative analysis of LR attacks provides an in-depth insight on effective attack prevention with limited protection resource budget. This thesis proposes a new protection strategy, which intends to mitigate the most damaging effect of LR attacks on power system operation. The criterion of determining effective protections against the most damaging LR attack, considering the existence of stochastic measurement errors, is deduced.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, May 2012
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Title: Church & School Energy Efficiency and Financing Program (sequence unknown), IPRO 328 - Deliverables: IPRO 328 Project Plan F09
Creator: Ciuffini, Kathryn, Kim, Ja Young, Knapczyk, Robert, Mckinley, Matthew, O'brien, Patrick, Maddamma, Todd, Schafer, Michael, Soderling, Philip, Wedster, Bonnie
Date: 2009-12
Description: The Fall 2009 IPRO 328 team envisions the development and ultimately execution of a volunteer program which would facilitate the...
Show moreThe Fall 2009 IPRO 328 team envisions the development and ultimately execution of a volunteer program which would facilitate the implementation of energy saving improvements in a church and/or parochial school within the surrounding neighborhoods of IIT campus.
Sponsorship: Vince Cushing of Clean Urban Energy
Deliverables for IPRO 328: Church & School Energy Efficiency and Financing Program for the fall 2009 semester
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