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Title: Augmented Reality Technologies (Semester Unknown) IPRO 355
Creator: Jose, Savina, Ramsamy, Devaraj, Rusz, Vlad, Zhang, Meng, Bain, Adam, Estrada, Maximillian, Madsen, Timothy, Mizek, Jeffrey
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: In the construction industry, safety is obviously a big concern. Companies take many precautions to reduce the number of incidents that occur...
Show moreIn the construction industry, safety is obviously a big concern. Companies take many precautions to reduce the number of incidents that occur to reduce costs and save lives. As one of these precautions, construction companies purchase extra safety equipment to save the lives of workers to supplement regular required products such as hard hats. However, despite all of the safety equipment that is used, accidents still occur. For example, there was a flood in Chicago in 1992 which cost more than two billion dollars in reparations because a worker placed a wooden piling into the wrong place. Tyche Technologies will solve this problem by providing accident prevention technologies that use augmented reality (AR) to enhance the awareness of the construction worker. This additional information will let the worker know where key construction hazards are, such as the location of pipes and cables that run underground. Our team will develop a business plan and a prototype to demonstrate the feasibility of this project and attract potential sponsors/investors. The business plan will outline the market and financial feasibility of this product as well as any other problems/concerns that we foresee. The prototype will demonstrate how an AR environment can be created and relevant information uploaded and displayed to a user.
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Title: Design & Build Chicago Scale Model for Dynamic Disaster Simulation (Semester Unknown) IPRO 317
Creator: Balido, Jodi, Cryriac, Mary, Macklin, Brandon, Martin, Sonya, Myers, Donald, Sochor, Daniel, Balkany, Grahm, Fakhouri, Hana, O'brien, Daniel, Trusewych, Marco, Brassil, Michael, Luu, Dung, Mitchell, La Luce, Parry, David
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The model project is complex, involving a good degree of materials consumption and labor, and will require many disciplines working together...
Show moreThe model project is complex, involving a good degree of materials consumption and labor, and will require many disciplines working together to produce a consistent and seamless result. With this in mind, careful planning and consistent progress are paramount to ensure the successful completion of the project.
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Title: Building and Implementing a Knowledge Management System (semester?), IPRO 339: Building and Implementing a Knowledge Management System IPRO 338 Poster Sp05
Creator: Vance, Thorton, Dustin, Hendrickson, Ben, Mcinturff, Aron, Ahmadia, Atif, Khan, Hart, Wilson, Andrei, Pop, Mark, Riego De Dios, Justin, Vonashek
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The objectives of this project in a broad sense are to implement and facilitate the use of the iKNOW Knowledge Management System built in...
Show moreThe objectives of this project in a broad sense are to implement and facilitate the use of the iKNOW Knowledge Management System built in previous semesters of this continuing project. This team intends to improve and facilitate the use of the application.
Deliverables for IPRO 338: Building and Implementing a Knowledge Management System for the Spring 2005 semester
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Title: Technical and Business Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Guitar String Products (Spring 2002) IPRO 306: Technical_and_Business_Analysis_of_Challenges_and_Opportunities_Associated_with_Guitar_String_Products_IPRO306_Spring2002_Final_Presentation
Creator: Alaniz Iii, Jesus, Flores, Antonio, Havens, Brad, Khalid, Usman, Oleszkiewicz, Anthony, Salam, Basel
Date: 2002, 2002-05
Description: Gibson USA, Nashville, Tennessee, is a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of acoustic and electric guitars for the entertainment...
Show moreGibson USA, Nashville, Tennessee, is a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of acoustic and electric guitars for the entertainment industry. Gibson has a rich and respected history that began with the design and manufacture of mandolins in 1894. Its innovations in guitars have generated tremendous market loyalty, and have helped to transform the music industry in partnership with generations of musicians. A great deal of interesting information about Gibson USA is available at http://www.gibson.com. Gibson USA is also a prominent manufacturer and marketer of aftermarket guitar strings and accessories through its dedicated facilities in Elgin, Illinois. At this time, the Gibson Strings & Accessories division of Gibson USA is interested in supporting an IIT IPRO team that would study the complex relationships between its products, manufacturing operations, marketing strategy and competitive position. Gibson Strings & Accessories, located in Elgin, Illinois, manufactures strings, amplifiers, pickups and other accessories. This IPRO project will concentrate on issues related to the acoustic and electric guitar strings manufactured under the Gibson or Epiphone brand names. This initial IPRO project for Gibson will give students great experience in working closely with its young and energetic management to review current operations and select an appropriate initial focus for the project. This may include developing test and measurement methods and equipment to analyze string performance across product lines and competitive offerings, observing manufacturing operations to identify factors that affect product performance, evaluating marketing and competitive issues that offer opportunities or challenges, and developing an understanding of the user purchase decision process associated with the aftermarket for guitar strings. Projects could also include fine-tuning an integrated Internet strategy for marketing guitar strings and accessories and supporting the dealer network.
Sponsorship: Gibson Strings & Accessories, Gibson USA
Project Plan for IPRO 306: Technical and Business Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Guitar String Products for the Spring 2002 semester
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Title: Building and Implementing a Knowledge Management System (semester?), IPRO 339
Creator: Vance, Thorton, Dustin, Hendrickson, Ben, Mcinturff, Aron, Ahmadia, Atif, Khan, Hart, Wilson, Andrei, Pop, Mark, Riego De Dios, Justin, Vonashek
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The objectives of this project in a broad sense are to implement and facilitate the use of the iKNOW Knowledge Management System built in...
Show moreThe objectives of this project in a broad sense are to implement and facilitate the use of the iKNOW Knowledge Management System built in previous semesters of this continuing project. This team intends to improve and facilitate the use of the application.
Deliverables for IPRO 338: Building and Implementing a Knowledge Management System for the Spring 2005 semester
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Title: Battery Powered Transport for Beach Launched Boats (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352
Creator: Bueno, Juan, Sklena, Brian, Cumar, Raghuveer, Tatkowski, Greg, Kim, Miry, Watts, William, Mccabe, Mary, You, Jay
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked...
Show moreThe IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked together and designed an innovative catamaran transporter efficient enough to be operated by a single person, dramatically reducing physical labor and maximizing business potential. The team is made up of students seeking to gain professional experience in all areas of engineering, business, and design.
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Title: Harvesting & Beneficial Use of Condensate from Air Conditioning Systems, Summer 2011, IPRO 346: Midterm Presentation final
Creator: Kenward, Joshua, Li, Cheng, Natarajan, Narayan, Patel, Mansi, Rajagopalan, Raksha, Romo-ortiz, Esther, Ruth, Anthony, Tapia, Rene
Date: 2011-06-17, 2011-07
Description: In an age where sustainability and “going green” have reached an all time high in both the media, and in politics, new initiatives are being...
Show moreIn an age where sustainability and “going green” have reached an all time high in both the media, and in politics, new initiatives are being explored more than ever before. Many of these initiatives would require drastic changes both in the way corporations do business, and in the way average citizens live their lives. However, there are initiatives which require very little change in lifestyle and business practice, and potentially represent great savings to those who choose to implement them. Like its predecessors, IPRO 346 aims to raise public awareness of the recycling and reuse of condensate produced by air-conditioning systems. This condensate is a byproduct of all AC units, and is currently sent straight to the sewer. Studies conducted by previous IPROs have not only indicated great potential for this initiative, but have also shown a great deal of public interest. Unfortunately, they have also revealed government policies and city codes which greatly restrict the use of this abundant resource. The aim of IPRO 346 is to work towards a change in these policies through the demonstration of a viable system. Members of the team equipped with a model of the systems we propose will meet with public officials, and others interested in the system, demonstrating its potential in hopes of getting policies in place which would allow such a system to be implemented. The IPRO has two main objectives: the development of a prototype and model for demonstration, and the marketing of the idea through the use of both social networks, and presentations to anyone interested. It is the aim of this team, that the accomplishment of these goals will result in both public demand for AC condensate recycling systems, and public policies which allow their use.
Harvesting & Beneficial Use of Condensate from Air Conditioning Systems, Summer 2011, 346
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Title: Improving Energy‐Efficient and Offering Quality Audio for Mobile Devices (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344
Creator: Choi, Gilsu, Cho, Hwansung, Godfrey, Jarrod, Kwak, Nohhyup, Mikulka, Michael, Park, Yujin, Spears, Donald, Song, Chang, Sun, Cheng, Terry, Nastasja, Wakhlu, Govind, Zhang, Yu
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in...
Show moreIPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in low‐power mobile audio applications. IPRO 344 had been outlined as the first in a multi‐semester project, with each subsequent semester building on the work of the previous semesters and a final objective of providing a diverse and complete toolkit for low‐power mobile audio applications. The current trends in social‐electronic integration are indicative of a level of “Ambient Computing”. That is, providing users with electronic services independent of their physical location or condition. Examples of this new form of integration can be seen in everything from cell‐phones, portable music players, portable gaming devices, laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and most recently smart‐phones. For this entire generation of new devices, one of the most critical design factors to emerge is that of power efficiency. Users are demanding smaller and lighter devices, more features and more powerful processing power, and longer battery times. Unfortunately, improvements in the power density of consumer level batteries are significantly lacking behind user demands, bringing about the increasingly urgent need for exceptionally energy‐efficient technologies upon which the next generation of devices can be built. For the scope of this semester’s IPRO, we will focus on the amplification stage of mobile audio applications. Final Signal amplification for mobile audio devices can reasonably be in the range of several watts, and can make up significant portions of a devices power budget. Furthermore,traditional amplifiers are limited by a tradeoff between low efficiencies and audio distortion. Lower efficiencies further increase power consumption, and require additional hardware to dissipate waste heat, while higher distortion levels are considered unacceptable by many users.
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Title: Battery Powered Transport for Beach Launched Boats (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352
Creator: Bueno, Juan, Sklena, Brian, Cumar, Raghuveer, Tatkowski, Greg, Kim, Miry, Watts, William, Mccabe, Mary, You, Jay
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked...
Show moreThe IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked together and designed an innovative catamaran transporter efficient enough to be operated by a single person, dramatically reducing physical labor and maximizing business potential. The team is made up of students seeking to gain professional experience in all areas of engineering, business, and design.
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Title: Battery Powered Transport for Beach Launched Boats (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352
Creator: Bueno, Juan, Sklena, Brian, Cumar, Raghuveer, Tatkowski, Greg, Kim, Miry, Watts, William, Mccabe, Mary, You, Jay
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked...
Show moreThe IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked together and designed an innovative catamaran transporter efficient enough to be operated by a single person, dramatically reducing physical labor and maximizing business potential. The team is made up of students seeking to gain professional experience in all areas of engineering, business, and design.
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Title: Battery Powered Transport for Beach Launched Boats (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352
Creator: Bueno, Juan, Sklena, Brian, Cumar, Raghuveer, Tatkowski, Greg, Kim, Miry, Watts, William, Mccabe, Mary, You, Jay
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked...
Show moreThe IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked together and designed an innovative catamaran transporter efficient enough to be operated by a single person, dramatically reducing physical labor and maximizing business potential. The team is made up of students seeking to gain professional experience in all areas of engineering, business, and design.
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Title: Battery Powered Transport for Beach Launched Boats (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352
Creator: Bueno, Juan, Sklena, Brian, Cumar, Raghuveer, Tatkowski, Greg, Kim, Miry, Watts, William, Mccabe, Mary, You, Jay
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked...
Show moreThe IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked together and designed an innovative catamaran transporter efficient enough to be operated by a single person, dramatically reducing physical labor and maximizing business potential. The team is made up of students seeking to gain professional experience in all areas of engineering, business, and design.
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Title: Battery Powered Transport for Beach Launched Boats (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352
Creator: Bueno, Juan, Sklena, Brian, Cumar, Raghuveer, Tatkowski, Greg, Kim, Miry, Watts, William, Mccabe, Mary, You, Jay
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked...
Show moreThe IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked together and designed an innovative catamaran transporter efficient enough to be operated by a single person, dramatically reducing physical labor and maximizing business potential. The team is made up of students seeking to gain professional experience in all areas of engineering, business, and design.
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Title: Battery Powered Transport for Beach Launched Boats (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352
Creator: Bueno, Juan, Sklena, Brian, Cumar, Raghuveer, Tatkowski, Greg, Kim, Miry, Watts, William, Mccabe, Mary, You, Jay
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked...
Show moreThe IPRO 352 team has investigated, experimented, and finally come up with a solution to the beach‐launched boat problem. They have worked together and designed an innovative catamaran transporter efficient enough to be operated by a single person, dramatically reducing physical labor and maximizing business potential. The team is made up of students seeking to gain professional experience in all areas of engineering, business, and design.
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Title: De (semester?), IPRO 342: Hybrid Electric Vehicles - Simulation Design Implementation IPRO 342 IPRO Day Presentation Sp06
Creator: Martin, Ana, Ghosh, Shameek, Fleming, Robert, Lolwaczny, Dan, Lee, Jae Suk, Warner, Alexander, Sharadendu, Dipti, Shenoy, Pradeep, Vadgaama, Jasmine, Locascio, Kevin, Hernandez, Jose, Oh, Taekmin, Mulhall, Priscilla, Patel, Sapna
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: IPRO 342 aims to complete the conversion of a CTA bus and a school bus from conventional vehicles to hybrid. There will be one retrofit...
Show moreIPRO 342 aims to complete the conversion of a CTA bus and a school bus from conventional vehicles to hybrid. There will be one retrofit parallel design for the CTA bus, while for the school bus there will be a new and a retrofit parallel design. All vehicle simulations and structured testing will be performed using ADVISOR, as well as other software packages available in the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at IIT. Designed heavy-duty vehicles will be simulated and their performance as well as fuel economy and emissions under different conditions will be studied.
Deliverables for IPRO 342: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: De (semester?), IPRO 342: Hybrid Electric Vehicles - Simulation Design Implementation IPRO 342 Midterm Report Sp06
Creator: Martin, Ana, Ghosh, Shameek, Fleming, Robert, Lolwaczny, Dan, Lee, Jae Suk, Warner, Alexander, Sharadendu, Dipti, Shenoy, Pradeep, Vadgaama, Jasmine, Locascio, Kevin, Hernandez, Jose, Oh, Taekmin, Mulhall, Priscilla, Patel, Sapna
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: IPRO 342 aims to complete the conversion of a CTA bus and a school bus from conventional vehicles to hybrid. There will be one retrofit...
Show moreIPRO 342 aims to complete the conversion of a CTA bus and a school bus from conventional vehicles to hybrid. There will be one retrofit parallel design for the CTA bus, while for the school bus there will be a new and a retrofit parallel design. All vehicle simulations and structured testing will be performed using ADVISOR, as well as other software packages available in the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at IIT. Designed heavy-duty vehicles will be simulated and their performance as well as fuel economy and emissions under different conditions will be studied.
Deliverables for IPRO 342: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Improving Energy‐Efficient and Offering Quality Audio for Mobile Devices (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344
Creator: Choi, Gilsu, Cho, Hwansung, Godfrey, Jarrod, Kwak, Nohhyup, Mikulka, Michael, Park, Yujin, Spears, Donald, Song, Chang, Sun, Cheng, Terry, Nastasja, Wakhlu, Govind, Zhang, Yu
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in...
Show moreIPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in low‐power mobile audio applications. IPRO 344 had been outlined as the first in a multi‐semester project, with each subsequent semester building on the work of the previous semesters and a final objective of providing a diverse and complete toolkit for low‐power mobile audio applications. The current trends in social‐electronic integration are indicative of a level of “Ambient Computing”. That is, providing users with electronic services independent of their physical location or condition. Examples of this new form of integration can be seen in everything from cell‐phones, portable music players, portable gaming devices, laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and most recently smart‐phones. For this entire generation of new devices, one of the most critical design factors to emerge is that of power efficiency. Users are demanding smaller and lighter devices, more features and more powerful processing power, and longer battery times. Unfortunately, improvements in the power density of consumer level batteries are significantly lacking behind user demands, bringing about the increasingly urgent need for exceptionally energy‐efficient technologies upon which the next generation of devices can be built. For the scope of this semester’s IPRO, we will focus on the amplification stage of mobile audio applications. Final Signal amplification for mobile audio devices can reasonably be in the range of several watts, and can make up significant portions of a devices power budget. Furthermore,traditional amplifiers are limited by a tradeoff between low efficiencies and audio distortion. Lower efficiencies further increase power consumption, and require additional hardware to dissipate waste heat, while higher distortion levels are considered unacceptable by many users.
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Title: Improving Energy‐Efficient and Offering Quality Audio for Mobile Devices (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344
Creator: Choi, Gilsu, Cho, Hwansung, Godfrey, Jarrod, Kwak, Nohhyup, Mikulka, Michael, Park, Yujin, Spears, Donald, Song, Chang, Sun, Cheng, Terry, Nastasja, Wakhlu, Govind, Zhang, Yu
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in...
Show moreIPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in low‐power mobile audio applications. IPRO 344 had been outlined as the first in a multi‐semester project, with each subsequent semester building on the work of the previous semesters and a final objective of providing a diverse and complete toolkit for low‐power mobile audio applications. The current trends in social‐electronic integration are indicative of a level of “Ambient Computing”. That is, providing users with electronic services independent of their physical location or condition. Examples of this new form of integration can be seen in everything from cell‐phones, portable music players, portable gaming devices, laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and most recently smart‐phones. For this entire generation of new devices, one of the most critical design factors to emerge is that of power efficiency. Users are demanding smaller and lighter devices, more features and more powerful processing power, and longer battery times. Unfortunately, improvements in the power density of consumer level batteries are significantly lacking behind user demands, bringing about the increasingly urgent need for exceptionally energy‐efficient technologies upon which the next generation of devices can be built. For the scope of this semester’s IPRO, we will focus on the amplification stage of mobile audio applications. Final Signal amplification for mobile audio devices can reasonably be in the range of several watts, and can make up significant portions of a devices power budget. Furthermore,traditional amplifiers are limited by a tradeoff between low efficiencies and audio distortion. Lower efficiencies further increase power consumption, and require additional hardware to dissipate waste heat, while higher distortion levels are considered unacceptable by many users.
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Title: Improving Energy‐Efficient and Offering Quality Audio for Mobile Devices (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344
Creator: Choi, Gilsu, Cho, Hwansung, Godfrey, Jarrod, Kwak, Nohhyup, Mikulka, Michael, Park, Yujin, Spears, Donald, Song, Chang, Sun, Cheng, Terry, Nastasja, Wakhlu, Govind, Zhang, Yu
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in...
Show moreIPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in low‐power mobile audio applications. IPRO 344 had been outlined as the first in a multi‐semester project, with each subsequent semester building on the work of the previous semesters and a final objective of providing a diverse and complete toolkit for low‐power mobile audio applications. The current trends in social‐electronic integration are indicative of a level of “Ambient Computing”. That is, providing users with electronic services independent of their physical location or condition. Examples of this new form of integration can be seen in everything from cell‐phones, portable music players, portable gaming devices, laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and most recently smart‐phones. For this entire generation of new devices, one of the most critical design factors to emerge is that of power efficiency. Users are demanding smaller and lighter devices, more features and more powerful processing power, and longer battery times. Unfortunately, improvements in the power density of consumer level batteries are significantly lacking behind user demands, bringing about the increasingly urgent need for exceptionally energy‐efficient technologies upon which the next generation of devices can be built. For the scope of this semester’s IPRO, we will focus on the amplification stage of mobile audio applications. Final Signal amplification for mobile audio devices can reasonably be in the range of several watts, and can make up significant portions of a devices power budget. Furthermore,traditional amplifiers are limited by a tradeoff between low efficiencies and audio distortion. Lower efficiencies further increase power consumption, and require additional hardware to dissipate waste heat, while higher distortion levels are considered unacceptable by many users.
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Title: Improving Energy‐Efficient and Offering Quality Audio for Mobile Devices (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344
Creator: Choi, Gilsu, Cho, Hwansung, Godfrey, Jarrod, Kwak, Nohhyup, Mikulka, Michael, Park, Yujin, Spears, Donald, Song, Chang, Sun, Cheng, Terry, Nastasja, Wakhlu, Govind, Zhang, Yu
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in...
Show moreIPRO 344 was founded by Dr. Wong for the Fall 2007 semester with a stated long term purpose of studying and improving technologies for use in low‐power mobile audio applications. IPRO 344 had been outlined as the first in a multi‐semester project, with each subsequent semester building on the work of the previous semesters and a final objective of providing a diverse and complete toolkit for low‐power mobile audio applications. The current trends in social‐electronic integration are indicative of a level of “Ambient Computing”. That is, providing users with electronic services independent of their physical location or condition. Examples of this new form of integration can be seen in everything from cell‐phones, portable music players, portable gaming devices, laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and most recently smart‐phones. For this entire generation of new devices, one of the most critical design factors to emerge is that of power efficiency. Users are demanding smaller and lighter devices, more features and more powerful processing power, and longer battery times. Unfortunately, improvements in the power density of consumer level batteries are significantly lacking behind user demands, bringing about the increasingly urgent need for exceptionally energy‐efficient technologies upon which the next generation of devices can be built. For the scope of this semester’s IPRO, we will focus on the amplification stage of mobile audio applications. Final Signal amplification for mobile audio devices can reasonably be in the range of several watts, and can make up significant portions of a devices power budget. Furthermore,traditional amplifiers are limited by a tradeoff between low efficiencies and audio distortion. Lower efficiencies further increase power consumption, and require additional hardware to dissipate waste heat, while higher distortion levels are considered unacceptable by many users.
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