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Title: Resource Consumption Awareness in the Home (semester?), IPRO 334: Resource Consumption Awareness in the Home IPRO 334 Midterm Report Sp07
Creator: Cawvey, Jessica, Christensen, Carissa, Dannhausen, Anna, Fischer, Jordan, Henson, Jessica, Herrera, Stephanie, Jones, Sarah, Kestner, John
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: People are inadequately informed about their energy consumption behaviors in the home. Providing real time feedback at the point of decision...
Show morePeople are inadequately informed about their energy consumption behaviors in the home. Providing real time feedback at the point of decision making will enhance consumer awareness of energy consumption, and potentially lead to behavior modification. The IPRO 334 team will design and evaluate means of improving energy consumption awareness in the home. Team 334 will determine what metrics are most valuable to consumers and the best means to communicate that feedback.
Deliverables for IPRO 334: Resource Consumption Awareness in the Home for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: Design & Build Chicago Scale Model for Dynamic Disaster Simulation (Semester Unknown) IPRO 317: Design and Build Chicago Scale Model for Dynamic Disaster Simulation IPRO 317 Final Report Su08
Creator: Balkany, Graham, Claxton, Matt, Correa, Jessica, Flores, Emmanuel, Hernandez, Yvonne, Kim, Jichul, Lebron, Chance, Leong, Erick, O’brien, Daniel, Martinez, Oscar, Robledo, Ruben, Rus, Bogdan, Russeva, Diyanna, Seo, Andrew, Sun, Meng
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: This is the second phase of this project as a continuation of Spring 2008 IPRO 317 and will have a focus for Summer 2008 on the computer...
Show moreThis is the second phase of this project as a continuation of Spring 2008 IPRO 317 and will have a focus for Summer 2008 on the computer program, the user interface, as well as completion of the first geographic area of the scale model. The objective of this project is to design and construct a 3-D scale model for the first portion of downtown Chicago (downtown Chicago has been subdivided into 6 portions). The model will be used to simulate and test the effectiveness of fire defense strategies to address fire or other catastrophes related to public health and safety. This model will include streets, buildings and detailed information that help the Chicago Fire Department in planning interventions, considering various scenarios and case studies. The model is being built in phases, with the overall design incorporating a sophisticated, computer-driven illumination scheme built within the model base. The model thus will be able to display animated scenarios of virtually any depth and focus, by means of time-varying color and brightness. CAD Computer-generated images and laser-cutting methods are the main techniques used to design and build the model, but hand craftsmanship is also necessary. The completed model will be fully modular, designed to transport easily to various facilities. The usefulness of the model thus will extend to many needs of the Chicago Fire Department and City of Chicago, as an educational tool within the department and for community outreach. Possible additional uses for the model will be wind tunnel measurement of pressure distributions to inform building design and City infrastructure needs, as well as the study of urban microclimates and the impact on building energy demand. There is also the potential for this model and its design approach to inform the development of scale models to depict the venues associated with the proposed 2016 Olympics along the Chicago lakefront. This project will include: (1) Identification of the scale, materials, technologies, and strategies for construction; (2) Physical mapping and computer modeling of the downtown built environment; (3) Design of the physical model and computer/electronic components; and (4) Construction of a reduced-area mock-up for final review and approval by the City of Chicago.
Sponsorship: Chicago Fire Department
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Title: Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings (semester?), IPRO 320: Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings IPRO 320 Midterm Report F06
Creator: Kahr, Erica, Dannhausen, Anna, Atterberry, Chrissy, Bilitz, Elizabeth, Friel, Melissa, Gargas, Eugene, Gomez, Guillermo, Lanum, Craig, Ruiz, Joanna, Thompson, Sean, Zouridis, Despina
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The objective of IPRO 320, Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings, is to contribute to the problem solving necessary to implement energy...
Show moreThe objective of IPRO 320, Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings, is to contribute to the problem solving necessary to implement energy efficiency improvements in existing buildings and to the central steam and electric systems. Alternate possibilities for energy use in context with their building type and surroundings will be discovered through research of other university buildings at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, and IIT. This research will then be used in finding alternate forms of energy generation to secure the sustainability of the IIT campus.
Deliverables for IPRO 320: Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Aqueous Medium Management via Super Absorbent Materials
Creator: Teymour, Fouad, Al-hallaj, Said
Date: 2013-10-09, 2013-10-01
Description: A super absorbent polymer material is contacted with an aqueous medium to absorb at least a portion of the aqueous medium. At least portion of...
Show moreA super absorbent polymer material is contacted with an aqueous medium to absorb at least a portion of the aqueous medium. At least portion of the aqueous medium absorbed super absorbent material is subsequently regenerated to release water therefrom and to form a regenerated super absorbent material suitable for the contacting with a second quantity of an aqueous medium. Also disclosed are layered composites including an electrically conductive metal support layer, a layer of super absorbent material disposed thereon, and a layer of a selective semi-permeable material disposed adjacent the layer of the super absorbent material and spaced apart from the electrically conductive metal support layer.
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Title: Tape Cartridge Selector Transducing Machine
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1964-05-26
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: PEM Fuel Cell Technology (Semester Unknown) IPRO 318: PEMFuelCellTechnologyIPRO318MidTermPresentationSp09
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: Creating a Contemporary and Dynamic Science Fair Bank for Chicago Public Schools (Semester Unknown) IPRO 330: Creating a Contemporary and Dynamic Science Fair Bank for Chicago Public Schools IPRO 330 Final Report Sp08
Creator: Baldwin, Leah, Campbell, Keith, Diaz, Rocio, Gim, Yewon, Pak, Angela, Parrillo, Anthony, Steward, Shane, Tate, Joshua, Ten Eyck, Patrick, Totlebe, Aimee
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 330 has one clear and main purpose: to increase high school student interest in Science and Mathematics in Chicago Public Schools. This...
Show moreIPRO 330 has one clear and main purpose: to increase high school student interest in Science and Mathematics in Chicago Public Schools. This is a very lofty and broad goal, so IPRO 330 has chosen to use the Chicago Public School Science Fair program as a vehicle to achieve this purpose. IPRO 330 is a continuing IPRO, meaning that we have a foundation and a base of work that has already been accomplished. As a result, one of the project goals of this team will be to obtain in-depth feedback from professionals within IIT, from Chicago Public Schools, and certainly from other professional education venues as well. Specifically, we will be looking to obtain feedback from the three most involved sources in high school students’ lives: students, teachers, and parents. This may be the most vital part of our project, because we want to make sure that our projects and guides are of high quality and high interest to high school students. IPRO 330 has an existing bank of Science Fair projects and guides which are located on the website sciencefair.math.iit.edu. In an effort to make our website more effective and more appealing, we will have team goals to create more Science Fair projects, and guides which will target areas that Chicago Public High School Students typically have trouble addressing, such as data analysis. We feel like the guides are a way to really implement more mathematics into the Science Fair program as a whole. In addition, there will be a group of students in our IPRO focused on improving the website and implementing new projects. IPRO 330 will address these objectives by first having all members, including faculty advisors, attend and judge a Chicago Public School Science Fair. This will allow everyone working on this project to get a better sense of what we are working on, make some contacts with teachers and Science Fair Coordinators, and even get feedback from students who used the website as a resource for their project. After this initial phase, the group will break up into three teams, an infrastructure team, a communication team, and a project and guides team. In these sub teams, IPRO 330 will be able to more effectively deal with more specific issues that arise
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Title: Aiding Virtual Organization (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 353: Aiding Virtual Organization EnPRO 353 Poster Sp08
Creator: Babel, Sebastian, Bennett, Casey, Dhewaju, Anusuya, Ann Gan, Kok, Jeong, Ah Reum, Heun Kim, Kee, Schweiger, James, Kang, Minsoo
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The objective for IPRO 353 is to evaluate the business opportunities for iGroups. We will do this by drafting a business plan, which will be...
Show moreThe objective for IPRO 353 is to evaluate the business opportunities for iGroups. We will do this by drafting a business plan, which will be evaluated for feasibility and a final report will be issued, for suggestions as to the next steps the iGroups project should take. Included in the business plan and recommendation shall be: Description of iGroups Market data Financial data Projections for income, cash flow, sales Analysis of different business models for iGroups, and final recommendation.
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Title: Tool Management System and Feed Mechanism Design (Semester Unknown) IPRO 347
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: Synthetic Biology: Engineering a Novel Organism (semester?), IPRO 302: Synthetic Biology IPRO 302 Final Report Sp07
Creator: Sandulescu, Corina, Ruszczak, Christopher, Ervin, Natalia, Lim, Soo, Heller, Matthew, Kisiel, Greggory, Sharma, Shubhi, Vasireddi, Sunil, Lin, Jeffrey, Ingvoldstad, Bennett, Carlton, Kyle, Sobczck, Karol
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: Synthetic biology is a relatively new approach to genetic research where the focus is to build a simple genetic system with known processes...
Show moreSynthetic biology is a relatively new approach to genetic research where the focus is to build a simple genetic system with known processes and test it in a biological setting. This is in contrast to the reductionist approach where a complex pre-existing biological system is analyzed in an attempt to discover the purpose of each of the parts. In this IPRO, a very simple genetic system is being designed, built, and tested in a biological setting. Previous semesters have already accomplished such in bacteria. This semester's focus will be on building the system designed last semester and inserting it into an eukaryotic organism; the zebrafish. The main purpose of this IPRO is to advance the knowledge of biological systems and their manipulation. This is being done through the design and creation of a simple, but novel, genetic circuit, and the introduction of this circuit into an organism to observe its properties in vivo. In order to accomplish this goal, we have split up into 4 different sub-teams: Fish, Math Modeling, Futures and Design, and Construction
Deliverables for IPRO 302: Synthetic Biology: Engineering a Novel Organism for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: Integration of Process Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: IntegrationofProcessImprovementsIPRO304MidTermPresentation1F10
Creator: Perry, Jon, Gillmeister, Kyle, Sullins, Mike, Rana, Amar, Hill, Robert, Derdelakos, Alexander, Gotanco, Francis
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: 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 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 Co.
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Title: Failure Prediction Modeling of Power Plant Emission Control Systems (Semester Unknown) IPRO 303: FailurePredictionModelingOfPowerPlantEmissionControlSystemsIPRO303FinalPresentationSp09
Creator: Arastu, Insiyah, Belanger, Dave, Bouikidis, John, Capps, Zachary, Hesser, Cari, Irish, Sean, Kaneria, Satyam, Mcquillan, Brett, Mohinani, Lavesh, Patel, Jay
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The main goal of IPRO 303 is to investigate how SmartSignal’s modeling technology can provide value in detecting problems on environmental...
Show moreThe main goal of IPRO 303 is to investigate how SmartSignal’s modeling technology can provide value in detecting problems on environmental systems: The main objectives that SmartSignal would like for the team to investigate are: · What are the regulatory drivers – changes in laws/regulation occurring at various points in time? Are the regulations fleet-wide or regionally specific? Can credits be traded? Etc. · What types of systems are being deployed to remove what pollutants? Describe different sub-types and configurations within a type of system, and how common they are. · How much instrumentation is available on these systems, and what signals are measured (temperature, pressure, chemistry analysis, etc.)? How much diversity is there in the levels of available instrumentation? IPRO 303 Spring’09 13th February 2009 IPRO303 Project Plan Page 2 of 7 · What are the failure and performance degradation problems that occur? How common are they? What are the ramifications of these problems – outages, derates, having to burn more expensive fuel or turn up the “peaking” generation units that are more expensive to run, etc.? · How can the available instrumentation be used to remotely monitor and detect developing problems?
Sponsorship: SmartSignal
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Title: Reaction Frame for Restraining High Loads
Creator: Cornish, Rodney H., Finlayson, Lawrence A.
Date: 4/23/2009, 1969-11-04
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: High Tensile Vanadium Alloys
Creator: Rostoker, William
Date: 2012-03-20, 1957-09-03
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Assessiong and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT (semester ?), IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Edu at IIT IPRO 339 Poster F06
Creator: Baranggay, John, Clark, Brian, Dow, Daniel, Fung, Janel, Goulain, Jean-bapstiste, Hu, Xiao-xuan, Kibilko, Margaret, Martinov, Ivan, Oster, Josh, Young, Elizabeth, Zavala, Arthur
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The main goal of IPRO 339 is to continue to improve upon the IPRO program experience by creating and selecting IPRO proposals and also...
Show moreThe main goal of IPRO 339 is to continue to improve upon the IPRO program experience by creating and selecting IPRO proposals and also developing teambuilding games, both of which are to adhere to the IPRO Learning Objectives of teamwork, communication, project management, and ethics.
Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius
Deliverables for IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE QUASI-STANDARD ERROR FOR QUASI-MONTE CARLO METHOD
Creator: Deng, Siyuan
Date: 2013-05-01, 2013-05
Description: In this thesis we discuss the theory of the Quasi-Standard Error(QSE) estimate which plays an important role in the practice of the Quasi...
Show moreIn this thesis we discuss the theory of the Quasi-Standard Error(QSE) estimate which plays an important role in the practice of the Quasi-Monte Carlo method. In the first part the deduction using Walsh series reveals an expression for the Quasi- Standard Error for digital nets. The second part of this thesis a special class of functions has been designed to fool the Quasi-Standard Error, and based on the previous theory we reveal the reason why the Quasi-Standard-Error can be fooled. The third part, apply the theory we developed to some actual application in financial mathematics, to see if the QSE works well in practice. There are mixed results.
M.S. in Applied Mathematics, May 2013
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Title: Fault detection and diagnosis in a food pasteurization process with hidden Markov models
Creator: Tokatli, F., Cinar, A.
Date: 2004-12
Publisher: CANADIAN SOC CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Description: Hidden Markov Models (HMM) are used to detect abnormal operation of dynamic processes and diagnose sensor and actuator faults. The method is...
Show moreHidden Markov Models (HMM) are used to detect abnormal operation of dynamic processes and diagnose sensor and actuator faults. The method is illustrated by monitoring the operation of a pasteurization plant and diagnosing causes of abnormal operation. Process data collected under the influence of faults of different magnitude and duration in sensors and actuators are used to illustrate the use of HMM in the detection and diagnosis of process faults. Case studies with experimental data from a high-temperature-short-time pasteurization system showed that HMM can diagnose the faults with certain characteristics such as fault duration and magnitude.
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Title: Technical and Market Integration of Wind Energy (semester?), IPRO 344
Creator: Cho, Luke, Choi, Euddum, Dantapalli, Sushma, Duggirala, Sandhya, Kayvani, Bahram, Lotfjou, Azim, Song, Sung, Taulbee, Dan, Urbina, Michael, Yoo, Jieum
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The objective of IPRO-344 is the design of a wind turbine. To accomplish this, the following tasks must be completed:  Selection of an...
Show moreThe objective of IPRO-344 is the design of a wind turbine. To accomplish this, the following tasks must be completed:  Selection of an appropriate site, taking into account wind availability, proximity to transmission lines, environmental impact, and the selling price of electricity at the location.  Mechanical design of the wind turbine, including the blades, turbine, and tower.  Electrical design of the generator, grid interconnection, and control system.  A study of the economics of the design, including a life-cycle cost analysis.
Sponsorship: Michael Polsky, Invenergy LLC
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Title: Operation Marketing Gurus (Semester Unknown) IPRO 346: OperationMarketingGurusIPRO346FinalReportSp09
Creator: Coughlin, Dan, Hamann, Eric, Hasan, Hasan, Lipman, Tim, Milkic, Jelena, Park, Jay, Phillips, Zack, Tishler, Michael, Wilke, Kara
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The goal of Operation Marketing Gurus is to expand the customer base of Daco, Inc. We plan to achieve this through several objectives...
Show moreThe goal of Operation Marketing Gurus is to expand the customer base of Daco, Inc. We plan to achieve this through several objectives including:  Seeking new customers for existing Daco products  Researching new products desired by current Daco customers  Designing and marketing new products to Daco customers
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing and Olympic Village out of Shipping Containers for Chicago (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: SustainableStudentHousingFromRecycledShippingContainersIPRO339BrochureF09
Creator: Abbott, Matthew, Aduroja, Oluwasesan, Anderson, Cherish, Bloom, Ryan, Bocanova, Veronika, Broekere, Eliza, Davis, Aaron, Farris, Tasha, Tasha, Vlada, Horozova Nalls, Gergana, Hwangbo, Sungkyum, Ip, Young, Jacobson, Joel, Kungis, Andrew, Labuda, Timothy, Ochoa, Jannette, Phillips, Timothy, Ramirez, Alejandro, Slota, Caroline, Specht, Cassandra, Tarpey, Patrick, Zhang, Mike
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: As the deadline for determining which city will host the 2016 Olympics draws near, Chicago, along with Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo is...
Show moreAs the deadline for determining which city will host the 2016 Olympics draws near, Chicago, along with Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo is trying to prove that it should be selected as the Host City. If on October 2nd Chicago is chosen as the Host City for the 2016 Olympics, it will face the enormous task of providing temporary housing for all Olympics and Paralympics participants, including athletes, coaches, organizers and media reporters. Building upon the previous two semesters, 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 all over the Chicago-land area and convert them into a more cost effective alternative to traditional housing units. Since Chicago’s motto for the 2016 Olympics is “the Blue Green Olympics,” which references the way Chicago prides itself in creating sustainable I P R O 3 3 9 solutions, our proposal would only enhance our chances of being selected as the Host City in addition to being a city that thinks “outside of the box.”
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