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Title: Searching for Novel Drug Targets (semester?), IPRO 318: Novel new Drug Targets IPRO 318 Poster F06
Creator: Kamdar, Amit, Marell, Joshua, Knox, John, Kim, Hyunsuk, Wu, Calvin, Polich, Lindsey, Stankovich, Floriann H., Patel, Vrudhdhi, Jin, Tengchuan, Desai, Ronak, Dolejs, Martina
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: IPRO 318 is entitled Novel New Drug Targets. The objective for this IPRO is to determine specific proteins that are involved in disease...
Show moreIPRO 318 is entitled Novel New Drug Targets. The objective for this IPRO is to determine specific proteins that are involved in disease pathology. The team will investigate diseases and their protein sequences in order to determine their function and whether it is suitable for drug targeting. The information collected will be created into an informational website that can be used in further IPRO semesters. With the analyzed data the team will begin testing several relevant sequences to determine drug targeting.
Deliverables for IPRO 318: Searching for Novel Drug Targets for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Crop to Cup Coffee: Building Communities through Coffee (Semester 2) IPRO 333: BuildingComunitiesThroughCoffeeIPRO333MidTermPresentationF10
Creator: Feldman, Laurie, Waterloo, Becca, Hurst, Trey, Chatterjee, Dia, Houser, Clay, Esko, Emily, Campbell, Laurel, Schmid, Miriam, Erie, Mike, Tam, Phil, Patel, Vishal, Swingler, Mark, Bloom, Ryan, Abbott, Matt
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The mission of IPRO 333 is to assist the Crop to Cup Company with the design and building of an enclosure for a temporary storage facility...
Show moreThe mission of IPRO 333 is to assist the Crop to Cup Company with the design and building of an enclosure for a temporary storage facility within the vicinity of their largest producing farming zone for robusta coffee in the Mbale region of Uganda. The sponsor, along with the team, has decided that the best method for addressing the local and global needs of the farmers is to present the research and design personally. Therefore, IPRO 333 will be fundraising to help finance the forthcoming trip to Uganda to present to the farming communities.
Sponsorship: Crop to Cup
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Title: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America (sequence unknown), IPRO 309 - Deliverables: 309
Creator: Ashley, Trevor, Claxton, Matt, Conover, Stephen, Gotanco, Francis, Mathai, Alexander, Nizich, Adam, Park, Yong, Quikr, Kerry, Ray, Monmayuri, Vasquez, Raul
Date: 2009-12
Description: The overall goal of our IPRO team is to create a program for delivering orthotics and prosthetics that is sustainable. This will be...
Show moreThe overall goal of our IPRO team is to create a program for delivering orthotics and prosthetics that is sustainable. This will be accomplished by improving the quality of the product by increasing availability of funding, improving cost effectiveness of prosthetics, and promoting awareness of treatment available.
Deliverables for IPRO 309: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact (semester?), IPRO 341: Insight IPRO 341 IPRO Day Presentation F05
Creator: Nick, Chillemi, Robert, Dusso, Syed, Ijaz, Jonathan, Komyathy, Alan, Patek, Sagar, Shah, Andrew, Vanloo, Ricardo, Gonzalez
Date: 2005-12, 2005-12
Description: The first objective of IPRO 341 is to develop a hypothetical model of the life cycle of emerging technologies through historical analysis. The...
Show moreThe first objective of IPRO 341 is to develop a hypothetical model of the life cycle of emerging technologies through historical analysis. The team has chosen four technologies the study of which we believe will allow us to construct a working model of the life cycle of an emerging technology. The second objective of IPRO 341 is to begin an in-depth look into emerging technologies and assess its political, social, and economic impacts. By applying our hypothetical model to the current trends of emerging technologies, we will predict the impacts that the introduction of emerging technologies will have on society as a whole. The third objective of IPRO 341 is to reassess our model after completing other research dealing with emerging technologies. Since the model we develop can only be a theoretical model, we will have to continuously revise our model depending on any new information that comes about during the development of emerging technologies. The fourth objective of IPRO 341 is to provide an overview as to the importance of researching emerging technologies; how they affect society and the importance to all stakeholders involved.
Deliverables for IPRO 341: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact for the Fall 2005 semester.
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Title: Impact of Sulfur Capture Technology In Coal Power Plants (Semester Unknown) IPRO 302
Creator: Chmielewski, Don, Contreras, Abraham, Deboth, Ray, Dickman, Justin, Enadeghe, Gregory, Garza Rodriguez, Hector, Gottlieb, Myron, Haddad, Michael, Kyle, Ryan, Mongillo, Michael, Murphy, Ryan, Shonubi, Oluwaseun, Swillum, Bryce, Wolber, Brian, Worthon, Terrika
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: Our team will investigate the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United States....
Show moreOur team will investigate the net impact of sulfur capture technologies used in current and next generation power plants in the United States. We will use this knowledge to determine which sulfur capture technologies produce the greatest benefit for industry and society and to find the marketability of the sulfur byproducts created in these power plants.
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Title: Improving Electrical Efficiency With Building Information Modelling (Semester Unknown) IPRO 338: ImprovingElectricalEfficiencyWithBuildingInformationModelingIPRO338PosterF09
Creator: Kyung Cho, Bum, Crites, Sarah, Czapla, Sarah, Guerrero, Jose, Kim, Yoosuk, Malawski, Frank, Maloney, Michael, Pedrina, Kaleo, Qiu, Li, Yi, Jennifer
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: To identify ways to improve the efficiency of electrical contracting projects through new software and technology, communications, and project...
Show moreTo identify ways to improve the efficiency of electrical contracting projects through new software and technology, communications, and project management techniques, especially through Building Information Modeling (BIM) utilization.
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Title: THE RECIPROCAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RED RASPBERRY POLYPHENOLS AND GUT MICROBIOME COMPOSITION: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
Creator: Zhang, Xuhuiqun
Date: 2017, 2017-07
Description: Red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) contains a variety of polyphenols including anthocyanins and ellagitannins. Red raspberry polyphenols absorbed...
Show moreRed raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) contains a variety of polyphenols including anthocyanins and ellagitannins. Red raspberry polyphenols absorbed in different forms (parent compounds, degradant or microbial metabolite molecules) are subject to xenobiotic metabolism in the intestine, liver, and/or kidney, forming methylate, glucuronide, and sulfate conjugated metabolites. Consistent exposure of certain polyphenols to the gut microbiota may act as prebiotic-like substances feeding the beneficial gut bacteria and changing the gut microbiome composition and function. The dichotomy between the biotransformation of polyphenols into their metabolites by gut microbiota and the modulation of gut microbiome composition by polyphenols is hypothesized to contribute to positive health outcomes. The present study examined the regular consumption of red raspberry purée (RRB) and/or fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) on gut microbiome composition and subsequent bioavailability of red raspberry polyphenols in healthy volunteers. An 8-week pilot study, including two 4-week chronic treatments and 3 postprandial days, served as a feasibility study and mechanism to collect multiple biological specimens for method development. An ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole time of flight (QTOF) and triple quadrupole (QQQ) mass spectrometer were used to identify and quantify the phenolic compounds in red raspberry purée, plasma and urine samples. Fecal samples were used for the metagenomic study. The sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene was utilized to study the gut microbiome composition. The red raspberry purée contained 148.55 ± 5.43 mg/100 g fresh weight (FW) polyphenols. Chronic RRB and/or FOS exposure influenced gut microbiome composition: at the phylum level, 4-week FOS (8 g/d), RRB (125 g/d), or FOS plus RRB (8 and 125 g/d, respectively) exposures all decreased Firmicutes and increased Bacteroidetes; at the genus level, 4-week FOS, RRB, or FOS plus RRB exposures all boosted Bacteroides and diminished Blautia; and the increased Akkermansia was only observed after RRB exposure. Chronic RRB and/or FOS exposure also altered the observed RRB polyphenol metabolites: the parent anthocyanins, such as cyanidin 3-O-sophoroside, were lower in plasma and urine after adaptation to RRB, while the production of urolithin A glucuronide (the main microbial-derived metabolite of ellagitannins) increased after FOS, RRB and FOS plus RRB exposure; an effect hypothesized to be related to the altered composition and metabolic activity of the gut microbiota. Overall, these data suggest chronic RRB and/or FOS exposure influenced gut microbiome composition and subsequently increased gut microbial metabolites.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, July 2017
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Title: Aeroponic Agriculture in Chicago
Creator: Maceachen, Charles
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: Zoo Tech (Semester Unknown) IPRO 318: ZooTechIPRO318FinalPresentationSu10
Creator: Ahmed, Syeda, Chun, Jason, Erwin, Elaine, Garczek, Katherine, Mithun, Michael, Potacki, Amanda, Szulyk, Natalie, Callas, Kathleen, Davis, Derrick, Ferrari, Howard, Madimenos, Anastasis, Morrison, Ruth, Rojas, Diana
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: The members of IPRO 318 are collaborating with the Brookfield Zoo to develop an iPhone application that will enhance the visitors’ experience...
Show moreThe members of IPRO 318 are collaborating with the Brookfield Zoo to develop an iPhone application that will enhance the visitors’ experience and interactions with the zoo environment. This application will be an educational device in addition to trip planning tool. As such, it will be broken down into two major components. First, an educational module that includes the guided inquiry system for animal identification with other informative and interesting functions (such as games, social networks, etc.). Second, the commodity module, which includes an interactive map with GPS, basic park information (such as hours, tickets, parking, etc.), and functions related to other services provided by the zoo. Additionally, it involves designing a sleek, logical, user-friendly layout. By organizing the animal database and additional information provided by the zoo, and coupling this with the tools available on the iPhone, IPRO 318 seeks to design an efficient and entertaining means of utilizing modern technology to explore the zoo and its animals. This document provides a detailed overview of the project, including the plan of action, work breakdown, project goals, background information, and the organization of the IPRO team.
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Title: Education and Technical Support of Prosthetics and Orthotics Education in Latin America (Semester Unknown) IPRO 309: Educational and Technical Support of Orthotics and Prosthetics Education in Latin America and the US IPRO 309 Final Presentation Sp08
Creator: Allen, Ross, Barlow, Elliot, Benger, Lydia, Buntain, Seth, De Nicolo, Marisa, Larue, Robert, Moore, Emily, Quandt, Gregory, Rozborski, Stefanie, Selby, Heather
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: There exists a strong demand for orthotics and prosthetics (O & P) in Latin America, with approximately 2.5 million people in need of this...
Show moreThere exists a strong demand for orthotics and prosthetics (O & P) in Latin America, with approximately 2.5 million people in need of this type of care. IPRO 309 was started in the spring of 2006 with the goal of helping to make this type of care more readily available. However, there are only 50 certified, and 1500 uncertified, O & P practitioners in Latin America. In order to become a certified practitioner, a student must graduate from an ISPO accredited program. Unfortunately, there is currently only one ISPO accredited program in existence in Latin America, along with several other programs that are not ISPO accredited. In October of 2004, Centro Don Bosco (Bogotá, Colombia), Don Bosco University (San Salvador, El Salvador), and the Laboratorio Gilete (Bogotá, Colombia) signed an agreement to establish the first accredited O & P education program in Colombia. Since then, Centro Don Bosco has allotted 3,500 square feet of space for the thriving faculty, classrooms, manufacturing training, and vocational workspace that are necessary for an ISPO accredited program. There are three levels of accreditation according to ISPO standards. Category III involves the design and manufacturing of orthotic and prosthetic devices, Category II includes the fabrication of the devices as well as direct patient care, and Category I includes production, treatment for patients, and research and development. The equivalent to ISPO in the United States is the American Board of Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics (ABC). Because it is independent from the ISPO, the ABC standards of accreditation will need to be taken into account in order to carefully cross cultural and national boundaries.
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Title: Episode 2 - The Ups and Downs of TF-IDF

Title: Magnetic Recorder with Pressure Shoe for Record Members
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1954-08-10
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Integration of Process Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: IntegrationOfProcessImprovementsIPRO304FinalReportF09
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: 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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Title: Power Measurement for Performance Bicycles (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: PowerMeasurementForPerformanceBicyclesIPRO324FinalReportF10
Creator: Boomgarrd, Brian, Buhay, Elena, Carr, Ian, Gaulin, Nick, Gazda, Christopher, Gowe, Arence, Heo, Yun Seon, Mcmanus, Tom, Mertens, Scott, Onaissi, Samah, Smith, Antoinette, Wiese, Matthew
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The IPRO 324 team is working to develop a system that utilizes strain gauges to measure the applied torque on the crankset of a bicycle. The...
Show moreThe IPRO 324 team is working to develop a system that utilizes strain gauges to measure the applied torque on the crankset of a bicycle. The overall goal is to develop an inexpensive and accurate tool for measuring the power output of a professional cyclist. Current devices on the market are quite expensive, require the replacement of current parts that the cyclist has invented significant money, and can still be relatively inaccurate.
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Title: Church & School Energy Efficiency and Financing Program (sequence unknown), IPRO 328 - Deliverables: IPRO 328 Poster 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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Title: Building a Working Replica of Kolff's Rotating Drum (Spring 2004), IPRO 314: Kolff Rotating Drum Artificial Kidney IPRO 314 IPRO Day Presentation Sp06
Creator: Abbasian, Niekoo, Antoniou, Antonis, Barta, Jennifer, Britt, Tim, Crendall, Dan, Das, Abhishek, Dawe, Robert, George, Ryan, Hannah, Rebecca, Hannink, Mary, Higashi, Andrew, Inouye, Brendan, Jungels, Ryan, Lin, Grace, Ram, Justin, Shrivastava, Archita, Stumph, Shawn, Sutalo, Joseph, Turturro, Michael, Tuthill, Chris, Vasu, Kedari, Vasquez, Sam, Whiting, Aaron
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: This IPRO team has the unique opportunity to recreate, from the original plans, a working replica of the first clinically successful...
Show moreThis IPRO team has the unique opportunity to recreate, from the original plans, a working replica of the first clinically successful artificial kidney. Designed, built, and implemented in 1942, Willem Kolff’s rotating drum was the first successful extra-corporeal medical technological device. It provided a successful technological reference point for subsequent development of dialysis devices. This device literally established the field of artificial organs. There are no working models in the Western Hemisphere. Two exist in Europe both in the Netherlands.
Sponsorship: Museum of science and Industry; Paticia ward, PhD, Dept. of Science and Technology
Deliverables for IPRO 314: Building a Working Replica of Kolff's Rotating Drum for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Innovative Mapping (Semester Unknown) IPRO 303: InnovativeMappingIPRO303MidTermPresentationF09
Creator: Komoroski, Aaron, Mora, Andres, Sarraf, Basel, Kemp, Brandon, Duong, Cindy, Woodward, Frank, Suwada, Jerry, Michael, Mark, Sinha, Piyush, Glover, Richard, Mandrekar, Urba
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: NAVTEQ, the sponsor of this project, is one of the largest digital mapping companies in the world. They are in a constant phase of self...
Show moreNAVTEQ, the sponsor of this project, is one of the largest digital mapping companies in the world. They are in a constant phase of self-improvement. Right now, NAVTEQ’s focus is on how to make their technology more pedestrian and community friendly. Our project has two main sections – 1. Target the majority of mobile device users, and give them an outlet to report any changes, mistakes or developments that have been overlooked by NAVTEQ. 2. Come up with a solution which enables the average map user – men and women ages 18-35, students and tourists – to address these alterations in a simple, hassle free way
Sponsorship: NAVTEQ
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Title: Pervasive Training (Semester Unknown) IPRO 317
Creator: Bailey, Preston, Bennett, Noelle, Callan, Mark, Cho, Andrew, Dasari, Sravya, Hassan, Ismail, Lutgendorf, Michael, Noorts, George, Orawiec, Paul, Peprah, Nana, Reddy, Swathi, Fatima Rizvi, Syeda, Singh, Archana
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The team for IPRO 317 is tasked with working on developing a pervasive training program. This program will integrate various psychological and...
Show moreThe team for IPRO 317 is tasked with working on developing a pervasive training program. This program will integrate various psychological and technological applications. As such the team working on this project has split into 2 groups to work on these respective applications. The idea of pervasive training addresses a dire need in the field of corporate training. This concept allows companies to put their employees through training by making them self-aware. This method of training also enables employers to train their employees with minimal disruption to productivity. Our intention is to implement this training through the employee’s hand held devices. Each employee would select a group of peer to fill out an assessment, the combination of the peer assessments, an assessment performed by the employee’s supervisor and one by the employee themselves would constitute the evaluation of employee. The employee would then receive a series of periodic e-mails to their mobile device that they would then need to respond to in order to complete this training. After a pre-designated amount of time for this training the employee will fill out a new survey and receive their results. A significant motivator for this training is that it is purely voluntary and allows the employee to receive these evaluations without their employer knowing any of the results aside from completion status. From our research team we hope to derive a set of themes by which to rate the employee as well as survey questions. What this will lead to is a group of teachable moments. These moments will be reminders for the employee based upon the results of their surveys. Once this system is derived the research team will begin a search for appropriate test organizations for us to run our trials on. While this is being done our development team will build a website to distribute and compile these surveys. This site will also send out our teachable moments and maintain this data. All of this will be done on a desktop computer that will be converted into a server. Once testing begins, this team will be responsible for assisting the test users in the survey and teaching process. These team members will provide support for any issues the users will have as well as for maintaining the website integrity during this process. Ultimately once this initial phase is done our hope is that this product will move immediately into production. Our hope is that with the success of our project this will become a new standard in the training of employees. With this being the case employers will be able to train more employees with less loss of production. Our goal is for this to be used with every employee and not just those in management.
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Title: Electromagnetic Head Construction
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1960-02-23
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Urban Heat Island Effect (Spring 2002) IPRO 328: Urban Heat Island Effect IPRO328 Spring2002 Final Presentation
Creator: Maddala, Venkata, Dorsz, Arkardiusz
Date: 2003, 2002-05
Description: Ozinga is a Chicago corporation that is a prominent supplier of Ready Mix concrete products to the construction industry in Chicago and...
Show moreOzinga is a Chicago corporation that is a prominent supplier of Ready Mix concrete products to the construction industry in Chicago and surrounding areas. As part of its interest in advancing its corporate social responsibility and expanding its market opportunities, Ozinga is interested in working with an IPRO team to investigate the long-term role of concrete products, technologies, systems, processes and applications inimproving our environment. This initial IPRO project for Ozinga can have many facets, and may lead to specialized follow-on projects. Three broad areas of investigation that could evolve are: (1) opportunities for extending the use of concrete to mitigate environmental impact associated with urban warming, (2) opportunities for evaluating the management of energy associated with concrete mix and the vehicle fleet that distributes the material, and (3) opportunities for concrete mix materials and process innovation. The project team will develop a foundation for thinking about these three areas of opportunity, although it is anticipated that the initial focus would be on the first area as outlined below. A broad view of sustainable development considers the effects of removinglarge expanses of vegetation from the urban ecosystem and creating structures and systems that exacerbate urban warming problems. Parking lots, office buildings, roadways and other built systems have the negative effect of absorbing large amounts of heat. This then requires investment in cooling systems for conditioning indoor environments that consume energy and other resources; affects the quality of peoples' lives; and has a long-term negative effect on our global environment. These broad issueshave been studied by various organizations in a range of professionalcontexts, including environmental engineering, architecture, urbanplanning, government policy, atmospheric studies, etc. The construction industry itself has supported such studies, including the National Ready Mix Association,. The City of Chicago has established "green goals" to guide its planning, investment and regulatory functions. The IPRO team will investigate the types of concrete application opportunities that have been developed in the U.S. and abroad and that havebeen successful or offer significant potential for application in the Cityof Chicago. This could include expanded use of concrete commercial buildingcladding, concrete residential structures, and concrete pavements. The team will also review building codes and labor rules that may be considered to inhibit innovative and broader application of concrete mixes. There arealso issues associated with the financial, environmental and energylife-cycle cost that merit evaluation to understand the decision makingprocess associated with material selection and specification. In addition, it is important in developing a case for concrete material applications to understand the relative size and impact of each viable application in terms of environmental mitigation potential. One approach to addressing this issue is to use Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to correlate areas with significant heat absorption to the types of systems (e.g., commercial buildings, residential buildings, parking lots, roadways, etc.). Both the public and private sectors have a vested interest in developing,applying and diffusing innovative products that can have a positiveinfluence on the environment. However, in order to lay the foundation forsignificant impact by a product like concrete ready mix, it is necessary tocarefully map the decision making process that involves a range of thesecomplex variables. This can help to establish the "business case" for notonly concentrated effort by firms like Ozinga, but also for governmentagencies. This can also help to guide the modification of codes andpolicies so that they do not inhibit, but rather encourage experimentationwith and diffusion of concrete materials that can mitigate environmental impact.
Sponsorship: Ozinga Redi-Mix Corporation
Project Plan for IPRO 328: Urban Heat Island Effect for the Spring 2002 semester
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