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Title: Intermodal Container Transport System Solutions for Chicago Region (semester?), IPRO 307
Creator: Atterberry, Christine, Bartosik, Renee, Beran, Peter, Borschuk, Zachary, Dobbin, Jack, Ibardaloza, Arnold, Kollwitz, Sabine, Meyer, James, Schulz, Matt, Selinsky, Jac, Walczuk, Matt, Wisniewski, Marek
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: This IPRO will focus on the road and rail modes of transportation. Specifically, the team will investigate intermodal rail yards that...
Show moreThis IPRO will focus on the road and rail modes of transportation. Specifically, the team will investigate intermodal rail yards that specialize in transferring containers from trucks to trains, and vice versa. It will then put this knowledge to use by designing an actual intermodal rail yard for the Gary, Indiana area. The objective of this IPRO is to produce a thorough site plan for the Gary rail yard, a computer program to communicate with truck drivers, and an encompassing business plan.
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Title: Affordable and Sustainable Water Solution for Under-Privileged Communities In India (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 355: AcaraChallengeEnPRO355ProjectPlanSp10_redacted
Creator: Xufeng, Miao, Rojo, Beitia David, Dias, Diego, Swingler, Mark, Shah, Pranay, Mbaegbu, Amaka, Choi, Tae
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: India’s huge and growing population is putting severe strain on all of the country’s natural resources. Most water sources are used on a...
Show moreIndia’s huge and growing population is putting severe strain on all of the country’s natural resources. Most water sources are used on a domestic, industrial and agricultural basis. The quality of the water used is presumed to be the major problem that the people face, but the real problem is the quantity of water supplied. Quite a few organizations have been engaged with supplying drinking water to the community, but still not enough to address the needs of all the different sectors of the community, especially irrigation. In order to increase the availability of water to the people, it is necessary that the people have alternative means of supply of water, and a strong sense of the value of water.
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Title: Video Disc Transducer System
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 2009-05-08, 1983-11-29
Description: An optical transducer system reproduces a videodisk record by rotating the disc at a low speed. A record guiding means is comprised of a...
Show moreAn optical transducer system reproduces a videodisk record by rotating the disc at a low speed. A record guiding means is comprised of a ribbed gate region. The ribs engage the disc on opposite margins of the optical images recorded on the disc and extend in a circumferential direction.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Growing Water: 31st Street Eco-Boulevard and IIT Pavilion Prototype (Semester Unknown) IPRO 322: Growing Water IPRO 322 MidTerm Presentation F08
Creator: Beissinger, Daniel, Boder, Matthew, Booher, Steven, Bryant, Kristin, Guzek, Ewa, Horabik, David, Klusek, Natalia, Kochanek, Malgorzata, Mccarthy, Michael, Mejsak, Marcin, Oblenida, Ryan, Slota, Carolina, Veneziano, Marco
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: 1048 million gallons of water is used in Chicago everyday. Chicago replenishes almost none of it. Although there is no water shortage...
Show more1048 million gallons of water is used in Chicago everyday. Chicago replenishes almost none of it. Although there is no water shortage currently, many believe that water will be to the next century what oil is to this century: a huge commodity. Twenty percent of the world's potable water is contained in the Great Lakes. In order to be responsible consumers of this natural resource, Chicago is looking into different plans to return water to Lake Michigan. The purpose of Growing Water IPRO is to create a prototype of an Eco-boulevard on the IIT campus that will serve as an example of practices that could be implemented across the Chicago-land area to manage and naturally purify storm water and sewage water so it can be reintroduced to Lake Michigan. These Eco-boulevards will also serve as educational facilities to inform the community about the growing scarcity of water and how to conserve this precious resource.
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Title: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT (semester ?), IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT IPRO 339 Midterm Report S06
Creator: Luxmi, Raj, Glenon, Thomas, Trevor, Nicole, Allen, Meredith, Clark, Brian, Curtis, Reginald, Fakhouri, Younan, Mirichev, Silvia
Date: 2006-07, 2006-07
Description: The goal of IPRO 339 team is to create and select IPRO proposals, develop online training materials for IPRO Learning Objectives and develop...
Show moreThe goal of IPRO 339 team is to create and select IPRO proposals, develop online training materials for IPRO Learning Objectives and develop teamwork building games.
Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius, Mike Cama, Rebecca Peel, Abhinav Pamulaparthy
Deliverables for IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Disaster Recovery: DIY Home Building (semester?), IPRO 324: DIY Home Building IPRO 324 IPRO Day Presentation Sp07
Creator: Chacko, Serena, Dakowisz, Dukasz, Diaz De Leon Orraca, Federico, Dilger, Andrew, Dolejs, Martina, Grosse, Christopher, Kim, Jung-jae, Kirsch, Joseph, Navarro, Jonathan, Peck, Edward, Ray, Monmayuri, Rios, Homero, Rogers, Eric, Rotella, James, Thompson, Sean T.
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: IPRO 324, Disaster Recovery: Do-It-Yourself Home Building, is focused on designing a building manual to aid disaster victims in building new...
Show moreIPRO 324, Disaster Recovery: Do-It-Yourself Home Building, is focused on designing a building manual to aid disaster victims in building new buildings. The objectives of this group are to continue the efforts made from the previous semester. This includes the creation of a manual illustrating how to build the design, design for handicap accessibility as a provision to the current design, to market this manual to a disaster relief organization that would be responsible for the distribution, to find a new client who would be interested in having this project built, and to find funding in order to build the design. Over the course of this semester, the team will be focusing on creating the manual and attempting to build the design at a site either in New Harmony, Louisana or Gulfport, Mississippi where potential clients are. The house at a bare minimum consists of a multipurpose room, a kitchen, and a bathroom; and will cost approximately $17,000. This is an affordable home/structure considering the cost of building a house now. The team is aware that some families are not fortunate enough to have a savings of $20,000 when these unexpected disasters occur. For this reason, it is an objective of the team to obtain funding.
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Title: Application of Solar Thermal Technology in Large-Scale Buildings in the Urban Environment (Spring 2003) IPRO 328: Application of Solar Thermal Technology in Large-Scale Buildings in the Urban Environment IPRO328 Spring2003 Final Presentation
Date: 2003, 2003-05
Description: Students will work in teams to accomplish research and present findings and recommendations about solar thermal as a viable renewable energy...
Show moreStudents will work in teams to accomplish research and present findings and recommendations about solar thermal as a viable renewable energy industry. The IPRO team will address the following goals and tasks: Research existing solar thermal products in the marketplace. Determine geographic locations worldwide where solar thermal is currently a viable alternative to fossil fuel consuming heating systems. Outline the history of solar thermal development in the United States and other world markets. Research the history of and current technology available for solar thermal installations. Rate various systems by efficiency, cost benefit, physical size required for heat production, ease of operation, durability and other criteria determined significant by the team. Outline construction and design criteria for installation in new and existing buildings. Using an existing building on the IIT campus, develop a plan for installation of solar thermal to produce heat and domestic hot water for the building. Determine how much fossil fuel consumption would be avoided through the installation of a solar thermal solution. Determine the approximate payback of the new solar thermal system based on today's energy, solar thermal system costs and construction costs. Illustrate examples of solar thermal installations on existing and new buildings to determine the effect solar thermal will have on the overall architecture of a building. Develop methodologies for incorporating solar thermal into the design of existing and new buildings which is aesthetically appropriate.
Sponsorship: NA
Project Plan for IPRO 328: Application of Solar Thermal Technology in Large-Scale Buildings in the Urban Environment for the Spring 2003 semester
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 Final Report F08
Creator: Dole, Shreyas, Eliyahu, Haim, Moore, Jeremy, O’neil, Ben, Olson, Heather, Peroni, Joe
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO team this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last two semesters to Juarez, Mexico, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to Juarez situation we
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Title: Building Consumer Awareness and Preference for Safe Foods (Semester Unknown) IPRO 336: Building Consumer Awareness and Preference for Safe Foods IPRO 336 MidTerm Presentation F08
Creator: Chauhan, Mark, Christensen, Carissa, Kari, Constantin, Kuebrich, Elizabeth, Kwon, Minjeong, Oke, Babajide, Rahnavard, Amir, Ray, Monmayuri, Stella, Meredith, Zhao, Yang
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The IPRO 336 team is working with National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc. to create and test a new marketing strategy for the Davidson’s brand...
Show moreThe IPRO 336 team is working with National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc. to create and test a new marketing strategy for the Davidson’s brand pasteurized eggs. Pasteurized eggs are a reasonably new product in the egg industry and, as of yet, have not gained a large percentage of retail market sales. Pasteurized eggs are comparable in many aspects to their competitors but offer the added advantage of being virtually bacteria and salmonella free. Due to this fact, Davidson’s eggs have grown exponentially in the food service market, especially for hospitals and other locations catering to at-risk groups. The company is now seeking to expand in the retail market and is looking to revise their current marketing strategy to meet this goal, with the help of the IPRO team. After an initial review, the IPRO group split up into sub-groups that will focus on different aspects of the marketing plan, including Consumer Education/Psychology, Competitor Analysis, Display, Packaging/Labeling, Promotions, and Website Improvements. Through both secondary and primary research (in the form of consumer surveys), these groups will gain an understanding of the egg market, the average egg buyer, and how the marketing strategy can be most efficiently revised. Once the research has been completed, the sub-groups will be able to create a design or marketing technique in their area of improvement, test their ideas, and revise as necessary. The IPRO group is seeking a final product that will boost retail sales of Davidson’s pasteurized egg and increase consumer awareness of the large benefits of such a product.
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Title: Alloy Systems and Process for the Manuafacture Thereof
Creator: Holtz, Frederick C
Date: 4/24/2009, 1970-08-25
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Design of Coal Desulfurization Processes to Improve the Environment (semester?), IPRO 346: Coal Desulfurization IPRO 346 Poster F06
Creator: Mcdowell, Amy, Benegal, Salil, Doellman, Tony, Keen, Andrew, Kisiel, Greg, Maratt, James, Ogunride, Ranti, Olmos, Oscar, Toe, Myint
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to choose an appropriate method (or combination of multiple methods) for desulfurizing coal before combustion...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to choose an appropriate method (or combination of multiple methods) for desulfurizing coal before combustion takes place in a furnace for energy production. Three methods will be researched in order to find the best way of desulfurization- physical, chemical, and biological. Whichever method(s) is found to be the most effective at removing sulfur from coal will be chosen. After this decision the group will move forward and design the process equipment; later an economic assessment will be done to cost the equipment. All of the group’s goals will be completed within this semester.
Deliverables for IPRO 346: Design of Coal Desulfurization Processes to Improve the Environment for the Fall 2006 semester.
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Title: Cellular Towers In The Urban Environment (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344: CellularTowersInTheUrbanEnvironmentIPRO344ProjectPlanSp10_redacted
Creator: Chan, Ronald, Chatman, Amanda, Divito, Michael, Dohm, Jacob, Ghafoori, Marc, Lee, Timothy, Perizes, Fotis, Reznicek, Dustin, Roberson, Jon
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The purpose of the IPRO is to consider a new generation of cellular towers specifically designed for the urban environment. The IIT campus...
Show moreThe purpose of the IPRO is to consider a new generation of cellular towers specifically designed for the urban environment. The IIT campus will serve as a “representative” location on Chicago’s south side for purposes of this project, but the overall objective is to develop a concept and design for a self-contained, secure and environmentally friendly facility that can adapted to almost any other urban location.
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Title: Automatic Insulin Pumps Using Recursive Multivariable Models and Adaptive Control Algorithms
Creator: Cinar, Ali, Oruklu, Meriyan
Date: 2014-04-09, 2014-04-08
Description: A method and device for monitoring or treating patient glucose levels. The device includes a glucose sensor for measuring a glucose level of a...
Show moreA method and device for monitoring or treating patient glucose levels. The device includes a glucose sensor for measuring a glucose level of a patient, a physiological status monitoring system for measuring at least one physical or metabolic variable of the patient, and an automatic controller in communication with the glucose sensor and the physiological status monitoring system. The controller includes a prediction module for automatically predicting a future glucose level using data measured by the glucose sensor and the physiological sensor.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Using Assessment Data to Improve Library Services : presented at ILA 2007 conference: ILA_presentation_07_revised_final: ILA_presentation_07_revised_final
Creator: Stewart, Christopher, Uth, Charles
Date: 2007-10
Description: IIT Libraries conducted LibQUAL+ service quality assessment in 2004 and 2006. This presentation will outline strategies we undertook to...
Show moreIIT Libraries conducted LibQUAL+ service quality assessment in 2004 and 2006. This presentation will outline strategies we undertook to address issues identified in the 2004 assessment, and evaluate their success based on assessment results in 2006. We will also discuss the importance of measuring academic library effectiveness in higher education’s emerging outcomes-based culture.
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Title: Design and Economic Evaluations of Biorefinery Operations (semester?), IPRO 347: Eval of Biorefinery IPRO 347 Poster Sp06
Creator: Niekoo, Abbasian, Agose, Daisy, Arguijo, Susanna, Hogan, Brian, Jung, Minsuk, Pelae, Raisa, Roberts, Ben, Kyaagba, Tor, Macdougall, Chris, Malacina, Adam, Michael, Adam, Michael, Henry, Demarah, Daniel, Newberg, Phil, Ocwieja, Sarah, Patti, Julie, Vann, Adam, Keen, Andrew, Woo, Hyun, Zarate, Nyah
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The IPRO team was successful in designing a process that converts biomass into liquid fuels for transportation. The biomass chosen was cow...
Show moreThe IPRO team was successful in designing a process that converts biomass into liquid fuels for transportation. The biomass chosen was cow manure because of two main reasons. The abundance of cows in southern Wisconsin provides an ideal place for the process to be built. Also, because most other types of potential biomasses currently have uses, manure was favorable. The process was split into three sections: gasification, gas clean-up and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor.
Deliverables for IPRO 347: Design and Economic Evaluations of Biorefinery Operations for the spring 2006 semester
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Title: Improving Electrical Efficiency With Building Information Modelling (Semester Unknown) IPRO 338: ImprovingElectricalEfficiencyWithBuildingInformationModelingIPRO338BrochureF09
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: Improving Global Supply Chain Management (Semester Unknown) IPRO 306: ImprovingGlobalSupplyChainManagementIPRO306FinalPresentationSp10
Creator: Thukral, Anand, Wilas, Arthur, Lukic, Djordje, Smith, Suni, Chandnani, Abhishek, Devalam, Arun, Limpinyakul, Jutarop, Malpekar, Nilesh, Sun, Cong, Kotha, Anurag, Skiba, David, Sharangdhar, Kunal, Bergland, Tomas
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The IPRO 306 team will be working with a sanitation and janitorial equipment manufacturer, Sloan Valve. The core competency of this company...
Show moreThe IPRO 306 team will be working with a sanitation and janitorial equipment manufacturer, Sloan Valve. The core competency of this company lies in manufacturing flush valves. Sloan Valve is currently one of the leading producers of flush valves in the Northern American Continent. The team will be assisting Sloan Valve in realizing two major projects.
Sponsorship: SLOAN
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Title: Synthesizing Carbon from Sludge
Creator: Khalili, Nasrin R., Arastoopour, Hamid, Walhof, Laura K.
Date: 2009-05-11, 2000-02-29
Description: The synthesis of carbon, particularly in an activated form, from sludge materials such as composed of biosolids and the like is described...
Show moreThe synthesis of carbon, particularly in an activated form, from sludge materials such as composed of biosolids and the like is described wherein the treated material is subjected to processing including chemical activation, light and humidity treatment, pyrolysis and physical activation to result in an activated carbon of high surface area and microporosity.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Integration of Process Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: IntegrationOfProcessImprovementsIPRO304FinalPresentationF09
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: Solar Decathlon 2011 (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352: Solar Decathlon EnPRO 352 Abstract Sp08
Creator: Johnson, Daniel, Carroll, John, Ruffolo, John, Mast, Laura, Mejsak, Marcin, Calizo, Milagros, Pollina, Matt, Hollister, Nathaniel, Steffen, Trent, Amber, Jamie, Demarco, Juan
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: This EnPRO project is the first of several designed to position IIT for a competitive proposal entry in 2009 for the Solar Decathlon 2011...
Show moreThis EnPRO project is the first of several designed to position IIT for a competitive proposal entry in 2009 for the Solar Decathlon 2011 competition. The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The Solar Decathlon is also an event to which the public is invited to observe the powerful combination of solar energy, energy efficiency, and the best in home design. This year the event will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. October 12 - 20. The team houses are open for touring everyday except Wednesday, October 17, when they will close for competition purposes. An overall winner is announced on Friday, October 19 at 2 p.m. Teams of college students design a solar house, knowing from the outset that it must be powered entirely by the sun. In a quest to stretch every last watt of electricity that's generated by the solar panels on their roofs, the students absorb the lesson that energy is a precious commodity. They strive to innovate, using high-tech materials and design elements in ingenious ways. Along the way, the students learn how to raise funds and communicate about team activities. They collect supplies and talk to contractors. They build their solar houses, learning as they go. The 20 teams transport their solar houses to the competition site on the National Mall and virtually rebuild them in the solar village. Teams assemble their houses, and then the active phase of the Solar Decathlon begins with an opening ceremony for students, media, and invited guests. The teams compete in contests, and even though this part of the Solar Decathlon gets the most attention, the students really win the competition through the many months of fundraising, planning, designing, analyzing, redesigning, and finally building and improving their homes. The public is invited to tour the solar homes and event exhibits during much of the competition.
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