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Title: Tool Management System and Feed Mechanism Design (Semester Unknown) IPRO 347: ToolManagementSystemandFeedMechanismDesignIPRO347PosterF09
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: ZERO ENERGY LAB (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337: ZeroEnergyLabIPRO337Brochure1Sp09
Creator: Brewin, Christopher, Gandhi, Shweta, Hernandez, Carlos, Kedzuch, Andrew, Leemon, Steve, Nelson, Karen, Pfeifer, Sarah, Reinecke, Jonathan, Schmidt, Nathan, Shah, Jainam, Simons, Raymond, Walker, Jason, Wisniewski, Anthony
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The ultimate goal of the Zero Energy Lab is to get the fourth level of machinery hall off the electrical grid. The IPRO is moving towards...
Show moreThe ultimate goal of the Zero Energy Lab is to get the fourth level of machinery hall off the electrical grid. The IPRO is moving towards transforming the space into a research space for future energy and lighting technologies. Since the end goals of the Zero Energy Lab are ambitious for one semester we are proposing to address solar hot water, a golf cart used as a mobile battery bank, and window efficiency this semester. We are also hoping to learn some tuck-pointing techniques to make the space more presentable. We would like for the team to learn new things about the technologies we are researching and using. We hope to have a good hands-on experience with energy efficiency and green technologies. The team is a collaboration of students from various majors including architecture, political science, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and biophysics. Together we believe we will be able to create a cohesive end product and work well together along the way.
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Title: Development of Powered Resonance-tube Actuators for Aircraft Flow Control Applications
Creator: Raman, G., Mills, A., Kibens, V.
Date: 2004-12
Publisher: American Inst Aeronaut Astronaut
Description: The present paper addresses both active-flow-control actuator technology development and the demonstration of the effectiveness of actuators...
Show moreThe present paper addresses both active-flow-control actuator technology development and the demonstration of the effectiveness of actuators that could be easily integrated into practical aircraft applications. The actuator used is an adaptation of the Hartmann oscillator. Demonstration experiments that illustrate the effectiveness of this actuator include cavity tone suppression at transonic speeds and the reduction of jet-impingement tones. The actuator concept is based on a high-speed jet aimed at the mouth of a cylindrical tube closed at the other end. The result is a high-amplitude self-sustaining fluctuating field accompanied by an intense narrowband tone, all in the region between the supply jet and the resonance tube. Using unsteady pressure sensors and flow visualization, we explored the effect of varying actuator parameters such as the spacing between the power jet and the resonance tube, supply pressure, resonance-tube depth, diameter, shape, and lateral spacing. By varying the depth of the tube, the frequency could be varied from about 1.6 kHz to over 10 kHz and amplitudes as high as 156 dB (microphone location dependent) were obtained in the vicinity of actuation. To integrate this concept into practical aircraft applications, two generations of a more complex version of this device known as the powered resonance-tube bank (PRTB) were developed and demonstrated. Results indicate that by using high-frequency excitation at 5-kHz suppression levels in excess of 20 dB were consistently obtained over a range of operating conditions in both cavity and impingement flow situations. Based on our results, we have grounds to believe that a properly designed PRTB has significant advantages over conventional actuators such as acoustic, piezo, and oscillatory microstructures.
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Title: Zero Energy Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337
Creator: Aouissa, Abdelmalek, Chiu, Chris, Dodgen, James, Gambrell, Jennifer, Kadzban, Adam, Kedzuch, Andy, Larkin, Evan, Lowe, Scott, Meyer, James, Rojas, Brian, Vincent, Oba, Wolfe, Clark, Yaker, Farouk
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The IPRO 337 team’s objectives for this semester are to make further progress in updating the top floor of Machinery Hall into a lab for...
Show moreThe IPRO 337 team’s objectives for this semester are to make further progress in updating the top floor of Machinery Hall into a lab for future energy and lighting technology research. The research conducted this semester will help us transform the space into a more sustainable working environment. Since the ultimate goal is rather ambitious, our goal for this particular semester is to implement an energy plan which will become the basis off of which the future IPRO’s will continue towards the ultimate goal. We also intend to clear the space so that the developed plan can be tested.
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Title: Crop to Cup Coffee: Building Communities through Coffee (Semester 2) IPRO 333: BuildingCommunitieThroughCoffeeIPRO333MidTermPresentationSu10
Creator: Awol, Yeamlaksira, Canelo, Freddy, Drabek, Lindsay, Economy, Stacy, Erie, Mike, Hurst, Trey, Waterloo, Becca, Z, Isabella
Date: 2010, 2010-07
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: Jacob Elster Crop to Cup
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Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333: FabricationLabIPRO333Poster2Sp09
Creator: Boyer, Robert, Chung, Lawrence, Gajdorus, Michael, Gottschall, Keenan, Hendricks, Rachel, Luciani, Joseph, Mallinger, Nicolle, Marks, Paul, Murman, Patricia, Nadler, Anne, Nakano, Shunsuke, Obst, Leslie, Ptak, Treyson, Reyes, Ivan, Winterbauer, Adam
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: Fabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology providing...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology providing digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry has partnered with IPRO to further develop the Fab Lab at their site. IPRO 333 has been rendered the task of working with the administration in the Fab lab of MSI to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and assisting in determining its end goals for both the museum and the community by working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, promoting membership at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and involving the community in science and technology programs at the museum. In order to accomplish our tasks we have broken into three main teams, each of which will focus on a different aspect of the lab. The first team will be responsible for creating events specific to the museum members, creating proposals for low‐cost, high‐profit activities for the lab, and possibly creating a website where users of the lab may sign up for time in the lab, reserve or order materials, and rent storage space for long term projects they wish to work on. The second team is responsible for integrating the Fab Lab into the current working exhibits as well as future exhibitions. The third team will be responsible for designing and creating new programs for users of the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program or museum members.
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Title: Zero Energy Community (Semester Unknown) IPRO 323: ZeroEnergyCommunityIPRO323FinalReportF09
Creator: Bohac, Adam, Brady, David, Bueno, Juan, Coughlin, Daniel, Depalma, Lowell, Gonzalez, Juan, Gross, Josh, Hernandez, Carlos, Iversen, Jennifer, Mckinley, Keanen, Moceri, Michael, Modi, Nishant, Wisniewski, Anthony, Zacharias, Bryan
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: Our purpose is to seek a union between living comfortably and living sustainably. We are to design for a future Chicago-area community, which...
Show moreOur purpose is to seek a union between living comfortably and living sustainably. We are to design for a future Chicago-area community, which first minimizes its energy consumption and then uses the most sustainable methods to fulfill the remaining needs of the inhabitants. Ideally we will design a model community which will challenge conventions within the fields of design, planning, engineering, and everyday living. This community will also serve as an example to Chicago-area municipalities about the benefits of sustainable planning, design, and living.
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Title: Building a Working Replica of Kolff's Rotating Drum (Spring 2004), IPRO 314
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: Applying Rapid Prototyping Techniques to Production Tooling (semester?), IPRO 312: Rapid Prototyping Techniques IPRO 312 Abstract F06
Creator: Ranttila, Annie, Fu, Chun Yiu, Hussain, Shan I., Hicks, Ken, Dave, Udit, Manjrekar, Sourabh, Nosse, Daniel, Atta, Muhammad, Amine, Rachid, Craig, Seun, Abdullahi, Abdulkamal, Taylor, Lashawna
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: This IPRO was started as a Rapid Prototyping project in the semester of spring 2006. The main goal was to make casters in a short time period...
Show moreThis IPRO was started as a Rapid Prototyping project in the semester of spring 2006. The main goal was to make casters in a short time period for the caster manufacturing company Colson Associates. As the project advanced, the team realized that the real objective of this IPRO was to: ‘Investigate techniques for rapidly and effectively manufacturing casters to satisfy “rush orders” for special casters.’
Deliverables for IPRO 312: Applying Rapid Prototyping Techniques to Production Tooling for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Zero Liquid Discharge (Semester Unknown) IPRO 302: ZeroLiquidDischargeIPRO302FinalReportSp09
Creator: Pattermann, William, Ashrafi, Sahar, Shin, Woo, Isoda, Mitchell, Hill, Ross, Latour, Catherine, Ballard, Ray, Ng, Angela, Lai, James, Ong, Alex, Beissinger, Danny
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The objective of this project is to identify, evaluate, and prioritize technologies that can be used to achieve zero discharge in a 500 MW...
Show moreThe objective of this project is to identify, evaluate, and prioritize technologies that can be used to achieve zero discharge in a 500 MW power plant using Powder River Basin coal. To accomplish this mission, we will: 1. Determine the water balance around a typical facility 2. Perform a qualitative assessment of the viability of the three technologies above toward meeting zero discharge. 3. Determine the size, first cost and operating cost for each combination of zero discharge unit operations considered 4. Identify creative options for reusing treated discharge water within the plant 5. Identify emerging technologies that might play a major role in the future.
Sponsorship: Sargent & Lundy
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Title: Developing Web Based Applications (Semester Unknown) IPRO 308: DevelopingWeb-basedApplicationsIPRO308PosterSp10
Creator: Blakey, Luke, Carmichael, Jake, Choi, Hyemin, Gopal, Shashank, Lademan, Anthony, Matusiewicz, Rick, Mutyaba, Kevin, Najarian, Christopher, O’connor, Ryan, Patel, Nirali, Sahagun, Jaime, Savage, Christopher, Svaldi, Jared, Vidutis, Mantas
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: Our purpose is to make the NIHL website a web-based scheduling and scoring applications that can support their annual operations.
Sponsorship:...
Show moreOur purpose is to make the NIHL website a web-based scheduling and scoring applications that can support their annual operations.
Sponsorship: Northern Illinois Hockey League (NIHL)
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Title: Creative Public Library and Material Center
Creator: Phanuprasit, Praerin
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: Digital Word of Mouth (semester?), IPRO 304
Creator: Joseph, Asha, O'brien, Daniel, Collins, Maura, Smets, Marieke, Baum, Alexis, Yamashita, Megumi, Park, Woo Jin, Fan, Chung-yi, Patel, Purvag, Campbell, Valerie, Niu, Eric, Solheim, Michael, Vichare, Pushkar, Khan, Syed, Ekholm, John, Wang, Taeho, Madraswala, Yousuf, Ward, Christopher, Cheek, Alex, Rivera-pierola, Peter, Sitthisathainchai, Waewwan
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The purpose of this project that will begin in Spring 2007 is to increase the "footprint" of health care workers in rural areas of India, that...
Show moreThe purpose of this project that will begin in Spring 2007 is to increase the "footprint" of health care workers in rural areas of India, that is, leverage the time and expertise of the workers to achieve a bigger and broader benefit to those who need health care. The basic question is how to increase the ability of health care workers to see more patients, increase their diagnostic capabilities and track patients on a regular basis within the existing rural environment
Sponsorship: Honeywell, Inc.
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Title: The Artificial Pancreas (semester?), IPRO 308: Developing an Artificial Pancreas IPRO 308 Abstract F06
Creator: Davis, Elena, Miller, Jennifer, Nazim, Mehjabeen, Patel, Sapna, Patel, Shital C., Pathak, Yagna, Ravuri, Venkata, Reddy, Kirthi, Shivakumar, Vidya, Tanner, Ryan, Vinckevicious, Aurimes
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to develop a system that will function as an artificial pancreas and will incorporate an insulin delivery system...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to develop a system that will function as an artificial pancreas and will incorporate an insulin delivery system with a non invasive glucose monitor.
Deliverables for IPRO 308: The Artificial Pancreas for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Comarch Pocket XL (semester?), IPRO 349F: Pocket XL IPRO 349 2.2 Poster S07
Creator: Jedynak, Miroslaw, Garcia, Francisco, Babel, Sebastian, Kijasm, Tomasz, Wasniowski, Michal
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: The objective of this group is to produce barcode scanning software for warehouse acceptance. This means that when a warehouse receives an...
Show moreThe objective of this group is to produce barcode scanning software for warehouse acceptance. This means that when a warehouse receives an item (or items) information is generated about that item from its barcode that lets a warehouse worker know where the item should be stored in the warehouse. At the end of this project we should have a solution that is ready for verification of specifications by a Comarch deployers. Our software should meet several criteria:  Integrated into CDN XL which is Comarch ERP solution software.  Make use of its algorithm to improve the efficiency of a warehouse by directing the employees to where items should be stored in the warehouse.  Foolproof to minimize the effects of human error.  Capable of multinational use and will include a language pack for Polish and English.  Have a minimal learning curve in order to be an effective and marketable product. Some aspects of the software should be customizable after the prototype stage such as the format of barcode it will read, what type of mobile device it will run on and the appearance of the graphical user interface. The customization capabilities will not be implemented in this project since our software will be the initial release.
Sponsorship: Comarch
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Title: Cellular Towers In The Urban Environment (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344: CellularTowersInTheUrbanEnvironmentIPRO344MidTermPresentationSp10
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: ADVANCING DESIGN SIZING AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR BUILDING INTEGRATED THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS
Creator: Zakrzewski, Thomas
Date: 2017, 2017-07
Description: Combined electrical and thermal energy systems (i.e., cogeneration systems) will play an integral role in future energy supplies because they...
Show moreCombined electrical and thermal energy systems (i.e., cogeneration systems) will play an integral role in future energy supplies because they can yield higher overall system fuel utilization and efficiency, and thus produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions, than traditionally separate systems. However, methods for both design sizing and performance optimization for cogeneration systems and commercial buildings lag behind the tremendous advancements that have been made in building performance simulation methods. Therefore, the overall goal of this research is to develop and apply novel cogeneration system modeling techniques for optimizing design sizing and dispatch of generation sets that reduce energy use, energy costs, and greenhouse gas emissions. This research is divided into four main research objectives: (1) generalizing cogeneration performance of lean burn natural gas spark ignition reciprocating engines, (2) developing a new Design and Optimization of Combined Heat and Power (DOCHP) systems optimization tool for improving design-sizing of building-integrated and grid-tied CHP systems, (3) demonstrating the utility of the DOCHP tool with several practical applications, and (4) integrating on-site intermittent renewable energy systems into the DOCHP tool to analyze micro-grid applications. This research leverages recent developments in multiple areas of building and system simulation methods. DOCHP advances design sizing and performance optimization methods for building integrated thermal and electrical energy generation systems through the application of an evolutionary artificial intelligence-based genetic algorithm and its ability to resolve to non-linear optimization with discrete constraints while considering non-linear part-load generation set performance curves.
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, July 2017
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Title: Planning for Human Implantat ion of a Cor t ical Visual Prothesis (Semester Unknown) IPRO 306: Planning for Human Implantation of a Cortical Visual Prothesis IPRO 306 Poster2 F08
Creator: Rust, Andrew, Tian, Dan, Sadja, Joel, Blackketter, Josh, Ragauskis, Kevin, Assaliyski, Marin, Tran, Minh, Mathes, Peter, Jain, Saurabh
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Over the years there has been intensive research on visual prosthesis around the world and significant technological advancements have been...
Show moreOver the years there has been intensive research on visual prosthesis around the world and significant technological advancements have been made. The Intracortical Visual Prosthesis Team (IVP) at IIT has been researching and developing a procedure as well as a device which will be implanted within the human visual cortex. The device consists of sub-miniature electrodes which will artificially stimulate the visual cortex by introducing electrical currents in to the cortex. The IIT Team has reached a point in their 10 year development process where they would like to proceed with implanting the device in a volunteer in the next few years. Implantation of a device which provides artificial vision is an extraordinarily complex process. In the initial stages the medical and engineering aspects are the most prevalent ones, but as the project moves forward there are some questions that inevitably must be answered or at least considered. These questions deal much less with the technology and much more with the volunteers that will eventually have these complex devices implanted. To try and answer some of these questions, in IPRO 306 we will look into various medical, political, engineering, ethical, media and psychological issues that we believe may become of greater importance as the project progresses into the implementation stage. We will also look into the public relations aspect as well as some political and psychological issues. Based on our research and understanding we will provide several issues that we see as needing to be addressed in the future and recommend possible solutions to them.
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Title: ESTABLISHING AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL (Semester Unknown) IPRO 321: EstablishingAnUndergraduateResearchJournalIPRO321Poster2F10
Creator: Desai, Sapna, Dvorscak, Mike, Mochinski, Scott, Moreno, Saul, Pilipchuk, Sophia, Roberts, Chris, Sarratt, Meagan, Shaughnessy, Ciaran, Vandegrift, Bertha, Yates, Andrew
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: By encouraging and rewarding research across all undergraduate disciplines at the university, a distinctive and enriching educational...
Show moreBy encouraging and rewarding research across all undergraduate disciplines at the university, a distinctive and enriching educational environment will be developed for undergraduate students to become leaders and innovators.
Sponsorship: IIT
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Title: Teacher Knowledge Share (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320: Teacher Knowledge Share IPRO 320 Brochure F08
Creator: Bern, David, Bochantin, Marike, Hartline, Julian, Mccall, Ian, Mick, Emily, Peake, Andrew, Pierce, Alison, Pindrik, Dmitriy, Quinn, Michael, Stanford, Carly, Tilatti, Michael
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow...
Show moreThe goal of IPRO 320 is to create an online professional network for school teachers at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level to allow for the sharing of ideas, lesson plans and other professionally relevant information. This is a continuing project which saw limited success in the previous semester in that a functioning web site was constructed based on surveys of public school teachers but it saw very little use. This semester, the planned approach is to build on the research generated last semester by performing additional market research with teachers. Following that, IPRO 320 will rework much of the previous web site by refining some of the features, adding additional ones as the research indicates and improving the website in general, both functionally and aesthetically.
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