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Title: BUOY (Semester Unknown) IPRO 310: BUOYIPRO310ProjectPlanSu09_redacted
Creator: Baar, Coleman, Dykeman, Kimberly, Hotz, Thomas, Kruse, Kevin, Kwiatkowski, Lisa, Lane, Brendan, Lopez, Roman, Reilly, Jeffrey, Sarkar, Smita, Sowiak, Joanna, Stelcel, Carl, Winston, Nithin, Zhou, Raymond
Date: 2009, 2009-07
Description: Our mission is to develop, test, and implement assistive technology with the community that promotes safety and improves independence of blind...
Show moreOur mission is to develop, test, and implement assistive technology with the community that promotes safety and improves independence of blind and visually impaired (BVI) swimmers.
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Title: High Strength-Variable Porosity Sintered Metal Fiber Articles and Method of Making the Same
Creator: Walter, Troy C.
Date: 1964-04-07
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Civic Space: Kuwait
Creator: Kassem, Dalal
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 353: 1_FabLabIPRO353Poster3Sp10
Creator: Arendovich, Nikolai, Bartolomei, Anthony, Meno, Joel, Munir, Muqadas, Ostapenko, Maksym, Pham, Anne, Sanchez, Joseph, Sawyer, William, Stepniewski, Jesse, Sturrup, Terez, Ton, Jimmy, Zhu, Patrick
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: For this semester IPRO 353’s purpose is to generate a steady public interest in the Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) that is located in the...
Show moreFor this semester IPRO 353’s purpose is to generate a steady public interest in the Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) that is located in the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) by reaching out to a target user base of retirees, inventors, craft hobbyist, and students. Feedback collected from these user groups will be used to create and establish a feasible program that sets out requirements for qualified users, provides new users with tutorials (or workshop), and implements a schedule for steady use of the Fab Lab by qualified users. The program will include a volunteer force such as a group of community service students trained in the lab that can oversea activities in the Fab Lab.
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Title: Integration Of Process Improvements (Spring 2011) IPRO 304: IntegrationOfProcessImprovementsIPRO304BrochureSp11
Creator: Kozmel, Tom, Collins, Dorothy, Watts, Bill, Tatkowski, Greg, Chojnacki, Tomasz, Ray, Jaimin, Sparks, Gregory, Regacho, Michael, Diao, Yubo, Kuzmicki, Claudius, Gal, Paul, Szalko, Alex, Kim, Suk Won
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: A. Finkl & Sons Co. was founded in 1879. Finkl is the world's leading supplier of forging die steels, plastic mold steels, die casting tool...
Show moreA. Finkl & Sons Co. was founded in 1879. Finkl is the world's leading supplier of forging die steels, plastic mold steels, die casting tool steels and custom open‐die forgings, processing 100,000 tons of steel each year. Since the 1800s, Finkl has maintained a commitment to manufacture 100 percent of its products in Chicago. These products are distributed domestically and to more than 18 countries worldwide. They sell their products to other manufacturers including plastic processors, die casting companies and closed‐die forging plants. With more than 100 patents to its credit, Finkl's steel formulations and steel-making technologies set worldwide standards. Finkl's facilities are on the leading edge of technology, using the most automated processes in the world. In recognition of Finkl's product quality, Finkl was the first integrated steel manufacturer in America to receive ISO 9000 certification
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Small-Scale Desalination (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 354: Small-ScaleDesalinationEnPRO354ProjectPlanSp10_redacted
Creator: Adamczyk, Paul, Au, Bonnie, Bijonowski, Brent, Fanelli, Daniel, Hoxha, Edlira, Krauszowska, Monika, Pham, Nga, Rauf, Aamir, Schlessinger, Hannah, Wolber, Brian
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: Freshwater is one of Earth’s most precious resources and is now increasing in scarcity. Global warming induced climate change is now changing...
Show moreFreshwater is one of Earth’s most precious resources and is now increasing in scarcity. Global warming induced climate change is now changing rain patterns and causing record drought, growing global populations are increasing demand, and the individual demand per person is increasing and human populations urbanize and adopt modern plumbing. The biggest contributor to increasing demand for water is mismanagement and pollution. However for this project we will be focusing on water quantity rather than quality.
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Title: Podcasting, Market Research & Multimedia Pilots (semester?), IPRO 303: Utilizing Digital Tech to Communicate with Investors IPRO 303 Final Report Sp06
Creator: Shabihul, Abdi, Beauregard, Matthew, Ermogenoul, Angeliki, Fung, Janel, Glover, Eric, Ivanova, Polina, Jung, Young Ho, Lee, Moon-won, Reyes, Mauricio, Sabbah, Yonathan, Tyson, Christopher, Bistriceanu, Vlad
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: Calamos Investments provides professional money management services to major corporations, public and private institutions, pension funds,...
Show moreCalamos Investments provides professional money management services to major corporations, public and private institutions, pension funds, insurance companies and individuals and is an investment advisor to open-end and closed-end funds. The company was founded in 1977 by John Calamos. The company’s cornerstone strategy is risk management. Calamos Investments underwent rapid growth, from managing $5 billion in assets in 1999 to over $45 in 2006. During this period, a lot of the personal touch that permeated the interaction between clients and the company’s leadership was lost. The number of clients grew too quickly. A high level of personal interaction between John Calamos and its core investors became difficult to attain. The IPRO 303 team attempted to digitally leverage John Calamos by researching and piloting new methods of customer interaction utilizing digital communication technologies.
Sponsorship: Calamos Investments LLC
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Title: Personal VTOL Aircraft (semester?), IPRO 317: VTOL aircraft for the Masses IPRO 317 Poster Sp06
Creator: Chankov, Teodro, Dalton, Edward, Honore, Brandon, Meyer, Chad, Naselli, Adam, Qadir, Mohammed, Rozier, Paul, Szwajnos, Joanna, Tenenbaum, Jason, Ziskovsky, Anthony
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The primary objectives of the testing group are to: 1. Verify the flight tests performed during the previous semester. 2. Confirm the...
Show moreThe primary objectives of the testing group are to: 1. Verify the flight tests performed during the previous semester. 2. Confirm the sustainability of the engine and the reliability of control. 3. Verify the ability of the VTOL to successfully complete vertical take off and landing. 4. Verify the ability of the VTOL to transition from vertical to horizontal flight. 5. Demonstrate free flight of the VTOL. It is very likely that in the process of completing these objectives, other problems may arise that need to be solved. We will focus our immediate attention on solving these problems, however our long term focus will be on completing the primary objectives
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Title: Web-based Groupware for Team Collaboration (Semester Unknown) IPRO 353: Web-Based Groupware for Team Collaboration EnPRO 353 Final Report F08
Creator: Gurnani, Sweta, Chachakis, Christopher, Narasimhan, Dev, Schweiger, James, Taboada, Alejandro, Greiling, Michael, Taboada, Alejandro, Narasimhan, Dev, Lam, Christopher, Roman, Lam, Ward, William, Cooney, Mark
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The objective for IPRO 353 is to evaluate the business opportunities for commercializing iGroups. We will do this by conducting research...
Show moreThe objective for IPRO 353 is to evaluate the business opportunities for commercializing iGroups. We will do this by conducting research pertaining to primary competitors, the industry as a whole, consumers’ wants and needs, legal issues that could affect iGroups; conducting competitive analysis; developing a website to help market iGroups; and drafting a business plan and final report, which will include feasibility analysis and recommended future steps. Included in the business plan/final report will be: -description of iGroups -market and industry data -competitive analysis -list and description of applicable legal topics -financial data -website description/information -projections for income, sales, and cash flow -analysis of different business models/selected business model -final recommendations including suggested next steps
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Title: Web Application for Electrical Contractors for LEED Building Projects (Semester Unknown) IPRO 338: WebApplicationForElectricalContractorsForLEEDBuildingProjectsIPRO338Poster3Sp09
Creator: Tomal, Dan, Akbany, Omair, Asher, Michael, Aulfata, Muluken, Bennett, Casey, Day, Michael, Kim, Woochan, Park, Minah, Shaffer, Dan, Lee, Yeseul,, Zajac, Greg
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO is to develop a website to host a user-friendly online database of green technologies information for the Electrical...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO is to develop a website to host a user-friendly online database of green technologies information for the Electrical Contractors’ Association of the City of Chicago. This website will involve providing data on green electrical products with cut sheets, pricing and distributor information, return on investment projections, and LEED certification facts. The use of this website should help create a well informed transition from industry standard electrical products, to green alternative products, as well as cut down on miscommunication between architects and electrical contractors.
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Title: Technical and Market Integration of Hydroelectric Energy (semester?), IPRO 343: Integration of Hydroelectric Energy IPRO 343 Abstract F06
Creator: Choe, Hyung, Burgos-lopez, Mauricio, Ha, Sooyoung, Lee, Chi Hwan, Liu, Cong, Song, Chang, Wang, Jianhui, Wu, Lei
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The objectives are to design a small hydroelectric power plant on an existing low head dam on Fox River and investigate and evaluate the...
Show moreThe objectives are to design a small hydroelectric power plant on an existing low head dam on Fox River and investigate and evaluate the technical and market integration issues of the new hydro-electrical energy into the current power grid.
Sponsorship: Alexander Tseng
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Title: Magnetic Recording Head
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1944-06-13
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation
United States Patent

Title: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders (Semester Unknown) IPRO 321: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders IPRO 321 Project Plan Sp08
Creator: Pesik, Vesna, Anderson, Matthew, Lee, Sebin, Howard, Jason, Flicek, Stephen, Capps, Zachary, Pandey, Aseem, Hatch, Michael, Bauer, Patrick
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Spring semester 2007, the Manhattan Group came to IIT seeking advice regarding the improvement of their paper shredder. The paper shredders...
Show moreSpring semester 2007, the Manhattan Group came to IIT seeking advice regarding the improvement of their paper shredder. The paper shredders are manufactured in China and sold across the world, including the United States, under the Royal brand name. Each year, over a million paper shredders are sold. Consumers want paper shredders that are quiet and long lasting and are available at the lowest possible price. The Manhattan Group has asked us once again, the students of IPRO 321 and Professor Maurer, for the fourth straight semester to seek potential methods and problems in their shredder. These include improving the sound reduction, the gear optimization, and other features. The MMAE lab and machine lab will be used extensively for gear, sound, and material testing and design. Software resources, sound measuring equipment, and EE equipment will be used as well. Potential legal and/or ethical issues will involve patents and idea ownership. Since this a sponsored IPRO, all discoveries will be property of Mr. Seth Lewis and the Manhattan Group. This potentially could be an issue where this IPRO will be unable to provide necessary information to the IPRO office regarding work and progress due to ethics.
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Title: Swimming Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers (Semester Unknown) IPRO 310: Swimming Aid For Visually Impaired Swimmers IPRO 310 Project Plan Su08
Creator: Alvargonzalez, Marta, Malon, Dave, Keane, Robert, Lin, Jeffrey, Cordogan, Paul, Biyawerwala, Hussain, Patel, Shital, Ragauskis, Kevin, Salimi, Mahdieh, Hubbard, Mclain, Przybysz, Nick, Dudek, Ryan, Daay, Fiona, Cabrera, Joshua, Leasenby, Alex, Karns, Nicole, Lichaj, Andrew
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: This project aims to help visually impaired individuals to exercise independently. While the primary focus this semester will be enabling...
Show moreThis project aims to help visually impaired individuals to exercise independently. While the primary focus this semester will be enabling visually impaired swimmers to swim independently, other physical activities will be researched for the purpose of choosing three activities to be considered for future projects. A passive device, which is a mechanically-based device that offers tactile feedback to the swimmer, and an active device, which is a sonarbased device, will both be developed in parallel to aid the swimmers. This project, overall, could potentially increase the independence of blind and visually impaired individuals, as well as improve their quality of life.
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Title: Enhanced Vision System for Construction Safety (Semester Unknown) IPRO 355: Enhanced Vision System For Construction Safety IPRO 355 Assesment F08
Creator: Connelly, David, Mizek, Jeff, Sticha, Chuck, Sustersic, Sara, Bassett, Leo, Montgomery, Tom, Lee, Melissa, Ann Gan, Kok, O’leary, Kevin, Beemsterboer, Michael
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The purpose of our team is to save lives and prevent accidents involving construction equipment damaging underground utilities. We seek to do...
Show moreThe purpose of our team is to save lives and prevent accidents involving construction equipment damaging underground utilities. We seek to do this by introducing the Enhanced Vision System, or EVS. The goal then for this semester is to design and build this system for displaying the location of buried utilities to the operators of construction vehicles. This includes producing a proof-of-concept prototype as well as designing the final product that we would produce. As this project is not merely an IPRO, but also an EnPRO, we are also considering how to turn this idea into a successful business venture. To this end, we will be preforming research and creating a business plan.
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Title: Solid Fuel from Biomass for Cogeneration (Semester Unknown) IPRO 349: Solid Fuel from Biomass for Cogeneration IPRO 349 Brochure Sp08
Creator: Mikesell, Jonathan, Dlugosz, Anna, Heffernan, Joseph, James, Joshua, Vassi, Anna, Yap, Ying Bing, Yeap, Xin Yi, Chacko, Serena, Ruidera, Ryan, Stanfield, Terrance
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Renewable energy is one of the most important and widely researched topics today. It is classically defined as any form of energy coming from...
Show moreRenewable energy is one of the most important and widely researched topics today. It is classically defined as any form of energy coming from any naturally replenish-able source. This may include everything from solar to wind power, as well as biomass or biofuels. When considering biomass, or any (living or recently-dead) biological material, the chemical energy of the molecules is generally collected through combustion. The area of liquid fuels from biomass has especially gained much notoriety and support in recent years. This is due to the lower emissions and clean-burning nature of these fuels when compared to more traditional approaches, as well as the obvious renewable nature of the starting material. While vegetable oils or animal fats can be used as a replacement for diesel fuels, corn, switchgrass, or other grains are more widely used to produce ethanol for use in common combustion engines. Today’s E85 fuel is sold to customers with a chemical makeup of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. The use of solid biomass as a direct supplier of energy, however, is an area still left relatively unexplored in this growing field. In theory, and as preliminary research suggests, harvesting energy directly from solid biomass may be considerably more efficient than gathering it from its processed liquid counterpart. In fact, some studies suggest that the energy acquired from burning ethanol is up to 67% lower than is contained in the plant cellulose from which it is derived.[1] There are, however, several other factors besides energy projections to consider when looking at the economic and market viability of such an approach. For example, one of the main advantages of liquid fuels over solid is the ease of transportation and storage. Additionally, the feasibility of developing a whole new process of biomass collection and processing must be balanced with economic and logistical constraints. This includes not only careful analysis of energy and cost balances, but also in-depth examination of all equipment, manpower and environmental limitations. IPRO 349 was established to examine these (and many more) considerations in the viability of sold fuel from biomass. Specifically, we have narrowed the scope of our research to biomass derived from corn stover (leaves and stalk left in the ground after harvesting) within the state of Illinois. Illinois was chosen because it is currently the largest producer of corn in the nation.[2] Corn stover has been shown to have an energy content of 5,290 Btu/lb. wet, and 7,560 Btu/lb. dry.[2]With such an approach, it may be possible to utilize what would otherwise be considered “waste” to produce useable, renewable energy. For the purposes of this project, cogeneration, or the simultaneous generation of both electricity and useful heat will be examined.
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Title: Ceramic Coated Golf Club Head
Creator: Bradstreet, Samuel W., Rechter, Harold L.
Date: 1959-10-13
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Power Measurement for Road Bicycles: Towards a Universal Solution (Semester Unknown) IPRO 324: PowerMeasurementsForRoadBicyclesIPRO324MidTermPresentationSp09
Creator: Anupoju, Tarun, Halim, Stephanus, Kaminski, Bryan, Lam, Brian, Marcellis, Brandon, Martin, Rebecca, Odunaiya, Edumaregbemiro, Stevanovic, Stefan, Tsosie, Henrietta, Voukadinov, Ivan, Ziomek, Arkadiusz
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: We would like to develop a system that measures the applied torque at a bicycle crank set. In contrast to current solutions, we want to be...
Show moreWe would like to develop a system that measures the applied torque at a bicycle crank set. In contrast to current solutions, we want to be able to retrofit our system to existing crank sets, obviating the need to abandon parts that the bicyclist already owns. In principle, according to preliminary tests performed at the MMAE department, this can be done using sets of quite inexpensive strain gauges. However, being able to get accurate torque measurements will require some advanced signal processing from the strain gauges. These signals can then be transmitted wirelessly to a bicycle computer like the Edge 705 that the global positioning system corporation Garmin released last year. There is a defined wireless protocol, called ANT+Sport, which has been developed specifically for the purpose of transmitting exercise data, such as power output or heart rate, to small computers. Chipsets and development kits for this protocol are also available commercially. Therefore, our task will be to find an optimal configuration of strain gauges that will be attached to the crank set, and to develop an algorithm to process the strain gauge data in order to isolate a signal that is proportional to the applied torque. This signal will then be transmitted to the bicycle computer for display and storage.
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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 Poster2 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: Carbon Footprint Reduction (Semester Unknown) IPRO 329: CarbonFootprintReductionIPRO329BrochureSu10
Creator: Fong, Jessica, Kieser, Jeremy, Young, Julieann, Primm, Casey, Port, Graeme, Reznicek, Dustin, Pabba, Shabarinath
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: Our team’s objective is to evaluate Oak Park’s different types of commercial and residential buildings in order to assess their current energy...
Show moreOur team’s objective is to evaluate Oak Park’s different types of commercial and residential buildings in order to assess their current energy usage. We aim to use this information to reduce the carbon footprint of Oak Park Village by proposing a comprehensive sustainability plan.
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