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Title: Solar Decathlon 2011 (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352
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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Title: An Online Teachers Community for Chicago Public Schools (Semester Unknown) IPRO 320: An Online Teachers Community for Chicago Public Schools IPRO 320 Poster1 Sp08
Creator: Abbasi, Rawan, Enverga, John, Goldstein, Linda, Jafarey, Usman, Seung Kim, Min, Kruger, Evan, Mishra, Lory, Moses, Justin, Pasari, Shruti, Smith, Anthony, Zelenskiy, Aleksandr
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Our objective for this semester is to have a prototype of a web community to be used by teachers. The community will consist of 100 registered...
Show moreOur objective for this semester is to have a prototype of a web community to be used by teachers. The community will consist of 100 registered teachers and feature a front page, a forum, and a wiki with 50 complete articles. A round of usability testing including 25 teachers will be conducted; the feedback will be used to gain knowledge and to add features in the future.
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Title: Method for Treating Radioactive Waste
Creator: Bridges, Jack E., Sresty, Guggilam C.
Date: 2009-05-11, 1998-11-10
Description: Ion exchange resins contaminated with a radioactive component are treated by exposing the contaminated ion exchange resins to a bound radio...
Show moreIon exchange resins contaminated with a radioactive component are treated by exposing the contaminated ion exchange resins to a bound radio frequency electric field for uniformly heating them to drive off water. The dried ion exchange resins are then uniformly heated by a transversely uniform bound radio frequency electric field to a second higher temperature which chemically inactivates the functional groups of the ion exchange resins to destroy their hydrophilic property and convert them to a stabilized product for long-term safe storage.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Carbon Footprint of Automobiles (Semester Unknown) IPRO 322: CarbonFootprintOfAutomobilesIPRO322Poster2Sp10
Creator: Bais, Rajiv, Burian, James, Choi, Lien, Fournier, Andrew, Mora, Andres, Rafalko, Susan, Shonekan, Morayomola, Swanston, Seantoia, Vasilev, Teodora, Yi, Won-jae, Yu, Mary
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The goal of the IPRO 322 team is to develop and present a “User friendly” way of identifying vehicles with respect to the emission of...
Show moreThe goal of the IPRO 322 team is to develop and present a “User friendly” way of identifying vehicles with respect to the emission of greenhouse gases throughout their life cycle.
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Title: Prototyping and User Testing of an On-Line Information Tool for Public Participation in Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects, Summer 2011, IPRO 320: FINAL IPRO 320 Presentation
Creator: Bell, Vince, Kavicky, Mathew, Khan, Taimoor, Kohli-lynch, Ciaran, Leevathana, Nick, Mcbride, Phillip, Nguyen, Hao, Vargas, Abigail, Wilkinson, David
Date: 2011-06-17, 2011-07
Description: Leveraging the existing technologies currently available in the marketplace enables the IPRO to create a team-networking solution that reaches...
Show moreLeveraging the existing technologies currently available in the marketplace enables the IPRO to create a team-networking solution that reaches more stakeholders and provides a richer, more enhanced venue for project collaboration. The solution devised by the IPRO must be easily accessible and interactive allowing for data capture, storage, retrieval and viewing amongst an array of end-user devices. To provide a successful solution, this IPRO will storyboard the concept over the summer, prototype the concept during the fall and execute usability studies the prototype during the spring semesters.
Sponsorship: Parsons Brinkerhoff
Prototyping and User Testing of an On-Line Information Tool for Public Participation in Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects, Summer 2011, IPRO 320
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Title: Power Measurement for Performance Bicycles (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: PowerMeasurementForPerformanceBicyclesIPRO324BrcohureF10
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: The structural design of a three-story reinforced concrete cold storage building
Creator: Wamsley, Gage R
Date: 2009, 1920
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/structuraldesign00wams
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology;Includes folded leaves in back pocket

Title: Delta Hook Technology (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 358: DHTEnPRO358ProjectPlanSp10
Creator: Bednarz, Mathew, Benjamin, Bryan, Bonesz, Andrew, Cicero, Joseph, Howard, Nathan, Lozanoski, Phillip, O’toole, William, Rodger, Lucas, Shin, Kyuho, Sowards, Michael, Villalobos, Westley, Walther, Alyssa, Zaidi, Shaad
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: Recreational fishing is a sizable market, generating over a billion dollars of economic output and providing well over a million American’s...
Show moreRecreational fishing is a sizable market, generating over a billion dollars of economic output and providing well over a million American’s with jobs. There are many variations of fishing hooks available that retain the same basic shape and structure, the most popular examples being, the standard J-hook, treble hook and the new “Trokar”, which is “surgically sharpened”. However, there are many limitations associated with existing fishing hooks. One such limitation is that fishing hooks are not able to reliably hold the fish after embedding. Introducing a barb to the hook usually solves this issue, doing so however creates problems when setting the hook and furthermore, barbs can cause damage to the fish during the removal process. Another concern is that contemporary fishing hooks have problems with snagging on nearby rock formations, algae, weeds, or other vegetation in the water.
Sponsorship: DHT
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Title: Apparatus for Generating Odor upon Electronic Signal Demand
Creator: Rasouli, Firooz, Arastoopour, Hamid, Oskouie, Ali
Date: 2009-05-11, 1999-12-21
Description: An apparatus for generating odor upon electronic signal demand using a disk having an aroma-impregnated adsorbent and a substrate. The disk is...
Show moreAn apparatus for generating odor upon electronic signal demand using a disk having an aroma-impregnated adsorbent and a substrate. The disk is inserted into a disk drive that receives signals from a user and/or a server computer. A controller within the disk drive supplies an electric, mechanical or thermal signal to the disk, resulting in the heating of the adsorbent. The controller may also activate a blower to distribute the scent produced by the heated adsorbent and to cool the adsorbent at the end of the scent distribution cycle.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Developing a Next-Generation Occupant Engagement System (Semester Unkown) IPRO 323: DevelopingANext-GenerationOccupantEngagementSystemIPRO323PosterSp09
Creator: Sirk, Phillip, Ventullo, Kevin, Parkes, Brian, Shaffer, Joshua, Clark, Howard, Binet, Adrien, Veneziano, Marco, Guzek, Ewa
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The IPRO is pending to be sponsored by ComEd in order to research possible methods of energy conservation. The focus of this project is to...
Show moreThe IPRO is pending to be sponsored by ComEd in order to research possible methods of energy conservation. The focus of this project is to design a system that encourages energy conserving behavior in residents by use of an interface that displays real time energy use of a residence. For this system to encourage conservation on a significant scale it is necessary that it can be installed in both new and existing buildings. The interface needs to give detailed enough data about the building’s energy consumption for the user to make well informed decisions of how to save energy, but at the same time the data must be presented in an easy to understand format. Also, the unit or units that provide the data must be accessible enough so that the user can at any time be aware of the impact that activating a certain device will have on energy consumption in their home.
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Title: Method and Apparatus for Orienting Magnetic Particles of a Recording Medium and Magnetic Recording Medium
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 4/23/2009, 1966-06-14
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Method for the Construction and Utilization of a Medical Records System
Creator: Schaeffer, Anthony J., Frieder, Ophir
Date: 2012-03-20, 2009-12-01
Description: A method for the construction and utilization of a medical records system capable of providing a continuous data stream of epidemiological...
Show moreA method for the construction and utilization of a medical records system capable of providing a continuous data stream of epidemiological data to the records system via kits provided to the symptomatic population to obtain and record an epidemiological profile in a searchable database by applying data mining or automated intelligence techniques whereby, when a valid epidemiological profile is established in the database, automated diagnosis and prescription of treatment may be had for patients presenting similar symptoms. Knowledge discovery techniques may further operate on the database to provide suggested courses of treatment for a virtual class of patients, epidemic threat awareness, and knowledge of drug resistance mutations by a pathogen without direct query of the database.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology and Northwestern University
United States Patent
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Title: Operator Information Tool to Manage Heat Treat Furnace Parts for A.Finkl & Sons (semester?), IPRO 330: Finkl Operator Info Tool Manage Heat Treat Furnace IPRO 330 IPRO Day Presentation Sp06
Creator: Barnard, Leland, Cappello, Bill, Chen, Zheyan, Ijaz, Syed, O'leary, Patrick, Roberts, Colleen, Schwalbach, Eddie, Tovalin, Ivan, Velten, Josef, Virani, Minaz
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description:  To generate an accurate survey of temperature distribution within the furnace.  To determine a method of stacking that provides the most...
Show more To generate an accurate survey of temperature distribution within the furnace.  To determine a method of stacking that provides the most uniform temperature distribution.  To create an efficient and intuitive tracking system that allows the exact location of each part in the furnace to be recorded and catalogued for future reference.  To put this knowledge together to create a software package that can be used to quickly and easily generate a stacking sequence that will result in a proper heat treatment for each piece in the furnace each time.  To fulfill all IPRO requirements
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
Deliverables for IPRO 330: Operator Information Tool to Manage Heat Treat Furnace Parts for A.Finkl & Sons for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Residential Rain Water Harvesting (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344: ResidentialRainWaterHarvestingIPRO344FianlReportSu10_redacted
Creator: Al-sabah, Mohammad, Gubser, Michael, Kirkpatrick, Alysa, Martin, Shuana, Martinez, Juan, Mccloat, Declain, Munir, Muqadas, Murray, Sean, Newman, Adam
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: There is evidence that people have been harvesting rainwater since 4000BC. The Roman Empire developed an intricate infrastructure to direct...
Show moreThere is evidence that people have been harvesting rainwater since 4000BC. The Roman Empire developed an intricate infrastructure to direct water to be used for irrigation and sanitary purposes. For the most part, modern society has abandoned the practice of harvesting rainwater because water sources have been plentiful and inexpensive. Residents have become accustom to turning on the tap and receiving potable water from their Municipal Authority or a free standing well. Essentially rainwater is undervalued and as such has not been given the priority it deserves. This circumstance is rapidly changing as fresh water is becoming more difficult to acquire. Municipalities are raising the price of water, adding regulations to restrict its use and promoting the rapid growth of investment in „green‟ lifestyle solutions. These actions are increasing public awareness of the need to reduce our “water footprint” and a willingness to invest in conservation systems. In urban settings, two-thirds of the water provided by municipalities goes to residential properties. In a typical single family home, 70 percent of the water used annually is used in toilets and outside the home for lawn irrigation, gardens, washing cars, swimming pools etc. These applications could successfully utilize non-potable water, if a reliable source existed for capturing and recycling it in a convenient and affordable way. This IPRO will develop and test a system targeted at homeowners for rainwater harvest.
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Title: Simply Park (Semester Unknown) IPRO 365
Creator: Bredau, Jason, Bryski, Timothy, Bubert, Casey, Bukowska, Angelika, Byrne, Matthew, Coates, Allan, Gonzalez, Julia, Huynh, Alex, Ko, Hyunseok, Mui, Danny, Ritchie-smith, Robert, Sahagun, Benjamin, Shah, Malav, Trudo, Michelle, White, Kenny, Wicker, Nathan, Winstanley, Sam
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: Efficiency in parking facilities has been set to low standards since self-parking was introduced in the 1950s1. As technology has developed,...
Show moreEfficiency in parking facilities has been set to low standards since self-parking was introduced in the 1950s1. As technology has developed, parking has been left in the past. Drivers are increasingly realizing the problem as they become accustomed to other technology, which increases the efficiency of their lives (eg smartphones). While driving around searching for an open lot, circling a garage for an parking spot, or wandering through garage a looking for a parked car, people have time to ponder the many improvements that should be made to the parking experience. Simply Park: IPRO 365 is taking initiative to seize the possibilities new technologies offer the parking industry. The result should be improved driver experience as well as increased efficiency and profitability of parking facilities. The system will include signs visible to passersby that display the number of vacancies within a parking facility. Once in the parking facility, additional signs will direct drivers to sections of the facility with vacancies. Colored lights above each parking spot will indicate the state of occupancy for quick reference when looking down an aisle. When a driver parks, the ticket they receive at the entrance gate will associate their ticket to the spot they parked in, so when the driver returns to the facility he/she can present his/her ticket to a kiosk which will notify him/her how to get back to his/her car. As the vehicle leaves the ticket association will be reset and displays will update to show one more spot available. Additional interfaces through mobile and internet applications will further expedite the parking process. 1National
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Title: Crisis Management and Security Assessment Program (semester?), IPRO 370: Crisis Management and Security Assessment Program IPRO 370 IPRO Day Presentation S07
Creator: Alnoon, Hassan, Benoit, Danielle, Fiorato, James, Kaim, Rick, Pioletti, Annette, Schmidt, Oliver, Trevor, Nicole, Watkins, Brett, Zielinkski, Sebastian
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: IPRO 370: Crisis Management & Security Assessment Program (CMS) is the second stage of a four stage project. Our goal is to develop the second...
Show moreIPRO 370: Crisis Management & Security Assessment Program (CMS) is the second stage of a four stage project. Our goal is to develop the second phase of the project which involves the necessary assessments for organizations to use while determining how well their crisis management plans stand up to different methodologies, assessments, and scenarios during the testing process. Our grant was funded by Homeland Security Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. R&A Crisis Consulting will be our sponsor to ensure we are meeting the needs of the crisis management community.
Sponsorship: Irene Rozansky, RA Consulting
Deliverables for IPRO 370: Crisis Management and Security Assessment Program for the Summer 2007 semester
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Title: ChlorAlert (Spring 2002) IPRO 353
Creator: Aziz, Naveed, Bobek, Robert, Gupta, Kapil, Jurjonas, Birute, Mirza, Naveed, Miyumo, Martin, Ogunlela, Oluwatosin, Prommintr, Preaw
Date: 2002, 2002-05
Description: The prototypes for a railroad tank car monitoring system have been developed in prior IPRO projects. The prototypes now need to be developed...
Show moreThe prototypes for a railroad tank car monitoring system have been developed in prior IPRO projects. The prototypes now need to be developed into potential product form, beta tested, and evaluated both technically and from a market perspective. A patent application has been outlined. A business plan needs to be written that gathers the information required to decide on a commercial product offering to Union Tank Car as the first customer. A market survey should define the potential market within the railroad industry, the economics of such a business, and its potential in other related market segments, such as trucking. At the end of this Entrepreneurial IPRO, we should have beta tested the potential product. If the results are successful, manufacturers and suppliers should be identified to bring the product to market. A first sale offering should be made to Union Tank Car, assuming beta testing is successful. The possibility to formulate a successful business together with our first customer, Union Tank Car, will be evaluated. The team required to execute the business plan will be identified; and the.potential for financing will also be addressed.
Sponsorship: Union Tank Car Company
Project Plan for IPRO 353: ChlorAlert for the Spring 2002 semester
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Title: Patient Satisfaction (Semester Unknown) IPRO340: PatientSatisfactionIPRO340Poster1Sp09
Creator: Acacio, Kevin, Apyan, Aram, Chiem, Edward, Dushay, Mitchell, Kapaldo, James, Kim, Paul, Lewis, Phil, Mares Araiza, Rodolfo, Orekoya, Moyosoreoluwa, Prusak, Mateusz, Sahni, Sakshi, Smith, Amanda, Spitler, Noah, Stomlin, Stephen, Zahir, Soha
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: ACCESS Healthcare is committed to excellent service in each step of the patient experience. In order to learn what elements of the experience...
Show moreACCESS Healthcare is committed to excellent service in each step of the patient experience. In order to learn what elements of the experience need improvement, patients are surveyed at each of the 50 clinics, and the data is analyzed and compiled in a report each quarter. As the process of collecting surveys and inputting data is the responsibility of four employees, it requires a significant amount of time and travel, and should therefore be as efficient as possible. Our objective in this project is to obtain insights about the surveying process, through on-site observation, surveyor shadowing, and employee interviews that will allow us to provide the most comprehensive suggestions for increased surveyor productivity.
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Title: Logistics Outsourcing Tool (semester?), IPRO 319: Logistics Outsourcing Tool IPRO 319 Midterm Report F06
Creator: Bae, Juhan, Cho, Hyoungtae, Christopherson, Sean, Gunal, Amol Venkat, Hacker, Maxime, Hammer, Kerstin, Mehta, Kabir, Rodriguez, Tito, Romanova-smith, Alexandra, Schwarz, Nickolay
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The IPRO 319 team’s objective for this semester is to create a model of a distribution operation which will aid companies seeking to outsource...
Show moreThe IPRO 319 team’s objective for this semester is to create a model of a distribution operation which will aid companies seeking to outsource logistics operations. However, the team’s main objective is to create a web based application for efficient and cost-effective analysis allowing companies to determine the effectiveness of outsourcing any aspect of a warehouse. This team will also attempt to establish a strong team-working environment based on the knowledge and capabilities of each individual given their different fields of study for the successful completion of the goals presented for the IPRO group, as well as gaining useful experience and knowledge for every member
Sponsorship: Warehouse Education and Research Council; Kern Family Foundation
Deliverables for IPRO 319: Logistics Outsourcing Tool for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Electrocatalyst Compositions
Creator: Mallouk, Thomas E., Chan, Benny C., Reddington, Erik, Sapienza, Anthony, Chen, Guoying, Smotkin, Eugene, Gurau, Bogdan, Viswanathan, Rameshkrishnan, Liu, Renxuan
Date: 2009-05-14, 2001-09-04
Description: Compositions for use as catalysts in electrochemical reactions are described. The compositions are alloys prepared from two or more elemental...
Show moreCompositions for use as catalysts in electrochemical reactions are described. The compositions are alloys prepared from two or more elemental metals selected from platinum, molybdenum, osmium, ruthenium, rhodium, and iridium. Also described are electrode compositions including such alloys and electrochemical reaction devices including such catalysts.
Sponsorship: Penn State Research Foundation
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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