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Title: Greening and Reuse of Queen of Peace High School Facilities (Semester Unknown) IPRO 314: GreeningandReuseOfQueenOfPeaceHighSchoolFacilitiesIPRO314FinalReportSp09
Creator: Alvarez, Matthew, Dralle, Kyle, Duke, Kyle, Grande, Gina, Hernandez, Leonel, Horabik, David, Lipski, Brian, Muyco, Michael, Semenova, Svetlana, Weyhe, Randall, Zakir, Naima
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The problem posed at Queen of Peace High School is one of sustainability. The IPRO 314 team will focus on the reuse and greening of existing...
Show moreThe problem posed at Queen of Peace High School is one of sustainability. The IPRO 314 team will focus on the reuse and greening of existing school facilities. Three major projects currently hold latent potential for the school: the communications center, the sustainability wall, and the overall greening of the facilities. If these projects are completed correctly, they will become a catalyst for positive change. We are proposing to create a transition from library to communication center because of its isolated state in the school. The sustainability wall is two-fold in terms of benefit. It will upgrade the current windows which are lacking and will create an interesting learning tool. Greening of the entire school is the third project and includes windows, roofing, etc. to improve efficiency. Through the use of all three proposals, IPRO 314 believes in the school promotion and what enrollment it could bring.
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Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333: Fab Lab IPRO 333 Poster3 F08
Creator: Brassil, Michael, Lamonica, Regina, Luciani, Joseph, Ly, Christine, Martinez, Jessica, Martinez, Michael, Murman, Patricia, Ptak, Treyson, Reyes, Ivan, Villa, Jacqueline
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago (MSI) has partnered with this IPRO to further develop their existing Fab Lab. IPRO 333 has been assigned the task of working with the Fab Lab administrators to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and determining its end goals for both the museum and the community. Once these goals are established, we will support them with a list of projects that we will create and execute. By working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, we hope to encourage hands-on learning in local schools. This will promote membership at MSI and involve the community in science and technology programs and education. To accomplish this, we have broken into two teams, each of which will focus on a different audience. The first team will be responsible for designing and creating programs for more advanced and knowledgeable users of the equipment specific to the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program as well as museum members; the second team will be responsible for designing and implementing programs for less advanced users with more constrained timeframes, such as visiting families or groups of school children.
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Title: Design of Coal Desulfurization Processes to Improve the Environment (semester?), IPRO 346
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: The Universal Car Project (Summer 2011) IPRO 348: The Universal Car Project IPRO348 Summer2011 Project Plan_redacted
Creator: Aynaci, Bahar, Dobbin, Daniel, Prabhu, Karthik, Williams, Christopher, Dicosola, Andrew, Kumar, Sooraj, Sanders, Dwayne, Dickman, Justin, Pedrina, Kaleo, Setork, Erfan
Date: 2011, 2011-07
Description: The Universal Car Project is an attempt to utilize the web to design and specify a “universal” platform upon which a wide range of functional...
Show moreThe Universal Car Project is an attempt to utilize the web to design and specify a “universal” platform upon which a wide range of functional vehicles can be designed for developing countries. The method for developing the car will be to start with a “wiki-type” organization that will develop the standards for the basic platform, including wheel-base, construction method, materials, and standard mounting points. Once the basic platform has been standardized, the rest of the car will have an “open architecture”. Everyone who has interest and expertise could utilize the basic platform to design parts/assemblies to turn it into a complete vehicle. Individuals/companies/countries would be able to customize the platform to produce any type of vehicle that was needed or desired. This IPRO will design the process for developing the Universal Car Organization (UCO), which would design and license the basic platform and make sure that its standards were maintained. The UCO would also certify that parts/assemblies were attachable to the basic platform. Otherwise they would allow individuals/companies/countries to design and build whatever type of vehicles needed in their countries/regions. This would utilize the expertise of many more individuals and companies than is now available to the automobile industry.
Sponsorship: NA
Project Plan for IPRO 348: The Universal Car Project for the Summer 2011 semester
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Title: Developing Affordable Products for the Rural Poor of the World (semester 4 of ?), IPRO 325: Affordable Products for Rural Poor IPRO 325 Poster F07
Creator: Aubry, Curtis, Dogbe, Ernest, Mcclain, Jaime, Przybysz, Nicholas, Seagren, Ian, Shi, Heling, Bober, Eliza, Dole, Shreyas, Heinz, Amber, Korol, Phil, Murillo, Bryan, Sullivan, John, Curtin, Dave, Henson, Jessica, Ono, Ashley, Schiller, Brian, Witthans, Ryan
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: IPRO 325, over the past three semesters, has focused on helping solve problems that plague the world’s rural poor population. In fall 2006,...
Show moreIPRO 325, over the past three semesters, has focused on helping solve problems that plague the world’s rural poor population. In fall 2006, the team identified the three most severe problems in which the following semesters should choose to focus. These problems fell into the general categories of water, energy and shelter.
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Title: Disaster Recovery: DIY Home Building (semester?), IPRO 324: Disaster Recovery DIY Yourself Home Building IPRO 324 IPRO Day Presentation F06
Creator: Allen, Kelleny, Barrett, Christina, Beltran, Julian, Carello, Frank, Dakowicz, Lukasz, Duecker, Susanna, Gandhi, Melissa, Hallberg, Amanda, Hernandez, Veronica, Kollwitz, Sabine, Lemons, Melissa, Rotella, Jimmy, Saulog, Jeremy, Smagur, Peter
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
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 design a simple but adequate floor plan, create a manual illustrating how to build this design, and to market this manual to a disaster relief organization that would be responsible for the distribution of this manual.
Deliverables for IPRO 324: Disaster Recovery - DIY Yourself Home Building for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Development of a Real Time Information System (Semester Unknwon) IPRO 342: DevelopmentOfARealTimeInformationSystemIPRO342FinalPresentationSu09
Creator: Davis, Derrick, Sarendran, Prashanthan, Kasa, Matt, Roraff, Jonathan, Sohal, Atinderpal, Mathes, Peter, Kai Tan, Jing, Cordell, Jackson
Date: 2009, 2009-07
Description: Midwest Steel & Services, a growing company, needs assistance in expanding its business software and creating the means to provide a better...
Show moreMidwest Steel & Services, a growing company, needs assistance in expanding its business software and creating the means to provide a better real-time information system. Improved cost controls, purchasing capabilities and job tracking are among the specific issues the company faces. Accessing and sharing the information emanating from these activities will enable the company’s management practices to make better decisions and significantly contribute to business growth. The company's present software and internal processes are insufficient to meet their current and future business needs. The company has asked for the assistance of IPRO 342 to improve this issue. The IPRO team will review and evaluate the current situation and make necessary changes to enhance accuracy and productivity of the data management system. This assessment will come from both a system review as well as interviews of Midwest Steel staff. We will periodically travel to the company to gather information about them and present our findings.
Sponsorship: Midwest Steel & Services
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Title: Our Energy Future (Semester Unknown) IPRO 332: Multimedia Ed Mods IPRO 332 IPRO Day Presentation Sp07
Creator: Hmadouch, Ahlam, Lagiglio, Mike, Leingang, Sarah J., Martin, Andy, Osborn, Tony, Pfau, Sara, Romanova-smith, Sasha, Ziegel, Kurt
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: IPRO 332’s objective is to develop the groundwork for a tool, to be implemented either in Chicago Public School classrooms or community...
Show moreIPRO 332’s objective is to develop the groundwork for a tool, to be implemented either in Chicago Public School classrooms or community centers, which will deliver balanced, non-biased information to its constituents about energy issues that affect their daily lives. We seek to do this, firstly, by familiarizing ourselves with the most pressing energy issues, identifying knowledge deficits concerning these issues, and selecting areas around which our concentrated effort will be most productive. Second, we will be studying current teaching methodologies and technologies in order to ensure our tool is as effective as possible. And, finally, we will identify companies, agencies and organizations currently working to deliver energy information, and learn from their expertise and experience. Through this research, we hope to learn from those currently endeavoring to spread fact-based information about energy, while developing a program of our own that ascribes to the requirements of the Chicago Public Schools’ Curriculum guidelines.
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Title: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America (Semester Unknown) IPRO 309: Orthotic and Prosthetic Education for Latin America and the United States IPRO 309 Poster Spanish F08
Creator: Antony, Claude, Bhatia, Mrigank, Castro, Manuel, Fischer, Stephanie, Hallgren, Caleb, Harris, Raymond, Kovacs, Cristina, Madere, Danielle, Rial, Alexander, Salgado, Chris
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Many people around the world are in need of orthotic and/or prosthetic care due to pathologies that cannot be effectively treated any other...
Show moreMany people around the world are in need of orthotic and/or prosthetic care due to pathologies that cannot be effectively treated any other way. There is a great need for establishing and sustaining educational opportunities. Our IPRO focuses on the population of South America, and more specifically Colombia. Our goal is to provide them with educational information to support their existing Orthotic and Prosthetic (O&P) Technician training program at Centro don Bosco in Bogotá. We will continue the work of previous IPROs by creating modules that concentrate on O&P solutions to pathologies that occur on different areas of the body, specifically upper limb, spine, and lower limb. This semester we will also test the effectiveness of our educational modules by using the modules exclusively to fabricate an actual orthotic device. Our modules will also be translated to Spanish for the audience in Colombia.
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Title: Combined Erasing and Recording Magnetic Transducer
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1949-07-05
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Electrostatic Encapsulation
Creator: Berger, Bernard B., Miller, Caroline D., Langer, Gerhard
Date: 1965-09-28
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Aging in Place (Semester Unknown) IPRO 360: AgingInPlaceIPRO360FinalPresentationSp11
Creator: Alvarez, Mario, Bardsley, Emily, Ingles, John, Kibbe, Brian, Klimek, Joseph, Mitchell, Jamie, Morgan, Rebecca, Papazova, Angelina, Patel, Keyur, Salih, Salma, Sanders, Michael, Umrania, Shefali
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO 360, Spring 2011, is to research and identify the significant problems encountered by the elderly in their everyday...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO 360, Spring 2011, is to research and identify the significant problems encountered by the elderly in their everyday lives. This IPRO will create a foundation for the development and refinement of possible solutions for future IPRO semesters in conjunction with the Chamberlain Group. To be successful, this IPRO must create a simple, meaningful problem statement that can guide Chamberlain Group and future IPROs toward actually providing solutions for helping the elderly age in place.
Sponsorship: The Chamberlain Group
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Title: Refuable Electric Cars (Semester Unknown) IPRO 313: RefuableElectricCarsIPRO313BrochureSp11
Creator: Chatman, Amanda, Gasca, Victor, Henriquez, Yuri, Huang, Ken, Kanzelmeyer, Joshua, Kim, Suro, Leresche, Mike, Matezic, Samira, Maus, Dylan, Meier, Alan, Micic, Stanislav, Nettles, Raymond, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Patel, Neelkumar, Perez, Cristina, Rojo, David, Romero, Jorge, Stanard, Steve, Syed, Omar, Terry, Milton, Urizarbarrena, Mikel, Vazquez, Manuel, Vetter, Jonathan, Wisniewski, Jerome, Zhurgenbayeva, Aida, Ziman, Charlie
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The overall conflict that IPRO 313 is trying to resolve is the dependency on oil as a fuel source for automotive vehicles. Along with the...
Show moreThe overall conflict that IPRO 313 is trying to resolve is the dependency on oil as a fuel source for automotive vehicles. Along with the global and financial concerns that go along with oil as a fuel source, there has been growing interest in electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are the competitive issue that IPRO 313 has researched, investigated, and is working to resolve. Currently, most electric vehicles run on lithium batteries. The problems associated with these vehicles are the recharge time and service station compatibilities. The most popular electric vehicle is the Testla Roadster, which has a driving distance of approximately 270 miles per full charge. Although this is an adequate driving distance, it takes six to eight hours for a full charge. This amount of charge time is a vital drawback for electric vehicles. The vast majority of service stations are not electric vehicle friendly. Gas stations do not and have not set up areas for electric battery pack replacement, or vehicle charge. Withou
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Title: Sloan Valve Company (sequence unknown), IPRO 306 - Deliverables: IPRO 306 Midterm Presentation F09
Creator: Delahanty, Sean, Jaouen, Julien, Thakkar, Hetul, Jones, Santiago Guerrero, Kim, Sung, Toor, Hammad, Jalan, Arjun, Soleja, Sikander, Zhang, Yayan
Date: 2009-12
Description: Sloan Valve manufactures and distributes commercial valves and plumbing fixtures globally. The IPRO team will work to improve the 'procure to...
Show moreSloan Valve manufactures and distributes commercial valves and plumbing fixtures globally. The IPRO team will work to improve the 'procure to pay' process and also assist in the development of a new warehouse management module.
Sponsorship: Sloan Valve Company
Deliverables for IPRO 306: Sloan Valve for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Design of a Large Scale Structure (Semester Unknwon) IPRO 315
Creator: Aguilar, Fabian, Abrudan, Corina, Adams, Christopher, Aihara, Rodrigo, Bhat, Adnan, Bielskus, Algirdas, Cervantes, Jesus, Cheung, Kwong, Conley, Kaitlyn, Crowley, Brian, Ekstrand, Carl, Ezell, Garrett, Jurasits, Joseph, Kozys, Karolis, Kucher, Rostislav, Lollino, Luca, Nizich, Adam, Newman, Adam, O’neil, Benjamin, Park, Shin Young, Roubeni, Sacha, Witek, Andrew, Zarazua, Gustavo
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO is to design a 22 story hotel located in the western suburbs of Oakbrook, IL. The group will use their skills in...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO is to design a 22 story hotel located in the western suburbs of Oakbrook, IL. The group will use their skills in Architectural, Structural, and Mechanical engineering to efficiently design this structure.
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Title: Assessiong and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT (semester ?), IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Edu at IIT IPRO 339 Final Report F06
Creator: Baranggay, John, Clark, Brian, Dow, Daniel, Fung, Janel, Goulain, Jean-bapstiste, Hu, Xiao-xuan, Kibilko, Margaret, Martinov, Ivan, Oster, Josh, Young, Elizabeth, Zavala, Arthur
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The main goal of IPRO 339 is to continue to improve upon the IPRO program experience by creating and selecting IPRO proposals and also...
Show moreThe main goal of IPRO 339 is to continue to improve upon the IPRO program experience by creating and selecting IPRO proposals and also developing teambuilding games, both of which are to adhere to the IPRO Learning Objectives of teamwork, communication, project management, and ethics.
Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius
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Title: MULTIMODAL NEUROIMAGING IN BLAST INDUCED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Creator: Stout, Jeffrey
Date: 2015, 2015-12
Description: Recent military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in an increase in the number of blast related traumatic brain injury (TBI)...
Show moreRecent military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in an increase in the number of blast related traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases, currently estimated in excess of 300,000. Current neuroimaging methods, including MRI and CT, are generally not sensitive enough to diagnose blast TBL This research represents several advancements in the understanding of long-term TBI related changes as well as imaging comorbid neurocognitive deficits and psychopathologies. The multi modal approach was taken to leverage the differing sensitivities of each imagmg modality to better identify neuroimaging changes associated with blast TBL T l-weighted MRI was utilized to assess cortical thickness reduction in the TBI subjects, resulting in right temporal lobe decreases that were associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and neurobehavioral symptom indices. Utilizing positron emission tomography (PET), several areas of metabolic change were associated with blast TBI, PTSD, repetitive head injury, and TBI severity. Functional MRI was used to assess working memory deficit, demonstrating relatively normal function in the mild TBI subject, except for at higher cognitive loads; whereas the moderate TBI subjects demonstrated a trend of dysfunction at most levels of cognitive load. Fractional anisotropy (FA) changes were assessed using diffusion tensor imaging, however there was no resulting statistical significance due to differences in the locations of single subject FA changes that could not be realized at the group level using standard analyses. Investigation into multimodal searchlight to integrate the sensitivities of each imaging modality into a single statistical measure, provided enhanced sensitivity to TBI-induced changes in neuroimaging versus single modal searchlight and identified several clusters of change most notably in the cerebellum, temporal lobes, brainstem, and internal capsule. Through a multimodal approach we have shown several areas of damage and dysfunction associated with blast TBI in subjects greater than one year post injury. This research is important due to the large numbers of subjects currently experiencing long-term post concussive symptoms. Our findings show that both TBI and PTSD playa large role in the changes identified on neuroimaging. This research can provide information to assist in the understanding , diagnosis , and treatment of blast TBI.
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, December 2015
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Title: Pressure Sensitive Paint Demonstrates Relationship Between Ejector Wall Pressure and Aerodynamic Performance
Creator: Taghavi, R., Raman, G., Bencic, T.
Date: 1999-05
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Description: This paper provides an example of the application of Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP) to complex internal suspersonic flows and demonstrates the...
Show moreThis paper provides an example of the application of Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP) to complex internal suspersonic flows and demonstrates the relationship between ejector wall pressure and aerodynamic performance. Details of such jet mixer-ejector nozzles are relevant to jet noise reduction programs. Several ejector configurations with straight, convergent, and divergent side walls were used in our experiments. The side-wall that was painted with PSP was also instrumented with an array of 156 pressure taps connected to Electronically Scanned Pressure (ESP) modules, enabling simultaneous measurement of "true" reference pressures. The PSP results agreed very well with the "true" reference pressures and also provided a detailed map of the complicated pressure patterns that could not be detected using the pressure taps. Finally, we also demonstrated the direct relationship between ejector side-wall pressure distribution and ejector performance characteristics such as exit mean flow uniformity, pumping, and thrust augmentation.
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Title: Analysis of Water Recovery from Power Plants for Recycling (Semester Unknown) IPRO 302: Analysis of Water Recovery from Power Plants for Recycling IPRO 302 Ethics F08
Creator: Sajid, Dornbusch, Donald, Hubbard, Mclain, Ali Khan, Sajid, Kolbasov, Alexander, Malon, David, Kit Ong, Wai, Reinhardt, Jesse, Kuhan Sivanyanam Pillai, Sithhambara, Hann Tan, Kwong
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Potential power plant sites can become more difficult to determine if water is not available in great quantity. This is true in western states...
Show morePotential power plant sites can become more difficult to determine if water is not available in great quantity. This is true in western states where it may be scarce and competed for by other industries as well as households. The aim of this project is to find an economical, as well as environmentally friendly way to recover water from the flue gas, which is produced when powder-river-basin (PRB) coal is burned in a 750 MW power plant.
Sponsorship: Sargent and Lundy
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Title: Design of a Sustainable New City in China (Semester Unknown) IPRO 316: Design of a Sustainable New City in Chinca IPRO 316 MidTerm Report Sp08
Creator: Saracino, Tony, Durra, David, Kleps, Andrew, Szanyi, Ryan
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: A. Create a program for a sustainable city that incorporates all sustainable design practices and is affordable and desirable to live in.
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Show moreA. Create a program for a sustainable city that incorporates all sustainable design practices and is affordable and desirable to live in.
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