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Title: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation (semester?), IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles IPRO 326 Abstract Sp05
Creator: Parks, Jeffrey, Antoniou, Antonis, Bench, Justin, Evanoff, Steffany, Komyathy, Jonathan, Ozcan, Murat, Panchal, Nikunj, Seaton, Brandon, Tisler, Ovidiu, Waller, Trevor, Bhatia, Mayank
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility...
Show moreThe IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) to find the optimum hybridization factor specific to each configuration. An additional objective of the team is to work in coordination with Ph.D. students to simulate a hybrid electric bus system that is scheduled to have practical implementations by the end of the year. All vehicle simulations and structured testing will be performed using ADVISOR, as well as other software packages available in the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at IIT. Related work done by previous student teams shall be reviewed and integrated into this project.
Deliverables for IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation for the Spring 2005 semester
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Title: Sprout: An Urban Outreach Enterprise: studio book
Creator: Basham, David
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF SALMONELLA IN PARTIALLY SPROUTED PUMPKIN, SUNFLOWER, AND CHIA SEEDS SUBSEQUENTLY DRIED FOR DIRECT CONSUMPTION
Creator: Wang, Can
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: Products based on dried, partially sprouted seeds have been associated with foodborne salmonellosis. Typically, sprouted seeds have been a...
Show moreProducts based on dried, partially sprouted seeds have been associated with foodborne salmonellosis. Typically, sprouted seeds have been a major concern with respect to foodborne illness, but little is known about the risks associated with dried partial sprouted seed products. Previous studies suggest that low-temperature, highhumidity storage conditions may provide an alternative means to inactivate Salmonella for those processors opposed to traditional thermal processing. The objective of this study was to determine the growth of Salmonella during germination of pumpkin, sunflower, and chia seeds, and the survival of Salmonella during drying and storage under variable temperature and relative humidity (RH) conditions. Pumpkin, sunflower, and chia seeds were dry inoculated at 5 log CFU/g with 4 serotype mixture of Salmonella using a dry transfer method, and then soaked in sterile water at 25 and 37°C for 24 h. Salmonella and total aerobic mesophilic plate counts (APC) were determined on xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) and tryptic soy agar supplemented with 0.6% yeast extract (TSAYE), respectively. Seeds using this procedure were drained and dried at 25, 51 and 60°C. The water activity (aw) and microbial population of seeds were monitored during drying. Seeds soaked and dried at 25oC were utilized for subsequently storage studies. Portions of dried chia seeds were ground into powder, then pumpkin, sunflower and chia seeds and chia seeds powder were stored at either 37 or 45oC at three different RH levels. The aw and microbial population of seed samples were monitored during storage. During the seed soaking, Salmonella and APC increased approximately 3 log CFU/g. Some decreases were observed at the end of the growth period, as may be expected after stationary phase. Drying at 60oC to a aw of 0.1 resulted in over 6-log CFU/g loss in bacterial population in partially sprouted pumpkin and sunflower seeds, and 5-log CFU/g loss in partially sprouted chia seeds. However, seeds dried at 25oC bring the aw to 0.5 had only approximately a 1-log CFU/g loss in bacterial population. The highest temperature (45oC) and RH (76%) storage condition had the greatest inactivation effect. At 45oC and 76%RH, Salmonella in pumpkin and sunflower seeds were below detection limit after 4 d and 7 d respectively. Salmonella populations in chia seeds and chia seeds powder were still detectable after 7 d regardless of the treatment condition. Salmonella is capable of survival during the manufacture of partially sprouted seeds including both drying and storage steps. Mild thermal treatment coupled with high RH storage condition holds promise for Salmonella inactivation in pumpkin and sunflower seeds but is less effective for chia seeds and chia seeds powder. Dried, partially sprouted seeds that are used as ingredients or consumed directly without further processing are a high-risk food product. Such products must be treated to eliminate foodborne pathogens that may cause foodborne illness.
M.S. in Food Science, May 2017
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Title: EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING ON MIGRATION CHARACTERISTICS IN POLYPROPYLENE FILM
Creator: Zhao, Kun
Date: 2013-04-15, 2013-05
Description: High pressure processing (HPP) is readily gaining prominence worldwide as an alternative method of food preservation due to its benefits of...
Show moreHigh pressure processing (HPP) is readily gaining prominence worldwide as an alternative method of food preservation due to its benefits of improved quality, freshness and nutrient retention. The use of polymer-based flexible packaging materials has allowed application of HPP to prepackaged food products, without significant loss of physical and mechanical properties. However, there is limited data existing on migration properties in the materials before and/or after HPP. Therefore, it’s necessary to evaluate potential migration issues in pre-packed foods during HPP (Song and Koontz, 2012). This research was conducted to determine the migration properties in cast polypropylene (CPP) films during and after HPP (71°C and 700MPa) and a comparable thermal processing (TP, 71°C and 0.1MPa), using headspace (HS) gas chromatography (GC) coupled with mass spectrometer (MS) technique to quantify selected surrogate compounds (chloroform (CF), toluene (TOL), methyl salicylate (MS) and phenyl cyclohexane (PC)) in FDA-suggested food simulants (Miglyol and 10% Ethanol), and using dynamic mechanical analyser (DMA) to test glass transition temperature (Tg) of films. In general, HPP significantly decreased the migration of selected surrogates from CPP film into Miglyol or 10% Ethanol when compared to TP. For Miglyol, after 5min-HPP migration recoveries of CF, TOL, MS and PC were 53, 61, 24, and 16% respectively, while all compounds reached 100% after 5min-TP. For 10% Ethanol, recoveries of four compounds were 22.6, 12.6, 11.2, and 8.4% after HPP treatment, but were 51.0, 25.5, 21.2, and 9.2% with TP treatment. During storage at room temperature after processing, migration recoveries increased for both HPP/TP treated and non- xii processed samples; however, concentration of surrogated in HPP treated films were near or lower than those from non-processed and/or TP treated films. This research will help the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the food industry to determine whether any safety issues related to chemical migration should be addressed concerning the use of HPP in production of prepackaged foods. The results may be used in the food contact notification and petition review processes of approving new packaging materials and components for use in HPP applications (Song and Koontz, 2011).
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, May 2013
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Title: Assessiong and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT (semester ?), IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT IPRO 339 Final Report Sp05
Creator: Timothy, Britt, Levi, Citrin, Jake, Crulcich, Vlad, Gutkovsky, Megan, Mims, Natalie, Orrison, Alana, Platt, Sagar, Shah, Victoria, Strokova, Sonia, Vajaria, Rachel, Wasserman, Nicholas, Williams
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: IPRO 339 members have a set of goals in terms of assessing the IPRO program at IIT, creating and selecting IPRO proposals, developing training...
Show moreIPRO 339 members have a set of goals in terms of assessing the IPRO program at IIT, creating and selecting IPRO proposals, developing training materials for IPRO Learning Objectives and supporting marketing of the IPRO program.
Sponsorship: Tom Jacobius
Deliverables for IPRO 339: Assessing and Improving Interprofessional Education at IIT
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Title: Crop to Cup Coffee: Building Communities through Coffee (Semester 2) IPRO 333: BuildingComunitiesThroughCoffeeIPRO333FinalReportF10
Creator: Feldman, Laurie, Waterloo, Becca, Hurst, Trey, Chatterjee, Dia, Houser, Clay, Esko, Emily, Campbell, Laurel, Schmid, Miriam, Erie, Mike, Tam, Phil, Patel, Vishal, Swingler, Mark, Bloom, Ryan, Abbott, Matt
Date: 2010, 2010-12
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: Crop to Cup
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Title: Improving Health Care Information Systems for a Community Health Network (semester?), IPRO 340: ACCESS Healthcare Perinatal Care IPRO 340 Final Report Sp06
Creator: Lange, Jacquelyn, Riaz, Qurantulann, Reshma, Marri, Vadim, Sinitsyn, Kim, Kwandong, Hsu, Yio-fan, Calzaretta, Jack, Riaz, Maryum, Sammons, Joshua, Li, Jessica, Durkin, Sean, Ogbebor, Evans, Jaracz, Malwina, Rajpal, Dheera
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The overall objective of IPRO 340 is to improve the quality of healthcare by improving information technology at ACCESS health care. The...
Show moreThe overall objective of IPRO 340 is to improve the quality of healthcare by improving information technology at ACCESS health care. The specific objective of the Spring 2006 semester is to help to prepare ACCESS to adopt new technology. The first main assignment of the team is to determine employees’ current computer skill levels by refining and rolling out last semester’s computer Assessment Plan. Our second main assignment is to investigate training solutions and develop the training protocol that will bring ACCESS employee’s up to date with the computer skills they will need to adopt new information technologies ACCESS plans to implement in the near future. Our last assignment is to investigate various Electronic Medical Record (EMR) functionalities and compare leading EMR vendors to support ACCESS in deciding which EMR vendor to implement throughout their network.
Sponsorship: Steven Glass, CIO Access Health Network
Deliverables for IPRO 340: Improving Health Care Information Systems for a Community Health Network for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Resistance Welding Method
Creator: Nolen, Robert K., Schwartzbart, Harry, Rudy, John F.
Date: 1963-12-03
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Device and Method for Producing a Spatially Uniformly Intense Source of X-Rays
Creator: Morrison, Timothy I., Nesch, Ivan, Khelashvili, Gocha
Date: 2009-05-19, 2007-10-09
Description: An x-ray source for producing a uniformly intense area x-ray beam. The x-ray source includes a vacuum chamber. An area electron emitter is...
Show moreAn x-ray source for producing a uniformly intense area x-ray beam. The x-ray source includes a vacuum chamber. An area electron emitter is disposed at a first end of the vacuum chamber. A target material is disposed at a second end of the vacuum chamber and spaced apart from the area electron emitter. The area electron emitter and the target material are correspondingly shaped and/or correspondingly curved. The x-ray source also includes at least one high voltage power source. The area electron emitter is electrically connected to a negative pole of one of the at least one high voltage power source and the target electrically connected to a positive pole of one of the at least one high voltage power source.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation (semester?), IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles IPRO 326 Poster 2 Sp05
Creator: Parks, Jeffrey, Antoniou, Antonis, Bench, Justin, Evanoff, Steffany, Komyathy, Jonathan, Ozcan, Murat, Panchal, Nikunj, Seaton, Brandon, Tisler, Ovidiu, Waller, Trevor, Bhatia, Mayank
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility...
Show moreThe IPRO 326 Project aims at systematically testing both parallel and series vehicle configurations of the Hummer and HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) to find the optimum hybridization factor specific to each configuration. An additional objective of the team is to work in coordination with Ph.D. students to simulate a hybrid electric bus system that is scheduled to have practical implementations by the end of the year. All vehicle simulations and structured testing will be performed using ADVISOR, as well as other software packages available in the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at IIT. Related work done by previous student teams shall be reviewed and integrated into this project.
Deliverables for IPRO 326: Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Implementation for the Spring 2005 semester
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Title: Video Magnetic Transducer System with Phase Correcting Network
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 2009-05-04, 1976-06-29
Description: One embodiment of video transducing system supplies a reproduced video signal with compensated amplitude response so as to exhibit a...
Show moreOne embodiment of video transducing system supplies a reproduced video signal with compensated amplitude response so as to exhibit a substantial phase advance for recorded half wavelengths less than the thickness of the magnetizable layer, and a phase correcting network is inserted between the playback winding and the playback amplifier. In a further embodiment, amplitude and phase are partially compensated such that there is a substantial amplitude fall off and a moderate phase advance at the highest frequencies of the useful range, and such that the leading edge of a step function when played back has an overshoot of approximately one to six decibels.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Data Migration Tool for CDN XL (semester?), IPRO 349C: Data Migration tool for CDN XL IPRO 349 2.3 Project Plan S07
Creator: Groth, Kristel, Tam, Jonathan, Juda, Damian, Fafara, Lukasz
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: The objective of this IPRO subteam is the improvement of the importation of data to CDN XL in small and medium enterprises sector. This...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO subteam is the improvement of the importation of data to CDN XL in small and medium enterprises sector. This subteam is working toward the problem of improving the way data is imported from customer to CDN XL (an ERP system). The methodology to be employed is the agile methodology. The expected result of this project is a preliminary software system for importing data from Excel or other heterogeneous files to CDN XL. The goal of the team’s project is to develop a program to for the importation of data from customers to be imported into the CDN XL system to be used by the deployers. The deliverables at the end of the project will be a template for customers, program to extract the data. The team will examine the process of importing the data to develop a program that is generic enough to import different types of data. This project plan is separated into the objective section, where the objective of the subteam is fully explained. In the background section, the background of the project and sponsor are detailed. Also, a diagram of how the CDN XL system works is included. Furthermore, the technology used and possible ethical issues are addressed. The third section describes the methodology being used. The way documentation of work is also addressed in this section. In addition, the risk management and quality assurance will be addressed in this section. The expected results are explained in the fourth section – the form it is in as well as potential products that might arise from this project. In the sixth section, the tasks, duration of each task and milestones are included. The team members are introduced in the seventh section. Finally, in the last section, the designation of roles – what each team member is responsible for – is detailed.
Sponsorship: Comarch
Deliverables for IPRI 349C: Data Migration Tool for CDN XL for the Summer 2007 semester
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Title: alcometer: AlcometreEnPRO351FinalReportF09
Creator: Abdullah, Khairul, Adeola, Olaoluwa, Apampa, Kunle, Arrowood, Renee, Braband, Jim, Entler, Jason, Geelen, Jeremy, Sung Hwang, Kyu, Liu, Xingshuo, Morales, Eduardo
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: The purpose of IPRO 351 is to research and develop a device that will be a non- invasive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) meter. Our mission...
Show moreThe purpose of IPRO 351 is to research and develop a device that will be a non- invasive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) meter. Our mission is to provide a safe and accurate BAC device that will help reduce the amount of people who drive while impaired. IPRO 351 has a vision of having a non-invasive biometric blood alcohol ignition interlock device (BBAIID) that can be installed on any vehicle.
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Title: Create a Science Fair Archive for Chicago Public High School Students (semester?), IPRO 330: CPS Science Fair Project Bank IPRO 330 Project Plan Sp07
Creator: Beagley, Jonathan, Yokley, Kevin, Hill, Shayne, Parillo, Tony, Dunne, Brian, Holt, Tom, Ji, Chaonan, Meyer, Chad, Mccourt, Michael, Shenoy, Pradeep, Sikoeski, Kajetan
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The focus of IPRO-330 is to help Chicago Public Schools facilitate the district wide science fair project. Each semester each of the 23 public...
Show moreThe focus of IPRO-330 is to help Chicago Public Schools facilitate the district wide science fair project. Each semester each of the 23 public high schools in our district hold science fairs within their school. The best projects are selected from these and are chosen to compete at the district science fair; this competition was held at IIT this year.
Deliverables for IPRO 330: Create a Science Fair Archive for Chicago Public High School Students for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: The Pilgrim project: IIT and the Stroll (Fall 2003) IPRO 332: The Pilgrim Project- IIT and the Stroll IPRO332 Fall2003 Final Presentation
Creator: Wadhwani, Steven, Lambert, Bob, Cleveland, Rayshaun, Ortega, Uriel, Velazquez, Itzi, Kim, Young (hannah), Matthews, Stuart, Gonzalez, Ricardo, Vinz, Charles, Dederer, Christian, Edwardson, John, Day, Jasen, Hadhazy, Melissa, Iyare, Jackie, Rush, Wyatt, Adams, Aaron, Watanabe, Elissa
Date: 2003, 2003-12
Description: This project will assist Pilgrim Baptist Church in developing archival, instructional, and commercial materials for the non-sectarian Thomas A...
Show moreThis project will assist Pilgrim Baptist Church in developing archival, instructional, and commercial materials for the non-sectarian Thomas A. Dorsey Community and Cultural Arts Center, which will be located at the corner of 33rd Street and Indiana (just east of the IIT campus). In this sub-project (part of a series of related IPROs), participants will focus on four tasks: (1) creating an online discography (database) covering 1900-1960; (2) developing a web-based interactive map of music venues in Bronzeville, 1900-1960, including landmarks located on what is now the IIT campus; (3) creating a series of CDs illustrating the music played at each venue, 1900-1960; (4) negotiating contracts with commercial music publishers and gathering required permissions. Students will research relevant archival materials in the VivianG. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, the DuSable Museum, the Chicago Historical Society, and the Chicago Jazz Archive at the University of Chicago. Finally, students will begin to prepare informational materials in diverse media for distribution at the Dorsey Center.
Sponsorship: Pilgrim Baptist Church
Project Plan for IPRO 332: The Pilgrim project; IIT and the Stroll for Fall 2003 semester
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Title: Solar-electric Hybrid Rickshaw for India (semester?), IPRO 351: Edited_IPRO_351_Project_Plan
Creator: Morales, Tony, Mulhall, Priscilla, Dike, Chukwuderaa, Love, Allisah, Agose, Daisy, Lee, Hei Chang
Date: 2006-09, 2006-12
Description: By working together, learning, and utilizing the myriad of skills within our team, our mission is to complete phase one of IPRO 351 by...
Show moreBy working together, learning, and utilizing the myriad of skills within our team, our mission is to complete phase one of IPRO 351 by presenting results of in-depth research that will determine the feasibility of solar/plug-in power hybrid auto rickshaws in India.
Deliverables for IPRO 351: Solar-Electric Hybrid Rickshaw for India for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Improving Efficiency Through Advanced Technology for Electrical Construction (sequence unknown), IPRO 338 - Project Plan: IPRO 338 Project Plan F09
Creator: Kyung Cho, Bum, Crites, Sarah, Czapla, Sarah, Guerrero, Jose, Kim, Yoosuk, Malawski, Frank, Maloney, Michael, Pedrina, Kaleo, Qiu, Li, Yi, Jennifer
Date: 2009-12
Description: The team is to improve the efficiency of electrical contracting projects through new software and technology, communications, and project...
Show moreThe team is to improve the efficiency of electrical contracting projects through new software and technology, communications, and project management techniques, especially through Building Information Modeling (BIM) utilization.
Sponsorship: Electrical Contractor's Association
Project Plan for IPRO 338: Improving Efficiency Through Advanced Technology for Electrical Construction for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: Intermodal Container Facility Innovations for the Chicago Area with focus on Kankakee (Semester Unknown) IPRO 307): IntermodalContainerFacilityIPRO307BrochureSp11
Creator: Alvarez, Raquel, Bakos, Panagiotis, Guan, Sarah, Jun, Jaeha, Kim, Miry, Kutryn, Anna, Mcdermott, Cheryl, Perez, Lorenzo, Piediscalzi, Yoshio, Seryapin, Igor, Skvorc, Erin, Soltesz, Stephanie, Steponavicius, Nerijus, Theisen, Philip, Woods, Bryan, You, Jay, Zgourdah, Mourad, Pirkle, Matthew
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: IPRO 307 is following the path of its predecessors in order to help improve the shipping transportations and facilities in Kankakee County, IL...
Show moreIPRO 307 is following the path of its predecessors in order to help improve the shipping transportations and facilities in Kankakee County, IL. While there have been other IPRO teams that have contributed to the modernization of the intermodal system at MI-Jack Shipping Company, our sponsor is now looking for us to further their research in this field. They would also like us to further the research in high speed intermodal along with a viaduct enhancement system. One of our tasks is to select a location in Kankakee County to place the intermodal system. We have decided to break this into two locations with one being in-city and the other being out-of-city. Kankakee County has been selected because two major rail lines pass through it. There is also a highway that runs through the center of it. Therefore, it is an ideal 2 location for an intermodal yard. Also, there is a wind farm being built in Kankakee, so we will be able to save energy by thinking green. In our selection process for a location, we may need to relocate some people. Therefore, our plan is to have affordable housing at our out-of-city location. We will design this affordable housing along with the warehouses and storage facilities, which go along with the design of an intermodal yard.
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Title: Robbins Community Power (RCP) (Semester Unknown) IPRO 347
Creator: Abankwa, Kevin, Alhassan, Kolade, Apampa, Kunle, Bukowska, Angelika, Drecoll, Daniel, Ernst, William, Ibrahim, Suliman, Jung, Young, Kunkel, Emily, Morton, Stacy, Mulcany, Liam, Munoz, Matthew, Olorunoje, Kamaldeen, Kyeong Park, Bo, Pham, Anne, Singh, Java
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The IPRO 347 team intends to seize the opportunity given by Robbins Community Power (RCP) to improve the efficiency of the power plant. RCP...
Show moreThe IPRO 347 team intends to seize the opportunity given by Robbins Community Power (RCP) to improve the efficiency of the power plant. RCP plans to convert the facility from its original role as an incinerator into a wood biomass electricity plant. Working with RCP, the team will look at thermodynamic values to determine how to best utilize the excess heat generated from the boiler that currently radiates out the cooling towers. Additionally, the team will research and discuss possible solutions to be implemented on the 22 acre site. The intricacies that arise from the nontraditional nature of our plan require we split into two groups. One sub-team will look into exactly where the waste heat exists and the values of viable energy available in the form of steam or hot water. This team will seek interdisciplinary advice as part of the energy analysis. The second, but most influential, sub-team will predominantly be researching feasible outlets for the recovered energy. Some solutions they will pursue include supplying nearby greenhouses with CO2, providing on-site and local heat, and increasing the efficiency of the plant through drying processes.
Sponsorship: Robbins Community Power Plant
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Title: PB Our Space- A Parsons Brinckerhoff Project (Summer 2011) IPRO 320
Creator: Bell, Vince, Kavicky, Matthew, Khan, Taimoor, Kohli-lynch, Ciaran, Leevathana, Nick, Mcbride, Phillip, Nguyen, Hao, Vargas, Abigail, Wilkinson, David
Date: 2011, 2011-07
Description: Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is an engineering, construction, technical, and management services firm that provides diverse solutions to private...
Show moreParsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is an engineering, construction, technical, and management services firm that provides diverse solutions to private industrial customers worldwide, as well as to federal, regional, and local government agencies. Gathering requirements and feedback from the stakeholders for each project is imperative to meet the client’s needs. This process may be challenging due to the stakeholders’ diversity, location and time constraints. IPRO 320 was commissioned to design an application to interact with stakeholders for all PB projects. The stakeholders will be able to access information and take surveys, as well as post comments and other forms of multimedia to voice their opinions related to specific PB projects. During the summer 2011 semester, the IPRO developed concepts for an operational mobile application and web browser called PB OUR SPACE. To begin, this project required a vast amount of research and collaboration with Parsons Brinckerhoff. In order to make the most of a limited amount of time, the semester was divided into two parts. The first half of the semester was used to gather information about PB to build a better understanding of what would be required for the application. For the second half of the semester, we utilized that information to create a storyboard showing how the application will be used and developed. The functionality of the mobile application and browser is detailed in Appendix 3: Storyboard. The future IPRO team will be able to continue and expand this work by creating a working prototype of the storyboard concepts. All our work this semester has been compiled and filed to help make a smooth transition between semesters. This information contains the progress made thus far as well as recommendations for development of the application. By providing this information, the developed storyboard and proposed conclusions will make a solid framework for the development of the product, PB OUR SPACE (stakeholders’ perspectives about contextual elements).
Sponsorship: Parsons Brinckerhoff
Project Plan for IPRO 320: PB Our Space- A Parsons Brinckerhoff Project for the Summer 2011 semester
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