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Title: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders (Semester Unknown) IPRO 321: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders IPRO 321 Final Report 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: Unmanned Aerial Systems (Semester Unknown) IPRO 312: UnmannedAerialSystemsIPRO312ProjectPlanF10_redacted
Creator: Ellickson, Andrew, Goliya, Akshay, Kotha, Anurag, Katre, Aniruddha, Luo, Chieh, Ragsdale, Christopher, Semerdjiev, Ivo, Traylor, Kay, Rivera, Rafael, Bilski, Sebastian, Semenov, Vladimir
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance as well as in search and rescue is rapidly expanding...
Show moreThe use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance as well as in search and rescue is rapidly expanding in both civilian and military applications at an unprecedented rate which was not foreseen a decade ago. Accordingly, there are significant job opportunities in this field and it is expected that this will continue to grow in the next decade. However, the design of UAS is truly an interdisciplinary task as it requires an excellent team work with expertise in diverse areas ranging from aircraft design to autonomous flight, video and data transmission to visual object recognition, the operation of ground station such as real time data analysis and antenna tracking as well as legal/policy aspects of UAS flight operations.
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Title: ASSESSMENT OF THE IPR ALGORITHM FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL FUNCTIONING OF ITEMS AND TESTS FRAMEWORK
Creator: Neuhengen, Jonas M.
Date: 2013, 2013-12
Description: The Diferential Functioning of Items and Tests (DFIT) framework is a widely used test of di erential functioning. DFIT uses the Item Parameter...
Show moreThe Diferential Functioning of Items and Tests (DFIT) framework is a widely used test of di erential functioning. DFIT uses the Item Parameter Replication (IPR) algorithm to generate statistical cuto s, which relies on several simpli cations have not been formally tested. This study examines these assumptions by comparing the IPR algorithm with an extended, unsimpli ed procedure intended to represent results observed in practice. Monte Carlo simulation was used to compare cuto s between the two methods under a number of conditions. Di erences between the IPR and extended cuto s indicate that Type I error rates are conservative at the test level and in ated at the item level. Mean group di erences resulted in massive in ation. Sample size and test length had only minor inuences on error rates.
M.S. in Psychology, December 2013
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Title: Method of and an Apparatus for Counting Fibers
Creator: Davies, Reg, Karuhn, Richard F.
Date: 2009-05-09, 1974-10-24
Description: A method and apparatus are provided for distinguishing microscopic size, elongated fiber-like particles from cubically shaped, irregularly...
Show moreA method and apparatus are provided for distinguishing microscopic size, elongated fiber-like particles from cubically shaped, irregularly shaped, or spherically shaped particles in a mixture suspended in an electrically conducting liquid medium and for counting the fiber-like particles. In accordance with the method, an electrical zone sensing apparatus is provided with a screen means having microscopic openings therein of predetermined size to filter from the suspension particles having an effective area larger than the size of screen openings. Particles passing through the screen and through the sensing aperture of the zone sensing apparatus are separately sized by volume characteristics of electrical signals generated. The electrical signals having predetermined volume characteristics associated with the maximum spherical particles for passing through the screen openings are counted as non-fiber particles; whereas signals having larger volume characteristics are separately counted and designated as fibers. By the use of screens of successively smaller sizes, the larger particles including fibers having larger transverse cross sections may be successively filtered from the suspension and from reaching the sensing aperture. Therefore, smaller fibers having smaller cross-sectional area may be distinguished from particles having diameters approximating that of the smaller screen size openings.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Tests of a mechanical rectifier
Creator: Smith, Bernard M, Wolfson, William
Date: 2009, 1916
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/testsofmechanica00smit
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaf 50

Title: Apparatus for Generating Odor upon Electronic Signal Demand
Creator: Rasouli, Firooz, Arastoopour, Hamid, Oskouie, Ali
Date: 2009-05-14, 2003-04-15
Description: An apparatus for generating odor including a disk having a substrate with a dispersing material retaining at least one releasable aroma...
Show moreAn apparatus for generating odor including a disk having a substrate with a dispersing material retaining at least one releasable aroma positioned with respect to the substrate. The dispersing material includes a structure, such as a plurality of openable pores, that is physically responsive to a stimulus such as heat or light. A device provides the stimulus to the dispersing material upon demand as a function of a signal, wherein the plurality of pores within the dispersing material are reversibly enlarged as a result of the stimulus.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Design of a Simulator for Mechanical Loading of Garage Door Operator Systems over a Wide Temperature Range (Fall 2003) IPRO 324
Creator: Shan Tang, Viola Wing, Sveum, Peter, Muliere, Peter, Majnert, Tom, Lukongwa, Tonny, Lee, Donghoon, Komano, Yoshikazu, Durodola, Jimoh, Cerney, Matt, Casas, Guillermo A.
Date: 2003, 2003-12
Description: The goal of this project is to develop algorithms to be used in a virtual simulation of a garage door’s operation and to construct a working...
Show moreThe goal of this project is to develop algorithms to be used in a virtual simulation of a garage door’s operation and to construct a working prototype that functions in the Thermotron environmental test chamber in The Chamberlain Group, Inc. facility in Elmhurst in order to collect data under a range of temperatures and humidity as well as a range of loading conditions. The simulator had to be made to fit as many of the operators under test as possible inside the limited size Thermotron that is not large enough to take the operator and a full garage door.
Sponsorship: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
Project Plan for IPRO 324: Design of a Simulator for Mechanical Loading of Garage Door Operator Systems over a Wide Temperature Range for Fall 2003 semester
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Title: Education and Technical Support of Prosthetics and Orthotics Education in Latin America (Semester Unknown) IPRO 309: Educational and Technical Support of Orthotics and Prosthetics Education in Latin America and the US IPRO 309 Ethics Sp08
Creator: Allen, Ross, Barlow, Elliot, Benger, Lydia, Buntain, Seth, De Nicolo, Marisa, Larue, Robert, Moore, Emily, Quandt, Gregory, Rozborski, Stefanie, Selby, Heather
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: There exists a strong demand for orthotics and prosthetics (O & P) in Latin America, with approximately 2.5 million people in need of this...
Show moreThere exists a strong demand for orthotics and prosthetics (O & P) in Latin America, with approximately 2.5 million people in need of this type of care. IPRO 309 was started in the spring of 2006 with the goal of helping to make this type of care more readily available. However, there are only 50 certified, and 1500 uncertified, O & P practitioners in Latin America. In order to become a certified practitioner, a student must graduate from an ISPO accredited program. Unfortunately, there is currently only one ISPO accredited program in existence in Latin America, along with several other programs that are not ISPO accredited. In October of 2004, Centro Don Bosco (Bogotá, Colombia), Don Bosco University (San Salvador, El Salvador), and the Laboratorio Gilete (Bogotá, Colombia) signed an agreement to establish the first accredited O & P education program in Colombia. Since then, Centro Don Bosco has allotted 3,500 square feet of space for the thriving faculty, classrooms, manufacturing training, and vocational workspace that are necessary for an ISPO accredited program. There are three levels of accreditation according to ISPO standards. Category III involves the design and manufacturing of orthotic and prosthetic devices, Category II includes the fabrication of the devices as well as direct patient care, and Category I includes production, treatment for patients, and research and development. The equivalent to ISPO in the United States is the American Board of Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics (ABC). Because it is independent from the ISPO, the ABC standards of accreditation will need to be taken into account in order to carefully cross cultural and national boundaries.
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Title: Edutainment (semester 2 of unknown), IPRO 329
Creator: Sokolowski, Jackie, Mardis, Jerrell, Collier, Matt, Ruettiger, Kevin, Swesey, Pj, Pfisterer, Steve, Sierka, Wojciech, Maloney, Sean, Nguyen, Toan, Coats, Chris, Manesh, Hosain, Joyce, Lauren, Pacheco, Tony
Date: 2005-02, 2004-12
Description: Our IPRO is called Edutainment because we develop computer games that educate and entertain at the same time. The goal for IPRO 329 is to...
Show moreOur IPRO is called Edutainment because we develop computer games that educate and entertain at the same time. The goal for IPRO 329 is to complete a 3D financial aid computer game – College Pursuit – as well as start a children’s game – Scholars of the Lost Exhibit. In College Pursuit, students accumulate money towards college via scholarships, grants, and loans. Scholars of the Lost Exhibit takes the student on a journey through a magical museum filled with friends and foes, while testing the student in the areas of Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts.
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Title: Make It Happen (Spring2001) IPRO 338: Make it Happen IPRO338 Spring2001 Final Presentation
Date: 2001, 2001-05
Description: An ongoing IPRO project, created to provide sustainable commercial direction to the Avoidatrak concept as developed by inventor Julius Jones...
Show moreAn ongoing IPRO project, created to provide sustainable commercial direction to the Avoidatrak concept as developed by inventor Julius Jones Jr. U.S. Design Patent Number 351,873 issued October 25, 1994 and entitled “Mobile Remote Controlled Toy” Avoidatrak system is an interactive toy for people with handicaps who cannot control normal remote control vehicles to improve hand-eye coordination.
Sponsorship: NA
Project Plan for IPRO 338: Make It Happen for the Spring 2001 semester
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Title: COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINING: IMPACT OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND PERSONALITY
Creator: Papaioannou, Georgia-niki
Date: 2015, 2015-05
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential effects of technology and personality on training using a computer based learning...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the potential effects of technology and personality on training using a computer based learning environment designed to improve learning through technology-delivered instruction. Data were collected from a sample of undergraduate students (N = 98), recruited from three universities (two in the US and one in Canada), who participated in both experimental days. Condition had no effect on learning outcomes, while Conscientiousness was found to be significantly correlated with academic performance. In further analyzing the relationship between personality and learning outcomes across time using a latent growth curve model results showed non-significant conclusions for the direction of the relationship for each of the Big Five. Discussion of the results and implications for practice and future research are provided. In conclusion, this study provides a basis for considering personality characteristics when designing computer-based training interventions in organizational settings.
M.S. in Psychology, May 2015
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Title: The Greenhouse Project (semester?), IPRO 320: Greenhouse Project IPRO 320 Midterm Report Sp05
Creator: Heischmidt, Eric, Teefey, Aaron, Choi, David, Smith, Noah, Palmisano, Chris, Waliczek, Greg, Carroll, Dan, Chu, Alex, Popielarz, Megan, Harris, L. Justin, Carter, Ed, Bahena, Dennis
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The goal of the IPRO 320 (The Greenhouse Project) team is to evaluate, improve, and utilize The Chicago Center for Green Technology’s solar...
Show moreThe goal of the IPRO 320 (The Greenhouse Project) team is to evaluate, improve, and utilize The Chicago Center for Green Technology’s solar greenhouse. The team will monitor the conditions within the greenhouse and use that information to find ways to improve its efficiency and functionality. In addition to making proposals to the Center for Green Technology, the team will implement some of these ideas. Ultimately, the team will plant and grow seedlings within the greenhouse. The vision for this IPRO group is to make the greenhouse fully functional and efficient.
Deliverables for IPRO 320: The Greenhouse Project for the Spring 2005 semester
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Title: REDEVELOPEMENT OF THE MICHAEL REESE SINGER PAVILION (Semester Unknown) IPRO 359: RedevelopmentOfTheMichaelReeseSingerPavilionIPRO359PosterF10
Creator: Jurczak, Adam, Bouck, Ryan, Mukashanibo, Marine, Gibbons, Jennifer, Popa, Crina, Yanyshyn, Iryna, Pytel, Michael, Pistello, Steve, Dosky, Benton, Canelo, Freddy, Stellwag, Tyler, Achs, Jonathan
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: “Our team would like to rehabilitate the 37 acre area around what remains of the Michael Reese Hospital. Since the loss of the 2016 Olympics...
Show more“Our team would like to rehabilitate the 37 acre area around what remains of the Michael Reese Hospital. Since the loss of the 2016 Olympics the site has fallen into disrepair, our mission is to bring the site out of its ashes to become an area that will benefit Chicago and its people. We would like to use previous Ipro’s work as an anchor to fill the rest of the site creating an area that will contribute to the community.”
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Title: Robotic Cane Devices
Creator: Ota, Yasuhiro, Ryumae, Masaru, Sato, Keiichi, Sano, Shin
Date: 2013-04-26, 2013-04-16
Description: A robotic cane may include a grip handle, a cane body extending from the grip handle at a first end, a motorized omni-directional wheel...
Show moreA robotic cane may include a grip handle, a cane body extending from the grip handle at a first end, a motorized omni-directional wheel coupled to a second end of the cane body, a balance control sensor, and a controller module. The balance control sensor provides a balance signal corresponding to an orientation of the robotic cane. The controller module may receive the balance signal from the balance control sensor and calculate a balancing velocity of the motorized omni-directional wheel based at least in part on the balance signal and an inverted pendulum control algorithm. The controller module may further provide a drive signal to the motorized omni-directional wheel in accordance with the calculated balancing velocity. The calculated balancing velocity is a speed and direction of the motorized omni-directional wheel to retain the robotic cane in an substantially upright position.
Sponsorship: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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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 Final 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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Title: Conversion of Automotive Tire Scrap to Useful Oils
Creator: Stapp, Paul R.
Date: 2009-05-08, 1992-10-27
Description: The present invention is directed to a process for the conversion of waste plastics and scrap rubber to a high quality synthetic crude oil...
Show moreThe present invention is directed to a process for the conversion of waste plastics and scrap rubber to a high quality synthetic crude oil which can be separated by fractionation into gasoline, diesel fuel and gas oils suitable as a feedstock to a catalytic cracker. The process generally includes the steps of heating the plastic scrap and scrap automotive tires in a hydrogen atmosphere at moderate temperatures and pressures. It has also been determined that the polymeric waste material must be present in combination with the scrap automotive tires to attain conversion of the scrap automotive tires to liquid hydrocarbon.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Recording and Reproducing of Vibrations
Creator: Camras, Marvin, Korzon, William
Date: 1944-06-13
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation
United States Patent

Title: Steel Bridge Competition Design and Business Planning (Semester Unknown) IPRO 326: Steel Bridge Competition Design IPRO 326 Poster F08
Creator: Gottschall, Keenan, Mccarthy, Michael, Olney, Peter, Hartwig, Mike, Gross, Josh, Choy, Marcus, Weyhe, Randall, Korbus, Tracy, Milkic, Jelena, O’leary, Kevin, Krueger, Michael, Muresan, Lucian, Van Eaton, Justin, Dickson, Trevor, Conley, Kaitlyn, Grace, Heather, Olszowy, Krzysztof
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The focus of this IPRO is to design and build a steel bridge to the specifications given by the AISC and by using teamwork. One of the goals...
Show moreThe focus of this IPRO is to design and build a steel bridge to the specifications given by the AISC and by using teamwork. One of the goals of this IPRO is to win this year’s ASCE/AISC Regional Steel Bridge Competition, and to place in the top ten in the National Steel Bridge Competition.
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Title: Electromagnetic Transducer Head
Creator: Wiliams, Cecil E.
Date: 1962-06-26
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Developing Affordable Products for the rural Poor of the World (semester 1 of ?), IPRO 325: Developing Affordable Products IPRO 325 Brochure F06
Creator: Aguirre, Arturo, Di, Hu, Francescanneli, Thomas, Harris, Justin, Kircher, Alex, Miller, Sara, Richards, Crystal, Schamber, Eric, Sheridan, Richard, Sotelo, Cesar
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: IPRO 325’s objective is to create a program at IIT which looks to make an impact in the most immediate problems dealing with the world’s rural...
Show moreIPRO 325’s objective is to create a program at IIT which looks to make an impact in the most immediate problems dealing with the world’s rural poor. We seek to do this by becoming familiar with the current trends and events throughout the world which address these poverty issues. We will also examine the Agencies and Universities which are working towards annihilating the world’s grossly impoverished areas.
Deliverables for IPRO 325: Developing Affordable Products for the rural Poor of the World for the Fall 2006 semester
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