Search results

Title: Edutainment (semester 1 of Unknown), IPRO 329: College Pursuit Game Development IPRO 329 Final Report Sp04
Creator: Malizzio, Anthony, Karunamurthy, Aroon, Hess, Brian, Ozmen, Hakan, Sundaram, Rachna, Hensel, Brian, Havlicek, Dave, Thorson, Josh, Pfisterer, Stephen, Alonzo, Anya, Lenart, Dan, Laatz, Jason, Batson, Laura, Ware, Michele, Belchev, Bilyan, Coats, Chris, Manesh, Hosain, Ansari, Umair
Date: 2004-10, 2004-05
Description: The project IPRO 329 is working on this semester, is a financial-aid educational game, CollegePursuit, targeted to high-school seniors and...
Show moreThe project IPRO 329 is working on this semester, is a financial-aid educational game, CollegePursuit, targeted to high-school seniors and their parents. Work on this project has started last semester and we will be continuing the design, development, testing, and marketing of CollegePursuit.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Continiuous improvements of the Global Supply Chain for a Plumbing Systems Manufacturer (Semester Unknown) IPRO 306: ContinuousImprovementsOfTheGlobalSupplyChainForAPlumbingSystemsManufacturerIPRO306PosterSp09
Creator: Avanessian, Aris, Carbayo, Nestor, Carrio, Aris, Verma, Vibhor, Espinosa, Juan Carlos, Gherardini, Scott, Medina Rivera, Mauricio, Panjwani, Varsha, Rodriguez, Fernando, Schreiner, Stephen
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The IPRO 306 team for the Spring '09 semester is sponsored by Sloan Valve Company, a long-standing family owned company, to assist in supply...
Show moreThe IPRO 306 team for the Spring '09 semester is sponsored by Sloan Valve Company, a long-standing family owned company, to assist in supply chain operations. Sloan Valve wishes to both streamline it's processes and increase employee training and understanding of quality control systems. To this end, the IPRO team will assist them on these two projects.
Sponsorship: SLOAN Valve Company
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Misuse Detection (semester?), IPRO 311: Computer Misuse IPRO 311 Midterm Report Sp07_redacted
Creator: Lim, Jongmin, Cho, Young, Niedzinski, Peter, Sanchez, Gerardo, Soo, Jason, Alton, William, Holmes, Matt, Choriki, Justin, Jeong, Heeyeol, Hyc, Daniel, Malanowski, Mark, Nadji, Yacin
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The main problem the IPRO addressed was that of insider misuse. Contrary to popular belief, the largest threat facing companies on a...
Show moreThe main problem the IPRO addressed was that of insider misuse. Contrary to popular belief, the largest threat facing companies on a technology level is not intrusion, but rather insider misuse. Insider misuse is a relatively new area of research in the field of Computer Science, which is one of the reasons it’s a relatively unheard of problem. In addition to that, due to intense media bias towards intrusion, people are blissfully unaware of the problem of insider misuse. Ethically, it’s an interesting problem. Companies already closely monitor user activity, but any infringement on perceived privacy in the workplace generally sends everyone flustering left and right. The IPRO had to personally evaluate if we felt the necessary invasion of privacy was worth the overall result which is a more secure and profitable business. Companies can decide which approach they would like to take, but it’s hard to believe that a company would choose one that wouldn’t help to prevent a loss of money.
Deliverables for IPRO 311: Misuse Detection for the Spring 2007 semester
Show less

Title: Solid Fuel from Biomass for Cogeneration (Semester Unknown) IPRO 349: Solid Fuel from Biomass for Cogeneration IPRO 349 Final Report Sp08
Creator: Mikesell, Jonathan, Dlugosz, Anna, Heffernan, Joseph, James, Joshua, Vassi, Anna, Yap, Ying Bing, Yeap, Xin Yi, Chacko, Serena, Ruidera, Ryan, Stanfield, Terrance
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Renewable energy is one of the most important and widely researched topics today. It is classically defined as any form of energy coming from...
Show moreRenewable energy is one of the most important and widely researched topics today. It is classically defined as any form of energy coming from any naturally replenish-able source. This may include everything from solar to wind power, as well as biomass or biofuels. When considering biomass, or any (living or recently-dead) biological material, the chemical energy of the molecules is generally collected through combustion. The area of liquid fuels from biomass has especially gained much notoriety and support in recent years. This is due to the lower emissions and clean-burning nature of these fuels when compared to more traditional approaches, as well as the obvious renewable nature of the starting material. While vegetable oils or animal fats can be used as a replacement for diesel fuels, corn, switchgrass, or other grains are more widely used to produce ethanol for use in common combustion engines. Today’s E85 fuel is sold to customers with a chemical makeup of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. The use of solid biomass as a direct supplier of energy, however, is an area still left relatively unexplored in this growing field. In theory, and as preliminary research suggests, harvesting energy directly from solid biomass may be considerably more efficient than gathering it from its processed liquid counterpart. In fact, some studies suggest that the energy acquired from burning ethanol is up to 67% lower than is contained in the plant cellulose from which it is derived.[1] There are, however, several other factors besides energy projections to consider when looking at the economic and market viability of such an approach. For example, one of the main advantages of liquid fuels over solid is the ease of transportation and storage. Additionally, the feasibility of developing a whole new process of biomass collection and processing must be balanced with economic and logistical constraints. This includes not only careful analysis of energy and cost balances, but also in-depth examination of all equipment, manpower and environmental limitations. IPRO 349 was established to examine these (and many more) considerations in the viability of sold fuel from biomass. Specifically, we have narrowed the scope of our research to biomass derived from corn stover (leaves and stalk left in the ground after harvesting) within the state of Illinois. Illinois was chosen because it is currently the largest producer of corn in the nation.[2] Corn stover has been shown to have an energy content of 5,290 Btu/lb. wet, and 7,560 Btu/lb. dry.[2]With such an approach, it may be possible to utilize what would otherwise be considered “waste” to produce useable, renewable energy. For the purposes of this project, cogeneration, or the simultaneous generation of both electricity and useful heat will be examined.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Integration of Process Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: IntegrationOfProcessImprovementsIPRO304MidTermPresentationF09
Creator: Bauer, Jessie, Bergeron, Tony, Campen, Matt, Gruchalski, Erik, Ki Choi, Tae, Marx, Ryan, Murti, Chaitanya, Robbins, Brian, Pal Sohal, Atinder, Stenson, Amanda, Taboada, Alejandro, Zhang, Bingjian
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: The goal and mission this semester is to create a procedure that can show a technician when a carbide insert breaks off of a face mill during...
Show moreThe goal and mission this semester is to create a procedure that can show a technician when a carbide insert breaks off of a face mill during operation. Completing this task will increase productivity for A. Finkl and Sons.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Chicago (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: DesigningAffordableHousingOutOfShippingContainersForChicagoIPRO339BrochureSu09
Creator: Ahsan, Saad, Anderson, Aaron, Bais, Rajiv, Bhatti, Talha, Chan, Ronald, Davis, Blake, Dunn, Michael, Gibbons, Jennifer, Glynn, Michael, Gregory, Nicole, Jacobson, Joel, Kucher, Rostislav, Labuda, Timothy, Lima, Nancy, Park, Ji Ae, Park, Lucas, Pederson, Erin, Pyciak, Mark, Rahman, Raihan, Ribot, Garcia, Anna, Roseen, Michael, Silvestre, Ivan, Specht, Cassandra
Date: 2009, 2009-07
Description: The City of Chicago has been nominated as the U.S. Bid City for 2016 Olympic Games and currently remains a strong contender for this title. If...
Show moreThe City of Chicago has been nominated as the U.S. Bid City for 2016 Olympic Games and currently remains a strong contender for this title. If Chicago is selected as the Host City it will face the enormous task of providing temporary housing for all Olympiad participants including athletes, coaches, organizers, and media reporters. Continuing in the vein of last semester’s IPRO, our IPRO is proposing an economical and environmentally friendly solution to this challenge. We propose to utilize thousands of old shipping containers that are cluttering up shipping yards in the Chicago area and to convert them into low-cost housing units. With proper foresight, this challenge can become an opportunity for the I P R O 3 3 9 City to demonstrate an attitude of sustainability that can serve as a model for other cities around the world to follow suit. The intense media attention directed towards the Olympic Games could be channeled to showcase our commitment to environmentally and socially responsible actions.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Developing a Next-Generation Occupant Engagement System (Semester Unkown) IPRO 323: DevelopingANext-GenerationOccupantEngagementSystemIPRO323FinalSp09
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.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Global Warming and Community Outreach (Semester Unknown) IPRO 331: GlobalWarmingandCommunityOutreachIPRO328FinalReportSp09
Creator: Kim, James, Mcclure, Ryan, Melko, Aaron, Ocampo, Louis, Ralhan, Puneet, Reed, Lisa, Shukla, Adarsh, Subhani, Maham, Taracena, Willy, Wang, Nan, Yee, Michael, Zajkowska, Urszula
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: IPRO 331, its team members, and all involved faculty are devoted to enhancing awareness in the community to the issues surrounding global...
Show moreIPRO 331, its team members, and all involved faculty are devoted to enhancing awareness in the community to the issues surrounding global warming. Our goal is to give PowerPoint presentations to several different audiences, especially today’s younger generations in elementary school, high school, and college, in order to both educate and interest people in these issues. Our presentations are meant to be objective – we want to present the facts about global warming research from credible sources. Additionally, with the help of our website and contacts, we hope to be another driving force in the sustainability movement and climate change research. Our purpose can be summed up in a quote included at the end of each of our presentations: “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Evaluating the Commercial Potential of IIT's Mercury Pollution Prevention Technology (semester?), IPRO 356: Mercury Pollution Prevention Tech IPRO 356 IPRO Day Presentation Sp05
Creator: Macdougall, Chris, Nguyen, Kheim, Dabney, Matthew, Wessely, Noel, Kim, Byung, Change, Wen-ya
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: Our objective in this IPRO is to develop a business plan for Dr. Clack’s VSB technology. In developing this business plan, we are looking at...
Show moreOur objective in this IPRO is to develop a business plan for Dr. Clack’s VSB technology. In developing this business plan, we are looking at the marketing strategy, market size, finances, and competition for this product. We are also looking at the government regulations governing this type of technology, at the business risks in developing the VSB and how to market it. The last objective for this IPRO is to develop a set of objectives and a path forward for any future IPROs on this topic.
Sponsorship: Sargent & Lundy LLC.; Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial Studies Program
Deliverables for IPRO 356: Evaluating the Commercial Potential of IIT's Mercury Pollution Prevention Technology for the Spring 2005 semester
Show less

Title: An Affordable Microcontroller for Students (semester?), IPRO 353: Microcontroller Business Development IPRO 353 Final Report Sp05
Creator: Chillemi, Nick, Kim, Jaewoo, Patel, Purvi, Guma, Angel, Meyers, Andy, Kim, Chungyun
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The objective for IPRO 353 was to design a microcontroller for use in the educational field, and to develop a small business around this...
Show moreThe objective for IPRO 353 was to design a microcontroller for use in the educational field, and to develop a small business around this microcontroller, while being affordable for the average college student.
Deliverables for IPRO 353: An Affordable Microcontroller for Students for the Spring 2005 semester
Show less

Title: MODE SPECTRA OF NATURAL DISTURBANCES IN A CIRCULAR JET AND THE EFFECT OF ACOUSTIC FORCING
Creator: Raman, G, Rice, Ej, Reshotko, E
Date: 1994-10
Publisher: SPRINGER VERLAG
Description: A modal spectrum technique was used to study coherent instability modes (both axisymmetric and azimuthal) triggered by naturally occurring...
Show moreA modal spectrum technique was used to study coherent instability modes (both axisymmetric and azimuthal) triggered by naturally occurring disturbances in a circular jet. This technique was applied to a high Reynolds number (400,000) jet for both untripped (transitional) and tripped (turbulent) nozzle exit boundary layers, with both cases having a core turbulence level of 0.15%. The region up to the end of the potential core was dominated by the axisymmetric mode, with the azimuthal modes dominating further downstream. The growth of the azimuthal modes was observed closer to the nozzle exit for the jet with a transitional boundary layer. Whether for locally parallel flow or slowly diverging flow, even at low levels of acoustic forcing, the inviscid linear theory is seen to be inadequate for predicting the amplitude of the forced mode. In contrast, the energy integral approach reasonably predicts the evolution of the forced mode.
Show less

Title: Campus Branding/ Sustainability Image (Semester Unknown) IPRO 311: Campus Branding Sustainability Image IPRO 311 Final Report F08
Creator: Block, Shawn, Budzinski, Catherine, Chamales, Michael, Fontes De Faria, Gabriel, Kapecki, John, Ma, Justin, Milesic, Milanko, Mohan, Vinu, Rouben, Sacha, Tanapura, Nor, Toops, Melissa, Um, Hyeran
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The overall aim of the project is to improve and enhance the image of Illinois Institute of Technology, both as an institution and a physical...
Show moreThe overall aim of the project is to improve and enhance the image of Illinois Institute of Technology, both as an institution and a physical campus, in regards to sustainability and “green” practices. To that end, the current semester is focused on several design projects based on concepts generated in the previous semesters along with input from the current semesters to enhance a new “green” campus. We will also be spreading information how IIT is currently acting in a sustainable fashion and how students on campus can contribute to our image as a sustainable campus.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Magnetic Reproduction System
Creator: Wiegand, David E.
Date: 1958-03-25
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Campus Branding/ Sustainability Image (Semester Unknown) IPRO 311: Campus BrandingSustainability Image IPRO 311 Poster Sp08
Creator: Bird, Steve, Choi, Migun, Crowley, Brian, Elg, Brianna, Henry, Steve, Horwath, Josh, Mindock, Rae, Nadler, Anne, Navarro, Jon, Perry, Nick, Romanelli, Brian
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The IPRO 311 Team’s overall objective is to create a conceptual design and branding of IIT as an eco-friendly campus, promoting sustainability...
Show moreThe IPRO 311 Team’s overall objective is to create a conceptual design and branding of IIT as an eco-friendly campus, promoting sustainability to students, faculty and visitors. IPRO 311 is sponsored by IIT Marketing and Communication Department which seeks to portray a message of the university’s accomplishments in the area of sustainability and future capabilities. Furthermore, this project is driven by the interests of two IIT trustees with an interest to enhance the visibility of the IIT Main Campus from the I-94 expressway and other challenging vantage points (US Cellular Field, Sears Tower, McCormick Place, 2016 Olympics venues, etc.) Disney Imagineering is project partner participating with the Team through brainstorming discussion assisting the Team in building the IIT Brand. Initially, the focus of the IPRO was the development of signage that could represent sustainability and be situated at a prominent location on campus visible to the public. After several class discussions, the vision of the IRPO broadened, to develop an overall campus sustainable conceptual design, incorporating signage as one of the elements. Successful completion of the goals presented here will require each participant to gain useful experience and knowledge regarding teamwork, inter-professional skills and specifically sustainable concepts. There are several interrelated objectives: (1) Build IIT brand awareness and campus visibility in ways that are aesthetically pleasing, exciting and memorable. (2) Create an eco-friendly, self-sustained project that promotes general awareness of activities within the university among students, staff, faculty and the community. (3) Play a leadership role in supporting Mayor Daley's vision for creating a ultra-green Chicago by 2020. (4) Create an IIT campus sustainability plan for future IPROs to build upon.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Method for In Situ Heat Processing of Hydrocarbonaceous Formations
Creator: Bridges, Jack, Taflove, Allen, Snow, Richard
Date: 2009-05-08, 1979-02-20
Description: The disclosure describes a technique for uniform heating of relatively large blocks of hydrocarbonaceous formations in situ using radio...
Show moreThe disclosure describes a technique for uniform heating of relatively large blocks of hydrocarbonaceous formations in situ using radio frequency (RF) electrical energy that is substantially confined to the volume to be heated and effects dielectric heating of the formations. An important aspect of the disclosure relates to the fact that certain hydrocarbonaceous earth formations, for example raw unheated oil shale, exhibit dielectric absorption characteristics in the radio frequency range. In accordance with the system of the invention, a plurality of conductors are inserted in the formations and bound a particular volume of the formations. The phrase "bounding a particular volume" is intended to mean that the volume is enclosed on at least two sides thereof. Electrical excitation is provided for establishing alternating electric fields in the volume. The frequency of the excitation is selected as a function of the dimensions of the volume so as to establish a substantially non-radiating electric field which is substantially confined in the volume. In this manner, volumetric dielectric heating of the formations will occur to effect approximately uniform controlled heating of the volume.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
Show less

Title: Crop to Cup Coffee: Building Communities through Coffee (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333
Creator: Bloom, Ryan, Campbell, Laurel, Chatterjee, Dia, Economy, Stacy, Esko, Emily, Gatepin, Mathilde, Knapp, Cory, Levin, Jeremy, Swingler, Mark
Date: 2011-05

Title: Power Measurement for Road Bicycles: Towards a Universal Solution (Semester Unknown) IPRO 324: PowerMeasurementsForRoadBicyclesIPRO324BrochureSp09
Creator: Anupoju, Tarun, Halim, Stephanus, Kaminski, Bryan, Lam, Brian, Marcellis, Brandon, Martin, Rebecca, Odunaiya, Edumaregbemiro, Stevanovic, Stefan, Tsosie, Henrietta, Voukadinov, Ivan, Ziomek, Arkadiusz
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: We would like to develop a system that measures the applied torque at a bicycle crank set. In contrast to current solutions, we want to be...
Show moreWe would like to develop a system that measures the applied torque at a bicycle crank set. In contrast to current solutions, we want to be able to retrofit our system to existing crank sets, obviating the need to abandon parts that the bicyclist already owns. In principle, according to preliminary tests performed at the MMAE department, this can be done using sets of quite inexpensive strain gauges. However, being able to get accurate torque measurements will require some advanced signal processing from the strain gauges. These signals can then be transmitted wirelessly to a bicycle computer like the Edge 705 that the global positioning system corporation Garmin released last year. There is a defined wireless protocol, called ANT+Sport, which has been developed specifically for the purpose of transmitting exercise data, such as power output or heart rate, to small computers. Chipsets and development kits for this protocol are also available commercially. Therefore, our task will be to find an optimal configuration of strain gauges that will be attached to the crank set, and to develop an algorithm to process the strain gauge data in order to isolate a signal that is proportional to the applied torque. This signal will then be transmitted to the bicycle computer for display and storage.
Deliverables
Show less

Title: Zinc-Fuel Cell Powered Car (sequence unknown), IPRO 313 - Deliverables: IPRO%20313%20Project%20Plan%20F09_redacted
Creator: Sivanyanam, Sithambara, Ong, Wai, Shpuntova, Galina, Ludden, Shanon, Vetter, Jonathan, Sadja, Joel, Dado, Mathew, Ajigbo, Oluwafunso, Fairbanks, David, Slomiany, Krzysztof, Bjerke, Brian, Aihara, Rodrigo, Ragsdale, Christopher, Zaug, Julia, Lane, Brendan, Rial, Alexander, Ruszczak, Erich, Shaw, Kaumil, Sokolic, Jordan, Assaliyski, Marin
Date: 2009-12
Description: The team’s objective is to design a refuelable electric vehicle based on a zinc‐air battery, that is comparable to a current consumer vehicle...
Show moreThe team’s objective is to design a refuelable electric vehicle based on a zinc‐air battery, that is comparable to a current consumer vehicle in performance, cost, and safety; and to also develop a system for zinc fuel delivery that requires a minimum of changes to the existing fuel delivery infrastructure.
Deliverables for IPRO 313: Zinc-Fuel Cell Powered Car for the fall 2009 semester
Show less

Title: Video Display System
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 4/23/2009, 1969-02-25
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Intranet Mediator
Creator: Frieder, Ophir, Grossman, David Adam
Date: 2009-05-14, 2005-06-07
Description: An intranet mediator for obtaining direct answers to natural language questions allowing users to search both a data warehouse of integrated...
Show moreAn intranet mediator for obtaining direct answers to natural language questions allowing users to search both a data warehouse of integrated/structured data sources and unstructured data sources. The intranet mediator allows the user to obtain an answer to a natural language question without having to surf the data sources in which the answer might be contained, or without being limited to one specific factual item return. The intranet mediator operates on the supposition that most answers to business queries are contained within structured data sources which have been integrated into the data warehouse thereby having common schema and known contents. Preselection of the most relevant data source(s) is thus possible before query output. Search of unstructured data is also performed for additional context surrounding either the question or the answer. A direct answer is given in response to the question. If desired, the intranet mediator may also display a list of data sources where additional relevant information may be found.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
Show less

repository.iit

Search the repository

Pages

Pages