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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 Poster Su08
Creator: Darwish, Muhammad, Dole, Shreyas, Droescher, Ruth, Escobar, Fabian, Young Kim, Ja, Klemens, Mariusz, Lebak, Joshua, Martinez, Michael, Michael, Harry, Monroe, Brett, Mordecai, Lauren, Nikhat, Sumayya, Ramier, Thales, Rios, Adriana, Rivera, Vince, Seo, Andrew, Standard, Steve, Sullivan-fedock, John, Valdez, Maribel, Vander Heyden, Aubrey, Villa, Jacquelin, Williams, Allisyn
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last semester to these two regions, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to these situations we will be better able to apply the prototype to various other countries throughout the world.
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 Abstract Su08
Creator: Darwish, Muhammad, Dole, Shreyas, Droescher, Ruth, Escobar, Fabian, Young Kim, Ja, Klemens, Mariusz, Lebak, Joshua, Martinez, Michael, Michael, Harry, Monroe, Brett, Mordecai, Lauren, Nikhat, Sumayya, Ramier, Thales, Rios, Adriana, Rivera, Vince, Seo, Andrew, Standard, Steve, Sullivan-fedock, John, Valdez, Maribel, Vander Heyden, Aubrey, Villa, Jacquelin, Williams, Allisyn
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last semester to these two regions, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to these situations we will be better able to apply the prototype to various other countries throughout the world.
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 MidTerm Presentation Su08
Creator: Darwish, Muhammad, Dole, Shreyas, Droescher, Ruth, Escobar, Fabian, Young Kim, Ja, Klemens, Mariusz, Lebak, Joshua, Martinez, Michael, Michael, Harry, Monroe, Brett, Mordecai, Lauren, Nikhat, Sumayya, Ramier, Thales, Rios, Adriana, Rivera, Vince, Seo, Andrew, Standard, Steve, Sullivan-fedock, John, Valdez, Maribel, Vander Heyden, Aubrey, Villa, Jacquelin, Williams, Allisyn
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last semester to these two regions, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to these situations we will be better able to apply the prototype to various other countries throughout the world.
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 Brochure1 Su08
Creator: Darwish, Muhammad, Dole, Shreyas, Droescher, Ruth, Escobar, Fabian, Young Kim, Ja, Klemens, Mariusz, Lebak, Joshua, Martinez, Michael, Michael, Harry, Monroe, Brett, Mordecai, Lauren, Nikhat, Sumayya, Ramier, Thales, Rios, Adriana, Rivera, Vince, Seo, Andrew, Standard, Steve, Sullivan-fedock, John, Valdez, Maribel, Vander Heyden, Aubrey, Villa, Jacquelin, Williams, Allisyn
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last semester to these two regions, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to these situations we will be better able to apply the prototype to various other countries throughout the world.
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 Final Report Su08
Creator: Darwish, Muhammad, Dole, Shreyas, Droescher, Ruth, Escobar, Fabian, Young Kim, Ja, Klemens, Mariusz, Lebak, Joshua, Martinez, Michael, Michael, Harry, Monroe, Brett, Mordecai, Lauren, Nikhat, Sumayya, Ramier, Thales, Rios, Adriana, Rivera, Vince, Seo, Andrew, Standard, Steve, Sullivan-fedock, John, Valdez, Maribel, Vander Heyden, Aubrey, Villa, Jacquelin, Williams, Allisyn
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last semester to these two regions, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to these situations we will be better able to apply the prototype to various other countries throughout the world.
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 Final Presentation Su08
Creator: Darwish, Muhammad, Dole, Shreyas, Droescher, Ruth, Escobar, Fabian, Young Kim, Ja, Klemens, Mariusz, Lebak, Joshua, Martinez, Michael, Michael, Harry, Monroe, Brett, Mordecai, Lauren, Nikhat, Sumayya, Ramier, Thales, Rios, Adriana, Rivera, Vince, Seo, Andrew, Standard, Steve, Sullivan-fedock, John, Valdez, Maribel, Vander Heyden, Aubrey, Villa, Jacquelin, Williams, Allisyn
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last semester to these two regions, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to these situations we will be better able to apply the prototype to various other countries throughout the world.
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Title: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois (Semester Unknown) IPRO 339: Designing Affordable Housing out of Shipping Containers for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico IPRO 339 Brochure2 Su08
Creator: Darwish, Muhammad, Dole, Shreyas, Droescher, Ruth, Escobar, Fabian, Young Kim, Ja, Klemens, Mariusz, Lebak, Joshua, Martinez, Michael, Michael, Harry, Monroe, Brett, Mordecai, Lauren, Nikhat, Sumayya, Ramier, Thales, Rios, Adriana, Rivera, Vince, Seo, Andrew, Standard, Steve, Sullivan-fedock, John, Valdez, Maribel, Vander Heyden, Aubrey, Villa, Jacquelin, Williams, Allisyn
Date: 2008, 2008-07
Description: Currently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with...
Show moreCurrently there are several countries throughout the world that have a large need for affordable housing. Our IPRO is currently dealing with solutions for Juarez, Mexico and Chicago, Illinois. These two places are very different in climate, culture, as well as economy. Our IPRO this semester will focus on applying the prototype from last semester to these two regions, while making adjustments as needed. We will continue the research into systems which will be advantageous to each situation and develop them accordingly. Once we get a better understanding as to how we can apply our prototype to these situations we will be better able to apply the prototype to various other countries throughout the world.
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Title: Social Networking as Economic Development Strategy in US and India (Semester Unknown) IPRO 305
Creator: Maheshwari, Anshul, Folwaczny, Dan, Steinmetz, Edwin, Patel, Soham, Bora, Vasile, Kelkar, Vishwesh
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The course IPRO-305 is geared towards giving the students practical product development experience by addressing the problem statement...
Show moreThe course IPRO-305 is geared towards giving the students practical product development experience by addressing the problem statement provided by the workshop sponsor (and our client), Honeywell, Inc. During the course of this workshop, we will implement the formative stages of a user-centered design process by developing and prototyping design concepts based on an understanding of existing social networks in small business communities in two neighborhoods, Pilsen/Little Village in Chicago and Powai in Mumbai. The goal will be to develop product, communication or service designs that contribute to increasing prosperity and small business growth within the Chicago and Mumbai neighborhoods. This project will be undertaken in collaboration with graduate students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) and their Industrial Design Centre, (comparable to IIT Institute of Design), as well as staff at Honeywell in Bangalore and Minneapolis. By working on this project students, both undergraduate IPRO students and graduate IIT, Chicago’s design school students are intended to gain proficiency in remote research methods and collaborating with your contemporaries abroad on a global design project. The flavor of this effort will be a practical or professional one, working towards implementation and design refinement. At the end of this experience, all participating students should have: 1. a solid understanding of methods and artifacts necessary to conduct design research internationally 2. experience in applying design and business practices to economic development issues 3 3. a basic understanding of existing social networks in 2 small business communities and how design can help address these 4. established professional relationships with Indian designers who share a human-centered mindset 5. a portfolio-ready project, complete with a recognizable client
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Title: Social Networking as Economic Development Strategy in US and India (Semester Unknown) IPRO 305: Leveraging Social Perception Networks IPRO 305 Ethics Sp08
Creator: Maheshwari, Anshul, Folwaczny, Dan, Steinmetz, Edwin, Patel, Soham, Bora, Vasile, Kelkar, Vishwesh
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The course IPRO-305 is geared towards giving the students practical product development experience by addressing the problem statement...
Show moreThe course IPRO-305 is geared towards giving the students practical product development experience by addressing the problem statement provided by the workshop sponsor (and our client), Honeywell, Inc. During the course of this workshop, we will implement the formative stages of a user-centered design process by developing and prototyping design concepts based on an understanding of existing social networks in small business communities in two neighborhoods, Pilsen/Little Village in Chicago and Powai in Mumbai. The goal will be to develop product, communication or service designs that contribute to increasing prosperity and small business growth within the Chicago and Mumbai neighborhoods. This project will be undertaken in collaboration with graduate students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) and their Industrial Design Centre, (comparable to IIT Institute of Design), as well as staff at Honeywell in Bangalore and Minneapolis. By working on this project students, both undergraduate IPRO students and graduate IIT, Chicago’s design school students are intended to gain proficiency in remote research methods and collaborating with your contemporaries abroad on a global design project. The flavor of this effort will be a practical or professional one, working towards implementation and design refinement. At the end of this experience, all participating students should have: 1. a solid understanding of methods and artifacts necessary to conduct design research internationally 2. experience in applying design and business practices to economic development issues 3 3. a basic understanding of existing social networks in 2 small business communities and how design can help address these 4. established professional relationships with Indian designers who share a human-centered mindset 5. a portfolio-ready project, complete with a recognizable client
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Title: Heat Treat Subgroup (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: Heat Treatment Program IPRO 304 Poster2 Sp08
Creator: Larkin, Evan, Murillo, Bryan, Pawlak, Joseph, Popov, Nikolay, Przybysz, Nicholas
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Finkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing...
Show moreFinkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing gear, die steel for other manufactures, etc) The company performs the entire process from smelting the steel, casting and forging, heat treating, and machining of their parts. Currently in their heat treatment process at Finkl, approximately 10% of their parts that are below company quality standards. Finkl has no efficient way of tracking where specific parts are in relation to each other while in the furnace. So when a part comes out below standards, it is hard to trace back where that part was in the furnace and why it was not treated properly. Finkl has enlisted the help of IIT students, which plan to implement a software program that Finkl can use to create a virtual furnace with the parts that will be heat treated and their specific locations in the furnace. When parts come out below quality standards, the program would allow Finkl to examine the location of the parts within the furnace and determine the reason for sub-par quality. The previous semester IPRO was able to develop a software program that displayed the different Finkl shapes; however, the program only displays a single shape at a time without the ability to move or resize the shape. They were also able to model about half of the Finkl shape codes in ProE. . When a large number of parts fail, they must be retreated to meet company quality standards. Taking the time to retreat the process takes both time and money away from the company. If we can help to identify the cause of the heat treatment failure, this would save the company a large amount of money each year. To be able to determine the cause of the heat treat failure, the team hopes to develop a visual database of the furnace layout to help track parts location within the furnace.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Heat Treat Subgroup (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: Heat Treatment Program IPRO 304 Project Plan Sp08
Creator: Larkin, Evan, Murillo, Bryan, Pawlak, Joseph, Popov, Nikolay, Przybysz, Nicholas
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Finkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing...
Show moreFinkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing gear, die steel for other manufactures, etc) The company performs the entire process from smelting the steel, casting and forging, heat treating, and machining of their parts. Currently in their heat treatment process at Finkl, approximately 10% of their parts that are below company quality standards. Finkl has no efficient way of tracking where specific parts are in relation to each other while in the furnace. So when a part comes out below standards, it is hard to trace back where that part was in the furnace and why it was not treated properly. Finkl has enlisted the help of IIT students, which plan to implement a software program that Finkl can use to create a virtual furnace with the parts that will be heat treated and their specific locations in the furnace. When parts come out below quality standards, the program would allow Finkl to examine the location of the parts within the furnace and determine the reason for sub-par quality. The previous semester IPRO was able to develop a software program that displayed the different Finkl shapes; however, the program only displays a single shape at a time without the ability to move or resize the shape. They were also able to model about half of the Finkl shape codes in ProE. . When a large number of parts fail, they must be retreated to meet company quality standards. Taking the time to retreat the process takes both time and money away from the company. If we can help to identify the cause of the heat treatment failure, this would save the company a large amount of money each year. To be able to determine the cause of the heat treat failure, the team hopes to develop a visual database of the furnace layout to help track parts location within the furnace.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Heat Treat Subgroup (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: Heat Treatment Program IPRO 304 MidTerm Report Sp08
Creator: Larkin, Evan, Murillo, Bryan, Pawlak, Joseph, Popov, Nikolay, Przybysz, Nicholas
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Finkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing...
Show moreFinkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing gear, die steel for other manufactures, etc) The company performs the entire process from smelting the steel, casting and forging, heat treating, and machining of their parts. Currently in their heat treatment process at Finkl, approximately 10% of their parts that are below company quality standards. Finkl has no efficient way of tracking where specific parts are in relation to each other while in the furnace. So when a part comes out below standards, it is hard to trace back where that part was in the furnace and why it was not treated properly. Finkl has enlisted the help of IIT students, which plan to implement a software program that Finkl can use to create a virtual furnace with the parts that will be heat treated and their specific locations in the furnace. When parts come out below quality standards, the program would allow Finkl to examine the location of the parts within the furnace and determine the reason for sub-par quality. The previous semester IPRO was able to develop a software program that displayed the different Finkl shapes; however, the program only displays a single shape at a time without the ability to move or resize the shape. They were also able to model about half of the Finkl shape codes in ProE. . When a large number of parts fail, they must be retreated to meet company quality standards. Taking the time to retreat the process takes both time and money away from the company. If we can help to identify the cause of the heat treatment failure, this would save the company a large amount of money each year. To be able to determine the cause of the heat treat failure, the team hopes to develop a visual database of the furnace layout to help track parts location within the furnace.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Heat Treat Subgroup (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: Heat Treatment Program IPRO 304 Final Report Sp08
Creator: Larkin, Evan, Murillo, Bryan, Pawlak, Joseph, Popov, Nikolay, Przybysz, Nicholas
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Finkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing...
Show moreFinkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing gear, die steel for other manufactures, etc) The company performs the entire process from smelting the steel, casting and forging, heat treating, and machining of their parts. Currently in their heat treatment process at Finkl, approximately 10% of their parts that are below company quality standards. Finkl has no efficient way of tracking where specific parts are in relation to each other while in the furnace. So when a part comes out below standards, it is hard to trace back where that part was in the furnace and why it was not treated properly. Finkl has enlisted the help of IIT students, which plan to implement a software program that Finkl can use to create a virtual furnace with the parts that will be heat treated and their specific locations in the furnace. When parts come out below quality standards, the program would allow Finkl to examine the location of the parts within the furnace and determine the reason for sub-par quality. The previous semester IPRO was able to develop a software program that displayed the different Finkl shapes; however, the program only displays a single shape at a time without the ability to move or resize the shape. They were also able to model about half of the Finkl shape codes in ProE. . When a large number of parts fail, they must be retreated to meet company quality standards. Taking the time to retreat the process takes both time and money away from the company. If we can help to identify the cause of the heat treatment failure, this would save the company a large amount of money each year. To be able to determine the cause of the heat treat failure, the team hopes to develop a visual database of the furnace layout to help track parts location within the furnace.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Heat Treat Subgroup (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: Heat Treatment Program IPRO 304 MidTerm Presentation Sp08
Creator: Larkin, Evan, Murillo, Bryan, Pawlak, Joseph, Popov, Nikolay, Przybysz, Nicholas
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Finkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing...
Show moreFinkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing gear, die steel for other manufactures, etc) The company performs the entire process from smelting the steel, casting and forging, heat treating, and machining of their parts. Currently in their heat treatment process at Finkl, approximately 10% of their parts that are below company quality standards. Finkl has no efficient way of tracking where specific parts are in relation to each other while in the furnace. So when a part comes out below standards, it is hard to trace back where that part was in the furnace and why it was not treated properly. Finkl has enlisted the help of IIT students, which plan to implement a software program that Finkl can use to create a virtual furnace with the parts that will be heat treated and their specific locations in the furnace. When parts come out below quality standards, the program would allow Finkl to examine the location of the parts within the furnace and determine the reason for sub-par quality. The previous semester IPRO was able to develop a software program that displayed the different Finkl shapes; however, the program only displays a single shape at a time without the ability to move or resize the shape. They were also able to model about half of the Finkl shape codes in ProE. . When a large number of parts fail, they must be retreated to meet company quality standards. Taking the time to retreat the process takes both time and money away from the company. If we can help to identify the cause of the heat treatment failure, this would save the company a large amount of money each year. To be able to determine the cause of the heat treat failure, the team hopes to develop a visual database of the furnace layout to help track parts location within the furnace.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Heat Treat Subgroup (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: Heat Treatment Program IPRO 304 Poster Sp08
Creator: Larkin, Evan, Murillo, Bryan, Pawlak, Joseph, Popov, Nikolay, Przybysz, Nicholas
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Finkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing...
Show moreFinkl is an industrial steel manufacturer of custom, high quality steel parts for other industries (stamp molding for auto, aircraft landing gear, die steel for other manufactures, etc) The company performs the entire process from smelting the steel, casting and forging, heat treating, and machining of their parts. Currently in their heat treatment process at Finkl, approximately 10% of their parts that are below company quality standards. Finkl has no efficient way of tracking where specific parts are in relation to each other while in the furnace. So when a part comes out below standards, it is hard to trace back where that part was in the furnace and why it was not treated properly. Finkl has enlisted the help of IIT students, which plan to implement a software program that Finkl can use to create a virtual furnace with the parts that will be heat treated and their specific locations in the furnace. When parts come out below quality standards, the program would allow Finkl to examine the location of the parts within the furnace and determine the reason for sub-par quality. The previous semester IPRO was able to develop a software program that displayed the different Finkl shapes; however, the program only displays a single shape at a time without the ability to move or resize the shape. They were also able to model about half of the Finkl shape codes in ProE. . When a large number of parts fail, they must be retreated to meet company quality standards. Taking the time to retreat the process takes both time and money away from the company. If we can help to identify the cause of the heat treatment failure, this would save the company a large amount of money each year. To be able to determine the cause of the heat treat failure, the team hopes to develop a visual database of the furnace layout to help track parts location within the furnace.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons
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Title: Social Networking as Economic Development Strategy in US and India (Semester Unknown) IPRO 305: Leveraging Social Perception Networks IPRO 305 Final Presentation Sp08
Creator: Maheshwari, Anshul, Folwaczny, Dan, Steinmetz, Edwin, Patel, Soham, Bora, Vasile, Kelkar, Vishwesh
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The course IPRO-305 is geared towards giving the students practical product development experience by addressing the problem statement...
Show moreThe course IPRO-305 is geared towards giving the students practical product development experience by addressing the problem statement provided by the workshop sponsor (and our client), Honeywell, Inc. During the course of this workshop, we will implement the formative stages of a user-centered design process by developing and prototyping design concepts based on an understanding of existing social networks in small business communities in two neighborhoods, Pilsen/Little Village in Chicago and Powai in Mumbai. The goal will be to develop product, communication or service designs that contribute to increasing prosperity and small business growth within the Chicago and Mumbai neighborhoods. This project will be undertaken in collaboration with graduate students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) and their Industrial Design Centre, (comparable to IIT Institute of Design), as well as staff at Honeywell in Bangalore and Minneapolis. By working on this project students, both undergraduate IPRO students and graduate IIT, Chicago’s design school students are intended to gain proficiency in remote research methods and collaborating with your contemporaries abroad on a global design project. The flavor of this effort will be a practical or professional one, working towards implementation and design refinement. At the end of this experience, all participating students should have: 1. a solid understanding of methods and artifacts necessary to conduct design research internationally 2. experience in applying design and business practices to economic development issues 3 3. a basic understanding of existing social networks in 2 small business communities and how design can help address these 4. established professional relationships with Indian designers who share a human-centered mindset 5. a portfolio-ready project, complete with a recognizable client
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Title: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND GLYCEMIC CONTROL IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS ON INSULIN
Creator: AraÚjo, Fabiana Souza
Date: 2016, 2016-12
Description: This study investigated the relationship among several psychological constructs and glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes patients on multiple...
Show moreThis study investigated the relationship among several psychological constructs and glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes patients on multiple daily doses of insulin. Participants were mostly impoverished and underserved minorities and were all patients of a diabetes specialty clinic in a county hospital of a metropolitan area in the Midwest of the U.S. Eighty-two participants completed self-reported questionnaires on diabetes, self-efficacy, psychological distress, diabetes-related distress, adherence to medication, diabetes knowledge, literacy, numeracy, health locus of control and had their HbA1c tested. Results of multiple regression analyses controlling for age, gender, and duration of diabetes indicted that higher self-efficacy (p = .005) was associated with better glycemic control. Mediation analyses did not yield significant results when testing whether self-efficacy mediated the relationship between some psychological constructs (i.e., diabetes knowledge, literacy, or numeracy) and glycemic control. Similarly, no significant results were found in mediation analyses neither when adherence to medication was tested as a mediator between diabetes knowledge and glycemic control nor when diabetes-related distress was tested as a mediator between psychological distress and glycemic control. These results emphasize the importance of self-efficacy among underserved minority patient in their abilities to perform all complex behaviors required to properly manage diabetes. Future studies with larger sample sizes should expand our findings and provide more information on some of our non-significant findings.
Ph.D. in Psychology, December 2016
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Title: An application of polarized light to resolution with the compound microscope
Creator: Stump, Dan M.
Date: 2009, 1921
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/applicationofpol00stum
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Arched dams
Creator: Szeszychi, Ignatius Leo., Zack, Raymond R.
Date: 2009, 1911
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/archeddams00szes
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1911 B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1911

Title: ENGINEERING 2D PHOTO-REACTING COF FOR PATTERNING AND DRUG DELIVERY
Creator: Chen, Kuo Hao
Date: 2017, 2017-07
Description: Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) are 2-dimensional polymers that exhibit rigid and large surface area as well as porous architectures....
Show moreCovalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) are 2-dimensional polymers that exhibit rigid and large surface area as well as porous architectures. Currently, COFs are tailored for gas storage applications, drug delivery, catalysis and they are used as filtering membranes for water treatment. It is well documented that at the nano/micro scale, COFs can form multi-layered architecture with respect to the basic molecular building blocks. In this picture, it is possible that the 2D intra-layer and 3D inter-layer interactions of the basic molecular units COFs may dictate the overall efficiency of the aforementioned applications. To understand the dimensionality-function relationship of COFs, we are engineering hybrid 1D-2D organic polymers. This hybrid architecture will allow us to study the propagation of energy/exciton transfer within the resulting materials among other applications such as drug delivery and light-induced nano/micro-patterning. To achieve our objectives, I exploited the photo-reacting properties of two molecular systems: The first system is used to prepare the 2D COF of interest and the other system is used to engineer a 1D crystalline solid. Although I have not tested the energy/exciton propagation with the desired material, I have successfully engineered a 1D crystalline solid and synthesized the expected 2D COFs. Using a combination of synthetic strategies, I prepared and characterized photoreacting tetra-phenyl ketone building block that was used to form the desired polymer. I have also engineered 1D needle-like crystals of bisphenyl cyclopropenone compound. Moreover, the two materials were characterized by optical and electron microscopy methods. This thesis will detail the synthesis and characterization of all precursors of the basic molecular units that were used to engineer the 1D crystalline solid and 2D COF materials. Condignly, the optical and scanning electron microscopy images highlight the microscale features of the materials of interest. I am certain that this preliminary investigation will pave the way to study the dimensionality of energy/exciton transfer and reaction propagation in the many organic materials.
M.S. in Chemistry, July 2017
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