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Title: Cavity Resonance Suppression Using Miniature Fluidic Oscillators
Creator: Raman, G., Raghu, S.
Date: 2004-12
Publisher: American Inst Aeronaut Astronaut

Title: TravelFlash (semester?), IPRO 357
Creator: Kenneth, Warren, Jared, Gardner, Sang, Bang, Jongwon, Lee, Juan, Casiraghi, Kevin, Lyles, Di, Hu, Matt, Misurac, Victor, Pano
Date: 2005-12, 2005-12
Description: IPRO 357: Travel Flash's main objective is to provide a proof of concept for a computer program for mobile devices that provides important...
Show moreIPRO 357: Travel Flash's main objective is to provide a proof of concept for a computer program for mobile devices that provides important local travel information to tourists or others unfamiliar with an area, who are unhappy with using time consuming maps, tour guide books, tour groups, etc, as their source of information.
Deliverables for IPRO 357: TravelFlash for the Fall 2005 semester.
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Title: Solid Fuel from Biomass for Cogeneration (Semester Unknown) IPRO 349: SolidFuelFromBiomassForCogenerationIPRO349Poster2Sp09
Creator: Brazzale, Ross, Bryne, Richard, Cheever, James, Clark, Michael, Dorr, Elena, Gibbs, Jeremy, Lazicki, Katherine, Prabha Kumar, Abhishek, Vandegrift, Bertha, Williams, Robert, Worthon, Terrika, Yi Yeap, Xin
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: Renewable energy is one of the most important and widely researched topics today. It is classically defined as any form of energy that comes...
Show moreRenewable energy is one of the most important and widely researched topics today. It is classically defined as any form of energy that comes from renewable sources and, for all practical purposes, cannot be depleted. This may include solar, wind, or geothermal 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 the process of combustion.
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Title: Method for Enhancing Diagnostic Images Using Vessel Reconstruction
Creator: Agam, Gad, Wu, Changhua
Date: 2012-03-20, 2010-08-24
Description: A method for improving a thoracic diagnostic image for the detection of nodules. Non-lung regions are removed from the diagnostic image to...
Show moreA method for improving a thoracic diagnostic image for the detection of nodules. Non-lung regions are removed from the diagnostic image to provide a lung image. Vessels and vessel junctions of the lung(s) in the lung image are enhanced according to a first-order partial derivative of each of a plurality of voxels of the lung image. A vessel tree representation is constructed from the enhanced vessels and vessel junctions. The vessel tree representation can be subtracted from the lung image to enhance the visibility of nodules in the lung(s).
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Edutainment (semester 1 of Unknown), IPRO 329: College Pursuit Game Development IPRO 329 Project Plan 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.
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Title: Solar Decathlon 2011 (Semester Unknown) IPRO 352: Solar Decathlon EnPRO 352 Project Plan Sp08
Creator: Johnson, Daniel, Carroll, John, Ruffolo, John, Mast, Laura, Mejsak, Marcin, Calizo, Milagros, Pollina, Matt, Hollister, Nathaniel, Steffen, Trent, Amber, Jamie, Demarco, Juan
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: This EnPRO project is the first of several designed to position IIT for a competitive proposal entry in 2009 for the Solar Decathlon 2011...
Show moreThis EnPRO project is the first of several designed to position IIT for a competitive proposal entry in 2009 for the Solar Decathlon 2011 competition. The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The Solar Decathlon is also an event to which the public is invited to observe the powerful combination of solar energy, energy efficiency, and the best in home design. This year the event will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. October 12 - 20. The team houses are open for touring everyday except Wednesday, October 17, when they will close for competition purposes. An overall winner is announced on Friday, October 19 at 2 p.m. Teams of college students design a solar house, knowing from the outset that it must be powered entirely by the sun. In a quest to stretch every last watt of electricity that's generated by the solar panels on their roofs, the students absorb the lesson that energy is a precious commodity. They strive to innovate, using high-tech materials and design elements in ingenious ways. Along the way, the students learn how to raise funds and communicate about team activities. They collect supplies and talk to contractors. They build their solar houses, learning as they go. The 20 teams transport their solar houses to the competition site on the National Mall and virtually rebuild them in the solar village. Teams assemble their houses, and then the active phase of the Solar Decathlon begins with an opening ceremony for students, media, and invited guests. The teams compete in contests, and even though this part of the Solar Decathlon gets the most attention, the students really win the competition through the many months of fundraising, planning, designing, analyzing, redesigning, and finally building and improving their homes. The public is invited to tour the solar homes and event exhibits during much of the competition.
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Title: Nonlinear Interactions as Precursors to Mode Jumps in Resonant Acoustics
Creator: Panickar, P., Srinivasan, K., Raman, G.
Date: 2005-09
Publisher: American Inst Physics
Description: This paper examines instability mode switching in various supersonic jet configurations that involve resonant acoustics. Resonant acoustics...
Show moreThis paper examines instability mode switching in various supersonic jet configurations that involve resonant acoustics. Resonant acoustics includes situations where flow instabilities are enhanced by feedback. The pressure spectra in such situations are rich in multiple modes, and mode switching can occur rather unpredictably. Our experiments reveal that mode switching and the number of nonlinear interactions are interconnected and this number increases just prior to a mode switch. We quantified nonlinear interactions by counting the number of such interactions occurring over a threshold level in the nonlinear cross-bicoherence spectrum and confirmed that nonlinear interactions are precursors to mode jumps. Further, this result was found to be independent of the threshold level. Moreover, if more than one instability mode coexisted, the decay of one and the persistence of the other caused a similar increase in nonlinearities. On the other hand, if there was no mode switch, the nonlinearities remained at comparable limits over the entire operating range. The latter part of the work focused on why difference interactions significantly outnumbered sum interactions in the spectra of shock-containing resonant flows. Using linear stability calculations it is shown that most of the difference interactions that occurred had a positive spatial growth rate and were, hence, unstable. In contrast, a majority of the sum interactions lay outside the amplified region which indicated that they tend to decay spatially. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2008995
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Title: Magnetic Modulator System
Creator: Anderson, Marvin E.
Date: 1962-07-17
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Technical and Market Integration of Wind Energy (semester?), IPRO 344: Wind Farm IPRO 344 Midterm Report F06
Creator: Cho, Luke, Choi, Euddum, Dantapalli, Sushma, Duggirala, Sandhya, Kayvani, Bahram, Lotfjou, Azim, Song, Sung, Taulbee, Dan, Urbina, Michael, Yoo, Jieum
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The objective of IPRO-344 is the design of a wind turbine. To accomplish this, the following tasks must be completed:  Selection of an...
Show moreThe objective of IPRO-344 is the design of a wind turbine. To accomplish this, the following tasks must be completed:  Selection of an appropriate site, taking into account wind availability, proximity to transmission lines, environmental impact, and the selling price of electricity at the location.  Mechanical design of the wind turbine, including the blades, turbine, and tower.  Electrical design of the generator, grid interconnection, and control system.  A study of the economics of the design, including a life-cycle cost analysis.
Sponsorship: Michael Polsky, Invenergy LLC
Deliverables for IPRO 344: Technical and Market Integration of Wind Energy for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Growing Water: 31st Street Eco-Boulevard and IIT Pavilion Prototype (Semester Unknown) IPRO 322: Growing Water 31st St. Eco-Boulevard and IIT Pavilion Prototype IPRO 322 Abstract Sp08
Creator: De Vita, Niels, Kreitzer, Michael, Oh, Hyunjoo, Vassi, Anna, Boder, Matthew, Johnson, Drew, Fong, Patrick, Ramey, Ronald, Stopic, Milena, Irish, Sean, De Marco, Juan, Urdiales, Miguel, Blackketter, Joshua, Konwar, Riju, Kuzmicki, Kamil
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: • To create publicity and awareness about the state of Chicago water and the need to start taking steps to preserving and restoring it. • To...
Show more• To create publicity and awareness about the state of Chicago water and the need to start taking steps to preserving and restoring it. • To create a catalog of sustainable methodologies to be implemented in an urban planning strategy throughout the city of Chicago. • Enhance the impact of the Eco-Boulevards in the community. • Collaborate with the city of Chicago and the project team regarding possible implementation of ecological strategies regarding water. • To research and share methods, techniques, practices, equipment, biology, etc. of functional living machines and make it available knowledge. • To establish a social program for the living machine Pavilions to create public interaction points with the ecological function of the living machine.
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Title: Intermodal Container Transport (Semester Unknown) IPRO 307
Creator: Cabrera, Intermodal Container Transport, Dennis, Nicole, Jackson, Cordell, Kozys, Karolis, Montgomery, Thomas, Patel, Vaiibhav, Rathakrishnan, Malarva, Razeq, Ali, Rokita, Richard, Rueda, Jorge, Skopek, Paul, Snyder, Cody
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: Chicago is the third largest intermodal freight hub in the world. As a result, there is need for efficient routing of trains throughout the...
Show moreChicago is the third largest intermodal freight hub in the world. As a result, there is need for efficient routing of trains throughout the Chicago area. One aspect of railroad transport that directly affects the overall efficiency of the rail system is how easily accessible train intermodal yards are for trucks going to and through the intermodal yards. With this in mind, the overall purpose and objective of IPRO 307 is to improve the truck flow in and around an intermodal facility at Harvey, IL which is owned by Canadian National (CN) lines. CN is one of the six major railroads that serve the Chicago area. The intermodal facility at Harvey is surrounded by a network of highways including Interstates 80, 57, 294, 94 and 65. Interstates 294 and 80 cross directly overhead of the intermodal yard. In order to make truck flow around the intermodal yard more efficient, IPRO 307 will look into the addition of ramps and frontage roads, including a ramp that would be based off of interstates 80/294. A ramp connecting the major interstate to the intermodal facility would allow for easier access to the intermodal facility by trucks, thereby bettering the efficiency of the intermodal facility as a whole.
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Title: Mixer-ejector Wall Pressure and Temperature Measurements Based on Photoluminescence
Creator: Taghavi, R.r., Raman, G., Bencic, Tj
Date: 2002-04
Publisher: American Inst Aeronaut Astronaut
Description: Ejector side-wall pressure distribution is a key indicator of supersonic jet-mixer-ejector performance. When documenting pressure patterns on...
Show moreEjector side-wall pressure distribution is a key indicator of supersonic jet-mixer-ejector performance. When documenting pressure patterns on an ejector wall using pressure-sensitive paint (PSP), one has to consider temperature variations caused by the supersonic jet flow within the ejector because these can cause significant local errors in the PSP results. If the temperature sensitivity of PSP is not corrected for in complex internal supersonic flows, large localized errors could contaminate the results. In the present work, temperature-sensitive paint maps the temperature distribution on the ejector wall and corrects PSP results point-by-point for temperature sensitivity. The experiments were conducted on multijet supersonic mixer-ejector configurations with straight, convergent (6-deg), and divergent (6-deg) side walls. A comparison of corrected and uncorrected PSP readings shows that at M-j = 1.55, the error with respect to true data from static pressure ports can be reduced from 4.98 to 2.84% for the case of a simple ejector with parallel walls. For the complex 6-deg convergent ejector at M-j = 1.39, the error reduces by almost an order of magnitude (from 20.83 to 2.66%). Our results indicate that the use of this correction technique can significantly reduce PSP errors in complex internal supersonic flow situations.
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Title: Emotion (Semester Unknown) IPRO 354: EmotionIPRO354PosterSp09
Creator: Roy, Avelo, Suda, Edward, Segre, Alessandro, Luan, Haojie, Graziano, John, Votipka, Daniel, Estrada, Zachary, Patel, Nirali, Morath, Johannes, Laurence, Alexis, Ludden, Shanon, Horn, Whitney
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: eMotion creates and offers devices that connect those who are physically separated but emotionally connected in a simple and safe manner.
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Show moreeMotion creates and offers devices that connect those who are physically separated but emotionally connected in a simple and safe manner.
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Title: Information Design for Plant Management to Predict Equipment Failure (Semester Unknown) IPRO 303
Creator: Dodds, Jacob, Erogbogbo, Samad, Fleming, Rachel, Fujimoto, Haruko, Hazariwala, Nirav, Kim, Jihyung, Lee, Sangwook, Mcanally, Arthur, Simons, Ray
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 303 is working on the user interface for SmartSignal Corporation’s software which predicts equipment failures in coal fired power plants....
Show moreIPRO 303 is working on the user interface for SmartSignal Corporation’s software which predicts equipment failures in coal fired power plants. We are now in the third stage of the project. We are to deliver the user interface of the software based on the studies done by two previous semesters. SmartSignal suggested that we also consider specific elements of the software such as the clear presentation of developing fault information, and the efficient communication system between users. An appropriate UI will utilize SmartSignal’s predictive analysis software to provide an efficient and clear means for power plant personnel to: · Predict or identify equipment faults · Understand the predicted faults · Prioritize the disposition of the predicted faults or highlight urgent or important faults · Reduce the need for plant personnel to have many years of experience or “institutional knowledge” The ultimate goal of this project is to introduce an innovative approach to the user interface which SmartSignal can use for predicting equipment failures in coal fire power plants. To realize this, we set these objectives. · Research and collect information relative to the User Interfaces [UI] from the first hand users of the software while examining the study done by the previous IPRO303. · Create the Requirements Document for the UI in light of the concerns expressed by SmartSignal and the results of research. · Generate several possible UIs based upon the Requirements Document stated above. · Select one of the Several UI for development of details and revise it based upon the input from SmartSignal. · Add details and finalize the design of the selected UI.
Sponsorship: SmartSignal
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Title: Implementing The Plant: Chicago’s First Vertical Farm (Semester Unknown) IPRO 336: ImplementingThePlantChicagoIPRO336ProjectPlanSp11
Creator: Speroff, Philip, Skaar, Angela, Schmidt, Michael, Plunkett, Joel, Mocny, William, Lockom, Frank, Handzel, Katarzyna, Speroff, Philip, Schmidt, Michael, Lockom, Frank, Xiao, Yao, Viramontes, Carlos, Sansone, Nic, Millham, Joseph, Chavez, Laurel, Palau, Mariana, Ostasz, Raluca, Liu, Andrew, Kenney, Kaycee, Hallak, Joseph, Bugnar, Ioana
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: There are several types of framing that can be used on a greenhouse. The frames are made of wood, galvanized steel, or aluminum. Build-it...
Show moreThere are several types of framing that can be used on a greenhouse. The frames are made of wood, galvanized steel, or aluminum. Build-it-yourself greenhouse plans are usually for structures with wood or metal pipe frames. Plastic pipe materials generally are inadequate to meet snow and wind load requirements. Frames can be covered with glass, rigid fiberglass, rigid double-wall plastics, or plastic film. All have advantages and disadvantages. Each of these materials should be considered--it pays to shop around for ideas.
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Title: Coal Combustion Residual Solutions (Spring 2011) IPRO 302: CCR SolutionsIPRO302EthicsSp11
Creator: Firnbach, Nicole, Agosto, Jennifer, Burnett, Shana, Enriquez, Sheena, Herman, Robert, Kipp, Daniel, Parker, Chad, Port, Graeme, Rafalko, Susan, Sanchez, Joseph, Gardner, Andrew
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: Team Vision/Mission The purpose of the IPRO 302 team, sponsored by Sargent & Lundy, is to evaluate the environmental and cost impacts of...
Show moreTeam Vision/Mission The purpose of the IPRO 302 team, sponsored by Sargent & Lundy, is to evaluate the environmental and cost impacts of closing an ash pond at an active power plant, as well as consider alternative beneficial uses for coal combustion residuals (CCR) and wastewater that can contribute to a sustainable solution. Objectives ● Current status of regulations for CCR and wastewater ● Alternatives for disposing of ash ● A recommended alternative for disposal or reuse of the bottom ash ● A recommended alternative for treatment and disposal of wastewater ● Cost impact of closure of an existing unlined ash pond
Sponsorship: Sargent & Lundy
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Title: Neutron Discharge Tube
Creator: Reiffel, Leonard
Date: 1961-05-09
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: Design of a Large Scale Structure (Semester Unknown) IPRO 315: DesignOfALargeScaleStructureIPRO315BrochureF09
Creator: Aguilar-wedge, Carmen, Animashaun, Oladipo, Baur, Alex, Cullen, Michael, Hadi, Shuaib, Hedge, Namrata, Kuo, Steve, Lee, Christopher, Lee, Yongdoo, Rybaltowski, Karol, Scully, Dawveed, Shen, Jie-hua, Yousef, Shadi
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: Located in Oakbrook, IL the architects and engineers of IPRO 315 will design a 22 story hotel. Together architects and engineers will modify...
Show moreLocated in Oakbrook, IL the architects and engineers of IPRO 315 will design a 22 story hotel. Together architects and engineers will modify and re analyze a structure created by pervious designers, and select any new materials for construction. In creating the hotel students will be responsible for the structural analysis of columns, beams, foundation, steel, and concrete design required to insure all serviceability requirements. The students will be required to follow the 2006 International Building Code, and secure the safety of all possible occupants. Management, leadership, ethics, and teamwork will be an integral part of building a large scale structure as students learn to work together on a “real life” project.
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Title: IIT Saves Water (Summer 2011) IPRO 346: IIT Saves Water IPRO346 Summer 2011 Project Plan
Creator: Li, Cheng, Ruth, Anthony, Romo-ortiz, Esther, Kenward, Joshua, Patel, Mansi, Natarajan, Narayan, Rajagopalan, Raksha, Tapia, Rene
Date: 2011, 2011-07
Description: The purpose of this project is the advancement in knowledge of, and applied practical solutions to the challenges of sustainability in regards...
Show moreThe purpose of this project is the advancement in knowledge of, and applied practical solutions to the challenges of sustainability in regards to a very specialized area of water conservation. The harvesting of air conditioner condensate could potentially lead to the conservation of a great deal of both water and money. Pentair, a company specialized in providing water solutions, is interested in the technology to harvest the condensate from A/C in buildings, and is our sponsor. We aimed to create public awareness surrounding the potential non-potable use of air conditioner condensate through demonstration and presentation. The IPRO Team of Summer 2011 will advance the prior work by focusing upon building public awareness and working to change public policy. The Team will utilize social media promotional strategies/messages and implementation. The Team will also identify the practical and political barriers to main stream harvesting of condensate and develop action plans to overcome the barriers. The two activities of the Team will be to build public enthusiasm for condensate harvesting via social media and secondly to summarize all IPRO condensate efforts into a presentation with collateral materials and share it with organizations that have outreach missions of sustainability and conservation.
Sponsorship: Pentair, Inc
Project Plan for IPRO 346: IIT Saves Water for the Summer 2011 semester
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