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Title: Developing a Next-Generation Occupant Engagement System (Semester Unkown) IPRO 323: DevelopingANext-GenerationOccupantEngagementSystemIPRO323ProjectPlanSp09
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.
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Title: Hyde Park Art Center Digital Facade (semester?), IPRO 306: Hyde Park Art Center IPRO 306 Midterm Report Sp05
Creator: Sherman, Mindy, Maltby, Edward, Chen, M. Leah, Djerrouf, Ryad, Haro, Blanca, Hopkins, Aaron, Joe, Yong June, Kim, Ryan, Ng, Michael, Walker, Matt
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The scope of this project is to present a variety of solutions, determining and defining a system required to implement a digital façade for...
Show moreThe scope of this project is to present a variety of solutions, determining and defining a system required to implement a digital façade for the new Hype Park Art Center. The pioneering icon for the Hyde Park Art Center will engage neighbors and those who pass by, in addition to ideally attracting visitors from all over Chicago and beyond. The projection area will be the Art Center’s signature while serving many exhibition and studio needs by bringing art directly into the view of the community it serves. The idea is that the art created because of this façade will be a signature as well. Because of this, the façade system itself needs to accommodate many different digital art mediums to function as a blank canvas with opportunity for a creative manipulation by artists, visitors, and the Hyde Park Art Center to the full capabilities of the technology.
Sponsorship: IIT - Office of the President; IPRO Office, Tom Jacobius; Hyde Part Art Center
Deliverables for IPRO 306: Hyde Park Art Center Digital Facade for the Spring 2005 semester.
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Title: NONLINEAR PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF PERIODICALLY FORCED CHEMICAL REACTORS
Creator: Ozgulsen, F., Kendra, S. J., Cinar, A.
Date: 1993-04
Publisher: AMER INST CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
Description: A nonlinear model-predictive control strategy is developed to maintain the superior-to-steady-state performance of a periodically forced...
Show moreA nonlinear model-predictive control strategy is developed to maintain the superior-to-steady-state performance of a periodically forced chemical reactor. The performance of the predictive con troller is investigated in the presence of measurement disturbances and parametric uncertainty. It is also shown that statistically inferred input-output models can be a substitute whenever detailed fundamental models are not available. A nonlinear autoregressive polynomial model based on observed plant data is built and incorporated into the control scheme. The catalytic oxidation of ethylene in a periodically-forced, continuous stirred-tank reactor is considered as the test case.
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Title: APPLICATION OF SPECTRUM OBSERVATORY MEASUREMENTS TO SUPPORT TRAFFIC MODEL-BASED DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS
Creator: Taher, Tanim Mohammed
Date: 2014, 2014-07
Description: In a 2012 report, the President’s Council of Advisors in Science and Technology (PCAST) published a memorandum that calls for the...
Show moreIn a 2012 report, the President’s Council of Advisors in Science and Technology (PCAST) published a memorandum that calls for the identification of 1000 MHz of Federal Spectrum to be shared with private (commercial) users. This dissertation proposes a system that employs RF measurements for spectrum usage modeling and Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) methodologies that utilize the modeling information to permit sharing of wireless resources. A procedure called the Comprehensive Band Modeling (CBM) procedure is developed that automatically models measured RF data from any band of interest and identifies the locations of signals and holes present in the band. The output of the CBM procedure is summarized in a compact versatile format that makes DSA applications feasible. The research primarily focuses on the 450-474 MHz land mobile radio (LMR) band, and several additional bands like the TV band and the 2.5-2.7 GHz band. However, the research methodology and techniques are broadly applicable to many more frequency ranges. The research has four main areas: (a) spectrum sensor design and measurements, (b) occupancy modeling, (c) communicating the modeling information in a compact form to secondary users to support DSA algorithms and protocols, and (d) tools and metrics for spectrum sharing favorability analysis. Three spectrum sensor platforms were employed in measurements – (1) a spectrum analyzer based Spectrum Observatory (SO) that was developed earlier, (2) a specially purposed software-defined radio (SDR) for measuring LMR channels, (3) and a high-speed and portable SO system based on a sensor called the RFeye. An SO continually measures RF data in a band at a high temporal resolution such that the channel switching activity is seen – like, transmitters turning on and off. Spectrum measurements of the individual RF channels in the 450-474 MHz LMR band and the two commercial bands are used to generate statistical traffic and occupancy models. Long-term measurement data is used to assess how stationary the channel is, and how often the model parameters need to be updated. The spectrum observatory supports a network of Secondary Users (SU) by communicating the traffic model parameters in a compact format to the SUs. The SUs share Primary User (PU) channels via DSA techniques. The DSA algorithms take advantage of the model parameters provided by the SO to maximize SU throughput with limited interference on the PU. The DSA coexistence techniques are evaluated via simulation. The simulation results including Spectrum Opportunity Accessed (SOA), SU throughput, and collision rates are then analyzed to provide an assessment of DSA-based spectrum sharing in that band. The main contribution of this dissertation is the aforementioned CBM procedure. The white spaces in the frequency and time domains, that is, the underutilized spectrum opportunities available for possible secondary use via DSA are automatically identified, as well as the frequency locations that are not conducive to DSA due to the presence of frequent primary licensee transmissions. In CBM, white spaces are referred to as ‘Holes’, and the licensed primary transmission frequencies as ‘Signals’. Useful information about the duty cycles and traffic patterns of incumbent users’ activity within possible secondary use channels is extracted and modeled. The model enables prospective secondary users of white spaces to predict the expected level of interference in any channel, which allows for channel ranking and optimal selection of DSA transmission parameters. The CBM model is describable by a tiered structure, where the first tier identifies the holes and signals; the second tier ranks the holes in terms of available bandwidth and incumbent duty cycle; and the third tier models the infrequent incumbent transmissions. With the three tiers of information, an SU can readily identify all the suitable DSA channels within the entire spectrum band. This essential summary information is retrieved as a “Hole Descriptor Object” (HDO) that is both compact and tractable. Empirical spectrum measurement data obtained from the three different SO platforms is used to test the performance of the CBM procedure in the 2500-2700 MHz frequency range that currently has WiMAX deployments, the TV white space band, and the 450-474 MHz LMR band in Chicago. Spectrum measurement data runs into hundreds of megabytes or gigabytes. As such, the raw information is not very applicable in practical wireless networks. The HDO objects on the other hand are compact and only kilobytes in size. The HDO objects contain all the useful and applicable information necessary for any smart radio (primary or secondary) to select transmission parameters like frequency of operation and bandwidth, so that it can efficiently operate. Thus, the advantage of the CBM procedure is that it summarizes gigabytes of raw spectrum measurements in a usable compact format that can be directly used by practical smart radios to operate using DSA paradigms. Another advantage of CBM is that it is comprehensive and automatically identifies all holes and signals. The research findings are of interest and value to a variety of Federal and Commercial entities. The models and relevant model parameters for public safety radio in the LMR band have been provided on request to the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The DSA feasibility analysis methodology is of great national economic interest based on the contents of the PCAST report. The PCAST report recommends finding 1000 MHz of federal frequencies to be allocated for shared commercial and federal use. However, the technology for doing so and identifying the suitable bands requires measurements of actual spectrum usage, modeling the occupancy and existing traffic activity, and assessing DSA feasibility – these are important research aspects, and all of which are addressed in this dissertation. The results are of crucial importance to policy makers like the FCC and NTIA who will ultimately make the spectrum allocations decisions. A future network of commercial DSA SU radios operating in a shared band is likely to need access to a system to obtain live information about PU activity to optimally operate in the band with high throughput and low interference. The overall system, based on the CBM procedure and HDO objects, proposed in this thesis describes a framework for providing this information as a service to DSA networks, and hence the work is also of practical relevance to radio system designers.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, July 2014
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Title: Automatic Insulin Pumps Using Recursive Multivariable Models and Adaptive Control Algorithms
Creator: Cinar, Ali, Oruklu, Meriyan
Date: 2014-04-09, 2014-04-08
Description: A method and device for monitoring or treating patient glucose levels. The device includes a glucose sensor for measuring a glucose level of a...
Show moreA method and device for monitoring or treating patient glucose levels. The device includes a glucose sensor for measuring a glucose level of a patient, a physiological status monitoring system for measuring at least one physical or metabolic variable of the patient, and an automatic controller in communication with the glucose sensor and the physiological status monitoring system. The controller includes a prediction module for automatically predicting a future glucose level using data measured by the glucose sensor and the physiological sensor.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
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Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333: Fab Lab IPRO 333 Brochure F08
Creator: Brassil, Michael, Lamonica, Regina, Luciani, Joseph, Ly, Christine, Martinez, Jessica, Martinez, Michael, Murman, Patricia, Ptak, Treyson, Reyes, Ivan, Villa, Jacqueline
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago (MSI) has partnered with this IPRO to further develop their existing Fab Lab. IPRO 333 has been assigned the task of working with the Fab Lab administrators to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and determining its end goals for both the museum and the community. Once these goals are established, we will support them with a list of projects that we will create and execute. By working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, we hope to encourage hands-on learning in local schools. This will promote membership at MSI and involve the community in science and technology programs and education. To accomplish this, we have broken into two teams, each of which will focus on a different audience. The first team will be responsible for designing and creating programs for more advanced and knowledgeable users of the equipment specific to the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program as well as museum members; the second team will be responsible for designing and implementing programs for less advanced users with more constrained timeframes, such as visiting families or groups of school children.
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Title: PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND ONLINE MINDFULNESS TRAINING
Creator: Stickney, Laurie
Date: 2013-04-15, 2013-05
Description: Despite the improvements in resources and communication in today’s world, many people still do not have access to mental health resources....
Show moreDespite the improvements in resources and communication in today’s world, many people still do not have access to mental health resources. Mindfulness, a type of meditation, has been shown to be effective at reducing stress, reducing pain, and increasing general mental well-being. Mindfulness has the potential to reach many people though internet-based interventions. However, more research is needed to determine whether mindfulness retains its efficacy when delivered over the internet. Participants engaged in a six week program of internet-based mindfulness interventions. Facets of mental well-being were assessed at various time points including mood state, anxiety, quality of life, mindfulness, and psychological inflexibility. Hierarchical Linear Modeling demonstrated that over time, participants significantly increased their level of mindfulness and decreased in their psychological inflexibility. Measurements pertaining to mood, anxiety, quality of life, and perceived stress did not change significantly. Nonetheless, results from the present study suggest the potential efficacy of internet-based mindfulness interventions and highlight the need for future research in this domain.
M.S. in Psychology, May 2013
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Title: Zero Energy Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 337: ZeroEnergyLabandDesigningTheIPROTeamCollaboratorySpaceIPRO337AbstractF09
Creator: Akutagawa, Abraham, Babnigg, David, Braband, Jim, Chiu, Mark, Deboth, Ray, Dosky, Benton, Hamill, Nancy, Hansen, Hamill, Kawa, Konrad, Mensah, Teddy, Park, Lillian, Parkes, Brian, Patel, Jay, Reinecke, Jonathan, Shive, Clayton, Shunia, Limia, Vice, Evan, Zappala, Theresa
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: The goal of this IPRO is to continue the research and application of previous research into ‘Zero Energy’ techniques, while simultaneously...
Show moreThe goal of this IPRO is to continue the research and application of previous research into ‘Zero Energy’ techniques, while simultaneously evaluating an old CTA building on the IIT campus for its feasibility both as a collaboratory IPRO space and as a ‘Zero Energy’ building.
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Title: Interdisciplinary Design Education And Strategy (Semester Unknown) IPRO 301: InterdisciplinaryDesignEducationAndStrategyIPRO301ProjectPlanSu09
Creator: Scanlon, Ed, Brierley, Philip, Choe, Mihee, Cornelius, Joel, Hansen, Kai, Horozova Nalls, Gergana, Hussain, Faraz, Krupp, Kevin, Laurence, Alexis, Lucchesi, Kristin, Mceneff, Aaran, Natale, Vito, Nikamalfard, Mehrdad, Phillips, Timothy, Radtke, Dennis, Robledo, Ruben, Workman, Jessica, Valadez, Julia
Date: 2009, 2009-07
Description: For years, the IPRO Program at IIT has been forced to operate wherever space can be found. Often, facilities are not equipped for the needs of...
Show moreFor years, the IPRO Program at IIT has been forced to operate wherever space can be found. Often, facilities are not equipped for the needs of the program. It has become necessary to find a way to give the IPRO Program its own dedicated space. If we give the program its own space, then what is needed in that space? What needs to be done with it? What types of spaces are necessary? What technologies will be used? IPRO 301 exists to answer these questions. We will provide ideas to IIT that can solve these problems. ii
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Title: Developing a Next-Generation Occupant Engagement System (Semester Unkown) IPRO 323: DevelopingANext-GenerationOccupantEngagementSystemIPRO323EthicsSp09
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.
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Title: Silver Nanoparticles Indicators of Thermal History (Semester Unknown) IPRO 317: SilverNanoParticlesIndicatorsOfThermalHistoryIPRO317FinalReportSp09
Creator: Schillaci, Michael, De Nicolo, Marisa, Larkin, Evan, Hammes, Katherine, Peavler, Jennifer, Wicker, Amanda, Arnoux, Christian, Ucci, Russell, Justice, Grant, Konwar, Riju, Pyciak, Mark, Yaker, Farouk, Darwish, Muhammad, Petsod, Jason, Ismail, Malisa, Adejinle, Remi, Kyle, Ryan, Apampa, Kunle, Apyan, Aram, Bijonowski, Brent, Adamczyk, Paul, Muchna, Joseph, Bednarz, Mathew, Mbaegbu, Amaka
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: A. The primary purpose of IPRO 317 is to prove the merit of using silver nanorods as a thermal history indicator. The extended purpose of IPRO...
Show moreA. The primary purpose of IPRO 317 is to prove the merit of using silver nanorods as a thermal history indicator. The extended purpose of IPRO 317 is to convert the production of silver nanorods from a batch process to a continuous flow process. B. To accomplish this our team will:  Gain deeper understanding of batch process.  Research continuous flow processes with an emphasis on microreactors 6  Design and simulate a continuous flow process for production of silver nanorods with the aid of a computer simulation software.
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Title: New Technologies for Cardiac Arrest Victims (Semester Unknown) IPRO 319: NewTechnologiesForCardiacArrestVictimsIPRO319BrochureF09
Creator: John, Jennifer, Gazda, Christopher, Spinoza, Julian, Lasowky, Oksana, Hutchful, Albert, Austin, Grant, Cho, Bum Kyung, Fournier, Andrew, Harmon, Stephanie
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: The Interprofessional Projects (IPRO®) Program at Illinois Institute of Technology: An emphasis on multidisciplinary education and cross...
Show moreThe Interprofessional Projects (IPRO®) Program at Illinois Institute of Technology: An emphasis on multidisciplinary education and cross-functional teams has become pervasive in education and the workplace. IIT offers an innovative and comprehensive approach to providing students with a real-world project-based experience—the integration of interprofessional perspectives in a student team environment. Developed at IIT in 1995, the IPRO Program consists of student teams from the sophomore through graduate levels, representing the breadth of the university’s disciplines and professional programs. Projects crystallize over a one- or multi-semester period through collaborations with sponsoring corporations, nonprofit groups, government agencies, and entrepreneurs. IPRO team projects reflect a panorama of workplace challenges, encompassing research, design and process improvement, service learning, the international realm, and entrepreneurship. (Refer to http://ipro.iit.edu for information.) The New Developments in Cardiac Arrest team project represents one of more than 40 IPRO team projects for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: Study of electric rates and ratemaking
Creator: Barrer, Glen A, Shaffer, Sydney
Date: 2009, 1915
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/studyofelectricr00barr
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1915 Bibliography: leaves 43-47 B.S. in...
Show morehttp://www.archive.org/details/studyofelectricr00barr
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1915 Bibliography: leaves 43-47 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1915
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Title: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact (semester?), IPRO 341
Creator: Nick, Chillemi, Robert, Dusso, Syed, Ijaz, Jonathan, Komyathy, Alan, Patek, Sagar, Shah, Andrew, Vanloo, Ricardo, Gonzalez
Date: 2005-12, 2005-12
Description: The first objective of IPRO 341 is to develop a hypothetical model of the life cycle of emerging technologies through historical analysis. The...
Show moreThe first objective of IPRO 341 is to develop a hypothetical model of the life cycle of emerging technologies through historical analysis. The team has chosen four technologies the study of which we believe will allow us to construct a working model of the life cycle of an emerging technology. The second objective of IPRO 341 is to begin an in-depth look into emerging technologies and assess its political, social, and economic impacts. By applying our hypothetical model to the current trends of emerging technologies, we will predict the impacts that the introduction of emerging technologies will have on society as a whole. The third objective of IPRO 341 is to reassess our model after completing other research dealing with emerging technologies. Since the model we develop can only be a theoretical model, we will have to continuously revise our model depending on any new information that comes about during the development of emerging technologies. The fourth objective of IPRO 341 is to provide an overview as to the importance of researching emerging technologies; how they affect society and the importance to all stakeholders involved.
Deliverables for IPRO 341: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact for the Fall 2005 semester.
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Title: Educational and Technical support of Orthotics and Prosthetics Education in Latin America (semester?), IPRO 309
Creator: Gracia, David, Prabhu, Vinit, Kelley, Kristen, Pellico, Christopher, Singh, Prachi, Rezek, Natalie, French, Elise, Grilley, Michael, Ogbonnaya, Amara, Maksimowicz, Piotr, Caro, Jahir, Lemley, Shea, Hamblen, Matthew, Patel, Sonali
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: There is an enormous need for creating and supporting education opportunities in orthotics and prosthetics in Latin America. The primary...
Show moreThere is an enormous need for creating and supporting education opportunities in orthotics and prosthetics in Latin America. The primary objective of this IPRO is to support the first orthotics and prosthetics educational program (established in February 2005) in Bogotá, Colombia.
Deliverables for IPRO 309: Educational and Technical support of Orthotics and Prosthetics Education in Latin America for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Refuable Electric Cars (Semester Unknown) IPRO 313
Creator: Chatman, Amanda, Gasca, Victor, Henriquez, Yuri, Huang, Ken, Kanzelmeyer, Joshua, Kim, Suro, Leresche, Mike, Matezic, Samira, Maus, Dylan, Meier, Alan, Micic, Stanislav, Nettles, Raymond, Njoagwuali, Tuesday, Patel, Neelkumar, Perez, Cristina, Rojo, David, Romero, Jorge, Stanard, Steve, Syed, Omar, Terry, Milton, Urizarbarrena, Mikel, Vazquez, Manuel, Vetter, Jonathan, Wisniewski, Jerome, Zhurgenbayeva, Aida, Ziman, Charlie
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The overall conflict that IPRO 313 is trying to resolve is the dependency on oil as a fuel source for automotive vehicles. Along with the...
Show moreThe overall conflict that IPRO 313 is trying to resolve is the dependency on oil as a fuel source for automotive vehicles. Along with the global and financial concerns that go along with oil as a fuel source, there has been growing interest in electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are the competitive issue that IPRO 313 has researched, investigated, and is working to resolve. Currently, most electric vehicles run on lithium batteries. The problems associated with these vehicles are the recharge time and service station compatibilities. The most popular electric vehicle is the Testla Roadster, which has a driving distance of approximately 270 miles per full charge. Although this is an adequate driving distance, it takes six to eight hours for a full charge. This amount of charge time is a vital drawback for electric vehicles. The vast majority of service stations are not electric vehicle friendly. Gas stations do not and have not set up areas for electric battery pack replacement, or vehicle charge. Withou
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Title: New Applications for Virtual Reality Training (semester?), IPRO 316: New Applications for Virtual Reality Training IPRO 316 IPRO Day Presentation F07
Creator: Jeong, Ahreum, Doolittle, Erik, Mead, Erik, Roe, Ian, Stanford, Jeffrey, Kim, Jeongshik, Knopp, Kyle, Malanowski, Mark, Cantoni, Nick, Steward, Shane
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: We have quite a few objectives for this IPRO. Our first objective is to research into both industrial and mass market applications of the...
Show moreWe have quite a few objectives for this IPRO. Our first objective is to research into both industrial and mass market applications of the Product Animations technology. After this first objective, we take 2 paths. The first leads to determining a screening criterion to select the best industrial prospects. We then plan to quantify the value propositions for the prospects selected from objective 2. When this is finished, we will create a deliverable simulation example, and finally write down any and all recommendations for future work with this IPRO. The other path leads to researching the idea or design of an ASP website. After this has been implemented, we want to use a PAI example of a milkshake machine, and show this on the ASP at IPRO day.
Deliverables for IPRO 316: New Applications for Virtual Reality Training for the Fall 2007 semester
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Title: Minimum-bias angular and trigger-associated correlations from 200 GeV p-p collisions: jets, flows, centrality, and the underlying event, Proceedings of the XLIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics
Creator: Prindle, D.
Date: 2013-09-15, 2013-09-15
Publisher: IIT Press
Description: The mechanisms leading to the hadronic final state of high-energy proton-proton collisions remain an unresolved issue at the RHIC and LHC. A...
Show moreThe mechanisms leading to the hadronic final state of high-energy proton-proton collisions remain an unresolved issue at the RHIC and LHC. A substantial contribution to the hadronic final state from minimum-bias (MB) jets is dominated by non-perturbative processes and may provide the common base for any high-energy dijet. Observation of a same-side (on azimuth)“ridge” in LHC p-p collisions suggests to some that hydrodynamic flows may play a role in that small system at higher energies. The issue of p-p centrality vs triggered jets has emerged in the context of gluon trans- verse distributions in the proton inferred from DIS data. Attempts have been made to isolate and study the underlying event (UE) complementary to triggered dijets, and it is suggested that multiple parton interactions may contribute to the UE. Reference [1] considered theoretical and experimental results for UE systematics and p-p centrality in the context of a two-component (soft+hard) model derived from single-particle pt spectrum nch systematics. The study concluded that there may be a substantial contribution to the UE from the triggered dijet and that p-p centrality is not controlled significantly by a jet trigger condition (if p-p centrality is relevant at all). Further study of two-particle correlations in p-p collisions was called for, particularly the nch dependence of MB correlations. We report a comprehensive study of MB (no pt cuts) angular correlations and trigger-associated (TA) yt correlations (transverse rapidity yt = ln[(mt + pt)/mπ]) from 200 GeV p-p collisions. Angular correlations are characterized by 2D model fits that accurately distinguish among proton dissociation structure (soft), jet-related structure (hard) and a nonjet azimuth quadrupole. All angular correlations are simply represented by a (2+1)-component model. The hard and quadrupole component scale simply with the soft-component multiplicity ns, clarifying the role of centrality and the eikonal model in p-p collisions. 2D TA correlations project to a marginal 1D trigger spectrum that can be simply predicted from pt spec- trum nch dependence. 2D TA distributions can then be processed to reveal MB jet fragment (hard component) systematics comparable to measured fragmentation functions. Hard-component azimuth dependence relative to the trigger relates to UE studies. From TA analysis we can establish the kinematic limits of jet fragment production in p-p collisions.
Sponsorship: IIT College of Science, High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory
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Title: infoMOTO - Information Tools to Enhance the Performance and Experience of Motorcyclists, Summer 2011, IPRO 308: Final poster
Creator: Hussain, Faraz, Sarsfield, Corey, Wang, Haochen, Perkins, Jeff, Charles, Joe, Siva, Arun
Date: 2011-06-17, 2011-07
Description: infoMoto is a user-friendly and affordable aftermarket device which provides accessible feedback to the rider and mechanic as to the safety...
Show moreinfoMoto is a user-friendly and affordable aftermarket device which provides accessible feedback to the rider and mechanic as to the safety and performance of the motorcycle, which enhances the overall riding experience. Unlike existing standard equipment which provides minimal information, infoMoto notifies the user of impending malfunctions in addition to providing diagnostic information. This device may also help the designers of future models of motorcycles to head off any impeding problems, increasing the quality of their product.
IPRO 308: infoMOTO for Summer 2011
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Title: Innovative Mapping (Semester Unknown) IPRO 303: InnovativeMappingIPRO303ProjectPlanF09
Creator: Komoroski, Aaron, Mora, Andres, Sarraf, Basel, Kemp, Brandon, Duong, Cindy, Woodward, Frank, Suwada, Jerry, Michael, Mark, Sinha, Piyush, Glover, Richard, Mandrekar, Urba
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: NAVTEQ, the sponsor of this project, is one of the largest digital mapping companies in the world. They are in a constant phase of self...
Show moreNAVTEQ, the sponsor of this project, is one of the largest digital mapping companies in the world. They are in a constant phase of self-improvement. Right now, NAVTEQ’s focus is on how to make their technology more pedestrian and community friendly. Our project has two main sections – 1. Target the majority of mobile device users, and give them an outlet to report any changes, mistakes or developments that have been overlooked by NAVTEQ. 2. Come up with a solution which enables the average map user – men and women ages 18-35, students and tourists – to address these alterations in a simple, hassle free way
Sponsorship: NAVTEQ
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