IPRO News

IPRO Program featured on NBC Channel 5 News

June 10, 2009

On Friday, June 5, 2009, NBC Channel 5 Chicago broadcast a story about a project that an IPRO team completed for the Chicago White Sox in 2006. The story, How Many Feet Are in that Home Run?, featured an interview with Tom Jacobius, director of the IPRO Program. The full text of the broadcast is [...]

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Spring 2009 IPRO Day Awards

May 4, 2009

Best Teams Per Track
Track 1 – Applied Research, Development and Planning

IPRO 341: Design & Global Market Analysis of a Tool Product
IPRO 319: New Technology for Cardiac Arrest (Cardiac Refresh)
IPRO 304: Innovating Process Improvements in Manufacturing Operations

Track 2 – Process Improvement I

IPRO 317: Silver Nanoparticles as Indicators of Thermal History
IPRO 316: Biofuels Facility for Renewable Energy Generation
IPRO 302: Zero Liquid [...]

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Fall 2008 IPRO Day Winners

February 6, 2009

Best Teams Overall
Track 1 – Applied Research, Development and Planning

IPRO 308: Developing An Artificial Pancreas
IPRO 327: A Geographically Searchable Local News Aggregator
IPRO 319: New Technologies to Serve Cardiac Arrest Victims

Track 2 – Process Improvement 

IPRO 344: Audio Quality & Energy Efficiency for Mobile Devices and Intercoms
IPRO 304: Innovating Process Improvements in Manufacturing Operations
IPRO 347: Developing a Document Control System

Track 3 – [...]

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EnPRO 354: Conveying Emotions Wirelessly wins the Entrepreneur Idol competition

January 26, 2009

Avelo Roy and Ed Suda from EnPRO 354: Conveying Emotions Wirelessly won $25,000 in grand prize and the “audience favorite” award at Entrepreneur Idol – a student-run business competition held at Northwestern University in Chicago.
The story was featured in the Chicago Tribune: Input From Others Puts Entrepreneurs on Fast Track.

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