The culmination of the fall semester’s Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program was held on IPRO Day on November 20 where 115 teams exhibited their semester-long work throughout Hermann Hall. Dedicated panels of workplace professionals, faculty, and graduate students spent the day judging the IPRO projects, and voting on the best exhibits.
The IPRO Program would like to thank all of the students, faculty, guests, judges and sponsors for making this the best IPRO Day yet.
IPRO Day Recognition Awards
Following the exhibit judging and lunch, IPRO Day participants gathered in the Hermann Hall Expo for the closing award ceremony, where the Dean’s Choice, Top Tracks, People’s Choice and Innovation Showcase Teams were announced.
Dean’s Choice Awards:
Lewis College of Human Sciences: Developing a Community-Centered Urban Agriculture Food Hub (Imani Village: Trinity 95th & Cottage Grove Planned Community Development LLC)
Stuart School of Business: The Illinois Commuter Ferry System
Armour College of Engineering: Modulus Solaris: Solar-Capturing Retractable Awning
School of Architecture: Unleashing STEMagination
College of Science: Chicago and Water: Challenges and Opportunities
School of Applied Technology: huLo: Digital Tangible Color Recognition System for Online Shopping
Track Winners
Track 1
Urban Transportation: Train Noise Mitigation Strategies
Track 3:
STEM Environments (Sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation): WISE: Women Inspiring STEM Empowerment
Track 4:
Innovating for a Changing World: Retooling Plastics
Track 5:
Apps for Daily Life: Go Shop!
Track 6:
Large Scale Systems and Sustainable Solutions: Improving Housing in Raghopur
Track 8: (Two Top Teams)
Improving the Student Experience: Global Challenges in Education
Track 10
Revitalizing Chicago Neighborhoods: Fantastic For
Track 11
Community Communication, Safety & Engagement: NEX
Track 12
Pets & Recreation: Camp Cooler Kitchen
People’s Choice Awards:
Developing a New Strategy to Detect Smuggled Nuclear Material
Innovation Showcase:
Social Innovation Award:
Honorable mention:
Water Collecting Kite
Team Accessibility
Winner: The Saree mask
Business Innovation Award:
Honorable mention:
Weed wand
MOPID’s Journey to Rawanda
Audio vino
Winner: Exploring IIT Utility Vaults to Improve Effectiveness & Efficiency (Contractors’ Power & Light)
Technological Innovation I Award:
Honorable mention:
Creating and selling a viable tissue implant
Winner: Icarus: Flying Transport Vehicle
Technological Innovation II Award:
Honorable mentions:
Developing a new strategy to detect smuggled nuclear material
AIG Dock
Snow Cruiser
Winner: Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Nanomaterial Research
Mark your calendars for the Spring 2016 IPRO Day, which will be held on Friday, April 22, 2016.