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Submissions from 2024
Experimental Demonstration of a Novel Supercritical CO2 Seal Concept on a 2′′ Static Test Rig, Mohammad Fuad Hassan, Hanping Xu, Mohammad Towhidul Islam, Sevki Cesmeci, Shuangbiao Liu, Aaron Harcrow, Ali Akbor Topu, Md Wasif Hasan, Jonah Henry, Joshua Bunting, David Dewis, and Jing Tang
Submissions from 2023
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Combustion and Emissions Characteristics in a Drone Jet Engine Fueled with Jet-A, Valentin Soloiu, John William McAfee, Marcel Ilie, Cesar Carapia, Amanda Weave, and Austin Brant
Submissions from 2019
A Comprehensive Design Approach for a Fail-Safe, Magnetorheological-Based Isolation System for Three-Dimensional Seismic Isolation of Building Structures, Sevki Cesmeci, Faramarz Gordaninejad, Keri L. Ryan, and Walaa Eltahawy
Vibration Energy Harvesting System with Coupled Bistable Modules, Patrick Dorin, Jinki Kim, and K. W. Wang
Displacement/Velocity-Based Control of a Liquid Spring - MR Damper for Vertical Isolation, Walaa Eltahawy, Keri L. Ryan, Sevki Cesmeci, and Faramarz Gordaninejad
A Fully-Coupled CFD/CSD Computational Approach for Aeroelastic Studies of Helicopter Blade-Vortex Interaction, Marcel Ilie
The Effect of Winglets on the Aircraft Wing Aerodynamics; Numerical Studies Using LES, Marcel Ilie, Matthew White, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Hybrid-Bistable Vibration Energy Harvester with Adaptive Potential Well, Jinki Kim, Patrick Dorin, and K. W. Wang
Developments based on QFD and TRIZ in a Mechanical Engineering Design Course, Gustavo J. Molina
A Study on Viscosity and Lubricity Effects of N-Butanol and Its Mixtures in Oil, Gustavo J. Molina, John Morrison, Cesar E. Carapia, and Valentin Soloiu
A Study on Wear Effects from Methyl Esters in Oil Mixtures, Gustavo J. Molina, John Morrison, Emeka Onyejizu, and Valentin Soloiu
Graphite in Metallic Materials- Growths, Structures and Defects of Spheroidal Graphite in Ductile Iron, Jingjing Qing and Mingzhi Xu
Computational and Experimental Studies of Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter, Ian Riley, Marcel Ilie, and Mosfequr Rahman
Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition and Low Temperature Combustion of Fischer-Tropsch Fuel Blended with n-Butanol, Valentin Soloiu, Remi Gaubert, Jose D. Moncada, Justin Wiley, Johnnie Williams, Spencer Harp, Marcel Ilie, and Gustavo Molina
Tar Reduction in Biomass Syngas Using Heat Exchanger and Vegetable Oil Bubbler, Sunil Thapa, Natarianto Indrawan, Prakashbhai R. Bhoi, Ajay Kumar, and Raymond L. Huhnke
Modeling Students' Attention in the Classroom Using Eyetrackers, Narayanan Veliyath, Pradipta De, Andrew A. Allen, Charles B. Hodges, and Anirudda Mitra
Designing a Graphitic White Iron: Microstructures and Properties, Jie Wan, Jingjing Qing, and Mingzhi Xu
Designing a Novel Graphitic White Iron for Metal-to-Metal Wear Systems, Jie Wan, Jingjing Qing, and Mingzhi Xu
Submissions from 2018
Co-Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste and Biomass in a Commercial Scale Downdraft Gasifier, Prakash Bhoi, Raymond L. Huhnke, Ajay Kumar, Natarianto Indrawan, and Sunil Thapa
Scale-Up of a Downdraft Gasifier System for Commercial Scale Mobile Power Generation, Prakash Bhoi, Raymond L. Huhnke, Ajay Kumar, Sunil Thapa, and Natarianto Indrawan
A Liquid Spring-Magnetorheological Damper System Under Combined Axial and Shear Loading for Three-Dimensional Seismic Isolation of Structures, Sevki Cesmeci, Faramarz Gordaninejad, Keri L. Ryan, and Walaa Eltahawy
Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics of Two HAWT Array; Numerical Studies Using LES and IDDES, Chris Dao and Marcel Ilie
Numerical Studies of Three and Four HAWT Array Using LES and IDDES, Chris Dao and Marcel Ilie
The Effect of Pulsatile Flow on the Fluid Dynamics of Aorta; Numerical Studies Using LES and IDDES, Chris Dao and Marcel Ilie
Parameters Affecting Dynamics of 3-Dimensional Seismic Isolation, Walaa Eltahawy, Keri L. Ryan, Sevki Cesmeci, and Faramarz Gordaninejad
Flow Past Circular Cylinders in Tandem: A Comparison Between LES and IDDES, Keaton Harris and Marcel Ilie
Fluid-Structure Interaction in Turbulent Flows: A CFD Based Aeroelastic Algorithm Using LES, Marcel Ilie
Numerical Studies of Turbulent Swirling Reacting Flows Using LES and URANS, Marcel Ilie
Numerical Studies of a Buoy System; A Comparison Between LES and SAS, Marcel Ilie and Keaton Harris
Electricity Power Generation from Co-Gasification of Municipal Solid Wastes and Biomass: Generation and Emission Performance, Natarianto Indrawan, Sunil Thapa, Prakash Bhoi, Raymond L. Huhnke, and Ajay Kumar
Predicting Non-Stationary and Stochastic Activation of Saddle-Node Bifurcation in Non-Smooth Dynamical Systems, Jinki Kim and K. W. Wang
Crashworthiness Analysis of Short Fiber Reinforced Composite Bumper Beam Using Multiscale Modeling and FE Simulation, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho, Giovanni Belingardi, and Brunetto Martorana
Performance of Nano-Micro Modified Composites for Head Injury Protective Helmet in Vehicle Passive Safety, Ermias Koricho, E. Stubblefield, J. A. Oviedo, and Oliver King
Development and Implementation of an Early Introduction to Conceptual Design Class in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum, Gustavo J. Molina
Erosion-Corrosion Wear of Heat-Exchanger Materials by Water/ethylene-Glycol/alumina Nanofluids, Gustavo J. Molina, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Testing of Wear and Erosion Effects of Nanofluids on Metals: New Instruments and Assessment Methodologies, Gustavo J. Molina, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Wear from Oil-Dilution by Biodiesels: A Tribometer Study on Effects of Biodiesel Methyl-Ester Components, Gustavo J. Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Emeka F. Onyejizu
Improvements in the Structural Analysis of a Composite Material T-joint Structure, Carlo Boursier Niutta, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho, and Giovanni Belingardi
Aerodynamic Performance and Vibration Analyses of Small Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine with Various Number of Blades, Mosfequr Rahman, Emile Maroha, Adel El Shahat, Valentin Soloiu, and Marcel Ilie
Stochastic Sensitivity Analysis for Robust Topology Optimization, Xuchun Ren and Xiaodong Zhang
Effect of Vibration and Hot-Wire Gas Tungsten Arc (GTA) on the Geometric Shape, Bishal Silwal and Michalel Santangelo
Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion and Emissions Using N-Butanol and Methyl Oleate, Valentin Soloiu, Jose D. Moncada, Remi Gaubert, Aliyah R. Knowles, Gustavo Molina, Marcel Ilie, Spencer Harp, and Justin T. Wiley
LTC (Low-Temperature Combustion) Analysis of PCCI (Premixed Charge Compression Ignition) with n-Butanol and Cotton Seed Biodiesel Versus Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of Their Binary Mixtures, Valentin Soloiu, Jose D. Moncada, Remi Gaubert, Martin Muinos, Spencer Harp, Marcel Ilie, Andrew Zdanowicz, and Gustavo Molina
An Overview on Fuel Properties and Prospects of Jatropha Biodiesel as Fuel for Engines, Sunil Thapa, Natarianto Indrawan, and Prakash Bhoi
Submissions from 2017
Aerosolized Bacteria and Microbial Activity in Dental Clinics During Cleaning Procedures, Atin Adhikari, Sushma Kurella, Pratik Banerjee, and Aniruddha Mitra
Experimental and FEM Analysis of Three Carbon Steel Characterization Under Quasi-Static Strain Rate for Bumper Beam Application, Dawit Bogale Alemayehu, Song-Jeng Huang, and Ermias Geberekidan Koricho
Lightweight Solutions for Vehicle Frontal Bumper: Crash Design and Manufacturing Issues, Giovanni Belingardi, Alem Tekalign Beyene, Ermias Koricho, and Brunetto Martorana
Experimental Effectiveness of Sierpinski Carpet Fractal Fins in a Natural Convection Environment, David M. Calamas, Daniel G. Dannelley, and Gyunay H. Keten
Thin‐Film Piezoelectric and High‐Aspect Ratio Polymer Leg Mechanisms for Millimeter‐Scale Robotics, Jongsoo Choi, Minchul Shin, Ryan Q. Rudy, Christopher Kao, Jeffery S. Pulskamp, Ronald G. Polcawich3, and Kenn R. Oldham
Ensembles of Novelty Detection Classifiers for Structural Health Monitoring Using Guided Waves, Gerges Dib, Oleksii Karpenko, Ermias Koricho, Anton Khomenko, Mahmoodul Haq, and Lalita Udpa
Design Studies and Aerodynamic Performance Analysis of Small Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade for Nano-Grid Applications, Md Mehedi Hasan, Adel El-Shahat, and Mosfequr Rahman
Performance Investigation of Three Combined Airfoils Bladed Small Scale Horizontal Axis wind Turbine by BEM and CFD Analysis, Md Mehedi Hasan, Adel El-Shahat, and Mosfequr Rahman
Enhancing the Security of IoT Enabled Robotics: Protecting TurtleBot File System and Communication, Michael Horton, Lei Chen, and Biswanath Samanta
Engine Power Generation and Emission Performance of Syngas Generated From Low-Density Biomass, Natarianto Indrawan, Sunil Thapa, Prakashbhai R. Bhoi, Raymond L. Huhnke, and Ajay Kumar
Quantitative Comparison of Optical Transmission Scanning With Conventional Techniques for Nde of Impact Damage in Gfrp Composites, Anton Khomenko, Oleksii Karpenko, Ermias Koricho, Mahmoodul Haq, Gary L. Cloud, and Lalita Udpa
The Effect of Nano Fillers on the Polymerization Shrinkage Kinetics and Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho, Anton Khomenko, and Mahmoodul Haq
Cell Plasma Membrane Cholesterol as a Diagnostic, Li Li, Binyu Lu, Minchul Shin, Thomas J. Kelley, and James D. Burgess
Enhancing Economic and Environmental Sustainability Benefits Across the Design and Manufacturing of Medical Devices: A Case Study of Ankle Foot Orthosis, Amin Mirkoui, Bishal Silwal, and Lawrence Ramiscal
Design and Testing of a Jet-Impingement Instrument to Study Surface-Modification Effects by Nanofluids, Gustavo J. Molina, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Valentin Soloiu, Mosfequr Rahman, and K. Martin
Development and Assessment of a New Flow-Through Test Instrument to Study Wear and Erosion Effects of Nanofluids, Gustavo J. Molina, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Valentin Soloiu, Mosfequr Rahman, and Kenshantis Martin
Chapter 2. Tribochemistry. Triboemission of exoelectrons, Gustavo J. Molina, Czeslaw Kajdas, K. Hiratsuka, A. Sasaki, and R. C. Dante
Wear Effects Assessment of Alumina Nanofluids in a Through-Flow Test-Rig, Gustavo J. Molina, K. Martin, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Mosfequr Rahman, and Valentin Soloiu
Polynomial Dimensional Decomposition with Adaptive-Sparse Schemes for Stochastic Analysis and Design, Xuchun Ren and Sharif Rahman
The Effect of Arc-Based Direct Metal Energy Deposition on PBF Maraging Steel, Bishal Silwal, Christopher Gerdmann, Stephen Migues, Kamran Kardel, Shaowen Xu, and Andrew Durrence
Effect of Vibration and Hot-Wire on Geometric Shape for Additive Manufacturing Application, Bishal Silwal and Michael P. Santangelo
Effects of Syngas Cooling and Biomass Filter Medium on Tar Removal, Sunil Thapa, Prakashbhai R. Bhoi, Ajay Kumar, and Raymond L. Huhnke
Submissions from 2016
Thermal Performance of Sierpinski Carpet Fractal Fins in a Natural Convection Environment, David M. Calamas, Daniel Dannelley, Gyunay Keten, and Philip Hines
CFD as a Visualization Tool in Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics, David M. Calamas and Gyunay H. Keten
Reinforcing Conceptual Content in Undergraduate Heat Transfer Through the Use of CFD, David M. Calamas and Gyunay H. Keten
Fluid Flow through Tree-Like Networks of Varying Scale, David M. Calamas, Liza T. Zamora, and Daniel G. Dannelley
Theory and Validation of Optical Transmission Scanning for Quantitative NDE of Impact Damage in GFRP Composites, Anton Khomenko, Oleksii Karpenko, Ermias Koricho, Mahmoodul Haq, Gary L. Cloud, and Lalita Udpa
Optical Transmission Scanning for Damage Quantification in Impacted GFRP Composites, Anton Khomenko, Oleksii Karpenko, Ermias Koricho, Mahmoodul Haq, Gary L. Cloud, and Lalita Upda
Evaluation of Progressive Damage of Micro-Glass Bubble Modified Composite Laminates Under Repeated Impacts, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho, Mahmoodul Haq, and Giovanni Belingardi
Numerical and Experimental Characterization of Hybrid Fastening System in Composite Joints, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho, Mahmoodul Haq, and Gary L. Cloud
Evaluation of Progressive Damage of Nano-Modified Composite Laminates Under Repeated Impacts, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho, Oleskii Karpenko, Anton Khomenko, Mahmoodul Haq, Gary L. Cloud, and Lalita Udpa
Creep Rates of Heat-Affected Zone of Grade 91 Pipe Welds as Determined by Stress-Relaxation Test, Leijun Li, Bishal Silwal, and Andrew Deceuster
Design and Development of Novel Test Instruments to Assess Tribological Effects of Nanofluids, Gustavo J. Molina, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Mosfequr Rahman, and V. Soloiu
Tribological Effects of Alumina-Nanofluids on Heat-Exchanger Materials: Assessment of Jet-Speed and Test-Time Factors, Gustavo J. Molina, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Mosfequr Rahman, Valentin Soloiu, and K. Martin
Finite Element Structural Analysis of Commonly Used Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Airfoils of Various Geometries, Mosfequr Rahman, David Pate, James Sawinski, Tucker Seeloff, Gustavo Molina, Adel El-Shahat, and Valentin Soloiu
Investigation of Aerodynamic Performance of Helical Shape Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Models With Various Number of Blades Using Wind Tunnel Testing and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Mosfequr Rahman, Travis Salyers, Mahbub Ahmed, Adel El-Shahat, Valentin Soloiu, and Emile Maroha
Numerical Investigation of Novel Design of Savonius Blade Geometries for Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines, Mosfequr Rahman, Travis E. Salyers, Emile Maroha, Mahbub Ahmed, and Sirajus Salekeen
High-Dimensional Stochastic Design Optimization by Adaptive-Sparse Polynomial Dimensional Decomposition, Sharif Rahman, Xuchun Ren, and Vaibhav Yadav
Robust Design Optimization by Adaptive-Sparse Polynomial Dimensional Decomposition, Xuchun Ren and Sharif Rahman
Reliability-Based Design Optimization by Adaptive-Sparse Polynomial Dimensional Decomposition, Xuchun Ren, Vaibhav Yadav, and Sharif Rahman
Vibration Assisted Robotic Hot-Wire Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) for Additive Manufacturing of Large Metallic Parts, Michalel Santangelo, Bishal Silwal, and Alexander Purdy
An Overview of Arc Based Additive Manufacturing, Bishal Silwal and Michael P. Santangelo
Vibration Assisted Hot-Wire Gas-Tungsten Arc Welding of Duplex Stainless Steel 2205, Bishal Silwal and Michalel Santangelo
Aircraft Gas Turbine Noise Reduction Utilizing New Synthetic Fuels and Sound Insulation Materials, Emerald Simons and Valentin Soloiu
Submissions from 2015
Investigation of Synthesis and Processing of Cellulose, Cellulose Acetate and Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Nanofibers Incorporating Anti-Cancer/Tumor Drug Cis-Diammineplatinum (II) Dichloride Using Electrospinning Techniques, Saheem Absar, Mujibur R. Khan, Kyle Edwards, and Jeffrey Neumann
Solution Spinning of Hybrid Nanocomposite Fibers, Saheem Absar, Mujibur R. Khan, Hassan Mahfuz, and Quazi Nahida Sultana
Experimental Investigations on the Tribological Effects of Alumina-Nanofluids in a Through-Flow-Test-Rig, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Gustavo J. Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Md Azizur Rahman
Assessment of Surface Modifications from Interactions of Alumina-Nanofluids on Heat-Exchanger Materials, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Gustavo J. Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Assessment of the Wear Effects of Low- and High- Speed Jet Impingement of Alumina Nanofluids on Heat-Exchanger Materials, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Gustavo J. Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
On Adhesion Mechanisms and Erosions Effects of Nanoparticle-Suspensions (Nanofluids) on Cooling System Materials, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Gustavo J. Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Assessment of a Digital Teaching and Learning Environment, David M. Calamas
Flow Behavior at Bifurcations in Branching Channel Networks, David M. Calamas and Mosfequr Rahman
Coaxial Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone Core-shell Nanofibers Encapsulating Cancer Dug 5-Fluorouracil for Active Targeted Drug Delivery, S. Iqbal, Mujibur R. Khan, Saheem Absar, A. Diamanduros, S. Chamber, and K. Scarpinato
Experimental Study of Thermopower of SWCNTs and SiC Nanoparticles with B-P (Born-Phosphorus) Sol-Gel Diffusion, Mujibur R. Khan, Saheem Absar, Kyle Edwards, Onasis Garcia, and Rafael L. Quirino
Morphological Characteristics of UHMWPE+Nylon- 6+SWCNT Solution-Spun Hybrid Nanocomposite Fibers Compatibilized with PE-g-MAH’, Mujibur R. Khan, Saheem Absar, Hassan Mahfuz, and Kyle Edwards
Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Vertical Axis Wind Turbine in Search for an Efficient Design, Mosfequr Rahman, Mohammad M. Bashar, Gustavo Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Travis E. Salyers
