Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research
Submissions from 2014
Electrical Resistance of SiC Fiber Reinforced SiC/Si Matrix Composites at Room Temperature during Tensile Testing, Gregory N. Morscher, Christopher Baker, and Craig Smith
Shear Adhesion Strength of Aligned Electrospun Nanofibers, Johnny F. Najem, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Guang Ji
Improving Kaizen Event Success in Healthcare through Shorter Event Duration, James Natale, Ravi Uppal, and Shengyong Wang
Understanding the Mechanical Response of Built-Up Welded Beams Made from Commercially Pure Titanium and a Titanium Alloy, Anil Patnaik, Narendra Poondla, Craig C. Menzemer, and Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
The Impact of Spinal Cord Nerve Roots and Denticulate Ligaments on Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in the Cervical Spine, Soroush Heidari Paylavian, Theresia Yiallourou, R. Shane Tubbs, Alexander C. Bunck, Francis Loth, Bryn A. Martin, Mark Goodin, and Mehrdad Raisee
Regarding Benchmark Case of a Fully 3D Flow in a Cubic Cavity Driven by the Lid Moving at 45 Degrees, Alex Povitsky
Large-Scale Experimental Evaluation and Numerical Simulation of a System of Nonlinear Energy Sinks for Seismic Mitigation, D, Dane Quinn; Jie Luo; Sean A. Hubbard; Nicholas E. Wierschem; Larry A. Fahnestock; D Michael McFarland; Billie F. Spencer Jr; Alexander F. Vakakis; and Lawrence A. Bergman
Design of a Thermally Activated Energy Harvesting System, D, Dane Quinn and Zachary Toom
Sustained High-Frequency Energy Harvesting through a Strongly Nonlinear Electromechanical System under Single and Repeated Impulsive Excitations, Kevin Remick, Han Kyul Joo, D. Michael Ferdinand, Themistoklis P. Sapsis, Lawrence Bergman, and Dane Quinn
Technical Paper Modeling and Evaluation of Li-Ion Battery Performance Based on the Electric Vehicle Field Tests, Ehsan Samadani, Siamak Farhad, Satyam Panchal, Roydon Fraser, and Michael Fowler
Technical Paper Thermal Behavior of Two Commercial Li-Ion Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Ehsan Samadani, Leo Gimenez, William Scott, Siamak Farhad, Michael Fowler, and Roydon Fraser
The “Spectrum Dip”: Dynamic Interaction of System Components, Rudolph J. Scavuzzo; George D, Hill; and Peter Saxe
Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Impedance is Elevated in Type I Chiari Malformation, Nicholas Shaffer, Bryn A. Martin, Brandon Rocque, Casey Madura, Bermans J. Iskandar, Olivia Wieben, Stephen Dombrowski, Mark Luciano, John N. Oshinski, and Francis Loth
A Network Model for the Thermal Conductivity of Pillared-Graphene Architectures, Jingjing Shi, Yalin Dong, Timothy Fisher, and Xiulin Ruan
Effect of Surface Interactions on Adhesion of Electrospun Meshes on Substrates, Qiang Shi, Qunfu Fan, Xiaodong Xu, Wei Ye, Jianwen Hou, Shing-Chung Josh Wong, and Jinghua Yin
Controlled Lecithin Release from a Hierarchical Architecture on Blood-Contacting Surface to Reduce Hemolysis of Stored Red Blood Cells, Qiang Shi, Qunfu Fan, Wei Ye, Jianwen Hou, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Xiaodong Xu, and Jinghua Yin
Far-Field Induced Drag Prediction Using Vorticity Confinement Technique, Troy Alan Snyder and Alex Povitsky
Mechanical Behavior of Two High Strength Alloy Steels under Conditions of Cyclic Tension, Tirumalai S. Srivatsan, Kannan Manigandan, Shivakumar Sastry, T. Quick, and M. L. Schmidt
Handbook of Polymer Crystallization , Edited by Ewa Piorkowska and Gregory C. Rutledge, T. S. Srivatsan
High Temperature Metallurgical Processing, T. S. Srivatsan
Practical Raman Spectroscopy: An Introduction, T. S. Srivatsan
The Advanced Materials Revolution: Technology and Economic Growth in the Age of Globalization, T. S. Srivatsan
Correlating Electrical Resistance Change with Mechanical Damage in Woven SiC / SiC Composites: Experiment and Modeling, Thanyawalai Sujidkul, Craig E. Smith, Zhijun Ma, Gregory N. Morscher, and Zhenhai Xia
Blast-Wave Impact Mitigation Using Negative Effective Mass Density Concept of Elastic Metamaterials, Kwek Tze Tan, H. H. Huang, and C. T. Sun
Metacomposites Protection System against Primary Blast Injury, Kwek Tze Tan and C. T. Sun
Active Infrared Sensing of Impact Damage in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer, Kwek Tze Tan, Liping Zhao, Shaochun Ye, Tong Kuan Chuah, Pramoda Kumari Pallathadka, and Hui Ru Tan
Conformal Direct-Print of Piezoresistive Polymer/Nanocomposites for Compliant Multi-Layer Tactile Sensors, Morteza Vatani, Erik D. Engeberg, and Jae-Won Choi
Detection of the Position, Direction and Speed of Sliding Contact with a Multi-Layer Compliant Tactile Sensor Fabricated Using Direct-Print Technology, Morteza Vatani, Erik D. Engeberg, and Jae-Won Choi
Damage and Failure of Laminated Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Composite under Low-Velocity Impact, Wenzhi Wang, Xiaopoeng Wan, Jun Zhou, Meiying Zhao, Yulong Li, Shen Shang, and Xiaosheng Gao
Fabrication of Flexible Fiber Arrays as Adhesives and Applications of the Same, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Johnny F. Najem, and Pei Chen
Fabrication of Nanofibers as Dry Adhesives and Applications of the Same, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Johnny F. Najem, and Pei Chen
Interfacial Energy and Friction between Carbon Nanotubes and Polymer Matrix, Quan Xu, Yuqin Yao, J. Y. Liang, and Z. H. Xia
Ultrahigh Dense and Gradient Nano-precipitates Generated by Warm Laser Shock Peening for Combination of High Strength and Ductility, Chang Ye, Yiliang Liao, Sergey Suslov, Dong Lin, and Gary J. Cheng
Cryogenic Ultrahigh Strain Rate Deformation Induced Hybrid Nanotwinned Microstructure for High Strength and High Ductility, Chang Ye, Sergey Suslov, Dong Lin, Yiliang Liao, and Gary J. Cheng
Gradient Nanostructure and Residual Stresses Induced by Ultrasonic Nano-crystal Surface Modification in 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel for High Strength and High Ductility, Chang Ye, Abhishek Telang, Amrinder S. Gill, Sergey Suslov, Yaakov Idell, Kai Zweiacker, Jorg M.K. Wiezorek, Zhong Zhou, Dong Qian, Seetha Ramaiah Mannava, and Vijay K. Vasudevan
Gradient Nanostructure and Residual Stresses Induced by Ultrasonic Nano-Crystal Surface Modification in 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel for High Strength and High Ductility, Chang Ye, Abhishek Telang, Amrinder S. Gill, Sergey Suslov, Yaakov Idell, Kai Zweiacker, Jorg M.K. Wiezorek, Zhong Zhou, Dong Qian, Seetha Ramaiah Mannava, and Vijay K. Vasudevan
Effects of Ultrasonic Nano-Crystal Surface Modification on the Microstructure and Properties of 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, Chang Ye, Abhishek Telang, Amrinder S. Gill, Sergey Suslov, Zhong Zhou, Dong Qian, Seetha Ramaiah Mannava, and Vijay K. Vasudevan
Superhydrophobic Coating of Elastomer on Different Substrates Using a Liquid Template to Construct a Biocompatible and Antibacterial Surface, Wei Ye, Qiang Shi, Jianwen Hou, Jing Jin, Qunfu Fan, Shing-Chung Josh Wong, Xiaodong Xu, and Jinghua Yin
Precise patterning of the SEBS surface by UV lithography to evaluate the platelet function through single platelet adhesion, Wei Ye, Qiang Shi, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Jianwen Hou, Xiaodong Xu, and Jinghua Yin
Reduced-Order Multiscale-Multiphysics Model for Heterogeneous Materials, Zheng Yuan, Tao Jiang, Jacob Fish, and Gregory N. Morscher
A Study of Rolling Resistance of Electrorheological Fluids Impregnated Polymers as a Function of Electric Field, Vishal Bhimrao Zade, Xiaomin Zhang, and Shing Chung Josh Wong
Effects of Diffusive Charge Transfer and Salt Concentration Gradient in Electrolyte on Li-ion Battery Energy and Power Densities, Hadis Zarrin, Siamak Farhad, Feridun Hamdullahpur, Victor Chabot, Aiping Yu, Michael Fowler, and Zhongwei Chen
Modeling the Tension-Compression Asymmetric Yield Behavior of -Treated Zircaloy-4, Jinyuan Zhai, Xiaosheng Gao, James C. Sobotka, Bryan B. Webler, and Brian V. Cockeram
Label-Free Biomarker Assay in a Microresistive Pulse Sensor via Immunoaggregation, Jaing John Zhe, Gang Cheng, Yu Han, Haiyan Wu, and Fan Liu
Integrated Ultrasonic-inductive Pulse Sensor for Wear Debris Detection, Jiang Zhe and Li Du
Apparatus and Method for Manipulating Micro Component, Jiang Zhe and Abhay Vasudev
On the Extension of the Gurson-Type Porous Plasticity Models for Prediction of Ductile Fracture under Shear-Dominated Conditions, Jun Zhou, Xiaosheng Gao, James C. Sobotka, Bryan A. Webler, and Brian V. Cockeram
Submissions from 2013
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of a Highly Effective Single-Sided Vibro-Impact Non-Linear Energy Sink for Shock Mitigation, Mohammad A. Al-Shudeifat, Nicholas Wierschem, D. Dane Quinn, Alexander F. Vakakis, Lawrence A. Bergman, and Billie F. Spencer Jr.
Adaptive Sliding Manifold Slope via Grasped Object Stiffness Detection with a Prosthetic Hand, Ricardo Andrecioli and Erik D. Engeberg
Oil Debris and Viscosity Monitoring Using Ultrasonic and Capacitance/Inductance Measurements, Matthew Appleby, Fred K. Choy, Li Du, and Jiang Zhe
Usability Evaluation of a Paratransit Mobile Application, Elizabeth Mintmire Argyle, Chen Ling, and Randa L. Shehab
Microstructure Development in Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fibers and Its Influence on Tensile Strength and Dielectric Permittivity, Avinash Baji, Yiu-Wing Mai, Mojtaba Abhati, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Yun Liu, and Qian Li
A Parametric Study of a Porous Self-Circulating Hydrodynamic Bearing, Ana M. Balasoiu, Minel J. Braun, and Stefan I. Moldovan
Effect of Topology on the Adhesive Forces between Electrospun Polymer Fibers Using a T-Peel Test, Florencia Montini Ballarin, Todd Blackledge, Nichole L. Capitos Davis, Patricia M. Frontini, Gustavo A. Abraham, and Shing Chung Josh Wong
Finger Seal: A Compliant Seal, Minel J. Braun
Cavitation Formation and Modeling, Minel J. Braun and William M. Hannon
Effect of Electrode Physical and Chemical Properties on Lithium-Ion Battery Performance, Victor Chabot, Siamak Farhad, Zhongwei Chen, Alan S. Fung, Aiping Yu, and Feridun Hamdullahpur
The Impact of Lithium Diffusivity in the Active Electrode Material on the Power and Energy Density of Lithium-Ion Cells, Victor Chabot, Siamak Farhad, Alan S. Fung, Zhongwei Chen, and Aiping Yu
Laser Shock Peening Apparatuses and Methods, Gary J. Cheng, Yiliang Liao, Yingling Yang, and Chang Ye
Transversely Isotropic Mechanical Properties of PVC Foam under Cyclic Loading, Lingling Chen and Michelle S. Hoo Fatt
A Preliminary Discourse on Adhesion of Nanofibers Derived from Electrospun Polymers, Pei Chen
Effects of Age and Psychomotor Ability on Kinematics of Mouse-mediated Aiming Movement, Yuenkeen Cheong, Randa L. Shehab, and Chen Ling
Effects of Age and Psychomotor Ability on Kinematics of Mouse-Mediated Aiming Movement, Yuenkeen Cheong, Randa L. Shehab, and Chen Ling Dr.
Direct-Write of Multi-layer Tactile Sensors, Jae-Won Choi, Morteza Vatani, and Erik D. Engeberg
Effect of System Variables on the Uncertainty of the Mass Point Leak Rate Methodology Using First-Order Regression, Christopher C. Daniels and Nicholas G. Garafolo
Physically Representative Atomistic Modeling of Atomic-scale Friction, Yalin Dong
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Atomic Friction: A Review and Guide, Yalin Dong, Qunyang Li, and Ashlie Martini
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Atomic Friction: A Review and Guide, Yalin Dong, Qunyang Li, and Ashlie Martini
Correlation Between Probe Shape and Atomic Friction Peaks at Graphite Step Edges, Yalin Dong, Xin Z. Liu, Philip Egberts, Zhijiang Ye, Robert W. Carpick, and Ashlie Martini
Atomic Roughness Enhanced Friction on Hydrogenated Graphene, Yalin Dong, Xiawa Wu, and Ashlie Martini
Atomic Roughness Enhanced Friction on Hydrogenated Graphene, Yalin Dong, Xiawa Wu, and Ashlie Martini
Improving Sensitivity of an Inductive Pulse Sensor for Detection of Metallic Wear Debris in Lubricants Using Parallel LC Resonance Method, li Du, Zhu Xiaoliang, Liang Zhao, and Jiang Zhe
An Integrated Ultrasonic–Inductive Pulse Sensor for Wear Debris Detection, Li Du and Jiang Zhe
High Throughput Wear Debris Detection in Lubricants Using a Resonance Frequency Division Multiplexed Sensor, Li Du, Xiaoliang Zhu, Yu Han, and Jiang Zhe
Environmental Dependence of Atomic-scale Friction at Graphite Surface Steps, Philip Egberts, Zhijiang Ye, Xin Z. Liu, and Yalin Dong
Environmental Dependence of Atomic-Scale Friction at Graphite Surface Steps, Philip Egberts, Zhijiang Ye, Xin Z. Liu, Yalin Dong, Ashlie Martini, and Robert W. Carpick
Syringomyelia: A Review of the Biomechanics, N. S. J. Elliott, C. D. Bertram, Bryn A. Martin, and A. R. Brodbelt
Adaptive Human Control Gains During Precision Grip, Erik D. Engeberg
Human Model Reference Adaptive Control of a Prosthetic Hand, Erik D. Engeberg
Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for Prosthetic Hands to Simultaneously Prevent Slip and Minimize Deformation of Grasped Objects, Erik D. Engeberg and S. G. Meeks
Detection of the Direction and Speed of Motion of Forces on the Surface of a Compliant Tactile Sensor, Erik D. Engeberg, Morteza Vatani, and Jae-Won Choi
Effect of Composite Electrode Microstructure on Temperature Distribution in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Siamak Farhad, Alan S. Fung, and Feridun Hamdullahpur
Design and Numerical Simulation of a New Sandwiched Sphere Structure for Ballistic Protection, Yibin Fu, Jing Zhou, and Xiaosheng Gao
Sandwiched Hollow Sphere Structures: A Study of Ballistic Impact Behavior Using Numerical Simulation, Yibin Fu, Jun Zhou, and Xiaosheng Gao
A Mechanism-Based Approach for Predicting Ductile Fracture of Metallic Alloys, Xiaosheng Gao
Local Facesheet Pulse Buckling in a Curved, Composite Sandwich Panel, Yifei Gao and Michelle S. Hoo Fatt
Experimental Investigation of Leak-Rate Performance of a Subscale Composite Elastomer-Retainer Docking Seal, Nicholas G. Garafolo and Christopher C. Daniels
Methodology to Account for Multi-Stage Ignition Phenomena during Simulations of RCM Experiments, S. S. Goldsborough, Gaurav Mittal, and C. Banyon
Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Hypersonic Flow over a Cylinder Using Axial- and Transverse-Oriented Magnetic Dipoles, Andrew N. Guarendi and Abhilash J. Chandy
Nonoscillatory Central Schemes for Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws in Three-Space Dimensions, Andrew N. Guarendi and Abhilash J. Chandy
On the Constitutive Modeling of a Structural Steel over a Range of Strain Rates and Temperatures, Wei-Guo Guo and Xiaosheng Gao
Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing History, William M. Hannon and Minel J. Braun
Hydrodynamic Journal Bearings, William M. Hannon and Minel J. Braun
Designing and Evaluating a STEM Teacher Learning Opportunity in the Research University, Patricia L. Hardré, Chen Ling, Randa L. Shehab, Jason Herron, Mark A. Nanny, Ulli Nollert, Hazem Refai, Christopher Ramseyer, and Ebisa D. Wollega
Teachers in an Interdisciplinary Learning Community: Engaging, Integrating, and Strengthening K-12 Education, Patricia L. Hardré, Chen Ling, Randa L. Shehab, Mark A. Nanny, Ulli Nollert, Hazem Refai, Christopher Ramseyer, Jason Herron, and Ebisa D. Wollega
Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Droplet Impact, Deformation and Formation of Droplet Train, Muhammad Noman Hasan, Morteza Vatani, Yanfeng Lu, Ho-Chan Kim, and Jae-Won Choi
Foam-Core, Curved Composite Sandwich Panels under Blast, Michelle S. Hoo Fatt, Yifei Gao, and Dushyanth Sirivolu
High Throughput Microfluidic Electrical Impedance Flow Cytometry for Assay of Micro Particles, Ashish V. Jagtiani and Jiang Zhe
Accurate and Efficient Numerical Simulations of Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Mixed Convection at High Hartmann Numbers, Diplin Kalapurakal and Abhilash J. Chandy