Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research
Submissions from 2004
Performance Optimization of a Coal Preparation Plant Using Genetic Algorithms, Vishal Gupta, Manoj Mohanty, Ajay Mahajan, and Surendra K. Biswal
Comparison of Numerical Schemes for a Realistic Computational Aeroacoustics Benchmark Problem, R. Hixon, M. Nallasamy, Scott Sawyer, and R. Dyson
The Mechanical Behavior of Magnesium Alloy AZ91 Reinforced with Fine Copper Particulates, K. F. Ho, M. Gupta, and Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
Hydrodynamics of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Spinal Canal With Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia, Wojciech Kalata, Bryn A. Martin, Josh Oshinski, and Francis Loth
Approximate Analytical Solutions for Optimization of Simultaneous Convective and Radiating Annular Rectangular Fins, Hyimgsuk Kang and Benjamin T.F. Chung
Modeling of Void Growth in Ductile Solids: Effects of Stress Triaxiality and Initial Porosity, Jinkook Kim, Xiaosheng Gao, and Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
Design Considerations towards the Construction of Hybrid Floating Brush Seal (HFBS), S. B. Lattime, Minel J. Braun, and Fred K. Choy
A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Model Reference Adaptive Control of Ionic Polymer Metal Composites, Brijesh C. Lavu, Marco P. Schoen, and Ajay Mahajan
Optimized Shapes of Oscillating Resonators for Generating High-Amplitude Pressure Waves, Xiaofan Li, Joshua Finkbeiner, Ganesh Raman, Christopher C. Daniels, and Bruce M. Steinetz
Construction and Validation of a Complaint Model of the Cerebrospinal Fluid System With Fluid Filled Syrinx, Bryn A. Martin, Wojciech Kalata, John N. Oshinski, Francis Loth, and Thomas J. Royston
Multisensor Fusion Using Fuzzy Logic for an Integrated Smart Health Monitoring System, Amit Mojanty, Chris Leach, and Ajay Mohan Mahajan
Active Foot Pressure Control for Diabetic Patients, Vidya K. Nandikolla, Marco P. Schoen, and Ajay Mohan Mahajan
Application of Wavelet Transforms in the Analysis of High-frequency Squeal in a Disc Brake System, Manish Paliwal, Ajay Mohan Mahajan, Jarlen Don, and Peter Filip
Fracture Behavior of Nylon Hybrid Composites, Sreekumar Pisharath, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Xiao Hu
BASS Code Development, Scott Sawyer
A Computational Aeroacoustic Prediction of Discrete-Frequency Rotor-Stator Interaction Noise - a Linear Theory Analysis, Scott Sawyer, M. Nallasamy, R. Hixon, and R. W. Dyson
An Investigation of Fatigue Crack Nucleation and Growth in a Ti–6Al–4V/TiB in Situ Composite, W. O. Soboyejo, W. Shen, and Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
The Strain Amplitude-Controlled Cyclic Fatigue, Defomation and Fracture Behavior of 7034 Aluminum Alloy Reinforced with Silicon Carbide Particulates, Tirumalai S. Srivatsan, Meslet Al-Hajri, W. Hannon, and V. K. Vasudevan
The Tensile Deformation, Cyclic Fatigue and Final Fracture Behavior of Dispersion Strengthened Copper, Tirumalai S. Srivatsan, Meslet Al-Hajri, and J. D. Troxell
Modeling the Mechanical Response of an Aluminum Alloy Automotive Rim, J. Steams, Tirumalai S. Srivatsan, A. Prakash, and P. C. Lam
Properties of UV Curable Acrylate Nanocomposite Coatings, Fawn M. Uhl, Prashanth Davuluri, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Dean C. Webster
Nanoclay reinforced UV Curable High-barrier Coatings, Fawn M. Uhl, Siva Prashanth Davuluri, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Dean C. Webster
Organically Modified Montmorillonites in UV Curable Urethane Acrylate Films, Fawn M. Uhl, Siva Prashanth Davuluri, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Dean C. Webster
Polymer Films Possessing Nanoreinforcements via Organically Modified Layered Silicate, Fawn M. Uhl, Siva Prashanth Davuluri, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Dean C. Webster
Heat-Transfer Dynamics during Cryogen Spray Cooling of Substrate at Different Initial Temperatures, Jia Wangcun, Aguilar Guillermo, Guo-Xiang Wang, and Nelson J. Stewart
Understanding the Heat Transfer and Solidification Plasma-Sprayed Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Coatings, Guo-Xiang Wang, R. Goswami, S. Sampath, and V. Prasad
Importance of Concomitant Strengthening and Toughening in Nanoclay Reinforced Polymers, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Ling Chen, Chaobin He, and Xuehong Lu
Essential Fracture Work of Short Fiber Reinforced Polymer Blends, Shing Chung Josh Wong and Yiu-Wing Mai
Fiber Reinforcement and Fracture Resistance of PC/PBT/LCP Ternary In-Situ Composite, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Yiu-Wing Mai, and Yang Leng
Graphene Nanoplatelet Reinforced Polymer Coatings, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Eric M. Sutherland, Fawn M. Uhl, Suchitra Yerramaddu, Dean C. Webster, and Bor Jang
Processing and Properties of Graphene-based Nanocomposites, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Eric M. Sutherland, Suchitra Yerramaddu, Fawn M. Uhl, Dean C. Webster, and Erwin M. Wouterson
Fracture and Impact Toughness of Syntactic Foam, Erwin M. Wouterson, Freddy Y.C. Boey, Xiao Hu, and Shing Chung Josh Wong
Specific Properties vs. Microstructures for Syntactic Foam, Erwin M. Wouterson, Freddy Y.C. Boey, Xiao Hu, and Shing Chung Josh Wong
Electrostatic Micromembrane Actuator Arrays as Motion Generator, X. T. Wu, J. Hui, M. Young, P. Kayatta, J. Wong, D. Kennith, Jiang Zhe, and C. Warde
Coupled Vibration of a Fluid‐Filled and Submerged Vascular Tube with Internal Transitional/ Turbulent Flow Due to a Constriction, Yigit Yazicioglu, Thomas J. Royston, Todd Spohnholtz, Bryn A. Martin, and Francis Loth
Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Expanded Graphite Reinforced HDPE, Wenge Zheng, Xuehong Lu, and Shing Chung Josh Wong
Mechanical Properties of PVC/SBR Blends compatibilized by Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber and Covulcanization, S.-H. Zhu, C.-M. Chan, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Yiu-Wing Mai
Submissions from 2003
Supercontraction Forces in Spider Dragline Silk Depend on Hydration Rate, Ingi Agnarsson, Cecilia Boutry, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Avinash Baji, Ali Dhinojwala, Andrew Sensenig, and Todd Blackledge
An Intelligent Ultrasonic Based Neuro-Navigation System for Improved Image Guided Neurosurgery, Jennifer Akers, Probir Kumar Ray, Ajay Mohan Mahajan, and Sumeer Lal
Fracture Properties of Nanoclay-Filled Polypropylene, Ling Chen, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Sreekumar Pisharath
A Study on Enhancement of Human Sensitivity for Interior of Prototype Vehicles, Jae-Won Choi, Hwa-Jun Yang, and S. H. Lee
Simulating, Analyzing, and Animating Dynamical Systems: A Guide to XPPAUT for Researchers and Students, Bard Ermentrout and Ajay Mohan Mahajan
Effect of Spurt Duration on the Heat Transfer Dynamics during Cryogen Spray Cooling, Aguilar Guillermo, Guo-Xiang Wang, and J. Stuart Nelson
Synthesis of New Metastable Aluminum-Titanium Alloy by Defying Equilibrium in an Equilibrium Process, Manoj Gupta, Francesca Yee Chung-E, and Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
A Laplace Transform/Potential-Theoretic Method for Acoustic Propagation in Subsonic Flows, S. I. Hariharan; Scott Sawyer; and D, Dane Quinn
Effect of Grid Singularities on the Solution Accuracy of a CAA Code, R. Hixon, M. Nallasamy, and Scott Sawyer
Rapid Transient Explosive Boiling of Binary Mixture under Pulsed-Laser Irradiation, Xiu-Lan Huai, Dengying Liu, Zhaoyi Dong, Renxi Jin, and Guo-Xiang Wang
Multi-Phase Flow and Drying Characteristics in a Semi-circular Impinging Stream Dryer, X. L. Huai, X. F. Peng, Guo-Xiang Wang, and D. Y. Liu
Analytical Solutions for Optimization of Convective Longitudinal Two Dimensional Trapezoidal Fins, Hyung Kang, Benjamin T.F. Chung, and Yiou Wang
Two Dimensional Analytical Solutions for Optimization of Convective Annular Fin of Rectangular Profile, Hyung Suk Kang and Benjamin T.F. Chung
Modeling of Crack Growth in Ductile Solids: A Three-Dimensional Analysis, Jinkook Kim, Xiaosheng Gao, and T. S. Srivatsan
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the McNair Program at the University of Akron, Paul C. Lam, Okechukwu Ugweje, P. Ruby Mawasha, and Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
An Investigation of Nanoparticles Addition on Solidification Kinetics and Microstructure Development of Tin–Lead Solder, D. C. Lin, S. Liu, T. M. Guo, Guo-Xiang Wang, T. S. Srivatsan, and M. Petraroli
Analysis of High Frequency Squeal in a Disc-Brake System Using a Stick-Slip Friction Model, Manish Paliwal, Ajay Mahajan, and Peter Filip
Development of Morphology and Crystalline State Due to Hybridization of Reinforced Toughened Nylon Containing LCP, Sreekumar Pisharath and Shing Chung Josh Wong
Processability of LCP/Glass/Nylon Hybrid Composites, Sreekumar Pisharath and Shing Chung Josh Wong
Effect of LCP Inclusion on Processability and Thermal Stability of Glass Fiber-reinforced Hybrid Composites, Sreekumar Pisharath, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Xiao Hu
Measurement of Whole-Field Surface Displacements and Strain Using a Genetic Algorithm Based Intelligent Image Correlation Method, Alan Pitch, Ajay Mahajan, and Tsuchin Chu
In-Plane Deformation Measurements Using Digital Image Correlation of Ultrasonic C-Scan Images, Bradley Regez, Ying Zhang, Tsuchin Chu, and Ajay Mahajan
Passive Control of Discrete-Frequency Tones Generated by Coupled Detuned Cascades, Scott Sawyer and S. Fleeter
The Tensile Behavior of Two Magnesium Alloys Reinforced with Silicon Carbide Particulates, S. Seshan, M. Jayamathy, S. V. Kailas, and Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
An Investigation and Understanding of the Mechanical Response of Palmyrah Timber, Hatim Sobier, Craig C. Menzemer, and Tirumalai S. Srivatsan
The Tensile Response and Fracture Behavior of 2009 Aluminum Alloy Metal Matrix Composite, Tirumalai S. Srivatsan, Meslet Al-Hajri, C. Smith, and M. Petraroli
Matrix Algorithms, Volume II: Eigensystems, G.W. Pete Stewart and Ajay Mahajan
Matrix Algorithms, Volume II: Eigensystems, G.W. Pete Stewart and Ajay Mohan Mahajan
UV Curable Polymers with Organically Modified Clay as the Nanoreinforcements, Fawn M. Uhl, Brian R. Hinderliter, Siva Prashanth Davuluri, Stuart G. Croll, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Dean C. Webster
Intelligent System Modelling of a Three-dimensional Ultrasonic Positioning System using Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms, Nishant Unnikrishnan, Ajay Mahajan, and Tsuchin Chu
Thermal Analysis on Planar Interface Stability in Solidification of Semitransparent Materials, Guo-Xiang Wang, Chengcai Yao, and Benjamin T.F. Chung
Fracture Behavior of Polymer Blends, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Yiu-Wing Mai, and Xiaohua Chen
Short Crack Growth Model in a Particulate Composite Using Nonlinear Elastic Fracture Mechanics, Ying Zhang, Tsuchin Philip Chu, and Ajay Mohan Mahajan
Electrical Conductivity and Dielectric Properties of PMMA/Expanded Graphite Composites, Wenge Zheng and Shing Chung Josh Wong
Submissions from 2002
Free-form Surface Generation from Measuring Points using Laser Scanner, Jae-Won Choi, Sugn-Min Hur, and Seok-Hee Lee
An Economical Vision-based Method to Obtain Whole-field Deformation Profiles, Tsuchin Chu, Ajay Mahajan, and Chi Tsieh Liu
Measurement of High Strain Regions in Particulate Composites Using Digital Image Correlation, Tsuchin Philip Chu and Ajay Mohan Mahajan
Simulating, Analyzing, and Animating Dynamical Systems: A Guide to XPPAUT for Researchers and Students, Bard Ermentrout and Ajay Mahajan
Diabetic Patients Foot Care Using Smart Materials to Prevent Ulcerations/Amputations, Carrie Hahn, Ajay Mahajan, and Marco P. Schoen
An Experimental Investigation for Flow Past a Circular Cylinder With Rectangular Strips, Chuan He, Tianyu Long, Mingdao Xin, and Benjamin T.F. Chung
An Experimental Investigation of Flow Past a Smooth Circular Cylinder at the Sub-Critical Region, Chuan He, Tianyu Long, Mingdao Xin, and Benjamin T.F. Chung
The Elastic Response of a Cohesive Aggregate—a Discrete Element Model with Coupled Particle Interaction, George Jefferson, George K. Haritos, and Robert M. McMeeking
Effect of Plastic Prestrain on High Cycle Fatigue of Ti–6Al–4V, David B. Lanning, Theodore Nicholas, and George K. Haritos
Morphology and Property of Polypropylene/Aliphatic Polyketone Blends, Xuehong Lu, Kim Yong Lim, Lihua Liu, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Jianhong Zhao
Information Theoretic Analysis for Input Vector Selection in Black Box Modeling, Bryn A. Martin, Peter H. Meckl, and Benjamin J. Zwissler
Real-time Measurement of Surface Deformation of Rotating Blades, Jay Maudlin, Ajay Mohan Mahajan, and Tsuchin P. Chu
Signal Parameter Estimation Based on One-bit Quantized Data from Multiple Sensors, Antonios Mengoulis, R. Viswanathan, and Ajay Mohan Mahajan
Effect of LCP Addition on the Properties of Hybrid Composites, Sreekumar Pisharath and Shing Chung Josh Wong
A Genetic Algorithm-based Approach to Calculate the Optimal Configuration of Ultrasonic Sensors in a 3D Position Estimation System, Probir Kumar Ray and Ajay Mahajan
Active Control of Discrete-Frequency Noise Generated by Rotor-Stator Interactions, Scott Sawyer, Sanford Fleeter, and John Simonich
The Fracture Behavior of a Ti-6242 Alloy Deformed in Bending Fatigue, Tirumalai S. Srivatsan, Meslet Al-Hajri, M. Petraroli, B. Derreberry, and P. C. Lam
Microstructure and Properties of Molybdenumprinciple-Copper Composite Metal Samples Consolidated by Plasma Pressure Compaction, Tirumalai S. Srivatsan, A. A. Naruka, G. G. Ravi, T. S. Sudarshan, M. Petraroli, and L. Riester
Optimization of Threshold Values for Estimators Based on Single-Bit Quantized Sensors Using Genetic Algorithms, Nishant Unnikrishnan, Ajay Mahajan, Antonios Mengoulis, and R. Viswanathan
Intelligent System Identification Using Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms of an Ultrasonic Positioning System, Nishant Unnikrishnan and Ajay Mohan Mahajan
Accuracy Considerations in a 3-D Ultrasonic Positioning System Based on the Difference in Time of Flights, Nishant Unnikrishnan, Probir Kumar Ray, Ajay Mahajan, and Tsuchin Chu
Failure Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Toughened Polymers, Shing Chung Josh Wong, Guoxin Sui, Chee-Yoon Yue, and Yiu-Wing Mai
Characterization of Microstructures and Toughening Behavior of Fiber-Containing Toughened Nylon 6,6, Shing Chung Josh Wong, G. X. Sui, C. Y. Yue, and Yiu-Wing Mai
Mushy Zone Equilibrium Solidification of a Semitransparent Layer Subject to Radiative and Convective Cooling, Chengcai Yao, Benjamin T.F. Chung, and Guo-Xiang Wang
Analysis of Short Crack Growth in Particulate Composites, Ying Zhang, Tsuchin P. Chu, Ajay Mohan Mahajan, and Chi Tsieh Liu
Transport Behavior of PMMA/Expanded Graphite Nanocomposites, Wenge Zheng, Shing Chung Josh Wong, and Hung-Jue Sue
Submissions from 2001
Experimental Flow Patterns and Pressure Characteristics in a Single Hydrostatic Pocket of Variable Depth, Minel J. Braun, Christopher C. Daniels, D. P. Peloso, and Robert. C. Hendricks
High Schmidt Mass Transfer using Chapman-Khun’s near Wall Coherent Structure Model, Mingyong Chen, Qian Chen, Jiang Zhe, and Vijay Modi
An Engineering Approach to Assess Constraint Effects on Cleavage Fracture Toughness, Xiaosheng Gao and Robert H. Dodds Jr.