The mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is to provide quality educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students planning careers in mechanical engineering or allied fields; to create and disseminate knowledge through research, publication, and other scholarly activities; to engage in professional activities to promote the mechanical engineering profession; and to provide support to enhance the economic well-being of the state and the nation.

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2012

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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Vascular Suture Closure, Linxia Gu, Ananth Ram Mahanth Kasavajhala, Haili Lang, and James M. Hammel

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Arterial Wall Mechanics and Clinical Implications after Coronary Stenting: Comparisons of Three Stent Designs, Linxia Gu, Shijia Zhao, and Stacey R. Froemming

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In Vivo Demonstration of Surgical Task Assistance Using Miniature Robots, Jeff A. Hawks, Jacob Kunowski, and Stephen R. Platt

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Effects of Mismatched Electrodes on an AT-Cut Quartz Resonator, Huijing He, Jinxi Liu, and Jiashi Yang

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Energy trapping of thickness-shear and thickness-twist modes in a partially electroded AT-cut quartz resonator, Huijing He, Guoquan Nie, Jinxi Liu, and Jiashi Yang

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Thickness-shear and thickness-twist modes in an oblate elliptical ceramic cylinder and energy trapping in contoured acoustic wave resonators, Huijing He, Jiashi Yang, and Yi-hua Huang

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Shear-Horizontal Vibration Modes of an Oblate Elliptical Cylinder and Energy Trapping in Contoured Acoustic Wave Resonators, Huijing He, Jiashi Yang, and John A. Kosinski

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Shear-Horizontal Vibration Modes of an Oblate Elliptical Cylinder and Energy Trapping in Contoured Acoustic Wave Resonators, Huijing He, Jiashi Yang, and John A. Kosinski

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Method for Increasing the Efficiency of Organic Photovoltaic Cells, Jinsong Huang and Yongbo Yuan

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Three-dimensional modeling of carbon/epoxy to titanium single-lap joints with variable adhesive recess length, Yi Hua, Linxia Gu, and Michael Trogdon

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Peridynamic model for dynamic fracture in unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites, Wenke Hu, Youn Doh Ha, and Florin Bobaru

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The formulation and computation of the nonlocal J-integral in bond-based peridynamics, Wenke Hu, Youn Doh Ha, Florin Bobaru, and Stewart A. Silling

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NONLINEAR MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE HUMAN COMMON, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERIES IN VIVO, Alexey Kamenskiy, Yuris A. Dzenis, Jason N. MacTaggart, Thomas G. Lynch, Syed A. Jaffar Kazmi, and Iraklis I. Pipinos

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Three-Dimensional Geometry of the Human Carotid Artery, Alexey Kamenskiy, Jason N. MacTaggart, Iraklis I. Pipinos, Jai Bikhchandani, and Yuris A. Dzenis

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Experimental Evaluation of Anti-stripping Additives in Bituminous Mixtures through Multiple Scale Laboratory Test Results, Yong-Rak Kim, Ingryd Pinto, and Seong-Wan Park

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Moisture Damage Characterization of Warm-Mix Asphalt Mixtures Based on Laboratory-Field Evaluation, Yong-Rak Kim, Jun Zhang, and Hoki Ban

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Nanotopographic Cell Culture Substrate: Polymer-Demixed Nanotextured Films Under Cell Culture Conditions, Jung Yul Lim, Christopher A. Siedlecki, and Henry J. Donahue

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Analysis of a Monolithic, Two-Dimensional Array of Quartz Crystal Microbalances Loaded by Mass Layers With Nonuniform Thickness, Nan Liu, J. S. Yang, and Ji Wang

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Tool Sequence Trends in Minimally Invasive Surgery: Statistical Analysis and Implications for Predictive Control of Multifunction Instruments, Carl A. Nelson, Evan Luxon, and Dmitry Oleynikov

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Macro and Microfluidic Flows for Skeletal Regenerative Medicine, Brandon D. Riehl and Jung Yul Lim

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Maximal Force Characteristics of the Ca2+-Powered Actuator of Vorticella convallaria, Sangjin Ryu, Matthew J. Lang, and Paul Matsudaira

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Sacrificial Structure Preforms for Thin Part Machining, Scott Smith, Robert Wilhelm, Brian Dutterer, Harish Cherukuri, and Gaurav Goel

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Magnetic and magnetoelastic properties of Zn-doped cobalt-ferrites —CoFe2−xZnxO4 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3), Nalla Somaiah, Tanjore V. Jayaraman, P. A. Joy, and Dibakar Das

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Monitoring the Wall Mechanics During Stent Deployment in a Vessel, Brian Steinert, Shijia Zhao, and Linxia Gu

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Numerical simulation of buoyancy-driven turbulent ventilation in attic space under winter conditions, Shimin Wang, Zhigang Shen, and Linxia Gu

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Usability Assessment of Two Different Control Modes for the Master Console of a Laparoscopic Surgical Robot, Xiaoli Zhang, Carl A. Nelson, and Dmitry Oleynikov

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Effects of Arterial Strain and Stress in the Prediction of Restenosis Risk: Computer Modeling of Stent Trials, Shijia Zhao, Linxia Gu, and Stacey R. Froemming

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Finite Element Analysis of the Implantation of a Self-Expanding Stent: Impact of Lesion Calcification, Shijia Zhao, Linxia Gu, and Stacey R. Froemming

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On the Importance of Modeling Stent Procedure for Predicting Arterial Mechanics, Shijia Zhao, Linxia Gu, and Stacey R. Froemming

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The Impact of Wire Stent Fabrication Technique on the Performance of Stent Placement, Shijia Zhao, Xiangyi (Cheryl) Liu, and Linxia Gu

2011

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ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT AND MULTISCALE MODELING IN 2D PERIDYNAMICS, Florin Bobaru and Youn Doh Ha

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Impact of Elliptical Trainer Ergonomic Modifications on Perceptions of Safety, Comfort, Workout, and Usability for People With Physical Disabilities and Chronic Conditions, Judith M. Burnfield, Yu Shu, Thad W. Buster, Adam P. Taylor, and Carl A. Nelson

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Rehabilitation and Exercise Machine, Judith M. Burnfield, Yu Shu, Adam P. Taylor, Thad W. Buster, and Carl Nelson

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IMPROVED REHABILITATION AND EXERCISE MACHINE / MACHINE DE REEDUCATION ET D'EXERCICE AMELIOREE, Judith M. Burnfield, Adam Taylor, Thad W. Buster, Carla A. Nelson, and Yu Shu

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Dynamic Response of Brain Subjected to Blast Loadings: Influence of Frequency Ranges, Mehdi S. Chafi, Shailesh G. Ganpule, Linxia Gu, and Namas Chandra

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More carrot than stick: Encouraging computer programming in thermal design projects, Kevin D. Cole

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The Effect of Axial Conduction on Heat Transfer in a Liquid Microchannel Flow, Kevin D. Cole and Barbaros Çetin

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Vertical Track Modulus Trending, Shane Michael Farritor and Sheng Lu

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Role of helmet in the mechanics of shock wave propagation under blast loading conditions, Shailesh G. Ganpule, Linxia Gu, Aaron L. Alai, and Namas Chandra

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Use of Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy for in situ Observation of Interaction of Cells with Micro- and Nanoprobes, Alexander Goponenko, B. J. Boyle, K. I. Jahan, Maxim V. Gerashchenko, Dmitri E. Fomenko, Vadim N. Gladyshev, and Yuris A. Dzenis

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Characteristics of dynamic brittle fracture captured with peridynamics, Youn-Doh Ha and Florin Bobaru

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Analysis of a monolithic crystal plate acoustic wave filter, Huijing He

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Thickness-shear and Thickness-twist Vibrations of an AT-cut Quartz Mesa Resonator, Huijing He, Jinxi Liu, and Jiashi Yang

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It’s Not What You Think: A Theory for Understanding the Lack of Interest among Domestic Students in the Engineering PhD, Michelle C. Howell Smith, Amanda L. Garrett, Ellen Weissinger, and Namas Chandra

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MODELING DYNAMIC FRACTURE AND DAMAGE IN A FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE LAMINA WITH PERIDYNAMICS, Wenke Hu, Youn Doh Ha, and Florin Bobaru

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In vivo three-dimensional blood velocity profile shapes in the human common, internal, and external carotid arteries, Alexey Kamenskiy, Yuris A. Dzenis, Jason N. MacTaggart, Anastasia Desyatova, and Iraklis I. Pipinos

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Comparative Analysis of the Biaxial Mechanical Behavior of Carotid Wall Tissue and Biological and Synthetic Materials Used for Carotid Patch Angioplasty, Alexey Kamenskiy, Iraklis I. Pipinos, Jason N. MacTaggart, Syed A. Jaffar Kazmi, and Yuris A. Dzenis

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Fracture analysis of Kevlar-49/epoxy and e-glass/epoxy doublers for reinforcement of cracked aluminum plates, Ananth Ram Mahanth Kasavajhala and Linxia Gu

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Cohesive Zone Model to Predict Fracture in Bituminous Materials and Asphaltic Pavements: State-of-the-Art Review, Yong-Rak Kim

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Preface, Yong-Rak Kim and Amit Bhasin

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Effects of mass layer dimension on a finite quartz crystal microbalance, Y. P. Kong, Jinxi Liu, Huijing He, and Jiashi Yang

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In Vitro Models for Glaucoma Research: Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure, Yuan Lei, Shadi Rajabi, Ryan M. Pedrigi, Darryl R. Overby, A. Thomas Read, and C. Ross Ethier

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Simulation of electrospun nanofiber deposition on stationary and moving substrates, Linhua Liu and Yuris A. Dzenis

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Analysis Of Partially Electroded Piezoelectric Actuators With Nonuniform Thickness For The Purpose Of Reducing Actuating Shear Stress Concentration By Ansys, Nan Liu and Hongping Hu

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Effects of Mass Layer Nonuniformity on a Quartz-Crystal Microbalance, Nan Liu, Jiashi Yang, and Weiqiu Chen

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Frequency Shifts in Plate Crystal Resonators Induced by Electric, Magnetic, or Mechanical Fields in Surface Films, Nan Liu, J.S. Yang, Yuantai Hu, Xuedong Chen, and Wei Jiang

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A Model of Giant Vacuole Dynamics in Human Schlemm’s Canal Endothelial Cells, Ryan M. Pedrigi, David Simon, Ashley Reed, W. Daniel Stamer, and Darryl R. Overby

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Numerical Modeling of Steady Burning Characteristics of Spherical Ethanol Particles in a Spray Environment, Vaibhav Kumar Sahu, Vasudevan Raghavan, Daniel N. Pope, and George Gogos

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Transverse permeability of fibrous porous media, Ali Tamayol and Majid Bahrami

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Modeling of solvent evaporation from polymer jets in electrospinning, Xiang-Fa Wu, Yury Salkovskiy, and Yuris A. Dzenis

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Increased efficiency of low band gap polymer solar cells at elevated temperature and its origins, Bin Yang, James Cox, Yongbo Yuan, Fawen Guo, and Jinsong Huang

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Nanomechanical analysis of insulinoma cells after glucose and capsaicin stimulation using atomic force microscopy, Ruiguo Yang, Ning Xi, King Wai-chu Lai, Bei-hua Zhong, Carmen Kar-man Fung, Chen-geng Qu, and Donna H. Wang

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Achieving high efficiency laminated polymer solar cell with interfacial modified metallic electrode and pressure induced crystallization, Yongbo Yuan, Yu Bi, and Jinsong Huang

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Intermediate Layers in Tandem Organic Solar Cells, Yongbo Yuan, Jinsong Huang, and Gang Li

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A Few Transient Effects in AT-Cut Quartz Thickness-Shear Resonators, Runyu Zhang and Hongping Hu

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Assessment of Shape Memory Alloy Stent Deployment in a Stenosed Artery, Shijia Zhao, Linxia Gu, and Stacey R. Froemming

2010

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Material-Specific Effects of Hydrated Lime on the Properties and Performance Behavior of Asphalt Mixtures and Asphaltic Pavements, Francisco Thiago Sacramento Aragão, Junghun Lee, Yong-Rak Kim, and Pravat Karki

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Steady-periodic heating in parallel-plate microchannel flow with participating walls, Kevin D. Cole

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Thermal models of railroad wheels and bearings, Kevin D. Cole, Constantine M. Tarawneh, Arturo A. Fuentes, B. M. Wilson, and L. Navarro

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Finite Element Analysis of Cracks in Aging Aircraft Structures with Bonded Composite-Patch Repairs, Linxia Gu, Ananth Ram Mahanth Kasavajhala, and Shijia Zhao

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The Relation Between the Arterial Stress and Restenosis Rate After Coronary Stenting, Linxia Gu, Shijia Zhao, Aswini K. Muttyam, and James M. Hammel

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Steady-state Green’s function solution for moving media with axial conduction, A. Haji-Sheikh, J. V. Beck, and Kevin D. Cole

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Directional annealing-induced texture in melt-spun (Sm12Co88)99Nb1 alloy, Tanjore V. Jayaraman, P. Rogge, and Jeffrey E. Shield

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Effects of a Mass Layer With Gradually Varying Thickness on a Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Nan Liu, Jiashi Yang, and Weiqiu Chen

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Luminescence enhancement of CdTe nanostructures in LaF3:Ce/CdTe nanocomposites, Mingzhen Yao, Xing Zhang, Lun Ma, Wei Chen, Alan G. Joly, Jinsong Huang, and Qingwu Wang

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Force–frequency effect of thickness mode langasite resonators, Haifeng Zhang, Joseph A. Turner, Jiashi Yang, and John A. Kosinski

2009

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Flexible Electronics Using Ion Implantation To Adhere Polymer Substrate To Single Crystal Silicon Substrate, Terry L. Alford, Douglas C. Thompson Jr., Hyunchul Kim, Michael A. Nastasi, James W. Mayer, and Daniel Adams

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Steady-Periodic Heating of a Cylinder, Kevin D. Cole and Paul E. Crittenden

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Analysis of Flux-Base Fins for Estimation of Heat Transfer Coefficient, Kevin D. Cole, C. Tarawneh, and B. Wilson

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Real-time depth sectioning: Isolating the effect of stress on structure development in pressure-driven flow, Lucia Fernandez-Ballester, Derek W. Thurman, and Julia A Kornfield

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Effects of Aggregate Structure on Hot-Mix Asphalt Rutting Performance in Low Traffic Volume Local Pavements, Yong-Rak Kim, Hee Mun Park, Francisco Thiago Sacramento Aragão, and Jamilla Emi Sudo Lutif

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Comparison of Fuzzy Clustering Methods and Their Applications to Geophysics Data, David J. Miller, Carl A. Nelson, Molly Boeka Cannon, and Kenneth P. Cannon

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METHOD OF TRANSFERRING STRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, Michael Nastasi

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Computational model for predicting nonlinear viscoelastic damage evolution in materials subjected to dynamic loading, Flavio V. Souza, Yong-Rak Kim, George A. Gazonas, and David H. Allen

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Experimental investigation of a novel blast wave mitigation device, Zhenbi Su, Wen Peng, Zhaoyan Zhang, George Gogos, Reed Skaggs, Bryan Cheeseman, and Chian Fong Yen

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IMPRINTING POLYMERFILM ON PATTERNED SUBSTRATE, Li Tan, Yen-Peng Kong, Stella W. Pang, and Albert F. Yee

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Reinventing an Innovation Ecology with New Models for Research and Research Parks, Robert G. Wilhelm and Barry L. Burks

2008

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Conduction in rectangular plates with boundary temperatures specified, James V. Beck, Neil T. Wright, A. Haji-Sheikh, Kevin D. Cole, and Donald E. Amos

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Control of the nanoscale crystallinity and phase separation in polymer solar cells, Chih-Wei Chu, Hoichang Yang, Wei-Jen Hou, Jinsong Huang, Gang Li, and Yang Yang

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Flush-Mounted Steady-Periodic Heated Film With Application to Shear-Stress Measurement, Kevin D. Cole

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Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio Metal Nanotips by Nanosecond Pulse Laser Melting, Bo Cui, Lin Wu, and Stephen Y. Chou

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HIGH-IMPACT, ENERGY-ABSORBING VEHICLE BARRIER SYSTEM : United States Patent 7,410,320 B2, Ronald K. Faller, Dean L. Sicking, John R. Rohde, John D. Reid, Robert W. Bielenberg, James C. Holloway, and Karla A. Polivka

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NONCONTACT RELATIVE RAIL DISPLACEMENT, TRACK MODULUS AND STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT BY A MOVING RAIL VEHICLE: US Patent No. US 7,403,296 B2, Shane Farritor, Richard Arnold, and Chris Norman

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Simultaneous birefringence, small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering to detect precursors and characterize morphology development during flow-induced crystallization of polymers, Lucia Fernandez-Ballester, Tim Gough, Florian Meneau, Wim Bras, Fernando Ania, Francisco Jose Balta-Calleja, and Julia A. Kornfield

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Finite Element Analysis Using Nonconforming Mesh, Ashok V. Kumar, Ravi Buria, Sanjeev Padmanabhan, and Linxia Gu

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SURGICAL CAMERA ROBOT: United States Patent NO. US 7,339,341 B2, Dmitry Oleynikov, Shane Farritor, Mark E. Rentschler, Stephen R. Platt, and Jason Dumpert

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Numerical Simulation of a Novel Blast Wave Mitigation Device, Zhenbi Su, Wen Peng, Zhaoyan Zhang, George Gogos, Reed Skaggs, and Bryan Cheeseman

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Experiments and models for the thermal response of railroad tapered-roller bearings, Constantine M. Tarawneh, Kevin D. Cole, Brent M. Wilson, and Fadi Alnaimat

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A slip model for rarefied gas flows at arbitrary Knudsen number, Lin Wu

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Subcritical and Supercritical Droplet Evaporation within a Zero-Gravity Environment: Low Weber Number Relative Motion, Hongtao Zhang, Vasudevan Raghavan, and George Gogos