In the past, gears have largely been manufactured by means of dedicated gear manufacturing machines and tools. These are difficult and expensive to manufacture and maint[...]

One-Dimensional (1D) nanostructures are generally defined as having at least one dimension between 1 and 100 nm. Investigations of their mechanical properties are importa[...]

This research pioneers formal combined plant and controller optimization (termed ``co-design") schemes for complex systems where accurate but expensive experiments are fu[...]

The glassy or amorphous solid state of trehalose has been utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industry to immobilize and stabilize sensitive molecules and it is incre[...]

The exhaust system has a significant effect on the breathing capability of an IC engine, which when increased, increases the volumetric efficiency. Due to the sudden open[...]

The continued development of pharmaceutical recombinant proteins as therapeutics necessitates a full understanding of the biomolecular interactions impacting structural a[...]

In the recent years there has been an increasing interest in manufacturing products where surface topography plays a functional role. These surfaces are called engineered[...]

Knee osteoarthritis is a painful and disabling disease that is prevalent among elder adults. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can effectively alleviate knee arthritic pain a[...]

Bulk boron carbide has been widely used in ballistic armored vest and the property characterization has been heavily focused on mechanical properties. Even though boron c[...]

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is currently viewed as one of the major tools for investigating aerodynamics of road vehicles. In spite of its well-documented limitati[...]