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Investigations of the Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of the Four Heart Valves
(2021-05)
The four heart valves (HVs) regulate the unidirectional flow of blood throughout the four chambers of the heart. The artioventricular heart valves (AHVs) enforce this unidirectional flow between each atrium and the respective ...
EEG Investigations of Creativity in Engineering and Engineering Design
(2021-05)
Creativity has been in steady decline since the 1990s. This is an area of significant concern because creative ability is considered to be among the most important skills for national prosperity in the 21st century. Action ...
Designing Coupled Engineered Systems Under Uncertainty
(2020-05)
The evolving technology and state of art research have provided various platforms for transforming engineering design by merging product and process design with materials. This merger gives us an extended design space and ...
Development and characterization of advanced nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical and thermal properties
(2023-05-12)
The mechanical and thermal properties of composites made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), glass micro-balloons (GmBs), and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were investigated in this thesis. The objective of this study was to determine ...
Design, Development, and Characterization of a Low Velocity Impact System
(2023-05-12)
This paper introduces low-velocity impacts (LVI), presents a concept for evaluating them, tests various materials for proof-of-concept, and discusses how the machine could be used in future university projects as well as ...
Integrated System to Reduce Emissions from a Natural Gas-Fired Reciprocating Engine
(2022-08)
Internal Combustion (IC) engines are a significant source of environmental pollution; therefore, global efforts are being made for their growth and sustainability. Mainly, the Natural Gas-Fired Reciprocating Engines (NGFRE), ...
Development of Envelope Evaluation Benchmarks Using EnergyPlus and Data-Driven Thermal Model
(2022-12)
Residential buildings account for a large portion of the consumption of the global energy and total energy by end use. To mitigate the rising trend of energy consumption, residential buildings show a huge potential by ...
Designing a Substrate Heater for Thin-Film Deposition in High Vacuum
(2020)
This thesis outlines the design of a custom substrate heater for use in physical vapor deposition
of laboratory thin films. Traditional substrate heaters bring a substrate to temperature through a
reliance on the conductive ...
Quantitative Content Analysis of the Impact of Utilizing the "Virtual-Object" on the Engineering Students' Pedagogy
(2020-07-30)
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of utilizing the specially designed "Virtual-Object" and project-based learning instruction in the Thermodynamics course on engineering students' performance.
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Design, Characterization, and Additive Manufacturing of Shape Memory Composites
(2020)
Direct Ink Writing (DIW) is an additive manufacturing method that utilizes a reservoir of fluid that is precisely extruded to construct 3-Dimensional (3D) structures from layering 2-Dimensional (2D) patterns. Fluids used ...