Mechanical and Materials Engineering Publications

 

With a focus on mechanical engineering, automation technologies and systems, thermofluids and, materials and solid mechanics, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Publications illustrate their research efforts in developing technologies for the future.

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Submissions from 2021

Control of twisted-coiled actuators via multi-DOF PID, Parisa Daemi, Mena Kamel, Jason Gharibo, Michael D. Naish, Ana Luisa Trejos, and Aaron D. Price

A model for the conduction shape factor in spherical void phase porous materials, Cole T. Fleet and Anthony G. Straatman

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Real-Time Voluntary Motion Prediction and Parkinson's Tremor Reduction Using Deep Neural Networks, Anas Ibrahim, Yue Zhou, Mary E. Jenkins, Ana Luisa Trejos, and Michael D. Naish

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Experimental heat transfer investigations of a double pipe U-tube heat exchanger equipped with twisted tape and cut twisted tape internals, Raj Kumar Nayak Maloth, Glen Cletus DSouza, and Swarna Mayee Patra

Design and Preliminary Performance Assessment of a Wearable Tremor Suppression Glove, Yue Zhou, Anas Ibrahim, Kenneth G. Hardy, Mary E. Jenkins, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos

Analysis of the Effect of Common Disturbances on the Safety of a Wearable Tremor Suppression Device, Yue Zhou, Anas Ibrahim, Mary E. Jenkins, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos

Submissions from 2020

Kinematic Modeling and Characterization of a Wearable Tremor Suppression Device for Pathological Tremor Reduction, Parisa Daemi, Yue Zhou, Kyle Inzunza, Michael D. Naish, Aaron D. Price, and Ana Luisa Trejos

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Exact solutions to the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations using the extended Beltrami method, Nolan J. Dyck and Anthony G. Straatman

The Design of a Parkinson's Tremor Predictor and Estimator Using a Hybrid Convolutional-Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network, Anas Ibrahim, Yue Zhou, Mary E. Jenkins, Ana Luisa Trejos, and Michael D. Naish

Parkinson's Tremor Onset Detection and Active Tremor Classification Using a Multilayer Perceptron, Anas Ibrahim, Yue Zhou, Mary E. Jenkins, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos

Submissions from 2019

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Hard, soft and off-the-shelf foot orthoses and their effect on the angle of the medial longitudinal arch: A biplane fluoroscopy study, Megan E.R. Balsdon, Colin E. Dombroski, Kristen Bushey, and Thomas Jenkyn

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Compressible and choked flows in rotating passages, Nolan J. Dyck and Anthony G. Straatman

A computational study on airflow balancing in a horticultural drying chamber, Mahmoud Mohamed Mostafa Elhalwagy, Anthony G. Straatman, Bernard Goyette, and Gideon Avigad

Upper Limb Motion Demands of Tasks of Daily Living: Applications of Dartfish Movement Analysis Software, Sara Frances Holland, Emily Lalone, Joy C. MacDermid, Kathryn Sinden, and Lauren Straatman

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A Numerical Approach for Determining the Resistance of Fine Mesh Filters, Anthony Sherratt, Christopher T. DeGroot, Anthony G. Straatman, and Domenico Santoro

Submissions from 2018

Development of a physical shoulder simulator for the training of basic arthroscopic skills, Laura C. McCracken, Ana Luisa Trejos, Marie Eve LeBel, Behnaz Poursartip, Abelardo Escoto, Rajni V. Patel, and Michael D. Naish

Analysis of Energy-Based Metrics for Laparoscopic Skills Assessment, Behnaz Poursartip, Marie Eve Lebel, Rajni V. Patel, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos

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Numerical Modeling and Control of Solids Separation Using Continuously Moving Fine Mesh Filters, Anthony Sherratt, Christopher T. DeGroot, Anthony G. Straatman, and Domenico Santoro

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A Porous Media Model of Alveolar Duct Flow in the Human Lung, Anthony G. Straatman and Christopher T. DeGroot

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The Development and Numerical Modelling of a Representative Elemental Volume for Packed Sand, Ashraf Thabet and Anthony G. Straatman

Comparison of pore-level and volume-averaged computations in highly conductive spherical-void-phase porous materials, Jeremy Vu and Anthony G. Straatman

Development of a 2-DOF Sensorized Surgical Grasper for Grasping and Axial Force Measurements, Pouya Soltani Zarrin, Abelardo Escoto, Ran Xu, Rajni V. Patel, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos

Characterization of parkinsonian hand tremor and validation of a high-order tremor estimator, Y. Zhou, M. E. Jenkins, M. D. Naish, and A. L. Trejos

Development of a Wearable Tremor Suppression Glove, Yue Zhou, Mary E. Jenkins, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos

Impact of suppressed tremor: Is suppression of proximal joints sufficient?, Yue Zhou, Mary E. Jenkins, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos