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 2018
Development and Validation of a Finger Tremor Simulator, Yue Zhou, Michael D. Naish, Mary E. Jenkins, and Ana Luisa Trejos
Submissions from 2017
Dynamic coupling of phase-heat and mass transfer in porous media and conjugate fluid/porous domains, Mahmoud Mohamed Mostafa Elhalwagy and Anthony G. Straatman
A breakthrough in tumor localization, Anish S. Naidu, Michael D. Naish, and Rajni V. Patel
Low-Cost Disposable Tactile Sensors for Palpation in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Anish S. Naidu, Rajni V. Patel, and Michael D. Naish
Energy-based metrics for arthroscopic skills assessment, Behnaz Poursartip, Marie Eve LeBel, Laura C. McCracken, Abelardo Escoto, Rajni V. Patel, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos
Development and evaluation of a sensorized shoulder simulator, B. Poursartip, L. C. McCracken, A. Escoto, R. V. Patel, M. E. Lebel, A. L. Trejos, and M. D. Naish
Development of an optical fiber-based sensor for grasping and axial force sensing, Pouya Soltani Zarrin, Abelardo Escoto, Ran Xu, Rajni V. Patel, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos
Submissions from 2016
Forced convective heat transfer on a horizontal circular cylinder due to multiple impinging circular jets, Christopher M. Csernyei and Anthony G. Straatman
A conjugate fluid-porous approach for simulating airflow in realistic geometric representations of the human respiratory system, Christopher DeGroot Dr and Anthony G. Straatman
Radiative property characterization of spherical void phase graphitic foam with application to solar collection, Nolan J. Dyck and Anthony G. Straatman
A conjugate fluid-porous approach to convective heat and mass transfer with application to produce drying, Furqan A. Khan and Anthony G. Straatman
Closure of the macroscopic turbulence and non-equilibrium turbulent heat and mass transfer equations for porous media composed of randomly packed spheres, Furqan A. Khan and Anthony G. Straatman
An autoclavable wireless palpation instrument for minimally invasive surgery, Anish S. Naidu, Abelardo Escoto, Omar Fahmy, Rajni V. Patel, and Michael D. Naish
Energy-based metrics for laparoscopic skills assessment, Behnaz Poursartip, Marie Eve Lebel, Rajni V. Patel, Michael D. Naish, and Ana Luisa Trejos
A computational model for estimating tumor margins in complementary tactile and 3D ultrasound images, Arefin Shamsil, Abelardo Escoto, Michael D. Naish, and Rajni V. Patel
Numerical modelling of a rotary cement kiln with improvements to shell cooling, Anthony G. Straatman and Christopher M. Csernyei
Design and validation of a high-order weighted-frequency fourier linear combiner-based Kalman filter for parkinsonian tremor estimation, Y. Zhou, M. E. Jenkins, M. D. Naish, and A. L. Trejos
The measurement and analysis of Parkinsonian hand tremor, Y. Zhou, M. E. Jenkins, M. D. Naish, and A. L. Trejos
Submissions from 2015
A chance-constrained programming approach to preoperative planning of robotic cardiac surgery under task-level uncertainty, Hamidreza Azimian, Michael D. Naish, Bob Kiaii, and Rajni V. Patel
Multimodal noncontact tracking of surgical instruments, Tara A. Bracken and Michael D. Naish
A new approach to digital generation of spherical void phase porous media microstructures, Nolan J. Dyck and Anthony G. Straatman
A multi-sensory mechatronic device for localizing tumors in minimally invasive interventions, Abelardo Escoto, Srikanth Bhattad, Arefin Shamsil, Andre Sanches, Ana Luisa Trejos, Michael D. Naish, Richard A. Malthaner, and Rajni V. Patel
Articulating minimally invasive ultrasonic tool for robotics-assisted surgery, Iman Khalaji, Michael D. Naish, and Rajni V. Patel
Numerical modeling of heat and mass exchange in conjugate fluid/porous/solid domains with application to direct and indirect evaporative cooling, Furqan A. Khan and Anthony G. Straatman
Performance evaluation of a sensorized arthroscopic grasper, Behnaz Poursartip, Daniel Yurkewich, Marie Eve LeBel, Rajni V. Patel, Ana Luisa Trejos, and Michael D. Naish