Explore a selection of works produced by faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Michigan Technological University.

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Works from 2017

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DriTri: An in-vehicle wireless sensor network platform for daily health monitoring, Xian Li, Hui Huang, and Ye Sun

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WearETE: A scalable wearable e-textile triboelectric energy harvesting system for human motion scavenging, Xian Li and Ye Sun

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Experimental investigation of water injection technique in gasoline direct injection engine, Niranjan Miganakallu, Jeffrey D. Naber, Sandesh Rao, William Atkinson, and Sam Barros

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Cyber-physical risk management for PV photovoltaic plants, Alexander Miranda and Steven Goldsmith

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Transition Flow with an Incompressible Lattice Boltzmann Method, J. R. Murdock, J. C. Ickes, and Song L. Yang

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Development of a Reduced Chemical Mechanism for Combustion of Gasoline-Biofuels, Daniele Piazzullo, Michela Costa, Youngchul Ra, Vittorio Rocco, and Ankith Ullal

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Effect of diesel injection strategies on natural gas/diesel RCCI combustion characteristics in a light duty diesel engine, Kamran Poorghasemi, Rahim Khoshbakhti Saray, Ehsan Ansari, Behrouz Khoshbakht Irdmousa, Mahdi Shahbakhti, and Jeffrey D. Naber

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Numerical Study on Evaporation of Spherical Droplets Impinging on the Wall Using Volume of Fluid (VOF) Model, Sathya Prasad Potham, Le Zhao, and Seong Young Lee

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Shear-driven annular flow-boiling in millimeter-scale channels: Direct numerical simulations for convective component of the overall heat transfer coefficient, Hrishikesh Prasad Ranga Prasad, Amitabh Narain, Sharayu S. Bhasme, and Ranjeeth R. Naik

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Building-to-grid predictive power flow control for demand response and demand flexibility programs, Meysam Razmara, Guna Bharati, Drew Hanover, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Sumit Paudyal, and Rush D. Robinett III

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Promoting industrial robotics education by curriculum, robotic simulation software, and advanced robotic workcell development and implementation, Aleksandr Sergeyev, Nasser Alaraje, Siddharth Y. Parmar, Scott A. Kuhl, Vincent T. Druschke, and J. Hooker

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Predicting Pressure Drop, Temperature, and Particulate Matter Distribution of a Catalyzed Diesel Particulate Filter Using a Multi-Zone Model Including Cake Permeability, Boopathi Singalandapuram Mahadevan, John H. Johnson, and Mahdi Shahbakhti

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Analysis and Control of a Torque Blended Hybrid Electric Powertrain with a Multi-Mode LTC-SI Engine, Ali Solouk, Mohammad Shakiba-Herfeh, and Mahdi Shahbakhti

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Comparison of direct-injection spray development of E10 gasoline to a single and multi-component E10 gasoline surrogate, Meng Tang, Jiongxun Zhang, Xiucheng Zhu, Kyle Yeakle, Henry John Schmidt VII, Seong-Young Lee, Jeffrey D. Naber, and Cody Squibb

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Thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties of talc‐ and glass microsphere‐Reinforced Cycloaliphatic epoxy composites, Julie Tomasi, Julia A. King, Aaron Krieg, Ibrahim Miskioglu, and Gregory M. Odegard

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Toward Online Optimal Power Flow of a Networked DC Microgrid System, Eddy Trinklein, Gordon Parker, Rush D. Robinett III, and Wayne Weaver

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Active load damping of an extending boom crane using a low cost RGB-D camera, Eddy Trinklein, Gordon Parker, and Matthew S. Zawisza

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Erratum to: Thermodynamic coupling between gradient elasticity and a Cahn–Hilliard type of diffusion: size-dependent spinodal gaps (Continuum Mech. Thermodyn., 10.1007/s00161-017-0565-y), Ioannis Tsagrakis and Elias C. Aifantis

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An experimental study on the interaction between flow and spark plug orientation on ignition energy and duration for different electrode designs, Yanyu Wang, Jiongxun Zhang, Paul Dice, Xin Wang, Mahdi Shahbakhti, and Jeffrey D. Naber

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Investigation of impacts of spark plug orientation on early flame development and combustion in a DI optical engine, Yanyu Wang, Jiongxun Zhang, Xin Wang, Paul Dice, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Jeffrey D. Naber, Michael Czekala, and Garlan Huberts

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Piecewise point classification for uncertainty propagation with nonlinear limit states, Zequn Wang

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Metastability of Pulse Power Loads Using the Hamiltonian Surface Shaping Method, Wayne W. Weaver, Rush D. Robinett III, David G. Wilson, and Ronald Matthews

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A validated model of passive skeletal muscle to predict force and intramuscular pressure, Benjamin B. Wheatley, Gregory Odegard, Kenton R. Kaufman, and Tammy L. Haut Donahue

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Water injection as an enabler for increased efficiency at high-load in a direct injected, boosted, SI engine, Jeremy Worm, Jeffrey D. Naber, Joel Duncan, Sam Barros, and William Atkinson

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Energy-driven surface evolution in beta-MnO < inf> 2 structures, Wentao Yao, Yifei Yuan, Hasti Asayesh Ardakani, Zhennan Huang, Fei Long, Craig R. Friedrich, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu, and Reza Shahbazian-Yassar

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Air charge and residual gas fraction estimation for a spark-ignition engine using in-cylinder pressure, Arya Yazdani, Jeffrey D. Naber, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Paul Dice, Chris Glugla, Stephen Cooper, Douglas McEwan, and Garlan Huberts

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Abiotic tooth enamel, Bongjun Yeom, Trisha Sain, Naida Lacevic, Daria Bukharina, Sang Ho Cha, Anthony M. Waas, Ellen M. Arruda, and Nicholas A. Kotov

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An experimental and numerical study of diesel spray impingement on a flat plate, Le Zhao, Roberto Torelli, Xiucheng Zhu, Riccardo Scarcelli, Sibendu Som, Henry Schmidt, Jeffrey D. Naber, and Seong-Young Lee

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An experimental study of diesel spray impingement on a flat plate: Effects of injection conditions, Xiucheng Zhu, Le Zhao, Zhihao Zhao, Nitisha Ahuja, Jeffrey D. Naber, and Seong-Young Lee

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Marine robotics: An effective interdisciplinary approach to promote STEM education, Saeedeh Ziaeefard and Nina Mahmoudian

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Spark ignited direct injection natural gas combustion in a heavy duty single cylinder test engine - nozzle included angle effects, Philip Zoldak and Jeffrey D. Naber

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Model Predictive Control of Parametric Excited Pitch-surge Modes in Wave Energy Converters, Shangyan Zou, Ossama Abdelkhalik, Rush Robinett, Umesh Korde, Giorgio Bacelli, David Wilson, and Ryan Coe

Works from 2016

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On the control design of wave energy converters with wave prediction, Ossama Abdelkhalik, Rush D. Robinett III, Shangyan Zou, Giorgio Bacelli, Ryan Coe, Diana Bull, David Wilson, and Umesh Korde

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Carbureted SI Engine Air Flow Measurements, Behdad Afkhami, Yu Zhao, Scott Miers, and Jon Gregory Loesche

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Internal length gradient (ILG) material mechanics across scales and disciplines, E. C. Alfantis

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Easily Verifiable Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller Design with Application to Automotive Engines, Mohammad Reza Amini, Mahdi Shahbakhti, and J. Karl Hedrick

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Efficiency and emissions mapping of a light duty diesel - natural gas engine operating in conventional diesel and RCCI modes, Ehsan Ansari, Kamran Poorghasemi, Behrouz Khoshbakht Irdmousa, Mahdi Shahbakhti, and Jeffrey D. Naber

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Extending WID to train mechanical engineering GTAs to evaluate student writing, Nancy Barr

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Low-cost production of epoxy matrix composites reinforced with scarp rubber, boron, glass bubbles and alumina, E. Bayraktar, I. Miskioglu, and D. Zaimova

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Design of Al-Nb2 Al composites through powder metallurgy, E. Bayraktar, M. H. Robert, and I. Miskioglu

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Contact angle measurement of liquid hydrogen (LH2) in stainless steel and aluminum cells, Kishan Bellur, Vinaykumar Konduru, Manan Kulshreshtha, Daanish Tyrewala, Ezequiel F. Medici, Jeffrey S. Allen, Chang Kyoung Choi, Daniel S. Hussey, David C. Jacobson, Juscelino B. Leão, John McQuillen, James Hermanson, and Arun Tamilarasan

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A new experiment for investigating evaporation and condensation of cryogenic propellants, K. Bellur, E. F. Medici, M. Kulshreshtha, V. Konduru, D. Tyrewala, A. Tamilarasan, J. McQuillen, J. B. Leão, D. S. Hussey, D. L. Jacobson, J. Scherschligt, J. C. Hermanson, C. K. Choi, and J. S. Allen

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Teaching DSP and dynamic measurements at the graduate level at Michigan technological university, Jason Blough

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Gaskinetic modeling on dilute gaseous plume impingement flows, Chunpei Cai

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Numerical simulations of high enthalpy flows around entry bodies, Chunpei Cai

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Optimal scheduling of PEV charging/discharging in microgrids with combined objectives, Chong Cao, Ming Cheng, and Bo Chen

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Mitigation of the impact of high plug-in electric vehicle penetration on residential distribution grid using smart charging strategies, Chong Cao, Luting Wang, and Bo Chen

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An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Water Condensation inside the Tubes of an Automotive Compact Charge Air Cooler, Robin Y. Cash, Edward Lumsdaine, Apoorv Talekar, and Bashar AbdulNour

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Affordance theory for engineering design, Benjamin T. Ciavola and John K. Gershenson

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Authentic engineering assignments for an undergraduate vibration laboratory class, James DeClerck and Jean S. DeClerck

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Hybrid polymer additive manufacturing of a darrieus type vertical axis wind turbine design to improve power generation efficiency, Sourabh Deshpande, Nithin Rao, Nitin Pradhan, and John L. Irwin

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Design of hybrid composites from scrap aluminum bronze chips, L. F.P. Ferreira, E. Bayraktar, I. Miskioglu, and D. Katundi

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Recycle of aluminium (A356) for processing of new composites reinforced with magnetic nano iron oxide and molybdenum, L. F.P. Ferreira, E. Bayraktar, I. Miskioglu, and M. H. Robert

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Particles reinforced scrap aluminum based composites by combined processing sintering + thixoforging, L. F.P. Ferreira, E. Bayraktar, M. H. Robert, and I. Miskioglu

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Recycling of scrap aluminium (AA7075) chips for low cost composites, L. F.P. Ferreira, E. Bayraktar, M. H. Robert, and I. Miskioglu

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Aluminium matrix composites reinforced by nano Fe3O4 doped with TiO2 by thermomechanical process, L. F.P. Ferreira, I. Miskioglu, E. Bayraktar, and M. H. Robert

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Optimization of magnetic and electrical properties of new aluminium matrix composite reinforced with magnetic nano iron oxide (Fe3O4 ), L. M.P. Ferreira, E. Bayraktar, M. H. Robert, and I. Miskioglu

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Mechanical and tribological properties of scrap rubber based composites reinforced with glass fiber, Al and TiO2, L. M.P. Ferreira, I. Miskioglu, E. Bayraktar, and D. Katundi

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Mechanical and tribological properties of scrap rubber reinforced with Al2O3 fiber, aluminium and TiO2, L. M.P. Ferreira, I. Miskioglu, E. Bayraktar, and D. Katundi

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Ultrasonic scattering measurement of air void size distribution in hardened concrete samples, Shuaicheng Guo, Qingli Dai, Xiao Sun, and Ye Sun

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Dc microgrid droop control based on battery state of charge balancing, Rui Hu and Wayne Weaver

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Toughening mechanisms on recycled rubber modified epoxy based composites reinforced with alumina fibers, Alaeddin Burak Irez, Ibrahim Miskioglu, and E. Bayraktar

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Fuel-Optimal Strategies for Vehicle Supported Military Microgrids, Robert S. Jane, Gordon Parker, Wayne Weaver, and Denise M. Rizzo

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Frosting characteristics on hydrophilic and superhydrophobic copper surfaces, Chan Ho Jeong, Jae Bin Lee, Seong Hyuk Lee, Jungho Lee, Seung Mun You, and Chang Kyoung Choi

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Review of sensing methodologies for estimation of combustion metrics, Libin Jia, Jeffrey D. Naber, and Jason R. Blough

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Modeling and hardware-in-the-loop simulation of power-split device for hybrid electric vehicles, Shreyash Joshi and Bo Chen

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Evidence of Splitting 1,2,3-Triazole into an Alkyne and Azide by Low Mechanical Force in the Presence of Other Covalent Bonds, Ashok Khanal, Fei Long, Bin Cao, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, and Shiyue Fang

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Effects of carbon fillers on the conductivity and tensile properties of polyetheretherketone composites, Julia A. King, Julie Tomasi, Danielle René Klimek-McDonald, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Gregory M. Odegard, Todd King, and John W. Sutherland

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Determination and modeling of mechanical properties for graphene nanoplatelet/epoxy composites, Danielle René Klimek-McDonald, Julia A. King, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Evan J. Pineda, and Gregory M. Odegard

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Wave-by-wave control in irregular waves for a wave energy converter with approximate parameters, Umesh A. Korde, Rush D. Robinett III, and David G. Wilson

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Design of hybrid composites from scrap aluminum reinforced with (SiC+TiO2 +Gr+Ti+B), A. Kursun, L. F.P. Ferreira, E. Bayraktar, and I. Miskioglu

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Model integration and hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) simulation design for the testing of electric power steering controllers, Chuanliangzi Liu, Bo Chen, Ming Cheng, Anthony Champagne, and Keyur Patel

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Experimental laboratory study on the formation of multiple shock waves observed during volcanic eruptions, E. F. Medici and G. P. Waite

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Understanding Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Using Coupled Continuum and Pore-Network Models, E. F. Medici, I. V. Zenyuk, D. Y. Parkinson, A. Z. Weber, and J. S. Allen

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A Quantitative Technique to Compare Experimental Observations and Numerical Simulations of Percolation in Thin Porous Materials, Ezequiel F. Medici and Jeffrey S. Allen

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Sugarcane bagasse waste in composites for multilayered armor, Sergio N. Monteiro

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Design of mobile microgrid's hierarchy for power distribution, Barzin Moridian, Daryl Bennett, Nina Mahmoudian, Rush D. Robinett III, and Wayne Weaver

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Robotic power distribution system for post-disaster operations, Barzin Moridian, Nina Mahmoudian, Wayne Weaver, and Rush D. Robinett III

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Steady and unsteady simulations for annular internal condensing flows, part I: Algorithm and its accuracy, Ranjeeth R. Naik, Amitabh Narain, and Soumya Asimkumar Mitra

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Phase control of RF cavities, Brian R. Page, Orlando Murray, Patricia Tan, Alexandria N. Marchi, Alexander Scheinker, Daniel Rees, and Charles Farrar

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Bridging the gap between the linear and nonlinear predictive control: Adaptations for efficient building climate control, Matej Pčolka, Eva Žáčeková, Rush Robinett, Sergej Čelikovský, and Michael Šebek

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An Efficient Level-Set Flame Propagation Model for Hybrid Unstructured Grids Using the G-Equation, Federico Perini, Youngchul Ra, Kenji Hiraoka, Kazutoshi Nomura, Akihiro Yuuki, Yuji Oda, Christopher Rutland, and Rolf Reitz

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Bilevel optimization framework for smart building-to-grid systems, Meysam Razmara, Guna Bharati, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Sumit Paudyal, and Rush D. Robinett III

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Performance, Efficiency and Emissions Assessment of Natural Gas Direct Injection compared to Gasoline and Natural Gas Port-Fuel Injection in an Automotive Engine, James Sevik, Michael Pamminger, Thomas Wallner, Riccardo Scarcelli, Ronald Reese, Asim Iqbal, Brad Boyer, Steven Wooldridge, Carrie Hall, and Scott Miers

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A noninvasive method to predict fluid viscosity and nanoparticle size using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) imaging, Dong Hwan Shin, Mohammad Mamun, Jose Almonte, Charles H. Margraves, Yong Tae Kang, Seong Hyuk Lee, and Chang Kyoung Choi

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Energy optimization and fuel economy investigation of a series hybrid electric vehicle Integrated with diesel/RCCI engines, Ali Solouk and Mahdi Shahbakhti

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Capacitive biopotential measurement for electrophysiological signal acquisition: A review, Ye Sun and Xiong Bill Yu

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Effect of combustion on diesel spray penetrations in relation to vaporizing, non-reacting sprays, Meng Tang, Le Zhao, Seong-Young Lee, and Jeffrey D. Naber

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Stiffness characterization of an inflated airbag based three axis motion platform, Eddy Trinklein, Jason R. Blough, Gordon Parker, Jacob Thill, and Michael Plackett

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Ship motion sensor isolation system development and testing for use with low cost IMUs, Eddy Trinklein and Gordon Parker

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Design, Test, and Simulation of Lunar and Mars Landing Pad Soil Stabilization Built with in Situ Rock Utilization, Paul van Susant and Philip T. Metzger

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Grid-tied single-phase bi-directional PEV charging/discharging control, Luting Wang, Chong Cao, and Bo Chen

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Hamiltonian modeling and control of AC microgrids with spinning machines and inverters, Wayne Weaver, Rush D. Robinett III, Gordon Parker, and David G. Wilson

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How Does Tissue Preparation Affect Skeletal Muscle Transverse Isotropy?, Benjamin B. Wheatley, Gregory M. Odegard, Kenton R. Kaufman, and Tammy L.Haut Donahue

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Nonlinear Power Flow Control design of high penetration renewable sources for AC inverter based microgrids, David G. Wilson, Rush D. Robinett III, Wayne Weaver, Raymond H. Byrne, and Joseph Young

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Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of bio-oil from two-step torrefaction and fast pyrolysis of pine, Olumide Winjobi, David Shonnard, Ezra Bar Ziv, and Wen Zhou

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Techno-economic assessment of the effect of torrefaction on fast pyrolysis of pine, Olumide Winjobi, David Shonnard, Ezra Bar Ziv, and Wen Zhou

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A Comparative Analysis for Optimal Control of Power Split in a Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Arya Yazdani and Mehran Bidarvatan

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Characteristics of elastomeric composites reinforced with carbon black and epoxy, D. Zaimova, E. Bayraktar, and I. Miskioglu

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Design and manufacturing of new elastomeric composites: Mechanical properties, chemical and physical analysis, D. Zaimova, E. Bayraktar, and I. Miskioglu