Publications from the Department of Engineering Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering faculty at the University of Rhode Island.

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Submissions from 2026

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Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Microplastic and Nanoplastic Sampling, Detection, Characterization and Bioassessment, Liyuan Gong, Erfan Eskandari, Iftakhar Khan, and Yang Lin

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Advances and prospects of phase space reconstruction-based high-dimensional signal processing for fault diagnosis: A systematic review, Yong Lv, Hengyu Liu, Rui Yuan, Xun Dong, Yifei Wang, Hao Wu, and David Chelidze

Submissions from 2025

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Achieving Exceptionally Enhanced Thermal Conductivity and Bulk Modulus in Polar Insulators Via Modification of Chemical Bonding, Niraj Bhatt, Sandip Thakur, Pravin Karna, and Ashutosh Giri

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A System for Robotic Extraction of Fasteners, Austin Clark and Musa K. Jouaneh

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Conducting Salts Govern Thermal Boundary Conductance across Solid Electrode/Organic Liquid Electrolyte Interfaces in Lithium-Ion Batteries, C Jaymes Dionne, Patrick E. Hopkins, Arijit Bose, and Ashutosh Giri

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Ruddlesden-Popper chalcogenides push the limit of mechanical stiffness and glass-like thermal conductivity in single crystals, Md Shafkat Hoque, Eric R. Hoglund, Boyang Zhao, De-Liang Bao, Hao Zhou, Sandip Thakur, Eric Osei-Agyemang, Khalid Hattar, Ethan A. Scott, Mythili Surendran, John A. Tomko, John T. Gaskins, Kiumars Aryana, Sara Makarem, Adie Alwen, Andrea M. Hodge, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Ashutosh Giri, Tianli Feng, Jordan A. Hachtel, Jayakanth Ravichandran, Sokrates T. Pantelides, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Rural vs. Urban: How Urbanicity Shapes Electric Vehicle Charging Behavior in Rhode Island, Tim Jonas, Oluwatosin Okele, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Rush to Charge, Dead to Drive: Application of Deadline Rush Model to Electric Vehicle User’s Charging Behavior, Mehrsa Khaleghikarahrodi and Gretchen A. Macht

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Characteristic value decomposition: A unifying paradigm for data-driven modal analysis, He-Wen-Xuan Li, Dalton L. Stein, and David Chelidze

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A Call to Arms for American Democracy, Gretchen A. Macht, Philip Kortum, and Michael D. Byrne

Ballots and Booths: Best Practices for In-Person Voting, Anita Manion, Lisa Bryant, David Kimball, Gretchen Macht, Mindy Romero, and Robert Stein

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A review of heat transport in solvated gold nanoparticles: Molecular dynamics modeling and experimental perspectives, Md Adnan Munshi, Emdadul Haque Chowdhury, Luis E. Paniagua-Guerra, Jaymes Dionne, Ashutosh Giri, and Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado

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Continuation of nonlinear normal modes using reduced-order models based on generalized characteristic value decomposition, Dalton L. Stein and David Chelidze

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Guiding the Design of Multifunctional Covalent Organic Frameworks: High-Throughput Screening of Thermal and Mechanical Properties, Sandip Thakur and Ashutosh Giri

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Impact of carbon dioxide loading on the thermal conductivity of metal organic frameworks, Sandip Thakur and Ashutosh Giri

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Multifaceted vibration absorption of a rotating magnetic nonlinear energy sink, Collin Treacy, Dalton Stein, and David Chelidze

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A Comparative Study of Electronic and Paper Ballot Systems in Modern U.S. Elections, Gianna M. Wadowski, Nicholas D. Bernardo Jr., Bridgett A. King, and Gretchen A. Macht

Submissions from 2024

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COVID-19 and United States Election systems: a simulation study of in-person voting in Rhode Island, Nicholas D. Bernardo Jr., Bridgett A. King, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Optimizing Automated Detection of Cross-Recessed Screws in Laptops Using a Neural Network, Nicholas M. DiFilippo, Musa K. Jouaneh, and Alexander D. Jedson

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Advances and Challenges in Vehicle Electrification, Pnina Gershon, David Rempel, Justin Mason, Gretchen A. Macht, Raul Arbelaez, and Linda Boyle

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Microfluidics in smart food safety, Liyuan Gong and Yang Lin

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Evaluating size effects on the thermal conductivity and electron-phonon scattering rates of copper thin films for experimental validation of Matthiessen's rule, Md Rafiqul Islam, Pravin Karna, John A. Tomko, Eric R. Hoglund, Daniel M. Hirt, Md Shafkat Hoque, Saman Zare, Kiumars Aryana, Thomas W. Pfeifer, Christopher Jezewski, Ashutosh Giri, Colin D. Landon, Sean W. King, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Building an Educational Automated Mechatronics-Based Sorting System, Benjamin Jackvony and Musa Jouaneh

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Analyzing the urban-rural divide: Understanding geographic variations in charging behavior for a user-centered EVSE infrastructure, Tim Jonas and Gretchen A. Macht

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Electron-electron scattering limits thermal conductivity of metals under extremely high electron temperatures, Pravin Karna and Ashutosh Giri

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Fluid Flow Dynamics in Partially Saturated Paper, Ashutosh Kumar, Jun Hatayama, Alex Soucy, Ethan Carpio, Nassim Rahmani, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, and Mohammad Faghri

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Geometry-informed phase space warping for reliable fatigue damage monitoring, He-Wen-Xuan Li and David Chelidze

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A highly-sensitive wearable capacitance pressure sensor based on calcium copper titanate/polydimethysiloxane/graphene oxide and polydimethysiloxane/silver nanowires sanwich strustures combination for human body monitoring, Yang Lin

MICROFLUIDIC BI-AXIAL CELL STRETCHING PLATFORM FOR INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL MODELING, Yang Lin

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Toxicity risk from hip implant CoCrMo particles: The impact of dynamic flow rate on neuronal cells in microfluidic systems, Yang Lin

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Impact of facilities layout methods on in-person elections: a theoretical exploration, Emma C. McCool-Guglielmo, Nicholas D. Bernardo, Jennifer I. Lather, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Separation of Microplastics from Blood Samples Using Traveling Surface Acoustic Waves, Pedro Mesquita, Yang Lin, Liyuan Gong, and Daniel Schwartz

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Validation of the Wiedemann-Franz Law in Solid and Molten Tungsten above 2000 K through Thermal Conductivity Measurements via Steady-State Temperature Differential Radiometry, Milena Milich, Hunter B. Schonfeld, Konstantinos Boboridis, Davide Robba, Luka Vlahovic, Rudy J. Konings, Jeffrey L. Braun, John T. Gaskins, Niraj Bhatt, Ashutosh Giri, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Exploring Process Performance of Envelope Opening and Ballot Extraction Options in Vote-by-Mail: A Utah Case Study, Leonie S. Otte and Gretchen A. Macht

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Trajectory Planning for Reciprocating Motion in Integrated Servo Motor Linear Stages, Max Schnegas and Musa K. Jouaneh

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Pushing the Limits of Heat Conduction in Covalent Organic Frameworks Through High-Throughput Screening of Their Thermal Conductivity, Sandip Thakur and Ashutosh Giri

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Laminar flame properties correlations for H2/C3H8 mixtures at high temperature and pressure conditions, Hernando A. Yepes, Colin Slunecka, Adalberto Salazar, Bret Windom, Daniel B. Olsen, Anthony J. Marchese, and German Amador

Submissions from 2023

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Assessing Precinct Consolidation Strategies Through Simulation Optimization, Nicholas D. Bernardo, Bridgett A. King, and Gretchen A. Macht

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A study of ignition and combustion of liquid hydrocarbon droplets in premixed fuel/air mixtures in a rapid compression machine, Siddhesh Bhoite, Bret Windom, Jaswinder Singh, David Montgomery, and Anthony J. Marchese

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Paper-Based Bi-Material Cantilever Actuator Bending Behavior and Modeling, Gordon Chen, Ashutosh Kumar, Hojat Heidari-Bafroui, Winfield Smith, Amer Charbaji, Nassim Rahmani, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, and Mohammad Faghri

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Graphullerite: A Thermally Conductive and Remarkably Ductile Allotrope of Polymerized Carbon, Connor Jaymes Dionne, Muhammad Akif Rahman, and Ashutosh Giri

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Solar installation occupational risks: A systematic review, Jesse C. Duroha and Gretchen A. Macht

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Ultrafast and Nanoscale Energy Transduction Mechanisms and Coupled Thermal Transport across Interfaces, Ashutosh Giri, Scott G. Walton, John Tomko, Niraj Bhatt, Michael J. Johnson, David R. Boris, Guanyu Lu, Joshua D. Caldwell, Oleg V. Prezhdo, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Electric Vehicle User Behavior: An Analysis of Charging Station Utilization in Canada, Tim Jonas, Noah Daniels, and Gretchen Macht

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Direct Measurement of Ballistic and Diffusive Electron Transport in Gold, Pravin Karna, Md Shafkat Hoque, Sandip Thakur, Patrick E. Hopkins, and Ashutosh Giri

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Patterns, no patterns, that is the question: Quantifying users’ electric vehicle charging, Mehrsa Khaleghikarahrodi and Gretchen A. Macht

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Investigating Factors Affecting Electric Vehicle Users’ Procrastination Charging Behavior, Mehrsa Khaleghikarahrodi, Jeremy Herrera Santos, Fatima Lynch-Smith, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Thermal Conductivity of Covalent-Organic Frameworks, Jinha Kwon, Hao Ma, Ashutosh Giri, Patrick E. Hopkins, Natalia B. Shustova, and Zhiting Tian

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Smooth mode decomposition: Theory and its applications in full-field output-only modal analysis, He-Wen-Xuan Li, Piyush Wanchoo, Arun Shukla, and David Chelidze

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A microfluidic approach for label-free identification of small-sized microplastics in seawater, Yang Lin

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A self-powered wearable piezoelectric nanogenerator for physiological monitoring based on lead zirconate titanate/microfibrillated cellulose@polyvinyl alcohol (PZT/MFC@PVA) composition, Yang Lin

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Inchworm-Inspired soft robot with magnetic driving based on PDMS, EGaIn and NdFeB (PEN) combination, Yang Lin

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Inertial microfluidic-assisted rapid detection of chemical contaminant in foods using quantum dots-based molecularly imprinted sensor, Yang Lin

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Microfluidic systems for particle capture and release: A review, Yang Lin

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Pre-vaporized ignition behavior of ethyl- and propyl-terminated oxymethylene ethers, Stephen P. Lucas, Nicole J. Labbe, Anthony J. Marchese, and Bret Windom

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A few-layer covalent network of fullerenes, Elena Meirzadeh, Austin M. Evans, Mehdi Rezaee, Milena Milich, Connor J. Dionne, Thomas P. Darlington, Si Tong Bao, Amymarie K. Bartholomew, Taketo Handa, Daniel J. Rizzo, Ren A. Wiscons, Mahniz Reza, Amirali Zangiabadi, Natalie Fardian-Melamed, Andrew C. Crowther, P James Schuck, D N. Basov, Xiaoyang Zhu, Ashutosh Giri, Patrick E. Hopkins, Philip Kim, Michael L. Steigerwald, Jingjing Yang, Colin Nuckolls, and Xavier Roy

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Entropy for team communication pattern recognition, Dominique Engome Tchupo and Gretchen A. Macht

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Origin of Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Metal Halide Perovskites, Sandip Thakur and Ashutosh Giri

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Reversible and high-contrast thermal conductivity switching in a flexible covalent organic framework possessing negative Poisson's ratio, Sandip Thakur and Ashutosh Giri

Submissions from 2022

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Assessing Minimum Accessible Voting Equipment Requirements through Simulation, Nicholas D. Bernardo and Gretchen A. Macht

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The Effect of Ballot Characteristics on the Likelihood of Voting Errors, Nicholas D. Bernardo Jr., Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Supramolecular Interactions Lead to Remarkably High Thermal Conductivities in Interpenetrated Two-Dimensional Porous Crystals, Connor Jaymes Dionne, Muhammad Akif Rahman, Patrick E. Hopkins, and Ashutosh Giri

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A Monolithic 3D Printed Axisymmetric Co-Flow Single and Compound Emulsion Generator, Amirreza Ghaznavi, Yang Lin, Mark Douvidzon, Adam Szmelter, Alannah Rodrigues, Malik Blackman, David Eddington, Tal Carmon, Lev Deych, Lan Yang, and Jie Xu

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Highly Negative Poisson's Ratio in Thermally Conductive Covalent Organic Frameworks, Ashutosh Giri, Austin M. Evans, Muhammad Akif Rahman, Alan J. McGaughey, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Exceptionally Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Aluminum Driven by Extreme Pressures: A First-Principles Study, Ashutosh Giri, Pravin Karna, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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A Parametric Study on a Paper-Based Bi-Material Cantilever Valve, H. Heidari-Bafroui, Ashutosh Kumar, Amer Charbaji, Winfield Smith, Nassim Rahmani, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, and Mohammad Faghri

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Quantifying the Impact of Traffic on Electric Vehicle Efficiency, Tim Jonas, Christopher D. Hunter, and Gretchen Macht

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Coupled spherical-cavities, Stanislav Kreps, Vladimir Shuvayev, Mark Douvidzon, Baheej Bathish, Tom Lenkiewicz Abudi, Amirreza Ghaznavi, Jie Xu, Yang Lin, Lev Deych, and Tal Carmon

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Experimental monitoring and modeling of fatigue damage for 3D-printed polymeric beams under irregular loading, He-Wen-Xuan Li, Gideon Lyngdoh, Sami Doner, Rui Yuan, and David Chelidze

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A Noninvasive Sweat Glucose Biosensor Based on Glucose Oxidase/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes/Ferrocene-Polyaniline Film/Cu Electrodes, Yang Lin

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A plantar wearable pressure sensor based on hybrid lead zirconate-titanate/microfibrillated cellulose piezoelectric composite films for human health monitoring, Yang Lin

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A plantar wearable pressure sensor based on hybrid lead zirconate-titanate/microfibrillated cellulose piezoelectric composite films for human health monitoring, Yang Lin

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A Low-Cost Microfluidic Method for Microplastics Identification: Towards Continuous Recognition, Pedro Mesquita, Liyuan Gong, and Yang Lin

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Low-cost microfluidics: Towards affordable environmental monitoring and assessment, Pedro Mesquita, Liyuan Gong, and Yang Lin

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Pore Size Dictates Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks with Adsorbed Gases, Muhammad A. Rahman, Connor Jaymes Dionne, and Ashutosh Giri

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Thermally Conductive Self-Healing Nanoporous Materials Based on Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks, Muhammad Akif Rahman, C Jaymes Dionne, and Ashutosh Giri

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Analysis of Team Member Evaluations Based on Gender, Dominique Engome Tchupo and Gretchen A. Macht

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Comparing fuzzy cognitive maps: Methods and their applications in team communication, Dominique Engome Tchupo and Gretchen A. Macht

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Tailoring the thermal conductivity of two-dimensional metal halide perovskites, Sandip Thakur, Zhenghong Dai, Pravin Karna, Nitin P. Padture, and Ashutosh Giri

Submissions from 2021

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Optimizing a GPU-accelerated genetic algorithm for the vehicle routing problem, Marwan Abdelatti, Abdeltawab Hendawi, and Manbir Sodhi

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Simultaneous experimental evaluation of pulse shape and deadtime phenomenon of GM detector, Bader Almutairi, Syed Alam, Cameron S. Goodwin, Shoaib Usman, and Tayfun Akyurek

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Interface Controlled Thermal Resistances of Ultra-Thin Chalcogenide-Based Phase Change Memory Devices, Kiumars Aryana, John T. Gaskins, Joyeeta Nag, Derek A. Stewart, Zhaoqiang Bai, Saikat Mukhopadhyay, John C. Read, David H. Olson, Eric R. Hoglund, James M. Howe, Ashutosh Giri, Michael K. Grobis, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Dynamic microfluidic bioreactor—Hip simulator (DMBH) system for implant toxicity monitoring, Ravindra V. Badhe, Divya Bijukumar, Pedro Mesquita, Kai Yuan Cheng, Remya Ampadi Ramachandran, Yang Lin, and Mathew T. Mathew

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Learning ‘Learning Curves’ with R Shiny, Nicholas D. Bernardo and Gretchen A. Macht

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Deep learning computer vision for robotic disassembly and servicing applications, Daniel P. Brogan, Nicholas M. DiFilippo, and Musa Jouaneh

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Coating engineering for boiling heat transfer toward immersion cooling, Zhen Cao, Zan Wu, Mohammad Faghri, and Bengt Sundén

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Higher-Order decompositions for modal identification and model order reduction, David Chelidze

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Effects of prolonged saline water exposure on the peel strength of polyurea/monel 400 interface, Irine Neche Chenwi, Thomas Ramotowski, James LeBlanc, and Arun Shukla

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A Cable-Driven Switching-Legged Inchworm Soft Robot: Design and Testing, Xiaotian Chen, Paolo Stegagno, and Chengzhi Yuan

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Cooperative Learning-Based Formation Control of Autonomous Marine Surface Vessels With Prescribed Performance, Shi Lu Dai, Shude He, Yufei Ma, and Chengzhi Yuan

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Distributed Cooperative Learning Control of Uncertain Multiagent Systems with Prescribed Performance and Preserved Connectivity, Shi Lu Dai, Shude He, Yufei Ma, and Chengzhi Yuan

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Solar Installations & Their Occupational Risks, Jesse C. Duroha and Gretchen A. Macht

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Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks, Austin M. Evans, Ashutosh Giri, Vinod K. Sangwan, Sangni Xun, Matthew Bartnof, Carlos G. Torres-Castanedo, Halleh B. Balch, Matthew S. Rahn, Nathan P. Bradshaw, Edon Vitaku, David W. Burke, Hong Li, Michael J. Bedzyk, Feng Wang, Jean-Luc Brédas, Jonathan A. Malen, Alan J. McGaughey, Mark C. Hersam, William R. Dichtel, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Selecting between evolutionary and classical algorithms for the CVRP using machine learning: Optimization of vehicle routing problems, Justin Fellers, Jose Quevedo, Marwan Abdelatti, Meghan Steinhaus, and Manbir Sodhi

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Blast response of carbon-fiber/epoxy laminates subjected to long-term seawater exposure at sea floor depth pressures, Dillon Fontaine, James LeBlanc, and Arun Shukla

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Novel pressure vessel for pressurizing corrosive liquids with applications in accelerated life testing of composite materials, Dillon Fontaine, Anthony Marshall, and Arun Shukla

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Experiments in measuring dynamic hydrostatic constitutive properties of soft materials, C. Fox, S. Kishore, K. Senol, and A. Shukla

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Thickness-Independent Vibrational Thermal Conductance across Confined Solid-Solution Thin Films, Ashutosh Giri, Ramez Cheaito, John T. Gaskins, Takanori Mimura, Harlan J. Brown-Shaklee, Douglas L. Medlin, Jon F. Ihlefeld, and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Tunable Thermal Conductivity Anisotropy in Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks with Adsorbed Gases, Ashutosh Giri and Patrick E. Hopkins

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Adaptive robust tracking control for hybrid models of three-dimensional bipedal robotic walking under uncertainties, Yan Gu and Chengzhi Yuan