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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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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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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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 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

Submissions from 2024

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

Submissions from 2023

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Low-Cost Microfluidic Method for Microplastics Identification: Towards Continuous Recognition, 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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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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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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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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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

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A Colorimetric Dip Strip Assay for Detection of Low Concentrations of Phosphate in Seawater, Hojat Heidari-Bafroui, Amer Charbaji, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, and Mohammad Faghri

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Portable infrared lightbox for improving the detection limits of paper-based phosphate devices, Hojat Heidari-Bafroui, Brenno Ribeiro, Amer Charbaji, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, and Mohammad Faghri

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Assessment of the automation potential of electric vehicle battery disassembly, Jan F. Hellmuth, Nicholas M. DiFilippo, and Musa Jouaneh

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Underwater explosive bubble interaction with an adjacent submerged structure, Carlos Javier, Michael Galuska, Michael Papa, James LeBlanc, Helio Matos, and Arun Shukla

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Response of an underwater cylindrical composite shell to a proximal implosion, Shyamal Kishore, Prathmesh Naik Parrikar, and Arun Shukla

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Effects of Water Saturation and Low Temperature Coupling on the Mechanical Behavior of Carbon and E-Glass Epoxy Laminates, James LeBlanc, Paul Cavallaro, Jahn Torres, David Ponte, Eric Warner, Irine Chenwi, and Aun Shukla

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Fatigue life estimation of structures under statistically and spectrally similar variable amplitude loading, He Wen Xuan Li and David Chelidze

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Geometry-Informed Optimal Parameter Selection for Phase Space Warping with Application to Early Fatigue Damage Detection in 3D-Printed Beams, Hewenxuan Li and David Chelidze

Fatigue life estimation of structures under statistically and spectrally similar variable amplitude loading, H.-W.-X. Li and D. Chelidze

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Robust Project-Based Organizations for the Design of Complex Engineered Systems, Valerie Maier-Speredelozzi and Bryan Still

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Tornado-strength winds interacting with a highway overpass, D.M.L. Meyer and Alex Ensign

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Tornado-Strength Winds Interacting with a Highway Overpass, D.M.L. Meyer and Alex Ensign

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The Traveling Salesman Problem with Job-times (TSPJ), Mohsen Mosayebi, Manbir Sodhi, and Thomas A. Wettergren

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Different level automation technology acceptance: Older adult driver opinion, Sanaz Motamedi, Alaa Masrahi, Tobias Bopp, and Jyh Hone Wang

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Using reinforcement learning for tuning genetic algorithms, Jose Quevedo, Marwan Abdelatti, Farhad Imani, and Manbir Sodhi

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Uniquely anisotropic mechanical and thermal responses of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites under uniaxial strain, Muhammad Akif Rahman and Ashutosh Giri

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Exploring the Three Dimensions of Sustainability Related to Clay Cups, Kuldip Singh Sangwan, Manbir Sodhi, Thomas Spengler, and Christian Thies

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Microfluidic Devices for Magnetic Separation of Biological Particles: A Review, Athira N. Surendran, Ran Zhou, and Yang Lin

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Investigations on air and underwater blast mitigation in polymeric composite structures – A review, Piyush Wanchoo, Helio Matos, Carl Ernst Rousseau, and Arun Shukla

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Semi-automated system for assembly of insulated corner faux bricks, Zachary Whittaker and Musa Jouaneh

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Rapid dynamical pattern recognition for sampling sequences, Weiming Wu, Qian Wang, Chengzhi Yuan, and Cong Wang

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Dynamical pattern recognition for sampling sequences based on deterministic learning and structural stability, Weiming Wu, Fukai Zhang, Cong Wang, and Chengzhi Yuan

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Robust consensus for linear multi-agent systems with structured uncertainties, Xiangming Xue, Fen Wu, and Chengzhi Yuan

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Detection of heart valve disorders from PCG signals using TQWT, FA-MVEMD, Shannon energy envelope and deterministic learning, Wei Zeng, Zixiang Lin, Chengzhi Yuan, Qinghui Wang, Fenglin Liu, and Ying Wang

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ECG arrhythmia classification based on variational mode decomposition, Shannon energy envelope and deterministic learning, Wei Zeng and Chengzhi Yuan

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A new approach for the detection of abnormal heart sound signals using TQWT, VMD and neural networks, Wei Zeng, Jian Yuan, Chengzhi Yuan, Qinghui Wang, Fenglin Liu, and Ying Wang

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A novel technique for the detection of myocardial dysfunction using ECG signals based on hybrid signal processing and neural networks, Wei Zeng, Jian Yuan, Chengzhi Yuan, Qinghui Wang, Fenglin Liu, and Ying Wang

Submissions from 2020

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An improved GPU-accelerated heuristic technique applied to the capacitated vehicle routing problem, Marwan F. Abdelatti and Manbir S. Sodhi

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A mother-centered evaluation of breast pumps, Rachel L. Bartels, Diane DiTomasso, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Ease of EVs: Exploring factors that influence battery consumption, Rachel L. Bartels, Daniel Kowalsky, Tim Jonas, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Analysis of Layout Impacts on Resource Allocation for Voting: A Los Angeles Vote Center, Nicholas D. Bernardo, Gretchen A. Macht, and Jennifer Lather

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A New Paper-Based Microfluidic Device for Improved Detection of Nitrate in Water, Amer Charbaji, Hojat Heidari-Bafroui, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, and Mohammad Faghri

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Zinculose: A New Fibrous Material with Embedded Zinc Particles, A. Charbaji, Winfield W. Smith, C. Anagnostopoulos, and M. Faghri

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Strained Polymer Thermal Conductivity Enhancement Counteracted by Additional Off-Axis Strain, Brian F. Donovan, Ronald J. Warzoha, Tyler Cosby, Ashutosh Giri, Adam A. Wilson, Andrew J. Borgdorff, Nicholas T. Vu, Eric A. Patterson, and Edward P. Gorzkowski

Occupational risks associated with solar installations: A review, Jesse C. Duroha, Jeffrey R.S. Brownson, and Gretchen A. Macht

Comparison of lithium-ion recycling processes for electric vehicle batteries, Jan Engel and Gretchen A. Macht

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Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) for the analysis of team communication, Dominique Engome Tchupo, Jung Hyup Kim, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Catalyzing community-led solar development by enabling cooperative behavior: Insights from an experimental game in the United States, Bronson Ferster, Jeffrey R.S. Brownson, and Gretchen A. Macht

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Acoustic Microfluidic Separation Techniques and Bioapplications: A Review, Yuan Gao, Mengren Wu, Yang Lin, and Jie Xu

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Trapping and control of bubbles in various microfluidic applications, Yuan Gao, Mengren Wu, Yang Lin, and Jie Xu

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Empirical mode analysis identifying hysteresis in vortex-induced vibrations of a bending-dominated flexible cylinder, Ersegun Deniz Gedikli, David Chelidze, and Jason Dahl

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Origins of pressure-induced enhancement in thermal conductivity of hybrid inorganic–organic perovskites, Ashutosh Giri

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Adaptive robust trajectory tracking control of fully actuated bipedal robotic walking, Yan Gu and Chengzhi Yuan

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Infrared Lightbox and iPhone App for Improving Detection Limit of Phosphate Detecting Dip Strips, H. Heidari-Bafroui, B. Ribeiro, A. Charbaji, C. Anagnostopoulos, and M. Faghri

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Average friction factor for laminar gas flow in microtubes, Chungpyo Hong, Yutaka Asako, Mohammad Faghri, and Gian Luca Morini