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Enhancing Ebsd Imaging Of Multilayer Specimens Through Optimum Specimen Preparation: Application To Lead-Free Solder Joints, Ousama M. Abdelhadi, Leila Ladani

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 2: Materials; pp. 78-83

Peridynamic Analysis Of Crack-Inclusion Interaction In Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Sayna Ebrahimi, Anh-Vu Phan

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 2: Materials; pp. 84-89

Simulation Of Pitting Cavity Growth Using Cellular Automata, Israr Bm Ibrahim, Ramana Pidaparti

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 2: Materials; pp. 90-94

Force Controlled Interaction Tasks And Intuitive Teaching Of A Pneumatic Manipulator 97, Yong Zhu, Eric J. Barth

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 97-104

Instantaneous Optimal Control Of A Predator-Prey Natural Resource With A Prey-Dependent Functional Response, Dale B. Mcdonald

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 105-112

Investigation Into The Survivability Of An Irradiation Basin Liner Subjected To Impact Loading Resulting From The Hypothetical 30 Foot Drop Of A Shipping Cask, Erich H. Schlender

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 113-119

Passive Variable Stiffness Suspension System, Olugbenga M. Anubi, Darsan Patel, Carl D. Crane Iii

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 120-130

Recycling Sortation Methods For Consumer Plastics: A Cost/Benefit Comparison Of Mechanical, Electrical, And Optical Methods, Connor G. Cress, Matthew J. Franchetti

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 131-135

Comparison Of Rechargeable Battery Technologies, Melissa Morris, Sabri Tonsunoglu

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 4: Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 148-155

Development Of A High-Temperature Solar Heat Supply System With Thermal Energy Storage, Matthew Golob, Dennis Sadowski, Said Abdel-Khalik, Sheldon Jeter, Hany Al-Ansary, Abdelrahman El-Leathy

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 4: Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 156-163

Asme Early Career Technical Journal (Complete Issue), Asme Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

In-Cylinder Velocity Measurements And Analysis In A Briggs And Stratton Engine, Mebougna L. Drabo, Semih Olcmen, Marcus D. Ashford, Ted Driver, Philip Schinetsky, Jason Davis

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 4: Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 139-147

Concentrated Solar Power Tower: Energy And Economic Feasibility Study, Liam R. Sheline, Said Abdel-Khalik, Sheldon Jeter

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 4: Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 165-173

Addressing The Startability Of Butanol/Gasoline Fuel Blends: The Active Vapor Utilization System, Mebougna L. Drabo, Aaron L. Adams, Marcus D. Ashford

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 4: Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 174-178

Design Of Spill Tube With Features For Controlling Air Bubble Generated For Aircraft Application, Husam H. Rajab, A Elgizawy

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 4: Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 179-186

Modeling The Heat Loss Of A Thermal Energy Storage System Using Ansys Workbench, Jonathan D. Roop, Sheldon Jeter, Jake Stephens

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 4: Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 187-193

Comparison Of The Length Factor Artificial Neural Network And Finite Element Methods For Solving Boundary Value Problems, Kevin Mcfall, Patrick Mcenroe

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 5: Numerical Methods; pp. 197-202

Modeling Of Gas Turbine-Based Combined Cycle Power Plant, Farshid Zabihian, Alan S. Fung

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 5: Numerical Methods; pp. 203-210

Mathematical Analysis Of Rope Braiding, Mitchell J. Isaac, Chad L. Rodekohr, David J. Branscomb

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 5: Numerical Methods; pp. 211-218

Mixing Time Determination Of Steady And Pulse Jet Mixers, Ibraheem R. Muhammad, John P. Kizito

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 6: Fluids Engineering; pp. 221-227

Cloud Height Measurements In Jet Mixed Tanks, Ibraheem R. Muhammad, John P. Kizito

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 6: Fluids Engineering; pp. 236-243

How The Latest Developments In Fastening Testing Systems Can Be Applied To Establishing And Verifying A Tightening Strategy For Cylinder Head Bolts, Brain S. Munn

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 7: Design & Manufacturing; pp. 253-257

Development, Testing, And Comparison Of A Regular Braided Eye Splice, Austin Yuill, Caitlin Plunket, David Branscomb, Chad Rodekohr

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 7: Design & Manufacturing; pp. 266-269

The Effect Of Various Gurney Flap Shapes On The Performance Of Wind Turbine Airfoils, Mohammad Mohammadi, Ali Doosttalab, Mehdi Doosttalab

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 6: Fluids Engineering; pp. 244-250

Asme Early Career Technical Journal (End Matter), Asme Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

pp. 277-280

Field Evaluation Of Commercial People Counter To Measure Occupancy For Hvac Applications, Trevor D. Wolf, Donald P. Alexander, Sheldon M. Jeter, Gregory M. Spiro

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the ASME Early Career Technical Conference, November 4-5, 2011. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Section 7: Design & Manufacturing; pp. 258-265

An Adaptive Utility Interactive Photovoltaic System Based On A Flexible Switch Matrix To Optimize Performance In Real-Time, Mahmoud Alahmad, Mohamed Amer Chaaban, Siu Kit Lau, Jonathan Shi, Jill Neal

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Reconfigurable architectures are of great interest to system designers to improve the system’s operation and efficiency. In this paper, we propose an adaptive utility interactive photovoltaic (PV) system based on a novel Flexible Switch array Matrix topology. This proposed system maximizes the generated power in real-time in response to operational conditions such as shading, soiling, mismatches, and module failure among others. The proposed system is a compromise in the utilization of power conditioning equipment to maximize energy capture and system efficiency. Simulation results demonstrate an average 13% improvement in efficiency when compared with the central inverter topology performance. A prototype …

Effects Of Roof Pitch On Air Flow And Heating Load Of Sealed And Vented Attics For Gable-Roof Residential Buildings, Shimin Wang, Zhigang Shen

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Pitch value is an important consideration in residential gable roof design and construction. However, how roof pitch, coupled with air flows in attic space, affects the energy performance of building attics has been barely investigated. In this paper, a 2D unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is employed to investigate the effects of roof pitch on air flow and heating load of both sealed and vented attics for gable-roof residential buildings. The simulation results show that air flow in the sealed attics is steady and asymmetric, while that in the vented attics is a combination of an essentially symmetric base …

Sustainable Engineering Practices In Transportation Projects, Kiran Rangarajan

Doctoral Dissertations

"Sustainability has become an important issue in transportation and infrastructure development projects. While several agencies are trying to incorporate a range of sustainability measures in their goals and missions, only a few planning agencies have been able to implement these policies and they are far from perfect. The low rate of success in implementing sustainable policies is primarily due to incomplete understanding of the system and the interaction between various elements of the system. The conventional planning efforts focuses mainly on performance measures pertaining to the system and its impact on the environment but seldom on the social and economic …

Real-Time Supply Chain Predictive Metrics, William Scott Hunter

Doctoral Dissertations

"Supply chains drive the production world. Virtually all products use a supply chain to produce them and they can determine the success of companies using them. The ability to manage supply chains is currently a mix of relationship management and science, combining personal and company relationships with data analysis.

The increased dependency on supply chains has increased the need to develop and use predictive real-time metrics to manage supply chain risk, measure suppliers and drive performance. Current metrics used are reactive and stagnant in nature. Real-time metrics will allow supply chain professionals to better manage risk. Current management techniques include …