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The Future Of Carbon-Based Scaffolds In Foot And Ankle Surgery, Jarema S. Czarnecki, Khalid Lafdi, Panagiotis A. Tsonis Jan 2015

The Future Of Carbon-Based Scaffolds In Foot And Ankle Surgery, Jarema S. Czarnecki, Khalid Lafdi, Panagiotis A. Tsonis

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Autologous grafts have been the gold standard in tissue replacement and the most accurate means of recapitulating both the biological and mechanical properties of tissue. However, autologous grafts have had complications and drawbacks. Skin grafting, a prime example of an autologous tissue graft, has been limited by the size of graft, availability, and secondary donor site morbidity. Use of cadaveric tissues circumvents several limitations of autologous grafts; however, sterilization processes used to reduce the risk of disease transmission potentially weaken tissues and eliminate living cells and some growth factors from scaffolds, making them suboptimal tissue replacements. Chemical cross-linkage of tissue …


Effects Of Disorder State And Interfacial Layer On Thermal Transport In Copper/Diamond System, Vikas Sinha, Jaime J. Gengler, Christopher Muratore, Jonathan E. Spowart Jan 2015

Effects Of Disorder State And Interfacial Layer On Thermal Transport In Copper/Diamond System, Vikas Sinha, Jaime J. Gengler, Christopher Muratore, Jonathan E. Spowart

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

The characterization of Cu/diamond interface thermal conductance (hc) along with an improved understanding of factors affecting it are becoming increasingly important, as Cu-diamond composites are being considered for electronic packaging applications. In this study, ∼90 nm thick Cu layers weredeposited on synthetic and natural single crystal diamond substrates. In several specimens, a Ti-interface layer of thickness ≤3.5 nm was sputtered between the diamond substrate and the Cu top layer. The hc across Cu/diamond interfaces for specimens with and without a Ti-interface layer was determined usingtime-domain thermoreflectance. The hc is ∼2× higher for similar interfacial layers on …


Numerical Simulation Of Prestressed Precast Concrete Bridge Deck Panels Using Damage Plasticity Model, Wei Ren, Lesley Sneed, Yang Yang, Ruili He Jan 2015

Numerical Simulation Of Prestressed Precast Concrete Bridge Deck Panels Using Damage Plasticity Model, Wei Ren, Lesley Sneed, Yang Yang, Ruili He

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

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Proceedings Of The 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference (Front Matter), Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2015

Proceedings Of The 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference (Front Matter), Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 7, 2015. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. i-x


Section 1: Bio-Medical/Bioengineering, Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2015

Section 1: Bio-Medical/Bioengineering, Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 7, 2015. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. 1-36


Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control, Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2015

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control, Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 7, 2015. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. 65-106


Section 5: Numerical Methods, Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2015

Section 5: Numerical Methods, Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 7, 2015. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. 151-165


Analysis Of Strain Distribution On Several Parts Of Human Lung During Mechanical Ventilation Breathing, Israr Bin M Ibrahim, Parya Aghasafari, Ramana Pidaparti Jan 2015

Analysis Of Strain Distribution On Several Parts Of Human Lung During Mechanical Ventilation Breathing, Israr Bin M Ibrahim, Parya Aghasafari, Ramana Pidaparti

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 1: Bio-Medical/Bioengineering; pp. 3-9


Proceedings Of The 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference (Complete Issue), Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2015

Proceedings Of The 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference (Complete Issue), Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 7, 2015. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama


Feasibility Study Of Substituting The Ffr Invasive Procedure With Cfd Analysis For Assessment Of Human Coronary Artery Stenosis, Mohamed M. Selim, Ankur Gupta Jan 2015

Feasibility Study Of Substituting The Ffr Invasive Procedure With Cfd Analysis For Assessment Of Human Coronary Artery Stenosis, Mohamed M. Selim, Ankur Gupta

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 1: Bio-Medical/Bioengineering; pp. 10-16


A Millimeter-Wave Printed Antenna At 35 Ghz For Biomedical Applications, Vinhson La, Saeed I. Latif, David A. Nelson Jan 2015

A Millimeter-Wave Printed Antenna At 35 Ghz For Biomedical Applications, Vinhson La, Saeed I. Latif, David A. Nelson

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 1: Bio-Medical/Bioengineering; pp. 17-21


Airflow Characteristics In Adult Upper 9 Generations Of Lung Model And Airway Changing (Aging) Effect Under Ventilated Breathing, Jongwon Kim, Ramana Pidaparti, Rebecca L. Heise, Angela M. Reynolds Jan 2015

Airflow Characteristics In Adult Upper 9 Generations Of Lung Model And Airway Changing (Aging) Effect Under Ventilated Breathing, Jongwon Kim, Ramana Pidaparti, Rebecca L. Heise, Angela M. Reynolds

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 1: Bio-Medical/Bioengineering; pp. 22-27


Pultruded Glass-Graphite/Epoxy Hybrid Composites Subjected To Transverse High Strain-Rate Compression Loading, Muhammad Afrough, Tejas S. Pandya Jan 2015

Pultruded Glass-Graphite/Epoxy Hybrid Composites Subjected To Transverse High Strain-Rate Compression Loading, Muhammad Afrough, Tejas S. Pandya

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 2: Materials, Design & Manufacturing; pp. 39-43


Ksu Autonomous Go-Kart Frame, Andrew Geiman, Kevin Mcfall Jan 2015

Ksu Autonomous Go-Kart Frame, Andrew Geiman, Kevin Mcfall

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 2: Materials, Design & Manufacturing; pp. 44-51


Section 4: Heat Transfer, Energy Generation & Conversion, Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2015

Section 4: Heat Transfer, Energy Generation & Conversion, Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 7, 2015. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. 107-150


Azi-Drive: A Novel Thruster Mapper For Twin Propeller Maritime Vessels, Andrew Gray, Kevin French, Jacob Panikulam, Zach Goins, Eric Schwartz Jan 2015

Azi-Drive: A Novel Thruster Mapper For Twin Propeller Maritime Vessels, Andrew Gray, Kevin French, Jacob Panikulam, Zach Goins, Eric Schwartz

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 2: Materials, Design & Manufacturing; pp. 52-57


On-Machine Measurement Of Cutting Tool Damage Based On Optical Knife-Edge Diffraction, Chabum Lee, Kwun-Lon Ting, Joshua A. Tarbutton, Sun-Kyu Lee, Hwan-Sik Yoon, Jonathan D. Ellis Jan 2015

On-Machine Measurement Of Cutting Tool Damage Based On Optical Knife-Edge Diffraction, Chabum Lee, Kwun-Lon Ting, Joshua A. Tarbutton, Sun-Kyu Lee, Hwan-Sik Yoon, Jonathan D. Ellis

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 2: Materials, Design & Manufacturing; pp. 58-63


Orbital Mechanic Simulation Of A 1u Cubesat, Alicia Ratcliffe, Carlos Montalvo Jan 2015

Orbital Mechanic Simulation Of A 1u Cubesat, Alicia Ratcliffe, Carlos Montalvo

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 67-71


Dynamic System Analysis Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis And Recurrence Plots In Mathematica, Serkan Guldal, Veronica Baugh Jan 2015

Dynamic System Analysis Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis And Recurrence Plots In Mathematica, Serkan Guldal, Veronica Baugh

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 76-81


Simulated Lvad Pump Mimic Device For Analyzing Safety, Risk And Reliability Of Designs, Jacob King, Clint Bergeron, Krishna Chaitanya Manthripragada, Charles Taylor Jan 2015

Simulated Lvad Pump Mimic Device For Analyzing Safety, Risk And Reliability Of Designs, Jacob King, Clint Bergeron, Krishna Chaitanya Manthripragada, Charles Taylor

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 82-88


A Laser Sensor For Tire Real-Time Parameter Estimation, Mostafa Salama, Marc A. Parker, Vladimir V. Vantsevich Jan 2015

A Laser Sensor For Tire Real-Time Parameter Estimation, Mostafa Salama, Marc A. Parker, Vladimir V. Vantsevich

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 89-97


Design And Study Of Solar Concentrator With Flat Hexagonal Petals, Ketan Solanki, Mohamed Nizamuddin Shaik, Vijaya Krishna Teja Bangi, Ramesh K. Guduru, Kendrick T. Aung Jan 2015

Design And Study Of Solar Concentrator With Flat Hexagonal Petals, Ketan Solanki, Mohamed Nizamuddin Shaik, Vijaya Krishna Teja Bangi, Ramesh K. Guduru, Kendrick T. Aung

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Heat Transfer, Energy Generation & Conversion; p. 109-114


Application Of A Sequence Of Design Methodologies To The Problem Of Transporting Warm Particles In Particle Heating Receiver Solar Energy Systems, Kenzo Repole, Sheldon Jeter Jan 2015

Application Of A Sequence Of Design Methodologies To The Problem Of Transporting Warm Particles In Particle Heating Receiver Solar Energy Systems, Kenzo Repole, Sheldon Jeter

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Heat Transfer, Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 115-123


Analysis Of An Experimental Building Hvac System To Improve Efficiency, Christopher Fernandez, Sheldon Jeter Jan 2015

Analysis Of An Experimental Building Hvac System To Improve Efficiency, Christopher Fernandez, Sheldon Jeter

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Heat Transfer, Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 124-129


Uncertainty Analysis Methodology For Particle Heating Receiver Testing, Clayton Nguyen, Matthew Golob, Sheldon Jeter, Said Abdel-Khalik Jan 2015

Uncertainty Analysis Methodology For Particle Heating Receiver Testing, Clayton Nguyen, Matthew Golob, Sheldon Jeter, Said Abdel-Khalik

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Heat Transfer, Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 130-135


A Distribution Level Renewable Integration Optimization Technique With Variable Pricing, Demand Response And Thermal Energy Storage For Residential Applications, Justin M. Hill, Hessam Taherian, Sandeep S. Chahal Jan 2015

A Distribution Level Renewable Integration Optimization Technique With Variable Pricing, Demand Response And Thermal Energy Storage For Residential Applications, Justin M. Hill, Hessam Taherian, Sandeep S. Chahal

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Heat Transfer, Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 136-142


Solar Simulator Mixed Temperature Test Of Wire Mesh Particle Heating Receiver To Measure Receiver Efficiency, Matthew Golob, Clayton Nguyen, Sheldon Jeter, Said Abdel-Khalik Jan 2015

Solar Simulator Mixed Temperature Test Of Wire Mesh Particle Heating Receiver To Measure Receiver Efficiency, Matthew Golob, Clayton Nguyen, Sheldon Jeter, Said Abdel-Khalik

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Heat Transfer, Energy Generation & Conversion; pp. 143-149


Incremental Matrix Inversion Approach For Radial Basis Function Mesh Deformation, Mohamed M. Selim, Ankur Gupta, Roy P. Koomullil Jan 2015

Incremental Matrix Inversion Approach For Radial Basis Function Mesh Deformation, Mohamed M. Selim, Ankur Gupta, Roy P. Koomullil

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 5: Numerical Methods; pp. 153-159


Finite Element Simulation Of Cylindrical Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Under Internal Loading, Parya Aghasafari, Israr Bin M Ibrahim, Ramana Pidaparti Jan 2015

Finite Element Simulation Of Cylindrical Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Under Internal Loading, Parya Aghasafari, Israr Bin M Ibrahim, Ramana Pidaparti

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 5: Numerical Methods; pp. 160-165


Proceedings Of The 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference (End Matter), Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2015

Proceedings Of The 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference (End Matter), Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 15th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 7, 2015. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; p. 166