Submissions from 2024
Text-to-Model Transformation: Natural Language-Based Model Generation Framework, Aditya Akundi, Joshua Ontiveros, and Sergio Luna
A rationally designed antimicrobial peptide from structural and functional insights of Clostridioides difficile translation initiation factor 1, Elvira Alanis, Faith Aguilar, Niaz Banaei, Frank B. Dean, Alexa Villarreal, Miguel Alanis, Karen Lozano, James M. Bullard, and Yonghong Zhang
Advances in nanofiber technology for biomedical application: A review, Dipasree Bhowmick and Islam Uddin Shipu
Study on the Tribological Properties of DIN 16MnCr5 Steel after Duplex Gas-Nitriding and Pack Boriding, Rafael Carrera Espinoza, Melvyn Alvarez-Vera, Marc Wettlaufer, Manuel Kerl, Stefan Barth, Pablo Moreno Garibaldi, Juan Carlos Díaz Guillen, Héctor Manuel Hernández García, Rita Muñoz Arroyo, and Javier A. Ortega
Parametric Resonance of Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Angled Uniform Cantilever Resonators: Amplitude-Frequency Response, Dumitru I. Caruntu and Benjamin M. Huerta
Effect of Foot Additional Mass on the Clinical Angles of Knee Extension Exercise, Dumitru I. Caruntu, Alfirio Trejo, Eric Rodriguez, and Camila T. Alvarez B
In-Situ Surface Depositing of Nano–Micro-particles on Electrospun Fibers, Carlos A. Delgado, Adriana Chapa, Karen Lozano, Arturo A. Fuentes, and Horacio Vasquez
Enhanced piezo-response of mixed-cation copper perovskites with Cl/Br halide engineering, Amr Elattar, Christopher Munoz, Libor Kobera, Andrii Mahun, Jiri Brus, Mohammed J. Uddin, Yasuhiko Hayashi, Okenwa Okoli, and Tarik Dickens
Wire texture C-axis distribution of strontium ferrite/PA-12 extruded filament, Gabriela Espinosa-Rodriguez, Oluwasola Arigbabowo, Jonathan Alvarado, Jitendra Tate, and Wilhelmus J. Geerts
Thermoelectric energy harvesting for wireless onboard rail condition monitoring, Heinrich D. Foltz, Constantine Tarawneh, Martin Amaro Jr., Sebastian Thomas, and Danna Capitanachi Avila
The Effect of TiO2 on the Electrochemical Performance of Sb2O3 Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries, Kithzia Gomez, Elizabeth M. Fletes, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Tribological Properties of h-BN, Ag and MgO Nanostructures as Lubricant Additives in Vegetable Oils, Victoria Granja, Kollol Sarker Jogesh, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, and C. Fred Higgs III
Identifying Sick Cells From High-Resolution Solid-State Micropore Data, Abdul Hafeez, Azhar Ilyas, Ali R. Butt, and Samir M. Iqbal
Comparing continuum and direct fiber models of soft tissues: An ocular biomechanics example reveals that continuum models may artificially disrupt the strains at both the tissue and fiber levels, Xuehuan He, Mohammad R. Islam, Fengting Ji, Bingrui Wang, and Ian A. Sigal
Fibrous finite element modeling of the optic nerve head region, Mohammad R. Islam, Fengting Ji, Manik Bansal, Yi Hua, and Ian A. Sigal
Lamina Cribrosa Insertions Into the Sclera Are Sparser, Narrower, and More Slanted in the Anterior Lamina, Fengting Ji, Mohammad R. Islam, Bingrui Wang, Yi Hua, and Ian A. Sigal
Machine Learning-Guided Design Of Nanolubricants For Minimizing Energy Loss In Mechanical Systems, Kollol Sarker Jogesh and Md. Aliahsan Bappy
Mannosylated PAMAM G2 dendrimers mediated rate programmed delivery of efavirenz target HIV viral latency at reservoirs, Rohini Kharwad, Mohsin Kazi, Nilesh Mahajan, Payal Badole, Sachin More, Asaad Kayali, Md Noushad Javed, and Mohammed Kaleem
Existence of a Nonzero Worst-Case ACH for Short-Term Exposure in Ventilated Indoor Spaces, K. A. Krishnaprasad, Nadim Zgheib, K. Choudhary, M. Y. Ha, C. Y. Choi, K. S. Bang, S. Jang, and S. Balachandar
Tailoring the Structure–Property Relationships of Innovative Flowerlike TiO2 Structures in a Fiber-Shaped Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Chen Lin, Brishty Deb Chowdhury, Rigobert Ybarra, Sk Md Ali Zaker Shawon, Haimanti Majumder, Javier Soliz-Martinez, Nicholas Dimakis, Karen Lozano, and Mohammed Jasim Uddin
Current nanocomposite advances for biomedical and environmental application diversity, Narsimha Mamidi, Ramiro M. V. Delgadillo, Alan O. Sustaita, Karen Lozano, and Murali M. Yallapu
Predicting Oscillatory Patterns of Mud Circulating Along the Well-Bore in Drilling Procedures: A Finite Element Model, Eleazar Marquez
Modelling of a Drone to Analyze Dynamic Instabilities With its Delivery System, Eleazar Marquez and Ivan Luna
Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using PMMA/TiO2 nanoparticles composites fibers obtained through centrifugal spinning, G. Morales, L. Astrid Yáñez-Hernández, Karen Lozano, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, and S. Alejandro Lozano-Morales
Synthesis and Characterization of Titanium Nitride–Carbon Composites and Their Use in Lithium-Ion Batteries, Helia Magali Morales, Horacio Vieyra, David A. Sanchez, Elizabeth M. Fletes, Michael Odlyzko, Timothy P. Lodge, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Jason Parsons
Characterization of Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of 17-4 PH Stainless Steel by Cold Rolled and Machining vs. DMLS Additive Manufacturing, Pablo Moreno-Garibaldi, Melvyn Alvarez-Vera, Juan Alfonso Beltrán-Fernández, Rafael Carrera-Espinoza, Héctor Manuel Hdz-García, J. C. Díaz-Guillen, Rita Muñoz-Arroyo, Javier A. Ortega, and Paul Molenda
Quantifying the Aging of Lithium-Ion Pouch Cells Using Pressure Sensors, Yousof Nayfeh, Jon C. Vittitoe, and Xianglin Li
Doping Effect of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) on Carbon Nanofibers Deduced by Thermoelectric Analysis of Their Melt Mixed Films, A. J. Paleo, V. M. Serrato, J. M. Mánuel, O. Toledano, E. Muñoz, M. Melle-Franco, B. Krause, P. Pötschke, and Karen Lozano
Influence of internal heating and natural convection on airborne transmission of viral diseases, Rupal Patel, K. A. Krishnaprasad, Nadim Zgheib, Jorge Sebastian Salinas, and Sivaramakrishnan Balachandar
Magnetic field-dependent rheological behavior of thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) solutions, Christopher A. P. Neal, Abhishek M. Shetty, Jason D. Linn, Michelle C. Quan, Joseph D. Casas, and Michelle A. Calabrese
In-Situ Shear Exfoliation of Graphene From Graphite Polymer Nanocomposites for Lung and Heart Motion, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Md Abdur Rahman Bin Abdus Salam, and Ali Ashraf
Assessing the Lubrication Performance of Sunflower Oil Modified With Montmorillonite Clay (MMT) Nanoparticles for Industrial Applications, Md Mashfiqur Rahman, Md Abu Sayeed Biswas, Laura Peña-Pará, Demófilo Maldonado- Cortés, and Javier A. Ortega
Computational modelling of a triaxial vibrating sample magnetometer, Leo Rodriguez, Arjun Sapkota, Jonathan Alvarado, Jitendra S. Tate, and Wilhelmus J. Geerts
Energy harvesting with thermoplastic polyurethane nanofiber mat integrated with functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Julia I. Salas, Sk Shamim Hasan Abir, Diego de Leon, Ignacio Serrato III, Horacio Vasquez, Karen Lozano, and M. Jasim Uddin
Multilayer PVA/Gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds incorporated with Tanacetum polycephalum essential oil and amoxicillin for skin tissue engineering application, Ebrahim Soleiman-Dehkordi, Vahid Reisi-Vanani, Samanesadat Hosseini, Zahra Lorigooini, Vajihe Azimian Zvareh, Mahour Farzan, Elham Moghtadaie Khorasgani, Karen Lozano, and Zohreh Abolhassanzadeh
Board 294: HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: The Freshman Year Innovator Experience (FYIE): Bridging the URM Gap in STEM, Noe Vargas Hernandez, Javier Ortega, Arturo A. Fuentes, and Eleazar Marquez
Work in Progress: Teaching Engineering Students to Self-Transform: Parallelisms between Product Innovation and Student Career Path Planning, Noe Vargas Hernandez, Javier Ortega, Arturo A. Fuentes, and Eleazar Marquez
Graphene Reinforced PVDF Nanofibers Fabricated With the ForceSpinning® Method for Water Desalination Applications, Elmmer A. Vera Alvarado, Md. Abdur Rahman Bin Abdus Salam, Ali Ashraf, and Karen Lozano
Submissions from 2023
Oxymatrine Loaded Crosslinked PVA Nanofibrous Scaffold: Design and Characterization and Anticancer Properties, Salahuddin Ahmed, Megan Keniry, Narcedalia Anaya-Barbosa, Victoria Padilla, Md Noushad Javed, Robert Gilkerson, Acharan S. Narula, Eman Ibrahim, and Karen Lozano
Development of pullulan/chitosan/salvianolic acid ternary fibrous membranes and their potential for chemotherapeutic applications, Salahuddin Ahmed, Megan Keniry, Victoria I. Padilla, Narcedalia Anaya-Barbosa, Md Noushad Javed, Robert Gilkerson, Kithzia Gomez, Acharan S. Narula, and Karen Lozano
Processing-structure–property relationships of oleanolic acid loaded PLGA fiber membranes, Salahuddin Ahmed, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Robert Gilkerson, Acharan S. Narula, and Karen Lozano
Amplitude-Voltage Response of Parametric Resonance of Electrostatically Actuated Circular Membranes, Marcos Alipi and Dumitru I. Caruntu
Sensitivity of puff dynamics and airborne droplet nuclei distribution to variations in violent expiration events, M. Allahyari, K. Liu (刘凯), J. Salinas, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
Multifunctional Graphene–Polymer Nanocomposite Sensors Formed by One-Step In Situ Shear Exfoliation of Graphite, Ali Ashraf, Elizabeth Chang, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Dipannita Ghosh, Nazmul Islam, and Jennifer K. Lynch-Branzoi
Drop-Landing Inverse Dynamics Model of Human Knee, Dumitru Caruntu and Ricardo Moreno
Effectiveness of RANS in predicting indoor airborne viral transmission: A critical evaluation against LES, K. Choudhary, K. A. Krishnaprasad, S. Pandey, Nadim Zgheib, J. S. Salinas, M. Y. Ha, and S. Balachandar
Effect of room size, shape, AC placement, and air leakage on indoor airborne viral transmission, K. Choudhary, K. A. Krishnaprasad, Nadim Zgheib, M. Y. Ha, and S. Balachandar
Graphene-conductive polymer-based electrochemical sensor for dopamine detection, Dipannita Ghosh, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Ali Ashraf, and Nazmul Islam
Preparation of SnO2/TiO2/C composite fibres and their use as binder-free anodes for lithium-ion batteries, Gabriel Gonzalez, David Sanchez, Daniel Ramirez, Jason C. Myers, Timothy P. Lodge, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Computational and experimental study on undoped and Er-doped lithium tantalate nanofluorescent probes, Mkhitar A. Hobosyan, Andrea Pelayo Carvajal, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Tamanna Zakia, Mohammed Uddin, Karen S. Martirosyan, Eric Rodriguez, Kofi Nketia Ackaah-Gyasi, and Nicholas Dimakis
Fluid mechanics of air recycling and filtration for indoor airborne transmission, K. A. Krishnaprasad, J. S. Salinas, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
Wave energy converters with rigid hull encapsulation: A review, Mahmodul Hasan Maheen and Yingchen Yang
Recent Advances in Centrifugal Spinning and Their Applications in Tissue Engineering, Shaik Merkatur Hakim Marjuban, Musfira Rahman, Syeda Sharmin Duza, Mohammad Boshir Ahmed, Dinesh K. Patel, Md Saifur Rahman, and Karen Lozano
Development of an Improved Mathematical Representation which Captures the Nonlinear Dynamic Behavior of a Drill-string Assembly, Eleazar Marquez
A Probabilistic Analysis in Vibration-Assisted Drilling to Measure Dynamic Behavior During Drilling and Understand Risk Factors, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Bend and not Break: Examining Hispanic Engineering Student's Academic Challenges During Covid-19, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Keeping Calm and Staying Balanced: Exploring the Academic Pressures Faced by Engineering Students to Attain High Grades and Their Impact on Mental Health, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Learning in Transition: Developing and Employing Pedagogical Supports to Enhance Student Learning in Engineering Education, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Leveling the Playing Field: Enacting Equitable Pedagogy to Teach Rigid Body Dynamics, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
MEMS Cantilever Biosensors Driven by Fringe Effect: Voltage-Amplitude Response of Parametric Resonance, Miguel A. Martinez and Dumitru I. Caruntu
Investigation of the Thermodynamics for the Removal of As(III) and As(V) from Water Using Synthesized ZnO Nanoparticles and the Effects of pH, Temperature, and Time, Helia Magali Morales, Grecia Torreblanca, Arnulfo Mar, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Thomas Eubanks, Erik Plata, and Jason Parsons
Regulating the size and assembled structure of graphene building blocks for high-performance silicon nanocomposite anodes, Bo Nie, David Sanchez, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Tengxiao Liu, Saurabh Basu, Soundar Kumara, Gongkai Wang, and Hongtao Sun
The Application of Transition Metal Sulfide Nanomaterials and Their Composite Nanomaterials in the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2: A Review, Jason Parsons and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Effect of nanoparticle loading and magnetic field application on the thermodynamic, optical, and rheological behavior of thermoresponsive polymer solutions, Christopher A. P. Neal, Grace V. Kresge, Michelle C. Quan, Valeria León, Nondumiso O. Chibambo, and Michelle A. Calabrese
Non-Destructive Infrared Thermographic Curing Analysis of Polymer Composites, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Javier Becerril, Dipannita Ghosh, Nazmul Islam, and Ali Ashraf
A Facile Graphene Conductive Polymer Paper Based Biosensor for Dopamine, TNF-α, and IL-6 Detection, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Ramendra Kishor Pal, Nazmul Islam, Robert Freeman, Francois Berthiaume, Aaron Mazzeo, and Ali Ashraf
Automatic dispersion, defect, curing, and thermal characteristics determination of polymer composites using micro-scale infrared thermography and machine learning algorithm, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Mirza Masfiqur Rahman, and Ali Ashraf
Testing and modeling of an in situ shear exfoliated 2D nanocomposite coating casing material for the suppression of Li-ion battery fires in electric vehicles, Md Abdur RBA Salam, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Mohammad Humaun Kabir, Elmmer Vera Alvarado, Tousif Sadman, Rajib Mahamud, Lawrence Cano, and Ali Ashraf
Thermal Transport and Rheological Properties of Hybrid Nanofluids Based on Vegetable Lubricants, Helio Ribeiro, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Ofelia Gomez, Ever Acosta, Gabriel M. Pinto, Lorena R. C. Moraes, Guilhermino J. M. Fechine, Ricardo J. E. Andrade, Jefferson Reinoza, Victoria Padilla, and Karen Lozano
Functionalized Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanofibers: An Innovative Triboelectric Energy Generator, Julia I. Salas, Diego de Leon, Sk Shamim Hasan Abir, Mohammed Jasim Uddin, and Karen Lozano
Sagittal Plane Dynamic Model Using Tibiofemoral Articular Geometric Center and Experimental Tibiofemoral Center of Rotation to Predict Joint Forces During Knee Extension Exercise, Jose Mario Salinas and Dumitru I. Caruntu
The Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Morphology and Structure of SnO2/TiO2 Composite Micro-fibers, David Sanchez, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Centrifugally spun PVP/ZnO composite fibers with different surfactants and their use as antibacterial agents, Jo Ann Sanchez, Amin Ibrahim, Luis A. Materon, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of compression molded carbon nanofiber-reinforced polyvinylidene difluoride film, Veronica M. Serrato, Victoria Padilla, Daniel Jones, Sergio Herrera, Luis Campos, Ignacio Serrato III, Heinrich D. Foltz, and Karen Lozano
Halloysite Reinforced Natural Esters for Energy Applications, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Karla Aviña, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, and Aditya Akundi
Study on thermal transport behavior of magnesium oxide (MgO) nanostructures as lubricant additives in vegetable oils, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Kollol Sarker Jogesh, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Jefferson Reinoza, and Maysam Pournik
Board 399: The Freshman Year Innovator Experience (FYIE): Bridging the URM Gap in STEM, Noe Vargas Hernandez, Arturo A. Fuentes, Karen Lozano, Javier A. Ortega, and Eleazar Marquez
Quadcopter Control Using Single Network Adaptive Critics, Alberto Velazquez, Lei Xu, and Tohid Sardarmehni
Feasibility analysis of a wave powered autonomous underwater vehicle, Yingchen Yang and Erick Martinez
Submissions from 2022
Synthesis of color tunable piezoelectric nanogenerators using CsPbX3 perovskite nanocrystals embedded in poly(D,L-lactide) membranes, Sk Shamim Hasan Abir, Julio E. Trevino, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Julia I. Salas, Karen Lozano, and Mohammed Jasim Uddin
Conductive Polymer Pad for Use in Freight Railcar Bearing Adapters, Jesse Aguilera, Constantine Tarawneh, Harry Siegel, Robert Jones, and Santana Gutierrez
Transient Thermal Analysis of a Railroad Bearing Adapter for Optimal Placement of Onboard Sensors, Javier E. Arroyo, Constantine Tarawneh, Arturo Fuentes, Roberto A. Garcia, and Jose G. Gallegos
Model-assisted deep learning of rare extreme events from partial observations, Anna Asch, Ethan Brady, Hugo Gallardo, John Hood, Bryan Chu, and Mohammad Farazmanda
Lubrication Performance of Sunflower Oil Reinforced with Halloysite Clay Nanotubes (HNT) as Lubricant Additives, Md Abu Sayeed Biswas, Md Mashfiqur Rahman, Javier A. Ortega, Laura Peña-Parás, Demófilo Maldonado-Cortés, José A. González, Ricardo Cantú, Adrián Campos, and Eugenio Flores
Hierarchical Design Strategies to Produce Internally Structured Nanofibers, Saptasree Bose, Victoria Padilla, Alexandra Salinas, Fariha Ahmad, Timothy P. Lodge, Christopher J. Ellison, and Karen Lozano
Hierarchical Design Strategies to Produce Internally Structured Nanofibers, Saptasree Bose, Victoria Padilla, Alexandra Salinas, Fariha Ahmad, Timothy P. Lodge, Christopher J. Ellison, and Karen Lozano
Efficient near infrared to visible light upconversion from Er/Yb codoped PVDF fibrous mats synthesized using a direct polymer doping technique, Saptasree Bose, Jack Ryan Summers, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Manuel Peredo, Carlos Trevino De Leon, Bryan Hoke, Santosh K. Gupta, and Karen Lozano
Copper(II) and lead(II) adsorption onto zinc sulfide nanoparticles effects of light, pH, time, temperature, and interferences, J. M. Cantu, J. P. Valle, A. Puente, C. Valdes, K. Flores, Helia Magali Morales, Elizabeth M. Fletes, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Evangelia Kotsikorou, and Jason Parsons
Quantum dynamics effects on amplitude-frequency response of Superharmonic resonance of second-order of electrostatically actuated NEMS circular plates, Dumitru Caruntu and Julio S. Beatriz
Spatters and Spills: Spreading Dynamics for Partially Wetting Droplets, Sylvia C. L. Durian, Sam Dillavou, Kwame Markin, Adrian Portales, Bryan O. Torres Maldonado, William T. M. Irvine, Paulo E. Arratia, and Douglas J. Durian
Sensitivity Analysis of Frost Deposition in Turbulent Flow over a Cold Plate using Direct Numerical Simulation, N. Farzaneh, Nadim Zgheib, S. A. Sherif, and S. Balachandar
Matrix Acidizing in Carbonate Formations, Ofelia Gomez Chacon and Maysam Pournik
Synthesis of SnO2/TiO2 micro belt fibers from polymer composite precursors and their applications in Li-ion batteries*, Gabriel Gonzalez, Md Toukir Hasan, Daniel Ramirez, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Enhanced piezoelectric performance of aligned PVDF electrospun fiber mats, Jui Kharade, Horacio Vasquez, and Karen Lozano
Innovations in Engineering Education for Fast-paced Virtual Summer Courses, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
In-Person Instruction or Remote Learning?: Understanding Students' Learning Experiences during COVID-19, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Navigating the Virtual Landscape: Implementing a Pedagogical Framework in a Virtual Summer Engineering Course to Enhance Students' Academic Development, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Development of A Bootcamp for Freshman Student Success During COVID-19 Transition, Eleazar Marquez, Noe Vargas Hernandez, and Arturo A. Fuentes
On the thermogravimetric analysis of polymers: Polyethylene oxide powder and nanofibers, Oriretan Omosola, Dorina M. Chipara, Mohammed Jasim Uddin, Karen Lozano, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, and Mircea Chipara