Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2023
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
State-of-the-art biosynthesis of tin oxide nanoparticles by chemical precipitation method towards photocatalytic application, Sumaya Tarannum Nipa, Rumana Akter, Al Raihan, Shahriar bin Rasul, Uday Som, Shafi Ahmed, Jahangir Alam, Maksudur Rahman Khan, Stefano Enzo, and Md. Wasikur Rahman
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
Development of zinc oxide/hydroxyapatite/poly(D,L-lactic acid) fibrous scaffold for tissue engineering applications, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Heriberto Rodríguez-Tobías, Graciela Morales, Antonio Ledezma-Pérez, Carmen Alvarado-Canché, Raúl Loera-Valencia, Cristóbal Rodríguez, Robert Gilkerson, Carlos Trevino De Leo, and Karen Lozano
Review of vegetable nanolubricants for tribological applications, Laura Peña-Parás, Martha Rodríguez-Villalobos, Demófilo Maldonado-Cortés, José Andrés González, Ricardo de Jesús Durán, and Javier A. Ortega
Graphene-Coated PVDF/PAni Fiber Mats and Their Applications in Sensing and Nanogeneration, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Fariha Rubaiya, Nazmul Islam, Karen Lozano, and Ali Ashraf
Modification of Superabsorbent Hydrogels for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Md. Owaleur Rahman, Md. Abdul Halim, Anjan Deb, Shafi Ahmed, Md. Wasikur Rahman, N. C. Dafader, S. M. Nur Alam, Shahjalal Khandaker, and Md. Jahangir Alam
Biodiesel production from a non-edible source of royna (Aphanamixis polystachya) oil, Md. Wasikur Rahman, Asim Kumar Mondal, and Md Shakil Hasan
Pseudo-stem banana fiber as a potential low-cost adsorbent to remove methylene blue from synthetic wastewater, Md. Wasikur Rahman, Sumaya Tarannum Nipa, Sarmin Zaman Rima, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Raghunath Saha, Md. Abdul Halim, Yousuf Ali, and Anjan Deb
Cell proliferative properties of Forcespinning® nopal composite nanofibers, Cristobal Rodriguez, Victoria Padilla, Karen Lozano, Fariha Ahmad, Alexa Villarreal, Andrew McDonald, Luis A. Materon, and Robert Gilkerson
Development and characterization of Forcespinning® mesquite gum nanofibers, Cristobal Rodriguez, Victoria Padilla, Karen Lozano, Alexa Villarreal, Luis A. Materon, and Robert Gilkerson
Improved guidelines of indoor airborne transmission taking into account departure from the well-mixed assumption, Jorge S. Salinas, K. A. Krishnaprasad, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
Color tunable aerogels/sponge-like structures developed from fine fiber membranes, Alexa Villarreal, Raul Barbosa, Saptasree Bose, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, and Karen Lozano
A physics-based model for frost buildup under turbulent flow using direct numerical simulations, Nadim Zgheib, N. Farzaneh, S. Balachandar, and S. A. Sherif
Bio-Inspired Micromachined Volumetric Flow Sensor with a Big Dynamic Range for Intravenous Systems, Lansheng Zhang, Yingchen Yang, Georgios A. Bertos, Chang Liu, and Huan Hu
Submissions from 2021
Tunable CsPb(Br/Cl)3 perovskite nanocrystals and further advancement in designing light emitting fiber membranes, Sk Shamim Hasan Abir, Santosh K. Gupta, A. Ibrahim, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, and Karen Lozano
The Effect of Solvent and Molecular Weight on the Morphology of Centrifugally Spun Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) Nanofibers, Sk Shamim Hasan Abir, Md Toukir Hasan, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Karen Lozano
Nanofiber-Based Substrate for a Triboelectric Nanogenerator: High-Performance Flexible Energy Fiber Mats, Sk Shamim Hasan Abir, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Sunanda Kumar Saha, Ahmed Touhami, Karen Lozano, and Mohammed Uddin
Energy Harvesting Device for Powering Onboard Condition Monitoring Modules in Rail Service, Martin Amaro Jr., Constantine Tarawneh, Heinrich D. Foltz, and Roberto A. Garcia
Performance and morphology of centrifugally spun Co3O4/C composite fibers for anode materials in lithium-ion batteries, Jonathan Ayala, Daniel Ramirez, Jason C. Myers, Timothy P. Lodge, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Centrifugal spinning and characterization of CO3O4 coated carbon fibers, J. Ayala, D. Ramirez, Elizabeth M. Fletes, Helia Magali Morales, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Aloe Vera extract-based composite nanofibers for wound dressing applications, Raul Barbosa, Alexa Villarreal, Cristobal Rodriguez, Heriberto De Leon, Robert Gilkerson, and Karen Lozano
Subharmonic Resonance of One Fourth Order of Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Circular Plates: Amplitude-Frequency Response, Dumitru Caruntu, Julio Beatriz, and Miguel Martinez
Two-Dimensional Modeling of Nonlinear Dynamics of Forcespinning Jet Formation, Dumitru I. Caruntu, Simon Padron, and Karen Lozano
Two-Dimensional Modeling of Nonlinear Dynamics of Forcespinning Jet Formation, Dumitru Caruntu, Simon Padron, and Karen Lozano
Campus Carbon Footprint Study at a South Texas University, Monica Garcia, Christian Florez, Diego Lopez, Jongmin Kim, and Maysam Pournik
Thermal conductivity of hybrid multilayer graphene-fiber carbon membranes, Jazael Gómez, Arturo Estrada, Argelia Balbuena Ortega, Oscar Arredondo, Rocío Nava, Raul Barbosa, Dulce Capitanachi, and Karen Lozano
Force and torque model sensitivity and coarse graining for bedload-dominated sediment transport, Liheng Guan, Jorge Salinas, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
The role of bed-penetrating Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices on local and instantaneous bedload sediment transport, Liheng Guan, J. S. Salinas, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
Antibacterial activities of centrifugally spun polyethylene oxide/silver composite nanofibers, Md Toukir Hasan, Ramiro Gonzalez, Mircea Chipara, Luis Materon, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Forcespun polyvinylpyrrolidone/copper and polyethylene oxide/copper composite fibers and their use as antibacterial agents, Md Toukir Hasan, Ramiro Gonzalez, Ari Alexis Munoz, Luis Materon, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
High pressure responsive luminescence of flexible Eu3+ doped PVDF fibrous mats, Carlos Hernandez, Santosh K. Gupta, Jose P. Zuniga, Jorge Vidal, Rene Galvan, Hector Guzman, Lilian N. Chavez, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao
Peering inside a cough or sneeze to explain enhanced airborne transmission under dry weather, Kai Liu, Majid Allahyari, Jorge S. Salinas, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
Investigation of theoretical scaling laws using large eddy simulations for airborne spreading of viral contagion from sneezing and coughing, K. Liu, M. Allahyari, J. Salinas, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
Polymer Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Cost‐Effective Green Energy Generation and Implementation of Surface‐Charge Engineering, Diana Lopez, Aminur Rashid Chowdhury, Abu Masa Abdullah, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Isaac Martinez, Brishty Deb Chowdhury, Serena Danti, Christopher J. Ellison, Karen Lozano, and Mohammed Jasim Uddin
Centrifugally spun TiO2/C composite fibers prepared from TiS2/PAN precursor fibers as binder-free anodes for LIBS, Jorge Lopez, Ramiro Gonzalez, Jonathan Ayala, Jesus Cantu, Alexandria Castillo, Jason Parsons, Timothy P. Lodge, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Incorporating a Mid-semester Project to Evaluate Communication, and Leadership Skills for Undergraduate Engineering Students in the Statics/Strength of Materials Course: A Comparative Assessment Before and During COVID-19, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Quality Mentorship Matters: An Innovative Approach to Supporting Student Success in Engineering Undergraduate Research, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Scaffolding Student Success: Developing a Culturally Responsive Approach to Support Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering Undergraduate Research, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Teaching Engineering Virtually: A Rapid Response to Address the Academic Challenges Generated by COVID-19, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Numerical Study of Fully Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction of Stented Ureter by Varying the Stent Side-Holes, Erick Martinez, Ben Xu, Jianzhi Li, and Yingchen Yang
Development of Multifunctional Materials Based on Poly(ether ether ketone) with Improved Biological Performances for Dental Applications, Vanessa Montaño-Machado, Pascale Chevallier, Linda Bonilla-Gameros, Francesco Copes, Chiara Quarta, José de Jesús Kú-Herrera, Florentino Soriano, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Graciela Morales, and Diego Mantovani
Centrifugally spun mats based on biopolyesters/hydroxyapatite and their potential as bone scaffolds, Victoria M. Padilla-Gainza; Heriberto Rodríguez-Tobías; Graciela Morales; Eduardo Saucedo; Karen Lozano; Vanessa Montaño-Machado,; and Diego Mantovani
Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Toxicity in Aquatic Organisms: An Overview of Methods and Mechanisms, Jason Parsons, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Robert K. Dearth
Improvement of Printing Quality for Laser-induced Forward Transfer based Laser-Assisted Bioprinting Process using a CFD-based numerical model, Jie Qu, Chaoran Dou, Ben Xu, Jianzhi Li, Zhonghao Rao, and Andrew Tsin
Synthetic approach of ternary magnesium niobate (Mg–Nb–O) compounds, Md. Wasikur Rahman
Adsorption of manganese ions from aqueous solution by using manganese oxide coated zeolite, Md. Wasikur Rahman, Huei Ruey Ong, Wendy Yin Jou Kong, Hamidah Abdullah, and Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan
Minireview on Self-Healing Polymers: Versatility, Application, and Prospects, Md. Wasikur Rahman and Nawrin Rahman Shefa
Liquid fuel oil produced from plastic based medical wastes by thermal cracking, Shahriar Bin Rasul, Uday Som, Md. Shameem Hossain, and Md. Wasikur Rahman
Fabrication of Forcespinning® nanofibers incorporating nopal extract, Cristobal Rodriguez, Victoria Padilla, Karen Lozano, J. Andrew McDonald, Luis Materon, Alejandra Chapa, Fariha Ahmad, Carlos Trevino De Leon, and Robert Gilkerson
Piezoelectric Properties of PVDF-Zn2GeO4 Fine Fiber Mats, Fariha Rubaiya, Swati Mohan, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Horacio Vasquez, and Karen Lozano
Optimal Tracking in Switched Systems With Free Final Time and Fixed Mode Sequence Using Approximate Dynamic Programming, Tohid Sardarmehni and Xingyong Song
Sub-optimal tracking in switched systems with fixed final time and fixed mode sequence using reinforcement learning, Tohid Sardarmehni and Xingyong Song
Advances in Melt Blowing Process Simulations, Joseph Schmidt, Saurabh Shenvi Usgaonkar, Satish Kumar, Karen Lozano, and Christopher J. Ellison
Rare earth free bright and persistent white light emitting zinc gallo-germanate nanosheets: technological advancement to fibers with enhanced quantum efficiency, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Santosh K. Gupta, Raul Barbosa, Alexa Villarreal, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao
Defect detection in freight railcar tapered-roller bearings using vibration techniques, Constantine Tarawneh, Joseph Montalvo, and Brent Wilson
Piezoelectric properties of PVDF-conjugated polymer nanofibers, Julio E. Trevino, Swati Mohan, Alexandra Salinas, Emilia Cueva, and Karen Lozano
Submissions from 2020
Tailoring the viscosity of water and ethylene glycol based TiO2 nanofluids, Abu Musa Abdullah, Aminur Rashid Chowdhury, Yingchen Yang, Horacio Vasquez, Justin Moore, Jason Parsons, Karen Lozano, Jose J. Gutierrez, Karen S. Martirosyan, and Mohammed Uddin
Casimir Effect on Amplitude-Frequency Response of Parametric Resonance of Electrostatically Actuated NEMS Cantilever Resonators, Dumitru Caruntu and Christian A. Reyes
“Nothing is impossible”: characteristics of Hispanic females participating in an informal STEM setting, Angela M. Chapman, Felicia D. Rodriguez, Carmen Pena, Erica Hinojosa, Lizbeth Morales, Valeria Del Bosque, Yakeline Tijerina, and Constantine Tarawneh
Spectroscopic investigations on PVDF-Fe2O3 nanocomposites, Dorina M. Chipara, Victor Kuncser, Karen Lozano, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Elamin Ibrahim, and Mircea Chipara
The Performance of SiO2 and TiO2 Nanoparticles as Lubricant Additives in Sunflower Oil, Vicente Cortes, Karen Sanchez, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Javier A. Ortega
Optimization of Railroad Bearing Health Monitoring System for Wireless Utilization, Jonas Cuanang, Constantine Tarawneh, Martin Amaro Jr., Jennifer Lima, and Heinrich D. Foltz
Effect of Additional Weight on Human Squat Exercise Stability: Ground Reaction Forces and Centers of Pressure, Jose Galarza and Dumitru Carantu
Luminescent PVDF nanocomposite films and fibers encapsulated with La2Hf2O7:Eu3+ nanoparticles, Santosh K. Gupta, Carlos Hernandez, Jose P. Zuniga, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao
Electromagnetic-triboelectric-hybrid energy tile for biomechanical green energy harvesting, Elaijah Islam, Abu Musa Abdullah, Aminur Rashid Chowdhury, Farzana Tasnim, Madelyne Martinez, Carolina Olivares, Karen Lozano, and Mohammed Uddin
Estimating the Inner Ring Defect Size and Residual Service Life of Freight Railcar Bearings Using Vibration Signatures, Jennifer Lima, Constantine Tarawneh, Jesse Aguilera, and Jonas Cuanang
On the spreading of non-canonical thermals from direct numerical simulations, Kai Liu, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
Optimizing Power Consumption of Freight Railroad Bearings Using Laboratory Experimental Data, Carlos E. Lopez III, Constantine Tarawneh, Arturo A. Fuentes, and Harry Siegal
Finding Balance: Examining the Impact of Grades on Engineering Students' Well-being, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Privileging Learning Over Numbers: Developing an Alternative Student Assessment in Engineering, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Structuring Student Success: Incorporating a Genre-based Pedagogical Method to Improve a Strength of Materials Laboratory Manual, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Centrifugally spun carbon fibers prepared from aqueous poly(vinylpyrrolidone) solutions as binder-free anodes in lithium-ion batteries, Roberto Orrostieta Chavez, Timothy P. Lodge, Juan Huitron, Mircea Chipara, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Processing-structure-property relationships of biopolyester/zinc oxide fibrous scaffolds engineered by centrifugal spinning, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Heriberto Rodríguez-Tobías, Graciela Morales, Antonio Ledezma-Pérez, Carmen Alvarado-Canché, Cristobal Rodriguez, Robert Gilkerson, and Karen Lozano
Design and Validation of a Portable Handheld Device to Produce Fine Fibers Using Centrifugal Forces, Gregory Potter, Raul Barbosa, Alexa Villarreal, Alexandra Salinas, Hector Guzman, Heriberto De Leon, Javier A. Ortega, and Karen Lozano
An investigation into wayside hot-box detector efficacy and optimization, Constantine Tarawneh, James Aranda, Veronica Hernandez, Stephen Crown, and Joseph Montalvo
The Use of Succinonitrile as an Electrolyte Additive for Composite-Fiber Membranes in Lithium-Ion Batteries, Jahaziel Villarreal, Roberto Orrostieta Chavez, Sujay A. Chopade, Timothy P. Lodge, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Experimental Study on Plugging Behavior of Degradable Fibers and Particulates within Acid-etched Fracture, Lufeng Zhang, Fujian Zhou, Wei Feng, Maysam Pournik, Zhun Li, and Xiuhui Li
Hybrid phase-change Lattice Boltzmann simulation of vapor condensation on vertical subcooled walls, Wandong Zhao, Yuan Gao, Ruijie Li, Songgang Qiu, Yin Zhang, and Ben Xu
Submissions from 2019
Synthesis of multiwall α-Fe2O3 hollow fibers via a centrifugal spinning technique, Mandana Akia, K. A. Mkhoyan, and Karen Lozano
In situ synthesis of Fe3O4-reinforced carbon fiber composites as anodes in lithium-ion batteries, Mandana Akia, Nataly Salinas, Salomon Luna, Elizabeth Medina, Alejandra Valdez, Jorge Lopez, Jonathan Ayala, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Karen Lozano
