Submissions from 2021
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
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
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
Cell proliferative properties of Forcespinning® nopal composite nanofibers, Cristobal Rodriguez, Victoria I. Padilla, Karen Lozano, Fariha Ahmad, Alexa Villarreal, Andrew McDonald, Luis A. Materon, 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
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
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
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
Centrifugally spun mats based on biopolyesters/hydroxyapatite and their potential as bone scaffolds, Victoria Padilla-Gainza; Heriberto Rodríguez-Tobías; Graciela Morales; Eduardo Saucedo; Karen Lozano; Vanessa Montaño-Machado,; and Diego Mantovani
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
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
Modeling Nanoparticles Effects on Optimization of Acid Dissolution Performance and Self-diverting in Carbonate Reservoirs and Compare it with Conventional Acid, Peyman Bahmani, Siavash Riahi, Babak Aminshahidy, and Maysam Pournik
Experimental study of condensation in a thermoacoustic cooler with various 3D printed regenerators using water vapor as the working fluid, Aibek Bekkulov, Andrew Luthen, and Ben Xu
Investigation into the thermodynamics and kinetics of the binding of Cu2+ and Pb2+ to TiS2 nanoparticles synthesized using a solvothermal process, Jesus Cantu, John Valle, Kenneth Flores, Diego Gonzalez, Carolina Valdes, Jorge Lopez, Victoria Padilla, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Jason Parsons
Voltage–Amplitude Response of Superharmonic Resonance of Second Order of Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Cantilever Resonators, Dumitru I. Caruntu, Martin A. Botello, Christian A. Reyes, and Julio S. Beatriz
Voltage effect on amplitude–frequency response of parametric resonance of electrostatically actuated double-walled carbon nanotube resonators, Dumitru Caruntu and Ezequiel Juarez
Human Knee Inverse Dynamics Model of Vertical Jump Exercise, Dumitru Caruntu and Ricardo Moreno
Raman spectroscopy and molecular bases of elasticity: SEBS-graphite composites, Dorina M. Chipara, Denis M. Panaitescu, Karen Lozano, Raluca Augusta Gabor, Cristian Andi Nicolae, and Mircea Chipara
Evaluating the Rheological and Tribological Behaviors of Coconut Oil Modified with Nanoparticles as Lubricant Additives, Vicente Cortes and Javier A. Ortega
Multidirectional Pin-on-Disk Testing Device to Evaluate the Cross-shear Effect on the Wear of Biocompatible Materials, Vicente Cortes, Carlos A. Rodriguez Betancourth, Javier A. Ortega, and Hasina Huq
The Educational Value of Modelling Complex Thermodynamic Systems with System Dynamics Software, Stephen Crown and Constantine Tarawneh
Design and Validation of A Modular Instrument to Measure Torque and Energy Consumption in Industrial Operations, Mary De La Cruz, Ramiro Gonzalez, Jesus A. Gomez, Atilano Mendoza, and Javier A. Ortega
Fabrication and Characterization of Centrifugally Spun Poly(acrylic acid) Nanofibers, David De la Garza, Francisco De Santiago, Luis Materon, Mircea Chipara, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Roles of oxygen vacancies and pH induced size changes on photo- and radioluminescence of undoped and Eu3+-doped La2Zr2O7 nanoparticles, Santosh K. Gupta, Maya Abdou, Jose P. Zuniga, Partha Sarathi Ghosh, Enrique Molina, Ben Xu, Mircea Chipara, and Yuanbing Mao
Novel Silica Filled Deep Eutectic Solvent Based Nanofluids for Energy Transportation, Changhui Liu, Hui Fang, Xinjian Liu, Ben Xu, and Zhonghao Rao
Creating a Learning Environment that Engages Engineering Students in the Classroom via Communication Strategies, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Nurturing Brilliance in Engineering: Creating Research Venues for Undergraduate Underrepresented Minorites in Engineering as an Initiative from Faculty Members that Foster Academic Inclusion, Development, and Postgraduation Instruction, Eleazar Marquez and Samuel Garcia
Implementation of Visual Supplements to Strengthen Pedagogical Practices and Enhance the Physical Understanding of Fundamental Concepts in Engineering Mechanics, Eleazar Marquez, Samuel Garcia, and Samuel Molina
Estimating the Outer Ring Defect Size and Remaining Service Life of Freight Railcar Bearings Using Vibration Signatures, Joseph Montalvo, Constantine Tarawneh, Jennifer Lima, Jonas Cuanang, and Nancy De Los Santos
Forcespinning technique for the production of poly(d,l-lactic acid) submicrometer fibers: Process–morphology–properties relationship, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Graciela Morales, Heriberto Rodríguez-Tobías, and Karen Lozano
Electrical Properties and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness of Interlayered Systems Composed by Carbon Nanotube Filled Carbon Nanofiber Mats and Polymer Composites, Claudia A. Ramirez-Herrera, Homero Gonzalez, Felipe de la Torre, Laura Benitez, Jose G. Cabanas-Moreno, and Karen Lozano
Sub-Optimal Tracking in Switched Systems With Controlled Subsystems and Fixed-Mode Sequence Using Approximate Dynamic Programming, Tohid Sardarmehni and Xingyong Song
Energy and exergy analysis of a novel multiple-effect vapor chamber distillation system for high-salinity wastewater treatment, Hamidreza Shabgard, Ramkumar Parthasarathy, and Ben Xu
Prognostics Models for Railroad Tapered Roller Bearings with Spall Defects on Inner or Outer Rings, Constantine Tarawneh, Jennifer Lima, Nancy De Los Santos, and Robert Jones
Prototyping a Conductive Polymer Steering Pad for Rail Freight Service, Anthony A. Villarreal, Constantine Tarawneh, Miguel Ontiveros, James Aranda, and Robert Jones
Pressure effect on an ocean-based humidification-dehumidification desalination process, Yingchen Yang
Linear stability analysis of subaqueous bedforms using direct numerical simulations, Nadim Zgheib and S. Balachandar
On the Role of Sidewalls in the Transition From Straight to Sinuous Bedforms, Nadim Zgheib and S. Balachandar
Simulation of droplet impacting a square solid obstacle in microchannel with different wettability by using high density ratio pseudopotential multiplerelaxation- time (MRT) lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM), Wandong Zhao, Ying Zhang, Wenqiang Shang, Zhaotai Wang, Ben Xu, and Shuisheng Jiang
Centrifugally Spun α-Fe2O3/TiO2/Carbon Composite Fibers as Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Luis Zuniga, Gabriel Gonzalez, Roberto Orrostieta Chavez, Jason C. Myers, Timothy P. Lodge, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Submissions from 2018
Modeling of Aggregation and Gelation of Nanoparticles Using Quadrature Method of Moments, Elsayed Abdelfatah and Maysam Pournik
High-Throughput Production With Improved Functionality and Graphitization of Carbon Fine Fibers Developed from Sodium Chloride-Polyacrylonitrile Precursors, Mandana Akia, Lee Cremar, Manuel Seas, Jahaziel Villarreal, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Karen Lozano
High-throughput production with improved functionality and graphitization of carbon fine fibers developed from sodium chloride-polyacrylonitrile precursors, Mandana Akia, Lee Cremar, Manuel Seas, Jahaziel Villarreal, Alejandra Valdez, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Karen Lozano
Texas Sour Orange Juice Used in Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering, Mandana Akia, Nataly Salinas, Cristobal Rodriguez, Robert Gilkerson, Luis A. Materon, and Karen Lozano
The use of Fe3O4/Carbon composite fibers as anode materials in lithium ion batteries, Howard Campos, Jonathan Ayala, Carolina Valdes, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Use of the Wilshire Equations to Correlate and Extrapolate Creep Data of HR6W and Sanicro 25, Vito Cedro III, Christian Garcia, and Mark Render
Use of the Wilshire Equations to Correlate and Extrapolate Creep Data of Inconel 617 and Nimonic 105, Vito Cedro III, Christian Garcia, and Mark Render
Development of antimicrobial chitosan based nanofiber dressings for wound healing applications, Lee Cremar, Jorge Gutierrez, Jennifer Martinez, Luis A. Materon, Robert Gilkerson, Fenghua Xu, and Karen Lozano
Developing and Testing an Electronic Homework System to Improve Student Engagement and Learning in Engineering Thermodynamics, Stephen Crown, Constantine Tarawneh, and Jazmin Ley
Defect Prognostics Models for Spall Growth in Railroad Bearing Rolling Elements, Nancy de los Santos, Constantine Tarawneh, Robert E. Jones, and Arturo A. Fuentes
Functionalized graphene oxide as reinforcement in epoxy based nanocomposites, F. V. Ferreira, F. S. Brito, W. Franceschi, E. A. N. Simonetti, L. .S Cividanes, Mircea Chipara, and Karen Lozano
Vibration-Based Defect Detection for Freight Railcar Tapered-Roller Bearings, Joseph Montalvo, Constantine Tarawneh, and Arturo A. Fuentes
New correlations to predict fracture conductivity based on the formation lithology, Yaser Motamedi-Ghahfarokhi, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Mohammadreza Akbari, and Maysam Pournik
Fabrication and Characterization of Poly(L-lactic Acid) Fiber Mats Using Centrifugal Spinning, Richard Patlan, Joscelyn Mejias, Zachary McEachin, Alfonso Salinas, and Karen Lozano
Impact of Hysteresis Heating of Railroad Bearing Thermoplastic Elastomer Suspension Pad on Railroad Bearing Thermal Management, Oscar O. Rodriguez, Arturo A. Fuentes, and Constantine Tarawneh
An Analysis of the Efficacy of Wayside Hot-Box Detector Data, Constantine Tarawneh, James Aranda, Veronica Hernandez, and Claudia J. Ramirez
Responsiveness comparison between a lift-type and drag-type rotor in waves, Yingchen Yang, Fredrick A. Jenet, Deyanira Jimenez, Brandon Benavides, Jesus Cerda, and Angel Lopez
A Parametric Study of Wave Interaction With a Rotor Having Hydrofoil Blades, Yingchen Yang, Fredrick A. Jenet, Ben Xu, Juan Carlos Garza, Benjamin Tamayo, Yessica Chavez, Oscar Reyes, and Samuel Fuentes
Direct Numerical Simulation of Transverse Ripples: 1. Pattern Initiation and Bedform Interactions, Nadim Zgheib, J. J. Fedele, D. C. J. D. Hoyal, M. M. Perillo, and S. Balachandar
Direct Numerical Simulation of Transverse Ripples: 2. Self-Similarity, Bedform Coarsening, and Effect of Neighboring Structures, Nadim Zgheib, J. J. Fedele, D. C. J. D. Hoyal, M. M. Perillo, and S. Balachandar
Submissions from 2017
Isotactic polypropylene–vapor grown carbon nanofibers composites: Electrical properties, Gheorghe Virgil Aldica, Magdalena Lidia Ciurea, Dorina M. Chipara, Ana Maria Lepadatu, Karen Lozano, Ionel Stavarache, Stelian Popa, and Mircea Chipara
Polyethylene oxide—fullerene nanocomposites, Nasar Ali, Dorina M. Chipara, Karen Lozano, James R. Hinthorne, and Mircea Chipara
Frequency response reduced order model of primary resonance of electrostatically actuated MEMS circular plate resonators, Dumitru I. Caruntu and Reynaldo Oyervides
Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nanofibers Derived from Water-Soluble Precursors, Lee Cremar, Ben Jones, Nicole Martinez, Gustavo Mejia, Hilario Cortez, Edgar Muñoz, Rocío Nava, and Karen Lozano
Development of Prognostic Techniques for Surface Defect Growth in Railroad Bearing Rolling Elements, Nancy de los Santos, Robert Jones, Constantine Tarawneh, Arturo A. Fuentes, and Anthony Villarreal
Radiative Heat Transfer Analysis of Railroad Bearings for Wayside Hot-Box Detector Optimization, Arthur Mealer, Constantine Tarawneh, and Stephen Crown
Hysteresis Heating of Railroad Bearing Thermoplastic Elastomer Suspension Element, Oscar O. Rodriguez, Arturo A. Fuentes, Constantine Tarawneh, and Robert E. Jones
Onboard Load Sensor for Use in Freight Railcar Applications, Constantine Tarawneh, Jazmin Ley, D. Blackwell, Stephen Crown, and Brent Wilson
A Vertical Axis Wave Turbine With Hydrofoil Blades, Yingchen Yang, Isaiah Diaz, and Sergio Soto Quintero
A Vertical Axis Rotor for Wave Energy Conversion, Yingchen Yang, Joab Soto, and Francisco Salazar
Suspension-Driven gravity surges on horizontal surfaces: Effect of the initial shape, Nadim Zgheib, T. Bonometti, and S. Balachandar
Front dynamics of elliptical gravity currents on a uniform slope, S. J. Zhu, Nadim Zgheib, S. Balachandar, and A. Ooi
Submissions from 2016
Knee Internal Forces in Moderate Squat Exercise, Dumitru I. Caruntu and Jose Mario Salinas
Parametric analysis of a solid oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit operating on syngas produced by autothermal reforming of hydrocarbon fuels, Jun Dong, Xinhai Xu, Ben Xu, and Shuyang Zhang