Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2019
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
Ternary composite nanofibers containing chondroitin sulfate scavenge inflammatory chemokines from solution and prohibit squamous cell carcinoma migration, William S. Boyle, Weili Chen, Astrid Rodriguez, Samantha Linn, Jakub Tolar, Karen Lozano, and Theresa M. Reineke
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
Raman investigations on gamma irradiated iPP-VGCNF nanocomposites: The polymer's tale, Dorina M. Chipara, Corina Secu, Karen Lozano, Mihail Secu, 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
Performance evaluation of Ce3+ doped flexible PVDF fibers for efficient optical pressure sensors, Carlos Hernandez, Santosh K. Gupta, Jose P. Zuniga, Jorge Vidal, Rene Galvan, Misael E. Martinez, Hector Guzman, Lilian N. Chavez, Yuanbing Mao, and Karen Lozano
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
Preparation of magnesium diniobate by solid–state reactions and its role for hydrogen storage, Md. Wasikur Rahman
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
ForceSpun polydiacetylene nanofibers as colorimetric sensor for food spoilage detection, Marisol Valdez, Santosh K. Gupta, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao
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
Sediment Patterns from Fluid-Bed Interactions: A Direct Numerical Simulations Study on Fluvial Turbulent Flows, 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
Development and optimization of alumina fine fibers utilizing a centrifugal spinning process, Mandana Akia, Dulce Capitanachi, Misael E. Martinez, Carlos Hernandez, Hector De Santiago, Yuanbing Mao, 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, 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
Microwave Popped Co(II)-Graphene Oxide Hybrid: Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Hydrogen Storage, Lin Wei, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao
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
Past, Present and Future of Surgical Meshes: A Review, Karen Baylón, Perla Rodríguez-Camarillo, Alex Elías-Zúñiga, Jose Antonio Díaz-Elizondo, Robert Gilkerson, and Karen Lozano
Frequency response reduced order model of primary resonance of electrostatically actuated MEMS circular plate resonators, Dumitru I. Caruntu and Reynaldo Oyervides
On orientation memory in high density polyethylene - Carbon nanofibers composites, Mircea Chipara, Brian Jones, Dorina M. Chipara, Jianhua Li, Karen Lozano, Shah Valloppilly, and David Sellmyer
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
Influence of carbon nanotube concentration and sonication temperature on mechanical properties of HDPE/CNT nanocomposites, F. V. Ferreira, B R. C. Menezes, W. Franceschi, E. V. Ferreira, Karen Lozano, L. .S Cividanes, A. R. Coutinho, and G. P. Thim
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
Mechanical and electrical characterization of carbon nanofibers produced from water soluble precursors, Lee D. Cremar, Javier Acosta-Martinez, Alexsandra Villarreal, Alfonso Salinas, and Karen Lozano
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
Graphene-Based Nanocomposites for Energy Storage, Liwen Ji, Praveen Meduri, Victor Agubra, Xingcheng Xiao, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Dependence of Photoelectrochemical Properties on Geometry Factors of Interconnected “Caterpillar-like” ZnO Networks, Qiang Li, Xing Sun, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao
Centrifugal Spinning: An Alternative for Large Scale Production of Silicon–Carbon Composite Nanofibers for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes, Rocío Nava, Lee Cremar, Victor Agubra, Jennifer Sánchez, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Karen Lozano
Heat Generation in the Railroad Bearing Thermoplastic Elastomer Suspension Element, Oscar O. Rodriguez, Juan Carbone, Arturo A. Fuentes, Robert E. Jones, and Constantine Tarawneh
Production of β-Silicon Carbide Nanofibers using the Forcespinning® Method, Alfonso Salinas, Aleksey Altecor, Maricela Lizcano, and Karen Lozano
Temperature Profiles of Railroad Tapered Roller Bearings With Defective Inner and Outer Rings, Constantine Tarawneh, Luz Sotelo, Anthony A. Villarreal, Nancy de los Santos, Ryan L. Lechtenberg, and Robert Jones
Near race inclusions in bearing components and the resultant effect on fatigue initiation and component life, Brent M. Wilson, Allen J. Fuller, Constantine Tarawneh, and Joseph A. Turner
Front dynamics and entrainment of finite circular gravity currents on an unbounded uniform slope, Nadim Zgheib, A. Ooi, and S. Balachandar
Submissions from 2015
Nanofiber-Based Membrane Separators for Lithium-ion Batteries, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Hun Lee, and Xiangwu Zhang
Energy Harvesting Potential of Terfenol-D for On-Board Bearing Health Monitoring Applications, Raul Estrada, Heinrich D. Foltz, Constantine Tarawneh, and Rene Moreno
Tracking of Spall Deterioration on Tapered Roller Bearings, Amy Gonzalez, Constantine Tarawneh, Ping Hu, Joseph A. Turner, and Brent Wilson
Structural integrity of conventional and modified railroad bearing adapters for onboard monitoring, Joseph Montalvo, Alexis Trevino, Arturo A. Fuentes, and Constantine Tarawneh
Direct Numerical Simulation of Three-dimensional Gravity Current on a Uniform Slope, A. Ooi, Nadim Zgheib, and S. Balachandar
Fatigue Life Estimation of Modified Railroad Bearing Adapters for Onboard Monitoring Applications, Alexis Trevino, Arturo A. Fuentes, Constantine Tarawneh, and Joseph Montalvo
Fibrous cellulose membrane mass produced via forcespinning® for lithium-ion battery separators, Baicheng Weng, Fenghua Xu, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Yuanbing Mao, and Karen Lozano
Development of hierarchical structured carbon nanotube-nylon nanofiber mats, Baicheng Weng, Fenghua Xu, and Karen Lozano
Early bearing fatigue initiation by the identification and selection of bearings with near race defects, Brent M. Wilson, Allen J. Fuller, Constantine Tarawneh, Joseph A. Turner, and Ping Hu
Fabrication of cellulose fine fiber based membranes embedded with silver nanoparticles via Forcespinning, Fenghua Xu, Baicheng Weng, Luis A. Materon, Anxiu Kuang, Jorge A. Trujillo, and Karen Lozano
Dynamics of non-circular finite-release gravity currents, Nadim Zgheib, T. Bonometti, and S. Balachandar
Direct numerical simulation of cylindrical particle-laden gravity currents, Nadim Zgheib, Thomas Bonometti, and S. Balachandar
Propagation and deposition of non-circular finite release particle-laden currents, Nadim Zgheib, Thomas Bonometti, and S. Balachandar
Submissions from 2014
Bifurcation Type Change of AC Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Resonators due to DC Bias, Dumitru Caruntu and Kyle N. Taylor
Preparation and characterization of electrospun nanofiber-coated membrane separators for lithium-ion batteries, Hun Lee, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Ozan Toprakci, Guanjie Xu, Jill V. Watson, and Xiangwu Zhang
Fabrication and characterization of silver- and copper-coated Nylon 6 forcespun nanofibers by thermal evaporation, Dorina M. Mihut, Karen Lozano, and Heinrich D. Foltz
A Vibration Energy Approach Used to Identify Temperature Trending in Railroad Tapered-Roller Bearings, Constantine Tarawneh, Rafael K. Maldonado, Arturo A. Fuentes, and Javier A. Kypuros
