Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2014
The production of carbon nanotube reinforced poly(vinyl) butyral nanofibers by the Forcespinning® method, Baicheng Weng, Fenghua Xu, George Garza, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Alfonso Salinas, and Karen Lozano
Mass production of carbon nanotube-reinforced polyacrylonitrile fine composite fibers, Baicheng Weng, Fenghua Xu, and Karen Lozano
Unidirectional Rotary Tendency of a Wave-Driven Rotor, Yingchen Yang
Flow past tandem cylinders under forced vibration, Yingchen Yang, Tayfun B. Aydin, and Alis Ekmekci
Long-lasting effect of initial configuration in gravitational spreading of material fronts, Nadim Zgheib, Thomas Bonometti, and S. Balachandar
Submissions from 2013
Preparation and properties of nanofiber-coated composite membranes as battery separators via electrospinning, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Hun Lee, Jill V. Watson, and Xiangwu Zhang
Heterogeneous Manganese Oxide-Encased Carbon Nanocomposite Fibers for High Performance Pseudocapacitors, Qiang Li, Karen Lozano, Yinong Lü, and Yuanbing Mao
Experimental study of nanofiber production through forcespinning, Simon Padron, Arturo Fuentes, Dumitru Caruntu, and Karen Lozano
Service Life Testing of Railroad Bearings with Known Subsurface Inclusions: Detected with Advanced Ultrasonic Technology, Constantine Tarawneh, Joseph A. Turner, L. Koester, and B. M. Wilson
Submissions from 2012
Thermal behavior of poly(ethylene-co-propylene) containing carbon nanofibers, Ananta Raj Adhikari, G. Georgiev, K. Sigdel, G. S. Iannacchione, Karen Lozano, and Mircea Chipara
Adding Autonomic Healing Capabilities to Polyethylene Oxide, Dorina M. Chipara, Maritza Flores, Alma Perez, Nancy Puente, Karen Lozano, and Mircea Chipara
Electrospun carbon nanofibers decorated with various amounts of electrochemically-inert nickel nanoparticles for use as high-performance energy storage materials, Liwen Ji, Zhan Lin, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Ozan Toprakci, Yingfang Yao, Guanjie Xu, Shuli Li, and Xiangwu Zhang
Effects of Water Content and Chemical Composition on Structural Properties of Alkaline Activated Metakaolin-Based Geopolymers, Maricela Lizcano, Andres Gonzalez, Sandip Basu, Karen Lozano, and Miladin Radovic
Development and Testing of an Actively Adjustable Stiffness Mechanism, Eleazar Marquez, Robert Freeman, and Horacio Vasquez
Production and characterization of polycaprolactone nanofibers via forcespinning™ technology, Zachary McEachin and Karen Lozano
Production and characterization of hybrid BEH-PPV/PEO conjugated polymer nanofibers by forcespinning™, Simon Padron, Richard Patlan, Jose Gutierrez, Nestor Santos, Thomas Eubanks, and Karen Lozano
Thermal Modeling of a Railroad Tapered-Roller Bearing Using Finite Element Analysis, Constantine Tarawneh, Arturo A. Fuentes, Javier A. Kypuros, Lariza A. Navarro, Andrei G. Vaipan, and Brent M. Wilson
Preparation and characterization of polyvinylidene fluoride nanofibrous membranes by forcespinning™, Beny Vazquez, Horacio Vasquez, and Karen Lozano
Submissions from 2011
Effects of carbon nanofibers on the crystallization kinetics of polyethylene oxide, Ananta Adhikari and Karen Lozano
The effect of carbon nanofiber on the thermo-physical behavior of polyethylene oxide, Ananta Raj Adhikari, Karen Lozano, Mircea Chipara, and J. Qualls
Polarization sensitive near-complete reflection from photonic crystal slab in centered rectangular lattice, Simon Padron, Kris Ohlinger, Karen Lozano, and Yuankun Lin
Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(butylene Oxide) Grafted Carbon Nanofibers, Carlos Ramos, Ram Thapa, Karen Lozano, Mircea Chipara, Domingo Ferrer, and Jose J. Gutierrez
Artificial lateral line canal for hydrodynamic detection, Yingchen Yang, Adrian Klein, and Horst Bleckmann
Artificial lateral line canal for hydrodynamic detection, Yingchen Yang, Adrian Klein, Horst Bleckmann, and Chang Liu
Submissions from 2010
Thermal models of railroad wheels and bearings, Kevin D. Cole, Constantine Tarawneh, Arturo A. Fuentes, Brent Wilson, and Linda Navarro
Development And Implementation Of Challenge Based Instruction In Statics And Dynamics, Robert Freeman, Horacio Vasquez, Arturo A. Fuentes, Martin Knecht, Taylor Martin, Joan Walker, and Araceli Ortiz
Flow Vision for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles via an Artificial Lateral Line, Nam Nguyen, Douglas L. Jones, Yingchen Yang, and Chang Liu
Electrospinning to Forcespinning™, Kamal Sarkar, Carlos Gomez, Steve Zambrano, Michael Ramirez, Eugenio De Hoyos, Horacio Vasquez, and Karen Lozano
Development and Implementation of An Introduction To Stem Course For Dual-Enrollment Programs, Horacio Vasquez, Arturo Fuentes, Javier Macossay-Torres, Martin W. Knecht, and Robert Freeman
Recovery of rectified signals from hot-wire/film anemometers due to flow reversal in oscillating flows, Yingchen Yang, Douglas L. Jones, and Chang Liu
Submissions from 2009
Analysis of flux-base fins for estimation of heat transfer coefficient, Kevin D. Cole, Constantine Tarawneh, and Brent M. Wilson
Investigation of the electromagnetic interference shielding of titanium carbide coated nanoreinforced liquid crystalline polymer, Karen Lozano, Lesly Espinoza, K. Hernandez, Ananta R. Adhikari, Gangaram Radhakrishnan, and P. M. Adams
Thermophysical analysis of SU8-modified microstructures created by visible light lithography, Daniel Rodriguez Ponce, Karen Lozano, Thomas Eubanks, Ahmad Harb, and Domingo Ferrer
Phase tunable holographic fabrication for three-dimensional photonic crystal templates by using a single optical element, Di Xu, Kevin P. Chen, Ahmad Harb, Daniel Rodriguez, Karen Lozano, and Yuankun Lin
Submissions from 2008
Holographic fabrication of photonic crystals using multidimensional phase masks, Yuankun Lin, Ahmad Harb, Daniel Rodriguez, Karen Lozano, Di Xu, and K. P. Chen
Experiments and models for the thermal response of railroad tapered-roller bearings, Constantine Tarawneh, Kevin D. Cole, Brent Wilson, and Fadi Alnaimat
Submissions from 2007
ESR investigations on polyethylene-single wall carbon nanotube composites, Mircea Chipara, Karen Lozano, Richard Wilkins, Enrique V. Barrera, M. X. Pulikkathara, Laura Penia-Para, and Dorina M. Chipara
Hydrogel-Encapsulated Microfabricated Haircells Mimicking Fish Cupula Neuromast, S. Peleshanko, M. D. Julian, M. Ornatska, M E. McConney, M. C. LeMieux, N. Chen, C. Tucker, Yingchen Yang, C. Liu, and J. A. C. Humphrey
Submissions from 2006
The effect of the shear-thickening transition of model colloidal spheres on the sign of N1 and on the radial pressure profile in torsional shear flows, M. Lee, Mataz Alcoutlabi, J. J. Magda, C. Dibble, M. J. Solomon, X. Shi, and G. B. McKenna
Multisensor Processing Algorithms for Underwater Dipole Localization and Tracking Using MEMS Artificial Lateral-Line Sensors, Saunvit Pandya, Yingchen Yang, Douglas L. Jones, Jonathan Engel, and Chang Liu
Distant touch hydrodynamic imaging with an artificial lateral line, Yingchen Yang, Jack Chen, Jonathan Engel, Saunvit Pandya, Nannan Chen, Craig Tucker, Sheryl Coombs, Douglas L. Jones, and Chang Liu
Submissions from 2005
Fabrication of magnetic hollow silica nanospheres for bioapplications, L. Shao, Dumitru Caruntu, J. F. Chen, C. J. O'Connor, and W. L. Zhou
Submissions from 2004
Rheological analysis of vapor-grown carbon nanofiber-reinforced polyethylene composites, Karen Lozano, Shuying Yang, and Qiang Zeng
Reinforcing Epoxy Polymer Composites Through Covalent Integration of Functionalized Nanotubes, J. Zhu, H. Peng, F. Rodriguez-Macias, J. L. Margrave, V. N. Khabashesku, A.. M. Imam, Karen Lozano, and E. V. Barrera
Submissions from 2003
Near-field calculations for a rigid spheroid with an arbitrary incident acoustic field, John P. Barton, Nicholas L. Wolff, Haifeng Zhang, and Constantine Tarawneh
Effects of nanofiber treatments on the properties of vapor-grown carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites, P. Cortés, Karen Lozano, Enrique V. Barrera, and J. Bonilla-Rios
Nanofiber-reinforced polymers prepared by fused deposition modeling, Meisha L. Shofner, Karen Lozano, Fernando J. Rodríguez-Macías, and Enrique V. Barrera
Submissions from 2001
Nanofiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites. I. Thermoanalytical and mechanical analyses, Karen Lozano and Enrique V. Barrera
Submissions from 2000
Vapor-grown carbon-fiber composites: Processing and electrostatic dissipative applications, Karen Lozano
