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Impact of pad conditioning on thickness profile control in chemical mechanical planarization
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2013-01)Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) has been proven to be the best method to achieve within-wafer and within-die uniformity for multilevel metallization. Decreasing device dimensions and increasing wafer sizes continuously ... -
Improvement of the computational efficiency of metaheuristic algorithms for the crack detection of cantilever beams using hybrid methods
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-07-03)This study examines the capability of various optimization algorithms and proposes novel hybrid algorithms for more precise prediction of open-edge cracks in cantilever beams. The natural frequencies of the beam with a ... -
Improvement of the fatigue performance of an ultrafine-grained Nb–Zr alloy by nano-sized precipitates formed by internal oxidation
(Elsevier, 2008-04)The formation of nano-sized precipitates in an ultrafine-grained Nb–Zr alloy was investigated. ZrO2 precipitates induced by internal oxidation during heat treatment at low homologous temperatures significantly intensify ... -
Improving selectivity on germanium CMP applications
(ECS, 2014)In the presented paper, the adsorption characteristics of cationic and anionic surfactants on germanium and silica were studied in order to improve selectivity in germanium based shallow trench isolation chemical mechanical ... -
Improving the safety of medical robotic systems
(IEEE, 2018-10-09)The significance of the robots in the medical field have been increasing rapidly. Humans and robots working together increases the strengths and decreases the limitations of surgical operations. Human life makes safety the ... -
In memoriam Prof. Avram Bar-Cohen
(IEEE, 2021-08)The outpouring of emotion and appreciation for Prof. Avram (Avi) Bar-Cohen from his students and colleagues in the academic, industrial, and government communities in Heat Transfer and Electronics Packaging is a testament ... -
In memoriam Prof. Avram Bar-Cohen
(IEEE, 2021-11)It has been a little over a year since the passing of Prof. Avram, Avi as he is popularly known, Bar-Cohen. Eulogies from his students and colleagues in the academic, industrial, and government communities in Heat Transfer ... -
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An in-silico corrosion model for biomedical applications for coupling with in-vitro biocompatibility tests for estimation of long-term effects
(Frontiers Media, 2021-09-07)The release of metal particles and ions due to wear and corrosion is one of the main underlying reasons for the long-term complications of implantable metallic implants. The rather short-term focus of the established ... -
Influence of heat treatment parameters on the functional behavior and corrosion performance of a shape memory wire actuator
(Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2020-04)In the present study, the effect of heat treatment parameters on the functional response, corrosion behavior and microstructural evolution of NiTi shape memory alloys were investigated. Various heat treatment regimes were ... -
Influence of turbulent flow characteristics on flame behaviour in diffuser combustors
(Elsevier, 2019-03-01)The influence of turbulence on flame location in a diffuser-type combustor is the focus of this study. Two types of diffuser combustors were selected to study the influence of turbulence intensity and length scale on flame ... -
Influence of warm rolling and aging on the microstructural evolution and mechanical behavior of AZ31 magnesium alloy
(American Institute of Physics Inc., 2019)The microstructural evolution and tensile properties of AZ31 after warm rolling and different aging methods and conditions were investigated. The warm rolling was conducted on the as-received AZ31 after homogenization at ... -
An integrated design approach for a series elastic actuator: Stiffness formulation, fatigue analysis, thermal management
(IEEE, 2017-12-22)This paper presents an integrated mechanical design approach for the long-Term and repetitive use of series elastic actuators (SEAs). Already, computational models for series elastic actuator design have been developed in ... -
Integrated engineering and architecture for the energy efficient academic buildings
(International Building Performance Simulation Association, 2015-12)In this paper, we outline a comprehensive and integrated collaboration between engineering and architecture team to build an energy efficient building. Within the framework of the EU FP7 project, titled NEED4B, we have ... -
An integrated homogenization–based topology optimization via RBF mapping strategies for additively manufactured FGLS and its application to bandgap structures
(Springer Nature, 2020)The manufacturing of lattice structures has been greatly facilitated thanks to the advances in additive manufacturing. Functionally graded lattice (FGL) structures, a major class of such structures, developed using topology ... -
Integrating magnetic heads with plasmonic nanostructures in multilayer configurations
(IEEE, 2013-07)Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is an emerging technology that has increased the areal density of conventional recording techniques for hard disc drives. Integrated heads have enabled this increase through localized ... -
Interaction between free-stream turbulence and tip-vortices of wind turbine blades with and without winglets
(IOP Publishing, 2018)Experimental investigations of the free-stream turbulence impact on the tip-vortices generated in wind turbine blades have been performed. The investigation is done by exposing an efficient laboratory scale wind turbine ... -
An inverse synthesis method for the determination of effective mechanical properties for additively manufactured aperiodic structures with finite thickness
(IEEE, 2023)The production of thin-walled structures via Additive Manufacturing is common for thermo-mechanical applications such as heat exchanger cores. However, accurate and efficient models predicting the effective material response ... -
An investigation into flow and heat transfer for a slot impinging synthetic jet
(Elsevier, 2016-09)According to the latest trends in miniature consumer and military electronics, there is a need for compact cooling solutions to meet performance requirements at compact volumes. Successful technology must feature a thin ... -
An investigation into flow and heat transfer of an ultrasonic micro-blower device for electronics cooling applications
(Elsevier, 2016-05-08)As compact electronics increase in functionality, new electronics cooling approaches must be more effective, and they must be lower in form factor. In this paper, we investigated the cooling performance of a miniature ...
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