Browsing by Subject "MEMS"
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(2021-05-04)Gravimetry, the measurement of slight variations in gravitational acceleration, can be used to infer density distributions and structures in the crust of a planetary body. The vast majority of studies on bodies other than ...
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(2010-12-07)Following several terrorist attacks that have occurred during this decade, there is an urgent need to develop new technologies for the detection of highly energetic materials that can represent an explosive hazard. In an ...
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(2013-09-25)Traditional hearing aids do not work well in a noisy environment. In a cocktail party scenario, we receive sound from difference sources. In this case, hearing aids amplify noise and signal at the same time. As a result, ...
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(2017-04-27)The turn of 21st century has witnessed an evolving trend in wearable devices research and improvements in human-computer interfaces. In such systems, position information of human hands in 3-D space has become extremely ...
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(2016-05-05)This dissertation presents initial results from geotechnical centrifuge experiments on squat gravity caissons and monopiles under cyclic eccentric loading in soft clay under undrained conditions. These experiments were ...
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Experimental study of the residual stress-induced self-assembly of MEMS structures during deposition (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The possibility of using residual stresses favorably as a means of self-assembling MEMS during material deposition is experimentally investigated. Two atomic force microscope cantilevers are placed in contact at their free ...
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(2016-04-19)A multi-physics model and computational method is presented for predicting the performance of thermal microactuators at high input powers. The model accounts for nonlinear temperature dependence of material properties, ...
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(2022-04-21)Achieving small feature microelectromechanical system (MEMS) fabrications is currently very challenging when the 3D microstructure is not feasibly compatible with conventional 2D lithography workflow. Here, we present a ...
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(2014-07-08)Evolving from the IC fabrication processes, micromachining technologies allow mass production of 2D or 3D microstructures, which are otherwise difficult to achieve with traditional machining techniques. In this research, ...
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(2012-07-16)Controlling tribological interactions, such as friction and adhesion between contacting interfaces is critical for the advancement of technologies such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. The challenge in ...
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(2017-08-01)The present work is dedicated to addressing nanotribological issues of ultra-thin (sub-10 nm) films at contacting interfaces. In devices such as micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), thin films are deposited for specific ...
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(2010-07-14)This research conducts tribological investigation in three areas. The first area of research is to obtain basic understanding of tribological properties of high performance Inconel alloys. Pin-on-disk testing was conducted ...
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(2019-11-26)In the light of recent research advancements in the field of shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators and devices, an idea of employing shape memory alloys in an electric switching device emerged. In this SMA actuated switch, ...
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(2009-05-15)A novel process which does not require the traditional Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) synthesis techniques and which works at temperatures lower than the conventional techniques was developed for synthesis of carbon ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The purpose of the work is to employ molecular simulation to further extend the understanding of Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs), especially as it relates to three particular applications: organic-inorganic composite ...