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A numerical and experimental approach to characterize the failure modes of hexagonal cell honeycomb core under in-plane loading
(DEStech Publications Inc., 2017-10)In the present study, the failure modes of a hexagonal cell honeycomb core under in-plane loading are investigated. It is shown that, under tensile loading, the node bond failure and ribbon fracture are the main causes of ... -
A benchmark study - How industrial engineering undergraduate programs are addressing healthcare needs
(Association for Industry, Engineering and Management Systems (AIEMS), 2019-12)While healthcare in the U.S. has made great strides at improvement, the delivery system still needs major changes, as evidenced by increasing costs (4-10% per year) and ongoing problems with patient safety. Healthcare ... -
A bluetooth-enabled, light weight, flexible epidermal electronic system for ECG monitoring
(Wichita State University, 2022-12)With 17.9 million deaths annually, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become the leading cause of mortality worldwide. This increased death rate creates a significant need for long-term ambulatory ECG monitoring for early ... -
A brain computer interface system for the improvement of cognitive and communication abilities for patients with neuromuscular disorders
(Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2021-03)More than 16 million people in the United States are living with cognitive impairment. Reports suggest that 12,000-15,000 people have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and approximately 17 million people have cerebral palsy, ... -
A brain-inspired framework for evolutionary artificial general intelligence
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)From the medical field to agriculture, from energy to transportation, every industry is going through a revolution by embracing artificial intelligence (AI); nevertheless, AI is still in its infancy when compared to the ... -
A comparative study of time and energy savings due to near field communication technology
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)The popularity and demand for the Near Field Communication (NFC) applications are rapidly growing in the recent years. NFC technology helps transfer data by bringing two smart devices closer (5-10 cm). Many important ... -
A comprehensive cost estimation for additive manufacturing
(Wichita State University, 2021-07)Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an emerging manufacturing method by which Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models are directly made into products and structures. Layers of material, such as polymers, metals, ceramics, composites, ... -
A comprehensive iterative design, simulation and finite element analysis of bare metal stent and diseased artery
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)Fatigue is a material failure due to cyclic forces acting upon said material. Fatigue can make the material fail before the stresses reach ultimate tensile strength or fracture strength. Intravascular coronary stent are ... -
A computational methodology for evaluation of the structural damage to a car and its occupant response for the new FMVSS 301R regulation as well as for various real-world rear-end collision scenarios
(Wichita State University, 2017-12)Due to requirements and continuous design improvement in automobile industries, it has become mandatory to keep passenger car and seating in automobile to safest at the time of a crash collisions. Although the rear-end ... -
A computational study of the dynamic responses of a composite versus a metallic aircraft fuselage structure in vertical impact along with examination of inclusion of struts and injury prediction of occupants
(Wichita State University, 2015-07)In recent years, the study on crashworthiness of aircraft fuselage section has been of great interest due to the increase in air travel and demand for occupant safety. The FAA conducted a series of drop tests on aircraft ... -
A computational study on static and unconstrained dynamic rollover crash tests of a mid-size SUV for various initial rollover parameters
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)In terms of frequency of accidents, rollover crashes are uncommon among all other crash types or directions. However, they are associated with highest fatality rate than any other crashes, as 33% of fatalities in automobile ... -
A critical analysis of the AIAG-VDA FMEA; does the newly released AIAG-VDA method offer improvements over the former AIAG method?
(Association for Industry, Engineering and Management Systems (AIEMS), 2020-06)After several years of collaboration, The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) completed a harmonized version of their respective FMEA methods. Previous to the ... -
A DC-DC converter with high-voltage step-up ratio and reduced-voltage stress for renewable energy generation systems
(Wichita State University, 2018-12)This research work presents a high gain direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converter which is derived from a traditional boost converter. Electrical power systems are changing from a centralized generation model to a ... -
A decision model for economic and environmental impacts of the food and biofuel competition
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)Rising demand for food and energy leads to debates about biofuel production from food crops. On the other hand, biofuels derived from lignocellulosic sources offer positive environmental impacts such as enriching degraded ... -
A design of experiment and Kriging-based model for studying the dynamics of multibody mechanical systems with revolute joint clearance
(Wichita State University, 2013-05)Over the last two decades, extensive work has been conducted to study the dynamic effect of the joint clearances in multibody mechanical systems. In contrast, little work has been devoted to optimize the performance of ... -
A design of experiment study to investigate the effects of hardener concentration, stirring time, and air bubbles on the tensile strength of epoxy resin
(SAGE Publications Ltd STM, 2022-10-01)Epoxy is one of the widely used polymeric resin systems in composite industries, which is a two-part resin system that requires the mixing of a hardening agent to trigger the polymerization process. The mixing ratio and ... -
A directory based hybrid cache update strategy to reduce memory latency of shared memory multiprocessors
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Multiple cores with a shared memory on a single-chip provide an excellent architecture to achieve fast computation. However, shared memory multiprocessors with typical write update and write invalidate strategies suffer ... -
A dynamic heads-up air traffic locator & collision advisory display using Google Glass
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)A heads-up display designed to assist pilots in the rapid location and identification of air traffic is developed and evaluated on Google Glass. The display is conceived as a proposed addition to a Traffic Collision Avoidance ... -
A fast time series power flow method for active distribution system control applications
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Power system balancing, where supply of energy has to equal demand all time, is a very important constraint for electric power systems. In recent years, number of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and penetration of ... -
A finite difference solution for 1-D soil consolidation using Excel
(Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)Terzaghi's one-dimensional (1-D) soil consolidation equation is solved using a finite difference (FD) method and Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are inexpensive computational tools that are readily available ...