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Development and evaluation of the Combined Loading Modification to the V-Notched Rail Shear Test method for composite laminates	Design of a high precision desktop wire electrical discharge machine

Energy balance in solid-oxide fuel assisted electrolyzer cell modules	An analytical model of a microscale heat exchanger: Ambient interaction and general end-wall boundary conditions

High temperature fastener fatigue	Surface integrity in machined aluminum alloys: Effects of cutting tool coatings and cooling/lubrication

Boule shaping of single crystal silicon carbide by wire electrical discharge machining	A case study of turbulent fluxes during a wintertime persistent cold air pool in the Salt Lake Valley

Design and evaluation of an advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage system at the Michigan-Utah Mine	Microscale loss coefficients through expansion and contraction xurographic microchannels

ROCR is an oscillating climbing robot: Dynamically climbing sheer walls with a pendular two-link mass-shifting robot	Effects of angled stitch reinforcement on foam core sandwich structures

Scalar flux measurements in turbulent pipe flow employing combined particle image velocimetry and planar laser induced fluorescence	Development of flexure testing fixtures and methods for thin-walled composite tubes

Characterization of the pressure wave from a shock tube using numerical simulations	Simulation of diffusion in three unique situations for the novel capsule drug ring

Development of a fast response building resolving urban energy model	Comprehensive energy analysis of a near zero energy home

Computational modeling of controlled cortical impact in a mouse	Design of minimum quantity cutting fluid dispensing system for sustainable machining

Design of a miniature optical-based velocity probe	The impact of canopy geometry on particle dispersion gradients in sparse agricultural canopies

An electrostatic microvalve for pneumatic control of microfluidic systems	Refilling mechanism to stabilize a free-floating intraocular capsule drug ring

Comparison of four manual wheelchair designs	Failure progressions in sandwich composites for crashworthiness applications

Contraction/expansion effects in 90° miter bends in rectangular xurographic microchannels	Active shoe sole capable of providing a level walking surface on low-angled terrain

Three degree of freedom haptic feedback for assisted driving of holonomic omnidirectional wheelchairs	Optimization of helical turbine in low head applications

Optimization of helical turbine in low head applications	Perflexmea: A multielectrode array for cell culture on a thin perforated flexible polycarbonate membrane

Design, development, and testing of an insole sensor system for real-time gait feedback and rehabilitation	Performance of reinforced concrete panels during blast loading

Hydrophone scans of pressure patterns from a phased array transducer for high intensity focused ultrasound	Wire electrical discharge machining of helical devices from permanent magnets

Mesh development of an infant finite element model for predicting skull fracture and intracranial hemorrhage in children from low height falls	Investigation of cold expansion of short edge margin holes with preexisting cracks in 2024-T351 aluminum alloy

Damage tolerance predictions for spar web cracking in a diminishing stress field	Investigating the crashworthiness characteristics of carbon fiber/epoxy tubes

Using biomechanical analysis and user feedback to evaluate optimal design specifications in lift assist devices	Avian-inspired passive landing mechanisms for perching rotorcraft

Development of an airborne pollution measurement system	Microfluidic systems for the study of the Caenorhabditis elegans worm

Biaxial and failure properties of passive rat middle cerebral arteries	Incorporation of a general strain-to-failure fracture criterion into a stress-based plasticity model through a time-to-failure softening mechanism

A control system for an active wearable lift assist device	Cold expansion effects on cracked fastener holes under constant amplitude and spectrum loading in the 2024-T351 aluminum alloy

Effects of fillet size on bond performance of honeycomb sandwich panels	Validation of a data assimilation technique for an urban wind model

An inverse acoustical phased array technique for impact detection and location	Contact force analysis under femoral head microseparation for ceramic-on-ceramic hip implants: Finite element analysis and experimental validation

A vertical active handrest to aid in dexterous tasks and to provide gravitational support	Insole-based gait analysis

Towards a mobile motion analysis laboratory: Improvements in wearable motion capture and force measurement	The influence of vegetative windbreaks on fugitive dust (PM10) mitigation and transport flux: The role of turbulence in enhancing particulate deposition

Olfactory display for the treadport active wind tunnel	Simulating the diurnal cycle of the atmospheric boundary layer using large-eddy simulation with vertical adaptive mesh refinement

Direct shear stress measurement device for use in atmospheric boundary layers	Development of the Combined Loading Shear test method and shear strain measurement in the V-Notched Rail Shear Test

Characterization of the vitreoretinal interface and vitreous in the porcine eye as it changes with age	Design and simulation of a control system for a hybrid lift assist device

The effect of determining topography parameters on analyzing elastic contact between isotropic rough surfaces	Thermohydraulics analysis of the University of Utah TRIGA Reactor of higher power designs

Aligning carbon nanotubes using ultrasound to reinforce composite materials	Mechanics of edge loading in total hip implants: Understanding severe wear and squeaking in ceramicon-ceramic bearings

Heat transfer analysis of thermosiphons and U-tube ground source heat pumps	Flow around a solitary tree in a large field under neutral atmospheric stratification

Computational convection thermal analysis on spinning microfluidic disk digital polymerase chain reaction platform	Velocity-control performance with a fingertip controlled admittance-type haptic device

Characterizing Mode I strain energy release rate associated with interfacial debond growth in sandwich composites	Experimental investigation and characterization of mixing in a T-channel mixer for asymmetric inlet conditions

Development of a method for the study of mechanical properties of branched blood vessels	Computational study of laminar flow in microchannels with abrupt expansion or contraction at a 90° miter bend

Using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to investigate the effects of roughness on confined flow around a hydrofoil	Plastic cap evolution law derived from induced transverse isotropy in dilatational triaxial compression

Real-time feedback methods for gait rehabilitation through a mobile platform	Musculoskeletal modeling for intrafascicular multielectrode stimulation of the feline hindlimb

Oxy-coal combustion: Stability of coaxial pulverized coal flames in O2/CO2 environments	Investigation of chemical properties and transport phenomena associated with pollutants in the atmospheric boundary layer

Fast, selective, and stable high temperature humidity sensors enabled by microfabricated yttrium-doped barium zirconate thin films	Design, development, and validation of vibrotactile threshold evaluator for workplace screening of carpal tunnel syndrome

Tactile skin stretch for direction communication	Optical systems to evaluate volume of medical samples in opaque test tubes

Investigating inertial measurement for human-scale motion tracking	Nonlocal plasticity, instability, and well-posedness of the elastic-plastic initial-boundary value problem

Heat transfer to and from a reversible thermosiphon placed in porous media	Hydrodynamics of axial-flow and centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist devices

Optimization of stretchable fingernail sensor design for fingertip force direction estimation	Development of a fast response dispersion model for virtual urban environments

Statistical modeling for the corrosion fatigue of aluminum alloys 7075-T6 and 2024-T3	The effect of fatigue cracks on fastener flexibility, load distribution, and fatigue crack growth

Seasonal underground thermal energy storage using smart thermosiphon arrays	Large eddy simulations of coal jet flame ignition using the direct quadrature method of moments

Surrogate theory for Hertzian contact pairs: Application to simplify wear testing of ceramic hip prosthesis materials	Performance of a pilot-scale, steam-blown, pressurized fluidized bed biomass gasifier

Modeling pad wear and pad conditioning in chemical-mechanical polishing using population balance model	Smoothness-increasing accuracy-conserving filters (SIAC) for discontinuous Galerkin solutions

Control methods of asynchronous intrafascicular multi-electrode stimulation for neuromuscular prostheses