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Study of Characteristics of Liquid-Based Bridge Structure as Mechanical Elements	External Mass Injection to Reduce Energetic Ion Production in the Discharge Plume of High Current Hollow Cathodes

Experimental and Analytical Studies on Pyroelectric Waste Heat Energy Conversion	Effects of Surface Roughness and Finlets on the Swimming Performance of Two Pelagic Marine Fishes: A Robotic Model Study

Plasmonic nanolithography	Coupling effect of finite magneto-electric laminate composites

Tribological properties of pseudo-elastic nickel-titanium	Experiments and numerical modeling of fast flowing liquid metal thin films under spatially varying magnetic field conditions

A micro-deionizer for dielectrophoretic manipulation of cells	Adaptive coupling of FEM and RKPM formulations for contact and impact problems

Hybrid RANS-LES modeling of high-Re turbulent flows	Probing the effects of nanoscale architecture on the mechanical properties of periodic surfactant-templated silica/polymer composite thin film

Damage tolerance and durability of GLARE laminates	A parametric design study of an electrochemical sensor

Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) for biochemical applications: Particle manipulation for separation in droplet microfluidics	Development of a cytomic force transducer for experimental mechanobiology

A therapeutic nano device based on molecular recognition-triggered conformational change	The thermodynamics of dense granular flow and jamming

Multifunctional composites for data storage, artificial muscles, and microstructures	Numerical studies of hydrodynamics of fish locomotion and schooling by a vortex particle method

Thin film NiTi endovascular stent grafts for cerebral and aortic aneurysms	Acoustic excitation of liquid fuel droplets and coaxial jets

Numerical and experimental studies of flexibility in flapping wing aerodynamics	Lab-on-a-chip systems for blood cell separation, counting, and characterization

Passive cancellation of low frequency sound waves using optimized embedded mechanisms	A musculoskeletal model of the rat hindlimb: Application to neuroprosthesis development and quantitative gait evaluation

Nanoscale wetting and its implications to macroscopic surface phenomena	Holographic interferometric study of heat transfer to a vapor bubble sliding along a downward facing heater surface

Passive biomechanical characterization and modeling of bovine extraocular tissues	Self-healing composites using thermally remendable polymers and electrical resistive heating

UV nanoimprinting using a polymer mold and its application to 3-D photonic crystal fabrication	Active aeroelastic control of supersonic transport aircraft

Nanomanufacturing processes for biofuel cells and sensors	Thin film NiTi in MEMS valve and membrane wrinkling control

Development of a PCR-free direct genomic DNA detection assay using rolling circle amplification	Multi-scale progressive failure modeling of titanium-graphite fiber metal laminates

Fabrication of three-dimensional organic crossbar circuits by nanoimprint lithography and nanotransfer printing	Energy-storage multifunctional composites

Integrated micro devices for single-cell microbiology studies	Adaptive control of turbulence-induced wavefront errors in adaptive optics

Experimental studies on transport properties of solutions of biological macromolecules	Surfaces with controlled morphology and wettability for advanced phase change heat transfer applications

Mass perturbation techniques for tuning and decoupling of a Disk Resonator Gyroscope	Pyroelectric energy conversion for waste heat harvesting

Patterned Photothermal Cavitation for Cell Surgeries	Neutralization of Bacterial Aerosols by Aerodynamic Shocks in a Novel Impactor System: An Integrated Computational and Experimental Study

Thermal and Optical Properties of Highly Ordered Mesoporous Thin Films for Energy Applications	Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Liquid Drag Reduction: Design, Fabrication, and Slip Testing

Numerical Simulations of Rapidly Rotating Boundary-Coupled Flows	Modeling, Control, and Real-Time Optimization for a Nano-Precision System

Simulations of Turbulent Flow Interactions with Strong Shocks Using Shock-Fitting Methods	Decentralized Linear Observer and Estimator with Time-Varying Sensing and Communication Topologies

Adaptive Control for Deterministic and Stochastic Disturbances with Application to Precision Motion Control	High-Performance Control and Prediction for Adaptive Optics

Adaptive Resampling Particle Filters for GPS Carrier-Phase Navigation and Collision Avoidance System	Diffusion Bonding Beryllium to Reduced Activation Ferritic Martensitic Steel: Development of Processes and Techniques

Stochastic and Deterministic Disturbance Cancellation for Nano-Precision Systems	Plasticity Induced Material Damage in Micropillars and in Rapidly Heated Surfaces

New Unified Machining Process Planning Using Morphing Technology	Optoelectronic Reconfigurable Microchannels

Modeling and Analysis of Cam-based and Camless Air Hybrid Vehicles	EWOD microfluidic chips for applications: Fundamentals of actuation, extensional rheometry, on-chip heating, and monolithic fabrication

An Intraocular Robotic Interventional Surgical Systems - IRISS	Development of Fiber Bragg Grating Strain, Thermal, and Magnetic Sensors for Smart Structure Applications

High-throughput Rare Cell Detection and Separation Using Inertial Microfluidics	Structural Integration of Silicon Solar Cells and Lithium-ion Batteries Using Printed Electronics

Identification and Control of the Jet in Crossflow	Thermal Transport in Nanoporous Materials for Energy Applications

Detection of Damage in a Composite Structure Using Guided Waves	Optimized Structures for Low-Profile Phase Change Thermal Spreaders

Numerical Simulation of Receptivity to Freestream Acoustic Disturbances for Hypersonic Boundary Layer over a Blunt Body with Chemical and Thermal Nonequilibrium	Optimality Issues in the Free-Flight Merging of Aircraft

Liquid-Based Switchable Thermal Interfaces for Thermal Management Systems and Thermal Energy Harvesters	A Computational Study of the Flow Through a Vitreous Cutter

Magnetic thermomechanical devices used for waste heat energy harvesting and thermal conductance switching	Biomechanical impact management using polyurea

New Rotary Engine Designs by Deviation Function Method	Frequency Rectification Applied to Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting and Improving Available Power of Piezoelectric Motors

Dynamic Properties of Polyurea	Multi-Scale Mechanics of Protein Assemblies

Biomechanics of Vitreous Gel	Self-Healing Polymer Composites

Shear Layer Instabilities and Mixing in Variable Density Transverse Jet Flows	Engineering Magnetic Anisotropy in Nanostructured 3d and 4f Ferromagnets

A vascular access system (VAS) for preclinical models	Modeling the Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton

High Sampling Rate Dynamic Inversion - Digital Signal Processing, Filter Realizations and Applications in Digital Control	Characterization and modeling of ferroelectric materials for high pressure, high temperature applications

Vortex-Based Aero- and Hydrodynamic Estimation	Light Transfer Simulation Tools in Photobiological Fuel Production