Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research output

Research output per year 1965 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

• 1505 Article
• 651 Conference contribution
• 95 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 94 Conference article
• 319 More
  • 66 Review article
  • 58 Chapter
  • 46 Paper
  • 35 Book
  • 28 Other report
  • 27 Editorial
  • 21 Comment/debate
  • 9 Foreword/postscript
  • 9 Letter
  • 4 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 4 Book/Film/Article review
  • 3 Short survey
  • 3 Other contribution
  • 2 Special issue
  • 2 Working paper
  • 1 Literature review
  • 1 Patent

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2006

  Hollow particle filled composites

  Gupta, N., 2006, Solidification Processing of Metal Matrix Composites - Rohatgi Honorary Symposium. p. 3-13 11 p. (TMS Annual Meeting; vol. 2006).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Syntactics 100%
  • foams 95%
  • Foams 93%
  • Foam 88%
  • composite materials 59%

• Impact properties of syntactic foams and effect of microballoon wall thickness

  Tien, C. L. & Gupta, N., 2006, Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Applied Mechanics Division. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Syntactics 100%
  • Foams 93%
  • Volume fraction 65%
  • Impact testing 32%
  • Impact strength 27%

• Investigation of micro-scale capillary plasmas for a PDP application

  Park, S. H., Lee, K. S., Shin, B. J., Kim, S., Becker, K. H. & Kunhardt, E. E., 2006, Digest of Technical Papers - SID International Symposium. 3 ed. Vol. 37. p. 1093-1096 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Plasmas 100%
  • Electrodes 69%
  • Display devices 13%

• Matlab data acquisition and control toolbox for basic stamp microcontrollers

  Panda, A., Wong, H., Kapila, V. & Lee, S. H., 2006, Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2006, CDC. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 3918-3925 8 p. 4177712. (Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Microcontroller 100%
  • Data Acquisition 79%
  • MATLAB 58%
  • Microcontrollers 54%
  • Data acquisition 47%

• Modern sensing and computerized data acquisition technology in high school physics labs

  Sobhan, S., Yakubov, N., Kapila, V., Iskander, M. & Kriftcher, N., 2006, Advances in Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering - Proceedings of IETA 2005, TeNe 2005, EIAE 2005. Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 441-447 7 p. (Advances in Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering - Proceedings of IETA 2005, TeNe 2005, EIAE 2005).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) 100%
  • Physics 52%
  • Data acquisition 51%
  • Students 44%

• Movement generation using dynamical systems : a humanoid robot performing a drumming task.

  Degallier, S., Santos, C. P., Righetti, L. & Ijspeert, A. J., 2006, In 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots. p. 512-517 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• New capabilities for the virtual-human Santos™

  Yang, J., Marler, T., Beck, S., Kim, J. H., Wang, Q., Zhou, X., Pena Pitarch, E., Farrell, K., Patrick, A., Potratz, J., Abdel-Malek, K., Arora, J. & Nebel, K., 2006, 2006 SAE World Congress.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Muscle 100%
  • posture 96%
  • muscle 94%
  • freedom 82%
  • Kinematics 74%

• Posture prediction and force/torque analysis for human hands

  Yang, J., Pitarch, E. P., Kim, J. H. & Abdel-Malek, K., 2006, Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Torque 100%
  • posture 95%
  • torque 87%
  • freedom 54%
  • Force 53%

• Programmable central pattern generators: an application to biped locomotion control.

  Righetti, L. & Ijspeert, A. J., 2006, In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. p. 1585-1590 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Prospects and problems for world energy: Remarks at the World Renewable Energy Congress

  Sreenivasan, K., 2006, The Pantaneto Forum. 3 p. Issue 24

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Synthesis and applications of cast metal matrix composites and syntactic foams

  Rohatgi, P. K., Gupta, N., Weiss, D. & Miracle, D., 2006, 38th SAMPE Fall Technical Conference: Global Advances in Materials and Process Engineering. (International SAMPE Technical Conference).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Metal Matrix Composites 100%
  • Syntactics 82%
  • Foams 76%
  • Foam 72%
  • Metals 51%

• Tensile and impact properties of clay-epoxy nanocomposites

  Lin, T. C., Ricci, W., Shapiro, M. & Gupta, N., 2006, Proceedings of the International Conference on Composites Engineering 14, Boulder, Colorado, July 2-8, 2006. p. 361-362

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• The mean velocity distribution near the peak of the reynolds shear stress, extending also to the buffer region

  Sreenivasan, K. R. & Bershadskii, A., 2006, IUTAM Symposium on One Hundred Years of Boundary Layer Research: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium Held at DLR-Gottingen, Germany, August 12-14, 2004. Springer Verlag, p. 241-246 6 p. (Solid Mechanics and its Applications; vol. 129).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Pipe flow 100%
  • Shear Stress 98%
  • Channel flow 93%
  • Velocity distribution 90%
  • Shear stress 75%

• The modern science lab: Integrating technology into the classroom is the solution

  Walia, M., Yu, E., Iskander, M., Kapila, V. & Kriftcher, N., 2006, Advances in Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering - Proceedings of IETA 2005, TeNe 2005, EIAE 2005. Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 357-362 6 p. (Advances in Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering - Proceedings of IETA 2005, TeNe 2005, EIAE 2005).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Education 100%
  • Students 87%
  • Engineering technology 28%
  • Curricula 24%
  • Sensors 24%

• Vision performance measures for optimization-based posture prediction

  Marler, T., Farrell, K., Kim, J. H., Rahmatalla, S. & Abdel-Malek, K., 2006, Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • posture 100%
  • Displacement 67%
  • Eye movements 46%
  • prediction 41%
  • field of view 11%
• 2005

  A dynamical systems approach to learning: a frequency adaptive hopper robot.

  Buchli, J., Righetti, L. & Ijspeert, A. J., 2005, In Proceedings of the VIIIth European Conference on Artificial Life ECAL. Springer Verlag, p. 210-220 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• A Web community to foster science in developing countries: www.ictp.it

  Sreenivasan, K., Fonda, C., Zennaro, M. & Canessa, E., 2005, Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Web Based Communities, Algarve, Portugal, 2005. p. 23-25

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Enhancement of fracture toughness of syntactic foams by rubber addition

  Wahab, M. A., Gorugantu, V. B. & Gupta, N., 2005, Proceedings of the ASME Materials Division 2005. p. 187-192 6 p. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Materials Division (Publication) MD; vol. 100 MD).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Rubber additions 100%
  • Syntactics 55%
  • Foams 52%
  • Fracture toughness 48%
  • Reinforcement 32%

• Enhancement of ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation technique for high attentuation composite materials

  Wu, H. C., Gupta, N. & Mylavarapu, P. S., 2005, 20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005. p. 12-24 13 p. (20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005; vol. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Ultrasonic imaging 100%
  • Syntactics 65%
  • Foams 61%
  • Foam 58%
  • Ultrasonics 54%

• Fracture toughness characterizations of syntactic foams

  Wahab, M. A., Gorugantu, V. B. & Gupta, N., 2005, 20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005. p. 57-66 10 p. (20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005; vol. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Syntactics 91%
  • Foams 85%
  • Foam 80%
  • Fracture toughness 79%
  • Volume fraction 63%

• From Dynamic Hebbian Learning for Oscillators to Adaptive Central Pattern Generators.

  Righetti, L., Buchli, J. & Ijspeert, A. J., 2005, In Proceedings of 3rd International Symposium on Adaptive Motion in Animals and Machines – AMAM 2005.: Verlag ISLE, Ilmenau.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Heat transfer in ultrafast laser tissue welding

  Kim, K., Guo, Z. & Kumar, S., 2005, Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT 2005. p. 287-294 8 p. HT2005-72291. (Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference; vol. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Ultrafast lasers 100%
  • Tissue 49%
  • Welding 46%
  • Heat transfer 38%
  • Ultrashort pulses 37%

• Integration of real-time sensor based experiments in, high school science labs: A GK-12 project

  Yakubov, N., Sobhan, S., Iskander, M., Kapila, V., Kriftcher, N. & Kadashev, A., 2005, 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. p. 8575-8586 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Students 100%
  • Data acquisition 76%
  • Sensors 69%
  • Experiments 48%
  • Physics 38%

• Joystick ergonomic study in material handling using virtual humans

  Pitarch, E. P., Yang, J., Abdel-Malek, K., Kim, J. & Marler, T., 2005, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED. p. 1415-1420 6 p. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED; vol. 16-2).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Materials handling 100%
  • Ergonomics 91%
  • Materials handling equipment 44%
  • Raw materials 27%
  • Accidents 23%

• Lifting posture analysis in material handling using virtual humans

  Kim, J. H., Abdel-Malek, K., Yang, J., Marler, T. & Nebel, K., 2005, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED. p. 1445-1453 9 p. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED; vol. 16-2).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Materials handling 100%
  • Torque 63%
  • Equations of motion 27%

• Long term hygrothermal testing of rubber filled hybrid syntactic foams in salt water media

  Maharsia, R., Gupta, N. & Jerro, H. D., 2005, 20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005. p. 1-11 11 p. (20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005; vol. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Saline water 100%
  • Syntactics 77%
  • Foams 72%
  • Foam 69%
  • Rubber 68%

• Modal analysis of stepped piezoelectric beams with applications to electric vibration damping

  Maurini, C., Porfiri, M. & Pouget, J., 2005, 12th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2005, ICSV 2005. p. 2959-2966 8 p. (12th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2005, ICSV 2005; vol. 4).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • vibration damping 100%
  • modal response 80%
  • piezoelectric transducers 79%
  • resonant frequencies 61%

• Motion prediction and inverse dynamics for human upper extremities

  Kim, J. H., Abdel-Malek, K., Yang, J. & Nebel, K., 2005, 2005 SAE World Congress.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Torque 100%
  • posture 95%
  • ergonomics 77%
  • Muscle 73%
  • muscle 70%

• Multi-modal passive electric control of mechanical vibrations through distributed piezoelectric transducers and electric networks: Results and perspectives

  Dell'Isola, F., Maurini, C., Porfiri, M. & Vidoli, S., 2005, Proceedings of the AIMeTA 2005 (17th AIMeTA Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), September 11-15, 2005, Florence, Italy. (Paper #ST11-1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Optimization-based dynamic motion simulation and energy expenditure prediction for a digital human

  Kim, J. H., Abdel-Malek, K., Yang, J., Farrell, K. & Nebel, K., 2005, Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Symposium.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Energy Metabolism 100%
  • expenditure 79%
  • Torque 49%
  • posture 47%
  • torque 43%

• Pressure infiltration synthesis of lightweight syntactic aluminum matrix composites

  Rohatgi, P. K., Alaraj, S. & Gupta, N., 2005, 20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005. p. 869-879 11 p. (20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005; vol. 2).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Infiltration 100%
  • Syntactics 87%
  • Aluminum 65%
  • Composite materials 49%
  • Pressure 49%

• Solid particle erosion studies in syntactic foams

  Kishore, Kiran, A. & Gupta, N., 2005, 20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005. p. 25-35 11 p. (20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005; vol. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Syntactics 100%
  • Erosion 96%
  • Foams 93%
  • Foam 88%
  • Weight 52%

• Tensile strength of glass microballon-epoxy resin syntactic foams

  Gupta, N. & Nagorny, R., 2005, 20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005. p. 116-122 7 p. (20th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2005; vol. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Epoxy resins 100%
  • Syntactics 96%
  • Foams 89%
  • Foam 85%
  • Tensile Strength 79%

• Time-resolved imaging of a pulsed DC magnetron plasma during the sputter deposition of TiO ₂ films

  Zhu, W., Lopez, J., Shanmugamurthy, L., Belkind, A. & Becker, K., 2005, Proceedings, Annual Technical Conference - Society of Vacuum Coaters. p. 131-135 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Sputter Deposition 87%
  • Plasmas 56%
  • direct current 47%
  • Imaging techniques 46%
  • Cameras 43%

• Time-resolved optical emission spectroscopy during pulsed DC magnetron sputter deposition of TiO ₂ thin films

  Zhu, W., Lopez, J., Belkind, A. & Becker, K., 2005, Proceedings, Annual Technical Conference - Society of Vacuum Coaters. p. 62-67 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Optical emission spectroscopy 100%
  • Sputter Deposition 85%
  • Optical Emission Spectroscopy 75%
  • optical emission spectroscopy 68%
  • Atoms 61%
• 2004

  A mechatronics-aided light reflection experiment for pre-college students

  Harari, S., Lee, S. H., Li, YF., Ko, DY. & Kapila, V., 2004, NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Dallas, TX, January. 7 p. CD-ROM

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Compressive properties of nanoclay syntactic foams for sandwich core applications

  Maharsia, R., Gupta, N. & Li, G., 2004, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics X International Congress & Exposition, Costa Mesa, CA, June 7-10, 2004. Paper #25

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Destruction of environmental air contaminants in non-thermal, atmospheric-pressure plasmas

  Koutsospyros, A., Yin, S. M., Christodoulatos, C. & Becker, K., 2004, IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science. p. 210 1 p. 3B1-2

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • contaminants 100%
  • destruction 95%
  • atmospheric pressure 86%
  • volatile organic compounds 61%
  • air 58%

• Development of a matlab-based graphical user interface environment for PIC microcontroller projects

  Lee, S. H., Li, Y. F. & Kapila, V., 2004, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. p. 3539-3557 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Graphical user interfaces 100%
  • Microcontrollers 97%
  • Interfaces (computer) 94%
  • Communication 37%
  • Data visualization 28%

• Experimental and numerical analysis of temperature distribution in layered tissue media due to short pulse laser irradiation

  Trivedi, A., Basu, S., Mitra, K. & Kumar, S., 2004, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004. Vol. 4. p. 715-720 6 p. HT-FED04-56357

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Laser beam effects 100%
  • Laser pulses 86%
  • Phantoms 71%
  • Numerical analysis 57%
  • Tissue 57%

• Explorer: Long-range untethered real-time live gas main inspection system

  Schempf, H. & Vradis, G., 2004, Proceedings - Natural Gas Technologies II: Ingenuity and Innovation.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Inspection 100%
  • Robots 84%
  • Gases 75%
  • Pipelines 50%
  • Waveguides 33%

• Explorer: Live distribution gas main inspection robot

  Schempf, H. & Vradis, G., 2004, International Gas Research Conference Proceedings.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Inspection 100%
  • Robots 84%
  • Gases 75%
  • Pipelines 50%
  • Cast iron 35%

• Hygrothermal testing and evaluation of mechanical properties of rubber-glass particulate hybrid composites

  Maharsia, R., Gupta, N., Woldesenbet, E. & Jerro, H. D., 2004, Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 19th Annual Technical Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 17-20, 2004. Paper #IE5

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Implementation of an interactive concept mapping technique in an engineering course

  Jerro, H. D., Huang, C. L., Gupta, N. & Mensah, P., 2004, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education-GSW Annual Conference, Lubbock, TX, March 10-12, 2004. Paper #36

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Internet-based remote control of a DC motor using an embedded ethernet microcontroller

  Wong, H. & Kapila, V., 2004, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. p. 8199-8214 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • DC motors 100%
  • Remote control 90%
  • Ethernet 89%
  • Microcontrollers 85%
  • Internet 59%

• Long circulating near infrared fluorescent nanoparticles for diagnosis and photodynamic therapy of cutaneous cancers

  Saxena, V., Sadoqi, M., Kumar, S. & Shao, J., 2004, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE. Bartels, K. E., Bass, L. S., Riese, W. T. W., Gregory, K. W., Hirschberg, H., Katzir, A., Kollias, N., Madsen, S. J. & Malek, R. S. (eds.). 1 ed. Vol. 5. p. 41-46 6 p. 09

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Photodynamic therapy 100%
  • Nanoparticles 53%
  • Cells 31%
  • Tumors 22%
  • Fluorescence 12%

• Matlab-based graphical user interface development for basic stamp 2 microcontroller projects

  Li, Y. F., Harari, S., Wong, H. & Kapila, V., 2004, Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference (AAC). p. 3233-3238 6 p. (Proceedings of the American Control Conference; vol. 4).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Graphical user interfaces 100%
  • Microcontrollers 97%
  • Personal computers 24%
  • Communication 12%

• Novel mutifunctional near-infrared fluorescent nanoparticles: Integrating nanotechnology and biophotonics

  Saxena, V., Sadoqi, M., Kumar, S. & Shao, J., 2004, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Cartwright, A. N. (ed.). Vol. 5331. p. 29-35 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Nanotechnology 100%
  • nanotechnology 98%
  • Nanoparticles 85%
  • entrapment 59%
  • nanoparticles 58%

• Novel near-infrared nanoparticulate biomarker: Preparation & stability studies

  Saxena, V., Sadoqi, M., Kumar, S. & Shao, J., 2004, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Savitsky, A. P., Brovko, L. Y., Bornhop, D. J., Raghavachari, R. & Achilefu, S. I. (eds.). Vol. 5329. p. 269-275 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • biomarkers 100%
  • Nanoparticles 73%
  • preparation 54%
  • nanoparticles 50%
  • degradation 33%

• Operating system support for interface virtualisation of reconfigurable coprocessors.

  Righetti, L., Vuletic, M., Pozzi, L. & Lenne, P., 2004, In Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution