Technical Papers and Presentations

Working fluids (engine oil, transmission fluid, hydraulic fluid, coolants, etc.) become contaminated in use. To ensure that the equipment is not damaged by the contaminated fluid, the fluid is typically removed and replaced periodically. For large groups of machines, the used fluid is ... Read More

During the biopharmaceutical manufacturing process, proteins stored in aqueous solutions are frozen and thawed. Frozen aqueous solutions provide an excellent medium for storing and transporting the protein without degradation. In this work, the freezing and thawing of an aqueous solution ... Read More

Hemolysis caused by flow-induced mechanical damage to red blood cells is a concern in devices that involve transporting blood. Mathematical models have been proposed to estimate red blood cell damage in blood flow. We used hemolysis mathematical models to evaluate the effect of ... Read More

Advancements in simulation technology are supported by rapidly evolving enablers such as Cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing platforms (on & off-premises), on-demand Machine Learning systems, and secure multi-user environments. These advancements provide an opportunity ... Read More

Radial fins are widely used in industrial applications to enhance heat transfer. Exact solutions are available for radial fins of simple profiles such as rectangular, concave and convex parabolic, hyperbolic and triangular. However, such solutions may be cumbersome for use in everyday ... Read More

With the anticipated effects of global climate change upon us, induced by egregious CO2 emissions, it is imperative to implement technologies to close the carbon cycle. One potential technique to do this is storing the energy from intermittent sources (e.g. solar, wind, hydro) in the ... Read More

We will present a study of our attempt to solve the Paraxial Wave Equation to simulate propagation of various laser beams in vacuum as well as in a turbulent medium. Our approach is to explore the suite of partial differential equation solvers in COMSOL® and cast our problem as an ... Read More

The search for physics beyond the Standard Model using low-energy neutrons requires, among other things, very precise transport and manipulation of the neutron spin. In this talk some examples of coil design for stringent magnetic field uniformity requirements and complicated geometries ... Read More

While electrostatic actuators feature prominently among the most widely employed classes of actuators for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), conventional embodiments of these devices (e.g., parallel plate structures) notoriously suffer from several significant drawbacks. Most ... Read More

In recent years, with the rise of quantum optical technologies, there has been a spurring research interest growing on single-photon emitters (SPE). To date, the focus in engineering improved SPE has been mainly towards better enhancement overlooking the tenuous manufacturing process ... Read More