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RISWavelet Analysis of the Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves in the Wavenumber–Frequency Domain
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Wavelet analysis is performed on 31 yr (1975?2007, except 1978 and 1979) of daily outgoing longwave radiation data in the global equatorial region (15°S?15°N). Power spectra in the zonal wavenumber?frequency domain are ...
A Thesis Proposal Development Course for Engineering Graduate Students
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Helping engineering graduate students to write their thesis can be a difficult and time-consuming undertaking for a thesis advisor. Efficiency can be gained by having an experienced graduate student thesis advisor help ...
Structure and Management of an Engineering Senior Design Course
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The design of products and processes is an important area in engineering. Students in engineering schools learn fundamental principles in their courses but often lack an opportunity to apply these methods to realworld ...
Soft Origami: Classification, Constraint, and Actuation of Highly Compliant Origami Structures
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Herein, we discuss the folding of highly compliant origami structures—“Soft Origami.†There are benefits to be had in folding compliant sheets (which cannot selfguide their motion) rather than conventional rigid ...
Effects of Modeling Soil Nonlinearity and Wall Installation on Back-Analysis of Deep Excavation in Stiff Clay
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper describes the application of two relatively simple models: a linear elastic–perfectly plastic Mohr-Coulomb and a nonlinear “brick” model for simulating the top-down construction of a multipropped excavation in ...
Characterization of the Dip Pen Nanolithography Process for Nanomanufacturing
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Dip pen nanolithography (DPN) is a flexible nanofabrication process for creating 2-D nanoscale features on a surface using an “inked” tip. Although a variety of ink-surface combinations can be ...
Postpeak Strength of Interfaces in a Stress-Dilatancy Framework
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Laboratory sand-steel interface tests, using a range of sand sizes on a wide range of surface roughnesses, have been conducted using a direct shear apparatus modified to enable reliable measurements of both friction and ...
Design of a Compact Biaxial Tensile Stage for Fabrication and Tuning of Complex Micro and Nano scale Wrinkle Patterns
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Wrinkling of thin films is a straindriven process that enables scalable and lowcost fabrication of periodic microand nanoscale patterns. In the past, singleperiod sinusoidal wrinkles have been applied for thinfilm metrology ...
Nanomanufacturing Methods for the Reduction of Noise in Carbon Nanotube Based Piezoresistive Sensor Systems
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Carbon nanotube (CNT)based piezoresistive strain sensors have the potential to outperform traditional siliconbased piezoresistors in MEMS devices due to their high strain sensitivity. However, the resolution of CNTbased ...