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0D Modeling of Dry-Electrical Discharge Machining Plasma Discharge1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)There is a growing interest in developing the dry electrical discharge machining (EDM) process as a sustainable alternative to the conventional liquid dielectric-based EDM process. It is shown that the dry EDM process ... -
A Benchmark Artifact to Evaluate the Manufacturing of Microfeatures by Digital Light Processing Stereolithography
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Suitable benchmark artifacts are needed for assessing the technological capabilities and limitations of a specific process or for comparing the performances of different processes. Only a few benchmark artifacts have been ... -
A Comparison of Characteristics of Periodic Surface Micro/Nano Structures Generated Via Single Laser Beam Direct Writing and Particle Lens Array Parallel Beam Processing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Changing material surface micro/nanostructures using laser beam texturing is a valuable approach in wide applications such as control of cell/bacterial adhesion and proliferation, solar cells and optical metamaterials. ... -
A Comprehensive Study of the Sintering of Copper Nanoparticles Using Femtosecond, Nanosecond, and Continuous Wave Lasers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)A high electrical and thermal conductivity coupled with low costs make copper (Cu) an enticing alternative to aluminum for the fabrication of interconnects in packaging applications. To tap into the benefits of the ... -
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation of Pneumatic Atomization, Aerosol Transport, and Deposition in Aerosol Jet Printing Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Aerosol jet printing (AJP) is a direct-write additive manufacturing technique, which has emerged as a high-resolution method for the fabrication of a broad spectrum of electronic devices. Despite the advantages and critical ... -
A Computational Model to Study Film Formation and Debris Flushing Phenomena in Spray Electric Discharge Machining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A computational model to investigate the flushing of electric discharge machining (EDM) debris from the interelectrode gap during the sprayEDM process is developed. SprayEDM differs from conventional EDM in that an atomized ... -
A Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Implementation of the Atomic Force Microscope Tip-Based Nanomachining Process for Two-Dimensional Patterning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper reports a feasibility study that demonstrates the implementation of a computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) approach for producing two-dimensional (2D) patterns on the nanoscale using the atomic force ... -
A Coupled Electromagnetic and Thermal Model for Picosecond and Nanometer Scale Plasmonic Lithography Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Plasmonic lithography may become a mainstream nanofabrication technique in the future. Experimental results show that feature size with 22 nm resolution can be achieved by plasmonic lithography. In the experiment, a ... -
A FeCrAl-Al2O3 Composite Produced Via Laser Powder Bed Fusion of a Mixed Powder for Porous Catalyst Scaffolds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This study proposes a novel approach for synthesizing and etching bicontinuous FeCrAl-Al2O3 composites as a means for replacing FeCrAl foams as catalyst scaffolds in biodriven alcohol reactors for jet-fuel production. ... -
A Free Interface Component Mode Synthesis Approach for Determining the Micro-End Mill Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The prediction accuracy of the stability boundary in the machining process depends upon accurate estimation of cutting tool-tip dynamics. Note that the experimental modal analysis using direct impact at miniature end mill ... -
A Fundamental Study and Modeling of the Micro Droplet Formation Process in Near Field Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Nearfield electrohydrodynamic jet (Ejet) printing has recently gained significant interest within the manufacturing research community because of its ability to produce micro/submicronscale droplets using a wide variety ... -
A High Energy Density Pulsed Power Supply for Micro Electrical Discharge Machining of High Aspect Ratio Holes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In micro-electrical discharge machining (EDM), it is difficult to guarantee machining efficiency and accuracy when further increasing the aspect ratio of microholes due to poor circulation of working fluid and removal of ... -
A Long Wavelength Model for Manufacturing of Continuous Metal Microwires by Thermal Fiber Drawing From a Preform
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Thermal drawing from a preform recently emerges as a scalable manufacturing method for the high volume production of continuous metal microwires for numerous applications. However, no model can yet satisfactorily provide ... -
A Low Cost and High Resolution Micromachine Tool With Toggle Based Mechanism
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The products of 3C, bioscience, medical industry, and aerospace industry are becoming smaller and smaller. The components of the products are made of various materials with complex 3D shapes requiring high accuracy in their ... -
A Low-Cost, Automated Wafer Loading System With Submicron Alignment Accuracy for Nanomanufacturing and Nanometrology Applications
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A Microresonant Gas Sensor by Micro Electroforming
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The microsensors are mainly made with the single crystal silicon which requires expensive equipments and complicated process. Here, the microelectroforming technology is used to fabricate the microresonant gas sensor. The ... -
A Molecular Dynamics Study of PDMS Stamp-Based Graphene Exfoliation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used to gain insights into the process conditions that cause separation of graphene layers from a highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) source in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) ... -
A Multilayer Strategy for Improving the Abrasion Resistance of Silica Nanoparticle Based Motheye Antireflective Coatings on Glass
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Motheye antireflective coatings (ARCs) are based on periodic or stochastic features with dimensions below the wavelength of visible light which can be used to produce a gradient index of refraction between air and the ... -
A New Process Combining Micro Electro Discharge Machining Milling and Sinking for Fast Fabrication of Microchannels With Draft Angle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A comparison of the machining performance of microelectrodischarge machining (EDM) milling and sinking is proposed considering the fabrication of microchannels with controlled sloped walls realized in a hardened steel ... -
A Novel Hybrid Heating Method for Mechanical Testing of Miniature Specimens at Elevated Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)A novel hybrid heating method which combines the conventional electric-resistance specimen heating with microcoil heating of specimen ends to achieve uniform heating over the gauge length is presented. Resistive heating ...