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A Miniature 3D Printed On-Off Linear Pneumatic Actuator and Its Demonstration into a Cartoon Character of a Hopping Lamp
(10/17/2019)Although 3D printing has been extensively used to create passive machines and mechanisms, 3D printing of actuators is a relatively new concept. 3D printing of actuators allows greater customization, accelerates the design ... -
A model for integrating shipment consolidation and pricing decisions in perishable product supply chains
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)This paper focuses on a simple perishable product supply chain with a vendor and multiple retailers. These retailers, densely dispersed in a distribution zone, are sensitive to price, delivery time and product quality. ... -
A modular flexible scalable and reconfigurable system for manufacturing of microsystems based on additive manufacturing and e-printing
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Generative manufacturing technologies are gaining more and more of importance as key enabling technologies in future manufacturing, especially when a flexible scalable manufacturing of small medium series of customized ... -
A Modular Multilevel Converter with Power Mismatch Control for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
(5/17/2017)A modular multilevel power converter configuration for grid connected photovoltaic (PV) systems is proposed. The converter configuration replaces the conventional bulky line frequency transformer with several high frequency ... -
A Modular Multilevel Converter with Power Mismatch Control for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
(5/17/2017)A modular multilevel power converter configuration for grid connected photovoltaic (PV) systems is proposed. The converter configuration replaces the conventional bulky line frequency transformer with several high frequency ... -
A multi-objective model for solar industry closed-loop supply chain by using particle swarm optimization
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Solar energy industry is an exceptional industry which desperately relies on government support and subsidy. The demand is decreasing since the government support reduction, moreover, the dramatically increase China solar ... -
A New Compton Camera Imaging Model to Mitigate the Finite Spatial Resolution of Detectors and New Camera Designs for Implementation
(10/27/2015)An intrinsic limitation of the accuracy that can be achieved with Compton cameras results from the inevitable fact that the detectors, which comprise the camera, cannot have infinitely-accurate spatial resolution. To ... -
A New Digital Lake Bathymetry Model Using the Step-Wise Water Recession Method to Generate 3D Lake Bathymetric Maps Based on DEMs
(5/31/2019)The availability of lake bathymetry maps is imperative for estimating lake water volumes and their variability, which is a sensitive indicator of climate. It is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain bathymetric measurements ... -
A new stochastic simulation optimization methodology for supply chain inventory optimization with imperfect quality items
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)This paper proposes a new stochastic simulation optimization methodology that integrates meta-heuristic with sample average approximation for supply chain inventory optimization under supply uncertainty. The supply uncertainty ... -
A Novel Certificateless Signature Scheme for Smart Objects in the Internet-of-Things
(5/1/2017)Rapid advances in wireless communications and pervasive computing technologies have resulted in increasing interest and popularity of Internet-of-Things (IoT) architecture, ubiquitously providing intelligence and convenience ... -
A novel engineering method for the power flow assessment in servo-actuated automated machinery
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Multipurpose and programmable servo-actuated mechanisms may be envisaged as the key technology for increasing flexibility and re-configurability of modern automated machinery. Unfortunately, based on the current ... -
A Novel Mechanically Overdamped Actuator with Adjustable Stiffness (MOD-AwAS) for Safe Interaction and Accurate Positioning
(6/28/2017)This paper presents the design and development of a novel mechanically overdamped actuator with adjustable stiffness (MOD-AwAS). The novelty of MOD-AwAS compared to other variable stiffness actuators relates to its mechanical ... -
A performance estimation framework for complex manufacturing systems
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)To cope with today market challenges and guarantee adequate competitive performances, companies have been decreasing their products life cycles, as well as increasing the number of product varieties and respective services ... -
A Principal Component Analysis in Switchgrass Chemical Composition
(11/4/2016)In recent years, bioenergy has become a promising renewable energy source that can potentially reduce the greenhouse emissions and generate economic growth in rural areas. Gaining understanding and controlling biomass ... -
A Reevaluation of Seven Sites at Camp Bowie, Brown County, Texas
(Archaeological Report No. 482, 2021-01)In November 2018, The University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), in consultation with the Texas Military Department (TMD), relocated and collected site assemblage data on seven previously ... -
A Review of Methodological Approaches for the Design and Optimization of Wind Farms
(10/29/2014)This article presents a review of the state of the art of the Wind Farm Design and Optimization (WFDO) problem. The WFDO problem refers to a set of advanced planning actions needed to extremize the performance of wind ... -
A Review on Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Water Resources and Flood Risk Management
(5/7/2018)Water is one of the most critical natural resources that maintain the ecosystem and support people’s daily life. Pressures on water resources and disaster management are rising primarily due to the unequal spatial ... -
A Review on Interpretable and Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Hydroclimatic Applications
(2022-04-11)This review focuses on the use of Interpretable Artificial Intelligence (IAI) and eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) models for data imputations and numerical or categorical hydroclimatic predictions from nonlinearly ... -
A Scientometric Analysis of Predicting Methods for Identifying the Environmental Risks Caused by Landslides
(2022-04-25)The effects of a landslide can represent a very big problem, including the death of people, damage to the land, environmental pollution and the loss of natural resources. Landslides are the most important medium for ... -
A Study of the Triggers of Conflict and Emotional Reactions
(4/20/2017)We study three triggers of conflict and explore their resultant emotional reactions in a laboratory experiment. Economists suggest that the primary trigger of conflict is monetary incentives. Social psychologists suggest ...