Optimized core design of a supercritical carbon dioxide-cooled fast reactor by Handwerk, Christopher S. (Christopher Stanley), 1974-

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Novel material composites for dielectric elastomer actuators by Ankit

“…There are different ways by which these soft materials can be actuated and include techniques like applying pneumatic and hydraulic pressure, applying heat, making use of a chemical process like combustion, applying varying magnetic fields and applying electric fields. …”
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霸凌小说的翻译研究 —— 以 Thirteen Reasons Why 和《汉娜的遗言》为例来探讨译本如何再现原著的主题思想 = A translation study on novels about bullying – using Thirteen Reasons Why and its Taiwan version to explore how the... by 陈珏琳 Tan, Jaddie Jue Lin

“…The drama was a big hit and sparked a heated discussion on the internet, resulting in extreme opinions about the portrayal of bullying and suicide in the film. …”
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4D printable thermally stimulated (meth)acrylate shape memory polymers with tailorable shape recovery force for vat photopolymerization by Ng, Chin Siang

“…As a light-based printer, vat photopolymerization can print thermoset SMPs with Tg near body temperature, which is difficult to achieve for other heat-based additive manufacturing technologies that print thermoplastics. …”
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Investigation of nano-copper for electronic packaging application : solder metallization and die attach by Luo, Kaiming

“…Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) results of NC paste were used to help determine the best sintering condition of NC paste. Heating NC paste at 230 ºC for 10 min at N2 atmosphere is the optimal sintering condition. …”
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Towards A Robust Integrated Urban Mobility System: Public Transit and Ride-Sharing Systems by Guo, Xiaotong

“…Using a case study in Chicago, we show the potential to generate integrated urban mobility systems in different demand scenarios. The final chapter summarizes the whole dissertation and outlines potential avenues for future research directions.…”
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Control schemes of voltage source converters in more-electronics power systems by He, Jinsong

“…Simulation results demonstrate that RL significantly improves the load-voltage tracking accuracy without sacrificing dc-link voltage stabilization. Finally, Chapter 7 concludes this thesis and summarizes three recommended research directions, followed by the list of the author’s publications and the bibliography of this thesis.…”
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An Unusual Harassment Training That Was Warmly Received and Also Inspired Bystanders by Rowe, Mary P.

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Development of resistive random access memory for next-generation embedded non-volatile memory application by Sun, Jianxun

“…Good resistive switching has been demonstrated for the device with Pt bottom electrode (BE) in chapter 6. However, the degradation of switching uniformity is observed when Pt is replaced by TiN, which is a conventional fab material. …”
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Part I : Peptide functionalized materials for gram-negative bacteria targeted PDT and LPS sensing. Part II : Small peptide and membrane lipid based self-assembled nanostructures fo... by Liu, Fang

“…In part II, my first project is the development of novel drug-loaded nanogels for pH sensitive drug release, which will be described in chapter 3. In our research, the most commonly used model drug doxorubicin (Dox) was conjugated to an Fmoc group protected short peptide through an acid-labile hydrazone-bond to form a peptide-Dox prodrug. …”
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Failure analysis and characterization for microelectronic packaging by Lin, Pamela

“…Thermal problems such as the silicon (Si) substrate cracking and interfacial delamination are increasingly dominant due to the presence of high heat density in the small multilayer IC packaging. …”
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Pnictogen-halide semiconductors for photovoltaics by Liu, P

“…The effect of antisolvent treatment and precursor/substrate pre-heating temperature, as well as the annealing temperature on the final morphology of the films prepared were investigated. …”

Next generation design of floating systems for coastal solar farms by Bi, Cheng

“…The solar irradiation over the PV panels is calculated considering the dynamic change of their tilt angles along with the platform motion under wave action, and the operational temperature of the PV panels is estimated based on the heat transfer with the ambient water underneath. …”
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Surface engineering to manipulate solar energy for thermal management by Fei, Jipeng

“…Furthermore, we demonstrated significant thermal management by applying a designed coating with both radiative cooling and solar heating functions. The main contribution of this work is verification of the effective liquid matching method for optical regulation, which pushed the optical contrast to an extreme value that could facilitate both optical and thermal management. …”
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Reduced cell and stack modeling of planar solid oxide fuel cells by He, Zhongjie

“…The variation in the pathways of conductive heat transfer between the flow field and adjacent layers is captured by functional correlation factors that are derived based on a Laplace equation. …”
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Preparation of low-dimensional materials for plasmonic bio-sensing by Das, Chandreyee Manas

“…Our Si-ARC-TMDC sensor model discussed in chapter 5 is an extension of a previously proposed Si-TMDC model. …”
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New techniques for searching differential trails in Keccak by Liu, Guozhen, Qiu, Weidong, Tu, Yi

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Phonological and semantic influences on auditory word perception in children with and without reading impairments using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG... by Wehner, Daniel T

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Investigations into femtosecond laser hybrid manufacturing for 3D power sources by Tham, Nicholas Cheng Yang

“…With these parameters, localised PG (LPG) from PI can be fabricated in-situ without causing damage to the electronics substrate below from excessive heating. Thermochromic paper, which changes colour above a defined temperature is used to validate the model. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of Algan/Gan high electron mobility transistors on silicon by Tham, Wai Hoe

“…Nevertheless with the mitigation of self-heating, GaN-on-SOI substrates is deemed to be an excellent alternative in the Si integration technology. …”
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