Corrosion damage detection in reinforced concrete using Rayleigh wave-based method by Cheng, Weixia, Sun, Hai-Han, Wan, Li Soon, Fan, Zheng, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Ultrasonic Rayleigh waves have been employed to detect near-surface cracks in concrete based on their transmission coefficient in frequency domain or their time-of-flight information. …”
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Multi-scale CuS-rGO pyramidal photothermal structure for highly efficient solar-driven water evaporation and thermoelectric power generation by Zeng, Long, Deng, Daxiang, Zhu, Linye, Zhang, Zhenkun, Gu, Xin, Wang, Huiming, Jiang, Yujie

“…They combined the merits of efficient multiple refraction and absorption of light, broad-spectrum absorption capabilities of rGO and high near-infrared extinction coefficient of CuS, as well as fast water transportation by gradient porous matrix. …”
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Ultralow-threshold two-photon pumped amplified spontaneous emission and lasing from seeded CdSe/CdS nanorod heterostructures by Xing, Guichuan, Liao, Yile, Wu, Xiangyang, Chakrabortty, Sabyasachi, Liu, Xinfeng, Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee, Sum, Tze Chien, Chan, Yinthai

“…Importantly, by exploiting this unique property of the seeded nanorods exhibiting strong quantum confinement even at relatively large rod sizes, a near reciprocal relation between the 2ASE threshold and the 2PA action cross-section (σ2η) (where η is the quantum yield) was found and validated over a wide volume range for II-VI semiconductor nanostructures. …”
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Suction Variation of a Single Mature Tree on Top of Tropical Residual Soil by Solahuddin, Daud, Muhammad Farhan, Zolkepli, Mohd Fakhrurrazi, Ishak, Zaihasra, Abu Talib

“…Analyses from matric suction profiles revealed that the majority of matric suction variation were greater near tree trunks (< 4.4 m) and at shallow depths (0.25m). …”
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Extensional rheometry of mobile fluids. Part II: Comparison between the uniaxial, planar, and biaxial extensional rheology of dilute polymer solutions using numerically optimized s... by Haward, Simon J, Varchanis, Stylianos, McKinley, Gareth H, Alves, Manuel A, Shen, Amy Q

“…Rheol. 67, 995–1009 (2023)] presents a three-dimensional microfluidic device (the optimized uniaxial and biaxial extensional rheometer, OUBER) for generating near-homogeneous uniaxial and biaxial elongational flows. …”
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Visual hull based 3D reconstruction of shocks in under-expanded supersonic bevelled jets by Lim, Desmond Haoxiang, New, Tze How, Mariani, Raffaello, Cui, Y. D.

“…When applied to bevelled jets with non-uniform nozzle exit geometries, an additional assumption was made to address the problem of schlieren line-of-sight blockage by the non-conventional nozzle, and reconstruction errors were found to be larger near regions of poorer shock wave contrast. Current results indicate that the technique is robust and fast during image calibration and processing, with accuracy of reconstructed shock waves in both conventional and non-conventional nozzles strongly dependent on shock wave contrast. …”
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Interval job scheduling with machine launch cost by Ren, Runtian, Zhu, Yuqing, Li, Chuanyou, Tang, Xueyan

“…In the non-clairvoyant online setting, we design a O(μ)-competitive Modified First-Fit algorithm which is near optimal (μ is the max/min job processing length ratio). …”
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Flow-through electrochemically assisted reverse-osmosis: a new process towards low-chemical desalination by Long, Wei, Koo, Jing Wee, Yuan, Ziwen, She, Qianhong

“…Upon applying an extremely low-energy (< 0.005 kWh/m3) electrical field, the FT-EARO module could (1) produce a permeate with pH >10 with no alkali dosage, ensuring sufficient boron removal in the second-pass RO, and (2) generate protons and low-concentration free chlorine near the membrane surface, potentially discouraging membrane scaling and biofouling while maintaining satisfactory desalination performance. …”
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Trust and distrust of tsunami vertical evacuation buildings: Extending protection motivation theory to examine choices under social influence by McCaughey, Jamie W., Mundir, Ibnu, Daly, Patrick, Mahdi, Saiful, Patt, Anthony

“…Our survey of residents living near TVE buildings (n = 202) shows that they clearly prefer horizontal evacuation: in the 2012 earthquake, only 26% evacuated to a TVE building, while 74% evacuated horizontally; if a similar earthquake happened in the future, only 32% intend to evacuate to a TVE building, while 68% intend to evacuate horizontally. …”
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Performance comparison on biomass gasification reactor for hydrogen production by Muhammad Bilal, Muslim, Suriyati, Saleh, Tuan Amran, Tuan Abdullah, Arshad, Ahmad, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad

“…The main advantage of biomass as renewable energy source is its capability to produce near zero carbon dioxide emissions through the use of gasification process. …”
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Integrative multi-omics dissection of cancer cell states and susceptibility by Liu, Yunpeng(Biologist)Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Performance Characterization of High-Density Electrospray Thrusters by Corrado, Matthew N., Wangari, Charity, Finch, Michael R., Parameswaran, Lalitha, Cook, Matthew, Holihan, Eric C., Mathews, Richard, Kedzierski, Jakub, Racz, Livia M., Smith, Melissa A., Lozano, Paulo C.

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Round-Trip Time Ranging to Wi-Fi Access Points Beats GNSS Localization by Horn, Berthold K. P.

“…Here, it is shown to be useful outdoors as well&mdash;and more accurate than smartphone code-based GNSS when used near buildings with Wi-Fi access points (APs). A Bayesian grid with observation and transition models is used to update a probability distribution of the position of the user equipment (UE). …”
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The Policy, People, and Place Impacts of Mining for the Clean Energy Transition in the US by Randall, Abigail Marie

“…Then, to address policy tensions, I conducted a geospatial analysis and found that 38% of the US’ energy transition mineral resources are on or near difficult to permit lands, with 92.7% of those resources being copper. …”
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Memory and fluctuations in chemical dynamics by Farahvash, Ardavan

“…I also use this scheme to examine how phonons affect reactions rates, both in ensembles near and far-from thermal equilibrium. Using the second approach, I study how energy is dissipated in simulations of molecule-surface scattering. …”
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Heat Pipes for the Thermal Management of High Frequency Transformers in the Navy integrated Power Electronics Building Block by Hernandez, David

“…These results also contribute to the general ongoing study of heat pipe usage near high-frequency electronics.…”
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Filmwise condensation of steam on pin fin arrays fabricated by selective laser melting by Ho, Jin Yao, Leong, Kai Choong

“…Experiments were conducted in a condensation chamber with near quiescent vapor to simulate free-convection condensation. …”
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Controlling hot electrons via plasmon coupling to enhance catalytic reactions in plasmonic Au@SiO2-Pt structures by Yuan, Xu

“…Mechanism analysis shows that the higher photocatalytic ability of Au@SiO2-Pt is owing to the Pt-generated hot electrons induced by plasmon coupling enhanced electric field near Pt nanoparticles. Second, by depositing Au@SiO2-Pt nanostructure onto substrate with intention, the interparticle distance between plasmonic Au cores were significantly reduced. …”
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Cooperative collision avoidance in multirobot systems using fuzzy rules and velocity obstacles by Tang, Wenbing, Zhou, Yuan, Zhang, Tianwei, Liu, Yang, Liu, Jing, Ding, Zuohua

“…Moreover, they cannot deal with uncertain sensing data and linguistic requirements (e.g., the speed of a robot should not be large when it is near to other robots). Hence, to guarantee real-time collision avoidance and deal with linguistic requirements, a distributed and hybrid motion planning method, named Fuzzy-VO, is proposed for multirobot systems. …”
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Small but prospective: development of enzyme-responsive small molecule fluorescent probes for specific bacterial imaging by Yan, Evelias Hui Xin

“…In chapter 2, we explore the specific proteolytic activity of an outer membrane bacterial protease that is present in all wild-type Escherichia coli (E. coli) and another bacterial protease located in the periplasmic region of E. coli to synthesize a near infrared fluorescence probe for the real-time imaging of urinary tract bacterial infection in vitro and in vivo. …”
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