Control of airflow rate in ACB – HVAC systems using Damper by Krishnan, Ananth

“…HVAC systems have gained a lot of popularity over the past few decades. Active Chilled Beams have been incorporated in HVAC systems to result in an increase energy efficiency, cost reduction and reduce building height. …”
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Engineering quantum control with optical transitions induced by twisted light fields by Zanon-Willette, Thomas, Impens, François, Arimondo, Ennio, Wilkowski, David, Taichenachev, Aleksei V., Yudin, Valeriy I.

“…A form of quantum control is proposed by applying twisted light, also known as optical vortex beams, to drive ultranarrow atomic transitions in neutral Ca, Mg, Yb, Sr, Hg, and Cd bosonic isotopes. …”
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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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Tunable quantum cascade lasers for midinfrared spectroscopic sensing by Li, Jinghao

“…Based on this beam combined tunable QCL array, we develop a portable sensor that integrates the modules of drivers, optical sensing, and signal processing in a box. …”
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Inferring electrospray emission characteristics from molecular dynamics and simulated retarding potential analysis by Schroeder, Madeleine, Gallud, Ximo, Petro, Elaine, Jia-Richards, Oliver, Lozano, Paulo C

“…The percentage of monomers, dimers, and trimers in the beam is approximately 45%, 30%–43%, and 13%–25%, respectively. …”
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Polarization holography using diarylethene dye (b1536) doped polymer by Tan, Wei Jie.

“…The effects of the different writing and reading beams were compared and contrasted. A maximum diffraction efficiency of 25.4% was achieved using orthogonal circularly polarized writing and reading beams on a 5%wt polycarbonate film doped with B1536. …”
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Modelling damage in concrete structures by Lee, Sai Cheng., Cheong, Hee Kiat.

“…An investigation was carried out on the behaviour of concrete beams damaged to varying extends in the high moment zone.…”
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Influence of no-core fiber on the focusing performance of an ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe by Bi, Shubo, Wang, Chi, Zhu, Jun, Yuan, Zhiwen, Yu, Yingjie, Valyukh, Sergiy, Asundi, Anand

“…The light-beam expansion effect of a no-core fiber on the focusing performance of an ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe is investigated with a view to optimizing the optical performance of such probes. …”
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Adaptative grasp planning for manipulation of micro-objects by Li, Jiuyun

“…While typical optical tweezers use laser beams to directly trap and manipulate cells, various technologies have been proposed to facilitate grasping and manipulation of micro-objects. …”
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Biconcave micro-optofluidic lens with low-refractive-index liquids by Song, Chaolong, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Asundi, Anand Krishna, Low, Cassandra Lee-Ngo

“…For the characterization of the lens, a telescope system was constructed from polydimethylsiloxane lenses to collimate and expand a light beam emitted from an optical fiber. The tunable optofluidic biconcave lens focuses the parallel beam. …”
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Novel Millimetre Wave Antennas for MIMO and 5G Applications / by Koul, Shiban K., author 448980, Wani, Zamir, author 643132

“…In addition, various new antenna systems such as wide-scan antenna arrays, dual-polarized antennas, and dual-beam/multibeam antennas are covered in this book. …”

Micro-RBS study of nickel silicide formation by Lee, Pooi See, Sum, Tze Chien, Seng, H. L., Osipowicz, T., Mangelinck, D., Watt, F.

“…The beam was focused to submicron dimensions for the scans over the narrow lines. μ-RBS results for the different silicide structures are presented and correlated with micro-Raman data.…”
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Battery plug - in electric car : Vehicle chassis components design and modification by Tow, Edward

“…Electric powered vehicles have been in existence for nearly 100 years. The rise in popularity today for many are perhaps of the same reasons when they were first popular. …”
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Development of carbon nanotubes for vacuum electronics application by Lim, Yu Dian

“…Traveling-wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) has been widely used in satellite applications due to its high bandwidth, capabilities in high frequency operation, and high thermal tolerance. …”
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Visible wavelength FBG sensors by Ching, Wei Wen

“…A simple strain test was setup to determine the linear relationship between the Bragg wavelength and the strain applied to the beam. The FBGs fabricated were first mounted to the surface of an aluminum beam and a vertical displacement strain was then applied onto the beam. …”
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Development of interactive software (statics) by Chan, Keith Shao Wen

“…As the major part of the whole software, the Beam Analyser is developed to tackle problems in determining reaction forces and plotting shear force diagram and bending moment diagram of a beam subjected to various loadings and support conditions. …”
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Detection of damaged supports under railway track based on frequency shift by Wang, Longqi, Zhang, Yao, Lie, Seng Tjhen

“…An auxiliary mass is utilized herein and when it is mounted on the beam, the natural frequencies of the whole system will change with respect to the location of the auxiliary mass. …”
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Long wavelength quantum cascade laser and gas sensing application by Li, Yishun

“…Since the establishment of the theoretical concept of the Quantum Cascade Laser in the 1970s, this innovative new type of semiconductor laser has been through significant development. Different from traditional semiconductor lasers, beam generation of the quantum cascade laser is based on quantum mechanical phenomena. …”
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Trasformation from amorphous carbon to graphene by Liang, Chen

“…A thin Ni film is deposited on a Si substrate by the e-beam system. Amorphous carbon is then deposited on the Ni film by the Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc (FCVA) system. …”
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Effects of infilled wall opening on load resisting capacity of RC frames to mitigate progressive collapse risk by Qian, Kai, Lan, Dong-Qiu, Fu, Feng, Li, Bing

“…Moreover, the infilled walls with or without openings may change the position of rebar fracture of the beams. Thus, it was incorrect to simplify multi-story infilled frames into single-story substructures.…”
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