Evaluation of low-cost RFID hardware for automated equipment tracking in first-response vehicles by Chua, Joo Heng

“…Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) were originally developed to take over the bar codes in managing asset tagging or tracking. …”
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Compact x-ray source based on burst-mode inverse Compton scattering at 100 kHz by Bessuille, J., Brown, P., Carbajo, S., Dolgashev, Valery A., Lin, H., Murari, K., Resta, G., Tantawi, S., Zapata, L. E., Graves, William S., Hong, Kyung-Han, Ihloff, Ernest E., Khaykovich, Boris, Nanni, Emilio Alessandro, Kaertner, Franz X., Moncton, David E.

“…At a photon energy of 12.4 keV, the predicted x-ray flux is 5×10[superscript 11]  photons/second in a 5% bandwidth and the brilliance is 2 × 10[superscript 12]  photons/(sec mm[superscript 2] mrad[superscript 2]  0.1%) in pulses with rms pulse length of 490 fs. The nominal electron beam parameters are 18 MeV kinetic energy, 10 microamp average current, 0.5 microsecond macropulse length, resulting in average electron beam power of 180 W. …”
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Cold atoms laboratory in a hollow core fiber by Leong, Wui Seng

“…Cold $^{85}\text{Rb}$ atoms of temperature $\sim$\SI{6}{\micro\kelvin} are loaded into a Kagome type photonic crystal hollow-core fiber (HCF) through an optical trapping beam coupled into the HCF. I first demonstrate an inertia-sensitive Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer using two counter-propagating Raman beams. …”
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Automated Engineering Design for Reusable Concrete Building Structures by Wongsittikan, Pitipat

“…The Pixelframe structural system [1] was proposed to facilitate the reusability of concrete components by implementing the existing external post-tensioning system in bridge structures and fiber reinforced system to design building beams and columns. This work presents an automated engineering design workflow for Pixelframe, including a engineering mechanics of the system that conforms to ACI 318- 19 [2] and fib Model Code 2010 [3], half-scale tests to verify the preliminary behavior of the system, and a scalable design algorithm for minimum embodied carbon designs. …”
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Frequency equations of nonlocal elastic micro/nanobeams with the consideration of the surface effects by Zhao, Haisheng, Zhang, Yao, Lie, Seng Tjhen

“…Three types of boundary conditions, i.e., hinged-hinged, clamped-clamped, and clamped-hinged ends, are examined. For a hinged-hinged beam, an exact and explicit natural frequency equation is derived based on the established mathematical model. …”
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Behaviour of precast concrete joints subject to a missing column scenerio by Wee Jun Yang.

“…The sub-assemblages include two-span beams with two column stubs and a middle beam-column joint. …”
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Theoretical study of fermi arc plasmons in Weyl semimetals by Xiong, Ying

“…At large wave vectors, the dispersion features open hyperbolic iso-frequency contours, which allows for tightly collimated beams of FAPs propagating in two specific directions with a broad bandwidth. …”
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Explorations of combined nonsolvent and thermally induced phase separation (N-TIPS) method for fabricating novel PVDF hollow fiber membranes using mixed diluents by Zhao, Jie, Chong, Jeng Yi, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…However, previous approaches have been subjected to either the formation of macrovoids or dense layer due to the dominant NIPS effect, or required sophisticated instruments and operation skills. …”
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Reflective loss and dishonest assistance by Tang, Samantha S., Koh, Alan K.

“…Does the reflective loss principle bar a company’s claim against a third party for dishonest assistance in its director’s breach of fiduciary duty? …”
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Effect of symmetry of branching on leaf-like flow channel by Huang, Zhiwei

“…At maximum Reynolds number of 4000, Leaf65 has a pressure drop value of 2.58 bars as compared to the ALeaf65 insert with a value of 2.98 bar.…”
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High-voltage IR-UWB pulse generator MMIC design and beamforming for indoor-ranging and radar applications by Hussain Ansari Md Arif

“…A prototype for the time domain beam-pattern measurement is developed for proof-of-concept. …”
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Embedding engineering intuition into computational design through interactive topology optimization by Schiffer, Gillian

“…The interactive methods are demonstrated on numerical 2D examples, HiTop 2.0 is extended to a numerical 3D example, and interactive infill is experimentally validated with 2.5D additively manufactured test beams.…”
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A novel torchlight data association strategy for surface registration by Ying, Ying, Wang, Han

“…When two sets of point clouds are merged, assume a set of torchlight beams parallely pass through them, and each light ray passes the overlapped data twice, one on each set. …”
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Process development for moving mechanical assemblies by Tay, Beng Kang

“…MEMS further extend the fabrication techniques developed for the integrated circuit industry to add mechanical elements such as beams, bridges, gears, diaphragms and springs to devices. …”
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Nanostructure silver absorbance with polarized light spectroscopy (PLS) and mobile imaging by Liu, Xinzhi, Shafie, Suhaidi

“…Silver nanofilms were deposited using electron beam evaporation (EBE) and subsequently analyzed for their absorbance across the visible light spectrum through PLS spectroscopy. …”

Driving Miss Norma : AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS AT THE END OF LIFE / by Bauerschmidt, Tim, author 655967, Liddle,Ramie, author 655968

Non-contact actuated snap-through buckling of a pre-buckled bistable hard-magnetic elastica by Zhang, Yingchao, Ma, Yinji, Yu, Jing, Gao, Huajian

“…Snap-through buckling of bistable structures is a classic topic in mechanics which has been widely studied and applied in various fields such as mechanical meta-materials and soft robotics. …”
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Thermodynamic modelling of adsorption isotherms and kinetics for gas storage and cooling applications by Sun, Baichuan

“…With an effect of low or negligible carbon footprint, it is capable of performing gas storage and adsorptive chilling. Extensive works have been done in the literature to establish the knowledge of adsorption isotherms, kinetics, isosteric heat of adsorption and adsorbent + adsorbate thermodynamic properties. …”
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Mechanical properties of photocurable additive manufacturing micro-scale isotropic lattice structure by Tan, Jian Cong

“…Lattice structure is an ordered, three dimensional open celled structures made up of one or more repeating unit cell which multiple lattice nodes are connected by beams. 3D lattice structure provides several mechanical advantages such as improved strength to weight ratio, increased surface area, better shock absorption and reduced part cost [1]. …”
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Beamforming optimization using deep neural networks for 5G wireless communication by Ong, Jie Chung

“…Beamforming is an advanced signal processing technique employed by wireless systems that manipulates signals from antenna arrays to create focused transmission beams. This technique enhances signal quality, strength, and network performance, particularly in 5G networks. …”
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