Micro-systems mechanics Vol. IV by Lin, Rongming, David J. Ewins

“…It can regulate the position of read/write head laterally in parallel with the surface of the disk and simultaneously adjust the flying height of the read/write head over the spinning platter. Both static and dynamic analyses of the actuator have been performed by ANSYS. …”
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Advanced multi-material optoelectronic fibers : a review by Zhang, Jing, Wang, Zhe, Wang, Zhixun, Wei, Lei

“…By involving diverse materials such as semiconductors, conductors, and insulators into the fiber fabrication, the achieved advanced fibers can be introduced with a variety of precise structures in the right scales and operated with many optoelectronic functionalities, which creates the possibilities for developing novel optoelectronic devices such as smart fabrics, e-skins, and flexible textiles. Recently, several notable progresses and breakthroughs on promoting the multi-material optoelectronic fibers have been achieved, enabling fiber devices with multiple functionalities and engaging impactful applications. …”
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What makes you beautiful? A multimodal discourse analysis of female beauty ideals in print advertisements in Singapore shopping centres by Ong, Fonda Zheng Jing

“…The findings revealed that all three areas exhibit a single standard female beauty ideal: the use of fair-skinned models, the portrayal of women as confident, youthful and flawless, which are unrealistic and hard to achieve ideals. …”
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Viscoelastic material characterization and novel damper development for sound proof HDD by Yeo, Hui Jie.

“…As a result of the small form factor HDD application in consumer electronics products, the small form factor HDD has to increase its true performance index and its spinning speed. As a result of these improvements, noise generated in HDD will become a problem. …”
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Virtual reality (VR) table tennis by Cheong, Yong Wen

“…Future Improvements could involve improvement of ball physics to simulate spinning effects of the ball and training the model with 3-dimensional variables with greater computing resources.Overall, this project has successfully demonstrated the feasibility integrating ML into VR, allowing future game developers to create immersive and adaptive gaming experiences that push the boundaries of VR entertainment.…”
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All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo O3 data by Sudhir, Vivishek

“…We present results of an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves which can be produced by spinning neutron stars with an asymmetry around their rotation axis, using data from the third observing run of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. …”
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Skyrmion-driven topological Hall effect in a Shastry-Sutherland magnet by Swain, N., Shahzad, M., Paradezhenko, G. V., Pervishko, A. A., Yudin, D., Sengupta, Pinaki

“…The magnetic properties are modeled with competing symmetric Heisenberg and asymmetric Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchange interactions, while a coupling between the spins of the itinerant electrons and the localized moments describes the magnetotransport behavior. …”
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Control and integration of energy storage systems for electric and hybrid ships – part 1 by Lim, Joshua

“…Solutions such as using a portable load, making use of spinning reserve and peak shaving are suggested. In conclusion the reports presents the sizing of the ESS based on the load profile of the ships and the four kinds of batteries. …”
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Magnetohydrodynamics CU˗TiO2 hybrid nanofluid with viscous dissipation by Rahimah, Jusoh, Zulkhibri, Ismail, Muhammad Khairul Anuar, Mohamed, Nooraini, Zainuddin

“…The manufacturing of glass fibre, aerodynamic plastic sheet extrusion, metal spinning, condensation of metallic plates, wire drawing, and hot rolling are a few examples of these uses. …”
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Particle self-assembly in sessile droplet on patterned substrate by Lim, Si Xian

“…This indicates that the particle is the pinning force that prevents contact line withdrawal. …”
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Design, fabrication, evaluation of low-speed UAV wing flap actuated with shape memory alloy by Seow, Aik Khiam

“…It is then followed by design, fabrication and actuation tests for two concepts, namely the shim-based version and hinge-based version. Flexible skins, a key requirement to smooth camber change, are also explored and experimented. …”
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Preparation of Nd-Fe-B/α-Fe nanocomposite by chemical reduction method by Lim, Darryl Yu Zhi.

“…The magnetic properties of the powders are found to be poorer as compared to the samples obtained by traditional ball milling or melt spinning methods.…”
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Fluorescent and magnetic nanoparticles for bacteria detection and separation by Phang, Sophia Xue Hui

“…In this experiment, the result also exhibited that self-mixing nanocatalysts placed in a spinning magnetic field resulted 60% increase in reaction kinetics than that of unstirred reaction. …”
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Electrochemical microfluidic multiplexed bioanalysis by a highly active bottlebrush-like nanocarbon microelectrode by Xu, Yun, Huang, Wei, Zhang, Yan, Duan, Hongwei, Xiao, Fei

“…Our results have shown that ionic liquid-assisted wet spinning followed by tailored growth of metal-organic frameworks and pyrolysis treatment led to structural and molecular engineering of mechanically robust all-carbon microfibers for excellent electrochemical activities. …”
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Nanozymatic magnetic nanomixers for enzyme immobilization and multiplexed detection of metabolic disease biomarkers by Li, Di, Xiong, Qirong, Liu, Wylie, Liang, Li, Duan, Hongwei

“…These MNE@enzymes show synchronously rotating capability in spinning magnetic fields, which leads to an 80∼100% improvement in their overall catalytic efficiencies. …”
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Electrospinning of low density PCL fibers on SLS scaffold by Leong, Yew Meng.

“…In this study, PCL fibers were spun on a spinning mandrel collector and investigated to examine the effects of electrospinning parameters- acceleration voltage and feed rate on fiber diameter. …”
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21W.742J / SP.575J / WGS.575J Writing About Race, Spring 2007 by Faery, Rebecca Blevins

“…We will also view films such as Skins, The Long Walk Home, and Crash. Both the reading and the writing of members of the class will be the focus of class discussion and workshops. …”
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Mechanics of fracture and flexure in Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves by Zhang, H

“…In grounding zones and floating ice shelves, ice fracturing is often associated with flexure modulated by ocean tides and subglacial water flow, as well as stresses created by shearing, such as pinning points. Fracture and flexure significantly affect the vulnerability of Antarctic ice shelves to hydrofracturing and, by altering buttressing effects, the mass balance of the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet. …”

Search for Subsolar-Mass Binaries in the First Half of Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s Third Observing Run by Sudhir, Vivishek

“…These are the tightest limits on spinning subsolar-mass binaries to date.…”
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Structural Characterization of E22G Aβ1-42 Fibrils via 1H detected MAS NMR by Golota, Natalie C., Michael, Brian, Saliba, Edward P., Linse, Sara, Griffin, Robert G.

“…Since the high surface activity of E22G-Aβ1–42 makes it difficult to obtain more than sparse quantities of fibrils, we employed 1H detected magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments to characterize the protein. …”
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