4.500 Introduction to Design Computing, Spring 2006 by Sass, Lawrence

“…Students design a small building using computer models leading to a full package of physical and virtual materials, from computer generated drawings to rapid, prototyped models.…”
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WGS.111 Gender and Media Studies: Women and the Media, Fall 2008 by Surkan, K.J.

“…The course provides an introduction to feminist approaches to media studies by drawing from work in feminist film theory, journalism, cultural studies, gender and politics, and cyberfeminism.…”
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Wind tunnel testing of a ducted-fan unmanned aerial vehicle by Shiah, Zi Yang.

“…The experiments were carried out in a closed-loop wind tunnel with the full-scale MAV at different configurations. Coefficients of lift, drag and pitching moment were first discussed in a simple configuration of varying pitch angle with different wing setups without the propeller motor. …”
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SP.236 / ES.SP236 Exploring Pharmacology, Spring 2009 by Gusman, Mariya, Fallows, Zak

“…From Abilify to Zyrtec, the world is full of interesting drugs. Such substances have cured diseases, started wars, and ended careers. …”
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Current state-of-the-art of non-reverse osmosis-like forward osmosis technology by Chang, Zhen Hong, Sum, Jing Yao, Lau, Woei Jye, Ang, Wei Lun, Teow, Yeit Haan, Ooi, Boon Seng, Yeap, Swee Pin

“…While RSD and FSD are hardly unavoidable, proper selection of draw solutes for the intended application should consider the properties and costs of the draw solutes. …”

Utilizing food waste and thermoplastic starch (TPS) in 3D printed PLA formulations for sustainable and customizable controlled delivery systems by Wang, Liwen

“…With the addition of TPS, the drug release profile can be adjusted from 8 – 120 hours using different TPS ratios and different printed wall thicknesses. …”
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Sustained delivery of timolol maleate from liposomal nanocarriers by Ong, Leonard Chin Hui

“…Liposomes were prepared using thin film hydration and average particle size in the range of around 100 nm was prepared using a bench top extruder and drug was actively loaded by ammonium sulphate gradient loading technique. …”
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Dwarf kingfisher-inspired bionic flapping wing and its aerodynamic performance at lowest flight speed by Mohd Firdaus Bin Abas, Singh, Balbir, Kamarul Arifin Ahmad, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Khan, Tabrej, Sebaey, Tamer A.

“…The results show amplification of the maximum value for the cycle average lift and drag coefficient as the rotation angle increases. …”
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Graphene oxide nanoplatelets potentiate anticancer effect of cisplatin in human lung cancer cells by Nur Farhanah Rosli, Fojtů, Michaela, Fisher, Adrian C., Pumera, Martin

“…However, despite vast research on GO, anticancer properties and drug carrier capabilities of graphene oxide nanoplatelets have yet to be fully explored. …”
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Synthesis and application of novel bonded cationic β-cyclodextrin derivatives as chiral stationary phases for supercritical fluid chromatography by Liu, Maolong.

“…The performance of CSPs prepared was evaluated on supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) using a wide range of racemic drugs as test analysts such as β-blockers, flavanone compounds, profens, dansyl-amino acids, etc which are of high medical values. …”
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Active control of wakes and vortex-induced vibration of a circular cylinder at Re = 100 by Wang, Chenglei

“…As zero net-mass-flux jets, SJs have been widely applied in flow separation control and drag reduction for bluff bodies. However, their implementation for VIV control is rare and still remains not fully understood. …”
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Ion doping behavior of stöber silica-nanosynthesis and application by Song, Xiaohui

“…Besides, we can dope positive charged organic molecules inside silica nanoparticle, such as dyes, drugs, and so on. The above synthesis control is important to silica application in biosensors, drug delivery, catalysts, and battery. …”
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Modern Techniques in Biosensors : Detection Methods and Commercial Aspects / by Dutta, Gorachand, editor 643095, Biswas, Arindam, editor 643096, Chakrabarti, Amlan, editor 643097

Effects of scaling and cleaning on the performance of forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes by Arkhangelsky, Elizabeth, Wicaksana, Filicia, Chou, Shuren, Al-Rabiah, Abdulrahman A., Al-Zahrani, Saeed M., Wang, Rong

“…Since mineral salt scaling is one of the major limitations for seawater desalination, the current study focused on the behaviors of thin film composite (TFC) FO hollow fibers, which were fabricated in our laboratory, under the circumstance of calcium sulfate (CaSO4) scaling with sodium chloride as draw solution. …”
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Ellipsometry studies on anodic aluminium oxide (AAO)growth mechanism on high purity aluminium plate by Lim, Leng Khoon

“…In the biomedical field, AAO was used many applications such as pathogens microfiltration, biomolecules quantification, drug delivery etc, However, it had been a challenge to produce the necessary microstructure for all the mentioned applications. …”
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Why travel far to learn? A study of environmental behaviour change experience of residential outdoor environmental education participants by Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina

Paint-your-mind : image creation for non-artists by Fang, Ran

“…Drawing or painting traditionally requires artistic skills and expertise – be it digital art or art forms of other mediums. …”
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A biodegradable ocular implant for long-term suppression of intraocular pressure by Ng, Xu Wen, Liu, Kerh Lin, Veluchamy, Amutha Barathi, Lwin, Nyein Chan, Wong, Tina T., Venkatraman, Subbu Subramanian

“…However, the topical mode of administration (eyedrops) is far from optimal because of the issues of low bioavailability, high drug wastage, and lack of patient compliance. Suboptimal control of the IOP leads to disease progression and eventually to blindness. …”
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A P450BM3 toolkit For C-H activation synthesis by Ren, X

“…Successful applications include drug metabolism, drug fragment diversification, synthesis of flavour and fragrance compounds, steroid oxidation, late-stage functionalisation in total synthesis, and C–H amination. …”

Fragmenstein: predicting protein–ligand structures of compounds derived from known crystallographic fragment hits using a strict conserved-binding–based methodology by Ferla, MP, Sánchez-García, R, Skyner, RE, Gahbauer, S, Taylor, JC, von Delft, F, Marsden, BD, Deane, CM

“…Current strategies centred on either merging or linking initial hits from fragment-based drug design (FBDD) crystallographic screens generally do not fully leaverage 3D structural information. …”