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Jungjoon Ahn, Min-Seok Kang, Lin You, Joseph J. Kopanski, Sang-Mo Koo
AlGaN/GaN Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) have received much attention for high power and high- frequency applications because of the high breakdown field in the
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Domain adaptation algorithms aim at handling the shift between source and target domains. A classifier is trained on images from the source domain; and the
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We report on a study of the Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier-phase (CP) time transfer boundary discontinuity by the use of precise point positioning (PPP
Anirudha Sahoo, Michael R. Souryal, Mudumbai Ranganathan
Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) is emerging as a promising technology to mitigate spectrum scarcity caused by static frequency allocation. Among the different
Kamran Sayrafian, John G. Hagedorn, Martina Barbi, Judith E. Terrill, Mehdi Alasti
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CTGS (Ca3TaGa3Si2O14) is a commercially available, Czochralski-grown piezoelectric material from the langasite family that has an ordered crystal structure. It
Dilip K. Banerjee, Scott Hemley, Randall J. McDermott, Donghun Yeo, Marc L. Levitan
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has the potential of replacing wind tunnel testing in many wind engineering applications. Validated CFD software could enable
Paul W. Witherell, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Sudarsan Rachuri
Product lifecycle management is an important aspect of todays industry, as it serves to facilitate information exchange and management between most, if not all
Paul W. Witherell, Arvind Harinder, Katherine C. Morris
Materials, and therefore material selections, influence the sustainable impact of a product from beginning to end-of-life. With improved access to material
A web based system that allows the user to select, sort, and measure 3D bodies using displays inside of ordinary web browsers without the use of 3D plug-ins is
John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Jorge Arinez, Jonatan Berglund
The advent of improved factory data collection offers a prime opportunity to continuously study and optimize factory operations. Although manufacturing
Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols, Brian J. Polidoro
A software tool to aid in the design of natural ventilation systems has recently been udpated. This update implements a general method for sizing of natural
Aveek Gangopadhyay, Saugandhika Minnikanti, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Mulpuri V. Rao, Nathalia Peixoto
A microfabricated device comprised of a microelectrode array (MEA) and a microfluidic channel is presented here for the purpose of trapping cells using positive
Combinatorial testing has been shown to be a very effective testing strategy. After a failure is detected, the next task is to identify the actual fault that
Yooyoung Lee, James J. Filliben, Ross J. Micheals, Michael D. Garris, P J. Phillips
We examine the robustness of algorithm performance over multiple datasets collected with different sensors. This study provide insight as to whether an
Alexander (. Vergara Tinoco, Kurt D. Benkstein, Stephen Semancik
This study examines methods for decreasing the response time of chemiresistive, metal oxide microhotplate gas sensors. We describe a successful approach that
Kurt D. Benkstein, Phillip H. Rogers, Christopher B. Montgomery, Stephen Semancik, C. Jin, Baranidharan Raman
We have studied the performance of a chemical microsensor array in a simulated Martian environment, which involved a carbon dioxide-rich background with low
With recent advances in imaging technologies large numbers of bioimages are currently being acquired. Automated classification of these bio-images is a very
Synthetic piezoelectric crystals in the P321 crystal class have been a focus of substantial research in relation to their application in high-temperature
We designed and fabricated, on a 4-inch wafer, prototype devices for proof-of-concept studies on biomolecular interactions. The platform includes eight probe
This work describes a label-free, optical sensor system fabricated on a flexible plastic film with dual detection modalities: surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Kurt D. Benkstein, Alexander (. Vergara Tinoco, Christopher B. Montgomery, Baranidharan Raman, Stephen Semancik
This paper briefly describes varied concepts developed and implemented to enhance the performance of gas-phase chemical microsensors. The developments are
Ian R. Coddington, Alexander M. Zolot, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Greg B. Rieker, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury
Frequency combs serve as an extremely high accuracy reference across broad portions of the optical spectrum. Dual frequency combs harness this accuracy and