This collection features articles and book reviews written by the Fairfield University Engineering Faculty.

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Submissions from 2023

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Sustainability Focused Pre-college Engineering Education for Building a STEM Pipeline, Uma Balaji and Elif Kongar

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The effect of interstitial surface spacing on algal biomass accumulation, Gabriel Proano-Pena, Kamran Kardel, David M. Blersch, and Andres L. Carrano

Submissions from 2022

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Embedding Environmental Ethics in Engineering Courses, Uma Balaji and Isaac Macwan

Submissions from 2021

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Service Learning Through Robotics, Uma Balaji

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Design Guidelines to Mitigate Distortion in Material Jetting Specimens, Kamran Kardel, Ali Khoshkhoo, and Andres L. Carrano

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Management and Logistics of Returnable Transport Items: A Review Analysis on the Pallet Supply Chain, Fabiana Tornese, Maria G. Gnoni, Brian K. Thorn, Andres L. Carrano, and Jennifer A. Pazour

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Towards Tumor Targeting via Invasive Assay Using Magnetospirillum magneticum, Marvin Xavierselvan, Heera R. Divecha, Mamta Hajra, Sushila Silwal, and Isaac Macwan

Submissions from 2020

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Detection of Cardiovascular CRP Protein Biomarker Using a Novel Nanofibrous Substrate, Isaac Macwan, Ashish Aphale, Prathamesh Bhagvath, Shalini Prasad, and Prabir K. Patra

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Analysis of very-high surface area 3D-printed media in a moving bed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment, Gabriel Proano-Pena, Andres L. Carrano, and David M. Blersch

Submissions from 2019

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Bandwidth Enhanced Circular and Annular Ring Sectoral Patch Antennas, Uma Balaji

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Influence of Three-dimensional Features of a Woven-fabric Substrate on Benthic Algal Biomass Production, Joseph Ekong, David M. Blersch, Kamran Kardel, and Andres L. Carrano

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Engineering of bio-mimetic substratum topographies for enhanced early colonization of filamentous algae, Ali Khoshkhoo, Andres L. Carrano, David M. Blersch, and Kamran Kardel

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Predicting protein-ligand interactions based on bow-pharmacological space and Bayesian additive regression trees, Li Li, Ching Chiek Koh, Daniel Reker, J. B. Brown, Haishuai Wang, Nicholas Keone Lee, Hien-haw Liow, Hao Dai, Huai-Meng Fan, Luonan Chen, and Dong-Qing Wei

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Environmental and economic impacts of preemptive remanufacturing policies for block and stringer pallets, Fabiana Tornese, Jennifer A. Pazour, Brian K. Thorn, and Andres L. Carrano

Submissions from 2018

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Simulation Models of Energy Cables in SPICE, Uma Balaji

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Comparison of Stainless Steel 316L Parts Made by FDM- and SLM-Based Additive Manufacturing Processes, Haijun Gong, Dean Snelling, Kamran Kardel, and Andres L. Carrano

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A Measurement Tool for Circular Economy Practices: A Case Study in Pallet Supply Chains, Marzia Grazia Gnoni, Fabiana Tornese, Brian K. Thorn, Andres L. Carrano, and Jennifer A. Pazour

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Custom Design of Substratum Topography Increases Biomass Yield in Algal Turf Scrubbers, Kamran Kardel, David M. Blersch, and Andres L. Carrano

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Effect of Build Orientation and Part Thickness on Dimensional Distortion in Material Jetting Processes, Ali Khoshkhoo, Andres L. Carrano, and David M. Blersch

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Effect of Surface Slope and Build Orientation on Surface Finish and Dimensional Accuracy in Material Jetting Processes, Ali Khoshkhoo, Andres L. Carrano, and David M. Blersch

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Project Initium and the Minimal Configuration Problem, Douglas A. Lyon

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Critical Thinking, Design Practices, and Assessment in a Fundamentals of Engineering Course, Ryan A. Munden, Marcia Arambulo Rodriguez, Djedjiga Belfadel, and Michael Zabinski

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A Computational Approach for Understanding the Interactions between Graphene Oxide and Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase with Implications for Heart Failure, Anushka Ray, Isaac Macwan, Shrishti Singh, Sushila Silwal, and Prabir K. Patra

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Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Pallet Logistics through Preemptive Remanufacturing: An Integer Linear Optimization Model, Fabiana Tornese, Jennifer A. Pazour, Andres L. Carrano, and Brian K. Thorn

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Investigating the Environmental and Economic Impact of Loading Conditions and Repositioning Strategies for Pallet Pooling Providers, Fabiana Tornese, Jennifer A. Pazour, Brian K. Thorn, and Debjit Roy

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Exploring Spatio-Temporal Representations by Integrating Attention-based Bidirectional-LSTM-RNNs and FCNs for Speech Emotion Recognition, Ziping Zhao, Yu Zheng, Zixing Zhang, Haishuai Wang, Yiqin Zhao, and Chao Li

Submissions from 2017

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Customized 3D-Printed Surface Topography Governs Species Attachment Preferences in a Fresh Water Periphyton Community, David M. Blersch, Kamran Kardel, Andres L. Carrano, and Manjinder Kaur

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Selected On-Demand Medical Applications of 3D-Printing for Long-Duration Manned Space Missions, Andres L. Carrano

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Design and Manufacturing of High Surface Area 3D‐Printed Media for Moving Bed Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment, Olivia Elliot, Stephanie Gray, Michael McClay, Bakr Nassief, Ann Nunnelley, Eric Vogt, Joseph Ekong, Kamran Kardel, Ali Khoshkhoo, Gabriel Proano, David M. Blersch, and Andres L. Carrano

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Experimental and Theoretical Modeling of Behavior of 3D-Printed Polymers Under Collision With a Rigid Rod, Kamran Kardel, Hamid Ghaednia, Andres L. Carrano, and Dan B. Marghitu

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Understanding and Engineering of Natural Surfaces with Additive Manufacturing 3D-Printed Biosurfaces, Ali Khoshkhoo, Andres L. Carrano, David M. Blersch, Hamid Ghaednia, and Kamran Kardel

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Solar Cell with PbS Quantum Dots Sensitized TiO 2 -Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composite, Sulfide-titania gel and Tin Sulfide Coated C-fabric, Ramesh K. Kokal, Melepurath Deepa, Ankarao Kalluri, Shrishti Singh, Isaac Macwan, Prabir K. Patra, and Jeff Gilarde

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Interactions Between Avidin and Graphene for Development of a Biosensing Platform, Isaac Macwan, Md Daud Hossain Khan, Ashish Aphale, Shrishti Singh, Juan Liu, Manju Higorani, and Prabir K. Patra

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Bacteria as Bio-Template for 3D Carbon Nanotube Architectures, Sehmus Ozden, Isaac Macwan, Peter S. Owuor, Suppanat Kosolwattana, Pedro A. S. Autreto, Sushila Silwal, Robert Vajtai, Chandra S. Tiwary, Aditya D. Mohite, Prabir K. Patra, and Pulickel M. Ajayan

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Increasing Vaccine Production Using Pulsed Ultrasound Waves, Jida Xing, Shrishti Singh, Yupeng Zhao, Yan Duan, Huining Guo, Chenxia Hu, Allan Ma, Rajan George, James Z. Xing, Ankarao Kalluri, Isaac Macwan, Prabir K. Patra, and Jie Chen

Submissions from 2016

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Fabrication and Experimental Analysis of Axially Oriented Nanofibers, Ashish Aphale, Kapil Mahakalkar, Isaac Macwan, Ishita Mukerji, Paris J. Cox, Manoj Mahapatra, Prabhakar Singh, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Prabir K. Patra

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A Research Based Assignment in a Course on Communication System to Infuse Technology Applications in Humanitarian Action, Uma Balaji

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Active Learning Approach for Enhanced Student Learning in Electromagnetic Compatibility Course, Uma Balaji and Douglas A. Lyon

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Simultaneous target state and passive sensors bias estimation, Djedjiga G. Belfadel, Yaakov Bar-Shalomy, and Petter Willettz

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Understanding Attachment Preferences of Benthic Algae Through Controlled Surface Topographies on 3D-Printed Substrata, Andres L. Carrano, David M. Blersch, Kamran Kardel, and Ali Khoshkhoo

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Adapting Experiential Learning to Develop Problem-Solving Skills in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Engineering Students, Matthew M. Marshall, Andres L. Carrano, and Wendy A. Dannels

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Catalytic Isobutane Alkylation - U.S. Patent 9,433,913, William C. Pfefferle and Shahrokh Etemad

Submissions from 2015

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Extending XACML to Express and Enforce Laws and Regulations Privacy Policies, Tariq Alshugran, Julius Dichter, and Amalia Rusu

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Bias Estimation for Moving Optical Measurements with Targets of Opportunity, djedjiga belfadel, Richard W. Osborne, and Yaakov Bar-Shalom

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Advanced Catalytic Igniters Technology for Small Compact Engine Applications, Shahrokh Etemad, Benjamin Baird, and Sandeep Alavandi

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High Pressure Abrasive Slurry Jet Micro-Machining Using Slurry Entrainment, Naser Haghbin, Farbod Ahmadzadeh, Jan K. Spelt, and Marcello Papini

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Residue Specific and Chirality Dependent Interactions between Carbon Nanotubes and Flagellin, Isaac Macwan, Zihe Zhao, Omar T. Sobh, Ishita Mukerji, Bhushan Dharmadhikari, and Prabir K. Patra

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Introducing Gaming Tools for Computing Education in STEM Related Curricula, Amalia Rusu

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Analysis of entropy generation in turbulent reacting ows using large eddy simulation, Mehdi Safari Qariq

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Development of a Sustainable Engineering Masters Program: The Path Taken and Lessons Learned, Brian K. Thorn and Andres L. Carrano

Submissions from 2014

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Teaching Electromagnetic Compatibility to Engineering Technology Students, Uma Balaji

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Bias Estimation and Observability for Optical Sensor Measurements with Targets of Opportunity, Djedjiga Belfadel and Richard W. Osborn III

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Characterizing the Carbon Footprint of Wood Pallet Logistics, Andres L. Carrano, Brian K. Thorn, and Henry Woltag

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Two Stage Combustor with Reformer, U.S. Patent 8,739,550, Shahrokh Etemad, Benjamin Baird, Subir Roychoudhury, and William Pfefferle

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Magnetotaxis as a Means for Nanofabrication, Isaac Macwan, Zihe Zhao, Omar T. Sobh, Jinnque Rho, Ausif Mahmood, and Prabir K. Patra

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Direct Injection Method and Apparatus for Low Nox Combustion of High Hydrogen Fuels, U.S. Patent 8,864,491, William Pfefferle, Benjamin Baird, Shahrokh Etemad, and Sandeep Alavandi

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Rainwater Harvesting for Campus Student Center: A Sustainable, Community-Orientated Senior Design Project, Shanon M. Reckinger, Joseph Bocchino-student author, Andrew Jackowitz-student author, and John Perry-student author

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Adaptive Wavelet Collocation Method on the Shallow Water Model, Shanon M. Reckinger, Oleg V. Vasilyev, and Baylor Fox-Kemper

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Progress in the Prediction of Entropy Generation in Turbulent Reacting Flows Using Large Eddy Simulation, Mehdi Safari Qariq, Fatemeh Hadi, and M. Reza H. Sheikhi

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Large Eddy Simulation-Based Analysis of Entropy Generation in a Turbulent Nonpremixed Flame, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi

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Study of Entropy Generation in Turbulent Jet Flames Using Large Eddy Simulation, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi

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A novel work-sharing protocol for U-shaped assembly lines, Srinath Sriram, Michael E. Kuhl, Brian K. Thorn, and Andres L. Carrano

Submissions from 2013

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Surface Morphology of Reactive Powder Concrete Containing Soil, Sreedevi Ande, Bruce W. Berdanier, and Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan

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Surface Morphology of Reactive Powder Concrete Containing Soil, Sreedevi Ande, Bruce W. Berdanier, and Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan

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Structural and band alignment properties of Al2O3 on epitaxial Ge grown on (100), (110), and (111)A GaAs substrates by molecular beam epitaxy, Mantu K. Hudait, Yizheng Zhu, Deepam Maurya, Shashank Priya, Prabir K. Patra, Anson W. K. Ma, Ashish Aphale, and Isaac Macwan

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Catalytic Isobutane Alkylation - U.S. Patent 8,603,407, William C. Pfefferle and Shahrokh Etemad

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A Multilingual Handwriting Approach to CAPTCHA, Amalia Rusu, Steve Mislich, Lukas Missik, and Benjamin Schenker

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LES-Based Analysis of Entropy Generation in a Turbulent Nonpremixed Flame, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi

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Large Eddy Simulation of Entropy Generation in a Turbulent Mixing Layer, Mehdi Safari Qariq, M. Reza H. Sheikhi, and Fatemeh Hadi

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On thermal conductivity of micro‐and nanocellular polymer foams, Sriharsha Srinivas Sundarram

Submissions from 2012

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UV Resonance Raman Characterization of Diphenylalanine–Graphene Nanotubes, Anwesha Bhattacharya, Jennifer Cheng, Shrinivas Bhosale, Ashish Aphale, Isaac Macwan, Prabir K. Patra, and Ishita Mukerji

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Modeling of Tooling-Workpiece Interactions on Random Surfaces, Hitesh Kataria, Andres L. Carrano, and Brian K. Thorn

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The Java tree withers, Douglas A. Lyon

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Adaptive volume penalization for ocean modeling, Shanon M. Reckinger, Oleg V. Vasilyev, and Baylor Fox-Kemper

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Filtered Density Function for Large Eddy Simulation of Local Entropy Generation in Turbulent Reacting Flows, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi

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Fabrication and characterization of polyetherimide nanofoams using supercritical CO2, Changchun Zhou, Nicholas Vaccaro, Sriharsha Srinivas Sundarram, and Wei Li

Submissions from 2011

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Performance of Reactive Powder Concrete Containing Arsenic, Sreedevi Ande, Bruce W. Berdanier, and Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan

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Design of Resonant Iris Filter with Dielectric Filled Cavities, Uma Balaji

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“Design of Waveguide Filter with Rectangular Irises in Cylindrical Cavities, Uma Balaji

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On the Environmental Impacts of Pallet Management Operations, Ainoa Mazeika Bilbao, Andres L. Carrano, Mike Hewitt, and Brian K. Thorn

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Using the Gestalt Principle of Closure to Alleviate the Edge Crossing Problem in Graph Drawings, Amalia Rusu, Andrew J. Fabian, Radu Jianu, and Adrian Rusu

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A Comparative Study of Academic Partnerships from a Student Perspective, Amalia Rusu and Spoorthy Gowda

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Development of Filtered Density Function for Large Eddy Simulation of Entropy Transport in Turbulent Reacting Flows, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi

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High Pressure Coolant Effect on PVD Coated Inserts During End Milling of Ti-6Al-4V, Arvind Sridharan, Andres L. Carrano, and John Bonzo

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Didymosphenia geminata: Algal blooms in oligotrophic streams and rivers, P. V. Sundareshwar, S. Upadhayay, M. Abessa, S. Honomichi, Bruce W. Berdanier, S. A. Spaulding, C. Sandvik, and A. Trennepohl

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Didymosphenia geminata: Algal blooms in oligotrophic streams and rivers, P. V. Sundareshwar, S. Upadhayay, M. Abessa, S. Honomichl, Bruce W. Berdanier, S. A. Spaulding, C. Sandvik, and S. Trennepohl

Submissions from 2010

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CAD of Resonant Circular Iris Waveguide Filter with Dielectric Filled Cavities, Uma Balaji

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Simplified Integrated Design for Fixed Film Biological Nutrient Removal, Bruce W. Berdanier, Anf H. Ziadat, and Anwar G. Jiries

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Toyota Production Systems Lab: A Unique Environment to Support Experiential-Based Learning, Andres L. Carrano, John Kaemmerlen, and Jacquie Mozrall

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The influence of buoyant convection on the nucleation of n-propanol in thermal diffusion cloud chambers, Frank T. Ferguson, Richard H. Heist, and Joseph A. Nuth

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A New Doherty Amplifier Design Approach, Tian He and Uma Balaji

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Design of Class F Power Amplifier, Tian He and Uma Balaji

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Methods for providing diagnostic information using endocardial surface data for a patient’s heart - U.S. patent 7,828,735, Jeffrey W. Holmes, Kevin D. Costa, Susan L. Freudzon, and Christopher M. Ingrassia

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Semantic Annotation for Java, Douglas A. Lyon

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The Discrete Fourier Transform, Part 5: Spectrogram, Douglas A. Lyon

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The Discrete Fourier Transform, Part 6: Cross-Correlation, Douglas A. Lyon

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Environmental Impact Analysis of Pallet Management, Ainoa Mazeika Bilbao, Andres L. Carrano, Brian K. Thorn, and Mike Hewitt

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Learning Software Engineering Basic Concepts using a Five-Phase Game, Adrian Rusu, Robert Russell, John Robinson, and Amalia Rusu

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Connecting Campus and Community through Web Development Service-Learning Projects, Amalia Rusu and Jennifer Lawlor

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Generation and Use of Handwritten CAPTCHAs, Amalia Rusu, Achint Thomas, and Venu Govindaraju