This collection features articles and book reviews written by the Fairfield University Engineering Faculty.
Submissions from 2023
Sustainability Focused Pre-college Engineering Education for Building a STEM Pipeline, Uma Balaji and Elif Kongar
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
Embedding Environmental Ethics in Engineering Courses, Uma Balaji and Isaac Macwan
Submissions from 2021
Service Learning Through Robotics, Uma Balaji
Design Guidelines to Mitigate Distortion in Material Jetting Specimens, Kamran Kardel, Ali Khoshkhoo, and Andres L. Carrano
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
Towards Tumor Targeting via Invasive Assay Using Magnetospirillum magneticum, Marvin Xavierselvan, Heera R. Divecha, Mamta Hajra, Sushila Silwal, and Isaac Macwan
Submissions from 2020
Detection of Cardiovascular CRP Protein Biomarker Using a Novel Nanofibrous Substrate, Isaac Macwan, Ashish Aphale, Prathamesh Bhagvath, Shalini Prasad, and Prabir K. Patra
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
Bandwidth Enhanced Circular and Annular Ring Sectoral Patch Antennas, Uma Balaji
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
Engineering of bio-mimetic substratum topographies for enhanced early colonization of filamentous algae, Ali Khoshkhoo, Andres L. Carrano, David M. Blersch, and Kamran Kardel
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
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
Simulation Models of Energy Cables in SPICE, Uma Balaji
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
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
Custom Design of Substratum Topography Increases Biomass Yield in Algal Turf Scrubbers, Kamran Kardel, David M. Blersch, and Andres L. Carrano
Effect of Build Orientation and Part Thickness on Dimensional Distortion in Material Jetting Processes, Ali Khoshkhoo, Andres L. Carrano, and David M. Blersch
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
Project Initium and the Minimal Configuration Problem, Douglas A. Lyon
Critical Thinking, Design Practices, and Assessment in a Fundamentals of Engineering Course, Ryan A. Munden, Marcia Arambulo Rodriguez, Djedjiga Belfadel, and Michael Zabinski
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
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
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
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
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
Selected On-Demand Medical Applications of 3D-Printing for Long-Duration Manned Space Missions, Andres L. Carrano
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Active Learning Approach for Enhanced Student Learning in Electromagnetic Compatibility Course, Uma Balaji and Douglas A. Lyon
Simultaneous target state and passive sensors bias estimation, Djedjiga G. Belfadel, Yaakov Bar-Shalomy, and Petter Willettz
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
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
Catalytic Isobutane Alkylation - U.S. Patent 9,433,913, William C. Pfefferle and Shahrokh Etemad
Submissions from 2015
Extending XACML to Express and Enforce Laws and Regulations Privacy Policies, Tariq Alshugran, Julius Dichter, and Amalia Rusu
Bias Estimation for Moving Optical Measurements with Targets of Opportunity, djedjiga belfadel, Richard W. Osborne, and Yaakov Bar-Shalom
Advanced Catalytic Igniters Technology for Small Compact Engine Applications, Shahrokh Etemad, Benjamin Baird, and Sandeep Alavandi
High Pressure Abrasive Slurry Jet Micro-Machining Using Slurry Entrainment, Naser Haghbin, Farbod Ahmadzadeh, Jan K. Spelt, and Marcello Papini
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
Introducing Gaming Tools for Computing Education in STEM Related Curricula, Amalia Rusu
Analysis of entropy generation in turbulent reacting ows using large eddy simulation, Mehdi Safari Qariq
Development of a Sustainable Engineering Masters Program: The Path Taken and Lessons Learned, Brian K. Thorn and Andres L. Carrano
Submissions from 2014
Teaching Electromagnetic Compatibility to Engineering Technology Students, Uma Balaji
Bias Estimation and Observability for Optical Sensor Measurements with Targets of Opportunity, Djedjiga Belfadel and Richard W. Osborn III
Characterizing the Carbon Footprint of Wood Pallet Logistics, Andres L. Carrano, Brian K. Thorn, and Henry Woltag
Two Stage Combustor with Reformer, U.S. Patent 8,739,550, Shahrokh Etemad, Benjamin Baird, Subir Roychoudhury, and William Pfefferle
Magnetotaxis as a Means for Nanofabrication, Isaac Macwan, Zihe Zhao, Omar T. Sobh, Jinnque Rho, Ausif Mahmood, and Prabir K. Patra
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
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
Adaptive Wavelet Collocation Method on the Shallow Water Model, Shanon M. Reckinger, Oleg V. Vasilyev, and Baylor Fox-Kemper
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
Large Eddy Simulation-Based Analysis of Entropy Generation in a Turbulent Nonpremixed Flame, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi
Study of Entropy Generation in Turbulent Jet Flames Using Large Eddy Simulation, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi
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
Surface Morphology of Reactive Powder Concrete Containing Soil, Sreedevi Ande, Bruce W. Berdanier, and Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan
Surface Morphology of Reactive Powder Concrete Containing Soil, Sreedevi Ande, Bruce W. Berdanier, and Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan
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
Catalytic Isobutane Alkylation - U.S. Patent 8,603,407, William C. Pfefferle and Shahrokh Etemad
A Multilingual Handwriting Approach to CAPTCHA, Amalia Rusu, Steve Mislich, Lukas Missik, and Benjamin Schenker
LES-Based Analysis of Entropy Generation in a Turbulent Nonpremixed Flame, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi
Large Eddy Simulation of Entropy Generation in a Turbulent Mixing Layer, Mehdi Safari Qariq, M. Reza H. Sheikhi, and Fatemeh Hadi
On thermal conductivity of micro‐and nanocellular polymer foams, Sriharsha Srinivas Sundarram
Submissions from 2012
UV Resonance Raman Characterization of Diphenylalanine–Graphene Nanotubes, Anwesha Bhattacharya, Jennifer Cheng, Shrinivas Bhosale, Ashish Aphale, Isaac Macwan, Prabir K. Patra, and Ishita Mukerji
Modeling of Tooling-Workpiece Interactions on Random Surfaces, Hitesh Kataria, Andres L. Carrano, and Brian K. Thorn
The Java tree withers, Douglas A. Lyon
Adaptive volume penalization for ocean modeling, Shanon M. Reckinger, Oleg V. Vasilyev, and Baylor Fox-Kemper
Filtered Density Function for Large Eddy Simulation of Local Entropy Generation in Turbulent Reacting Flows, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi
Fabrication and characterization of polyetherimide nanofoams using supercritical CO2, Changchun Zhou, Nicholas Vaccaro, Sriharsha Srinivas Sundarram, and Wei Li
Submissions from 2011
Performance of Reactive Powder Concrete Containing Arsenic, Sreedevi Ande, Bruce W. Berdanier, and Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan
Design of Resonant Iris Filter with Dielectric Filled Cavities, Uma Balaji
“Design of Waveguide Filter with Rectangular Irises in Cylindrical Cavities, Uma Balaji
On the Environmental Impacts of Pallet Management Operations, Ainoa Mazeika Bilbao, Andres L. Carrano, Mike Hewitt, and Brian K. Thorn
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
A Comparative Study of Academic Partnerships from a Student Perspective, Amalia Rusu and Spoorthy Gowda
Development of Filtered Density Function for Large Eddy Simulation of Entropy Transport in Turbulent Reacting Flows, Mehdi Safari Qariq and M. Reza H. Sheikhi
High Pressure Coolant Effect on PVD Coated Inserts During End Milling of Ti-6Al-4V, Arvind Sridharan, Andres L. Carrano, and John Bonzo
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
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
CAD of Resonant Circular Iris Waveguide Filter with Dielectric Filled Cavities, Uma Balaji
Simplified Integrated Design for Fixed Film Biological Nutrient Removal, Bruce W. Berdanier, Anf H. Ziadat, and Anwar G. Jiries
Toyota Production Systems Lab: A Unique Environment to Support Experiential-Based Learning, Andres L. Carrano, John Kaemmerlen, and Jacquie Mozrall
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
A New Doherty Amplifier Design Approach, Tian He and Uma Balaji
Design of Class F Power Amplifier, Tian He and Uma Balaji
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
Semantic Annotation for Java, Douglas A. Lyon
The Discrete Fourier Transform, Part 5: Spectrogram, Douglas A. Lyon
The Discrete Fourier Transform, Part 6: Cross-Correlation, Douglas A. Lyon
Environmental Impact Analysis of Pallet Management, Ainoa Mazeika Bilbao, Andres L. Carrano, Brian K. Thorn, and Mike Hewitt
Learning Software Engineering Basic Concepts using a Five-Phase Game, Adrian Rusu, Robert Russell, John Robinson, and Amalia Rusu
Connecting Campus and Community through Web Development Service-Learning Projects, Amalia Rusu and Jennifer Lawlor
Generation and Use of Handwritten CAPTCHAs, Amalia Rusu, Achint Thomas, and Venu Govindaraju
