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Gautham Das; Sameer Shaik

6graduated with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2004. Sameer continuedhis graduate studies at the same university and graduated with a Doctorate degree inMechanical Engineering in 2009. Sameer’s area of research during his graduate studieswas focused on the application of Finite Element Methods in the aerospace and medicalindustries. Currently, he is working as a Sr. Subsea Engineer for GL Noble Denton 7

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Qiubin Zhao; Xingguo Xiong

MEMS Pressure Sensor for High-Temperature Applications Qiubin Zhao, Xingguo Xiong Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 AbstractMEMS pressure sensors have been widely used in automobiles, airplanes, submarines, andbiomedical devices. For some special applications such as aerospace and underground oilexploration, pressure sensors which can endure extremely high temperature are required. Inthis paper, the design and simulation of a novel silicon-carbide based MEMS pressure sensorfor high-temperature applications is proposed. The proposed MEMS pressure sensor

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Chiara Silvestri; Adriana Hera; Malcolm H. Ray; Siamak Najafi

Analysis of Structures” course, we used the application ANSYS Classic which providesa graphical user interface and, at the same time, challenges the students to understand andexplore the underlying theory and concepts of finite element analysis. LS-DYNA, developed by the Livermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC), is anadvanced simulation software package designed for non-linear transient dynamic finite elementanalysis [3]. Both options for explicit and implicit time integration calculation are feasible. LS-DYNA is used in a wide range of areas which include automobile, aerospace and military use,but also bioengineering, manufacturing, explosions, etc… Ls-PrePost (developed by theLivermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC)), is a

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David H. Plantz; William M Simpson Jr. P.E.

. This paper outlines techniques being developed at the USCGA to incorporate casestudies into the material science course. 2Selection of Case StudiesThe selection of appropriate case studies for the Engineering Material Science course considersseveral criteria including: • The case must be adaptable to a level appropriate for a first materials course taught to sophomore engineers. • Many of the cases should be related to engineering challenges our graduates are likely to encounter in the field. There should be a mix of cases using marine and aerospace applications. • Most of the cases should support course topics and

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Xingguo Xiong; Linfeng Zhang; Lawrence V. Hmurcik P.E.

market keeps growing rapidly each year. MEMS technologyhas been successfully commercialized and found broad applications in various fields,such as automobile industry, optical display and communication, medical health care,aerospace, RF wireless communications, toys, consumer products. As an example, theSEM photo of a MEMS DMD (digitl micromirror device) [7] by Texas Instruments Inc.is shown in Figure 1 [8]. Fabricated with aluminum surface-micromachining technique,the size of each mirror pixel is just 15µm×15μm. Each DMD chip contains hundreds ofthousands mirror pixels for light projection. The DMD technology has been successfullyused in high resolution projectors and projection TVs. Figure 1. MEMS Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) by Texas

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Jeng-Nan Juang; R. Radharamanan

Mayer, K., “A Reactive Soil Moisture Sensor Network: Design and Field Evaluation”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, pp. 149–162, Volume 1, Number 2/April-June 2005.[11] Cardell-Oliver, R., “ROPE: A Reactive, Opportunistic Protocol for Environment Monitoring Sensor Networks”, EmNets 05, Sydney, May 2005.JENG-NAN JUANGDr. Juang received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan Ocean University,Keelung, Taiwan and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Tennessee Technological University, Tennessee. Hehas been a faculty member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mercer University since 1987.He organized and chaired the “International Workshop on Future Aerospace Maintenance &

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Chiara Silvestri; Suzanne LePage; Paul P. Mathisen

. 7References[1] ESRI, “What is ArcGIS 9.3?” 2001-2008 [Online] Retrieved March, 2010 from http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/pdf/What_is_ArcGIS.pdf[2] Camtasia Studio Screen Recorder Software. [Online] Retrieved March 6, 2010 from http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp[3] Livermore Software Technology Corporation, LS-DYNA, Keyword User’s Manual. Version 971. Livermore, CA, 2007.[4] Livermore Software Technology Corporation, LsPrePost User’s Manual. Version 2.2. Livermore, CA, 2007.BiographiesChiara SilvestriChiara Silvestri is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at Worcester PolytechnicInstitute, USA. After receiving her Master degree in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico ofMilan, Italy, she obtained her Ph.D. in

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R. Radharamanan; Jeng-Nan Juang

Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung,Taiwan and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Tennessee Technological University, Tennessee. He has been a facultymember of the Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mercer University since 1987. He organized and chaired the“International Workshop on Future Aerospace Maintenance & Technology” at Taipei in Taiwan. He also served as aprime consultant for Fiber Optic Rate Gyroscope Development Program (A grant from Wright-Patterson Air ForceBase, Ohio, USA). He has received one teaching award, and two research fellow awards from NASA LangleyResearch Center, Virginia, USA. He has organized the International Conference on Manufacturing and EngineeringSystems 2009 at National Formosa University during December 17-19