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Application of Stereo Imaging to Atomic Force Microscopy
(2002-01)Metrological data from sample surfaces can be obtained by using a variety of profilometry methods. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), which relies on contact inter-atomic forces to extract topographical images of a sample, ... -
Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Direct Writing System for Photomask Fabrication
(2002-01)Photomasks are the backbone of microfabrication industries. Currently they are fabricated by lithographic process, which is very expensive and time consuming since it is a several step process. These issues can be addressed ... -
Fulfillment of Rush Customer Orders under Limited Capacity
(2002-01)Customer demand fulfillment is the business process within a company that determines how the customer demand is fulfilled. A rush order is the last minute customer order after the production plan of a company has been ... -
Molecular Study of Interactions between Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Stromal Cells
(2002-01)Multipotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are progenitors of all types of hematopoietic cells, and the efficient isolation and propagation of HSCs will significantly enhance our ability to manage many human disorders ... -
Pup Matching: Model Formulations and Solution Approaches
(2002-01)We model Pup Matching, the logistics problem of matching or pairing semitrailers known as pups to cabs able to tow one or two pups simultaneously, as an NP-complete version of the Network Loading Problem (NLP). We examine ... -
Patterns of Product Development Interactions
(2002-01)Development of complex products and large systems is a highly interactive social process involving hundreds of people designing thousands of interrelated components and making millions of coupled decisions. Nevertheless, ... -
A Simple But Effective Evolutionary Algorithm for Complicated Optimization Problems
(2002-01)A simple but effective evolutionary algorithm is proposed in this paper for solving complicated optimization problems. The new algorithm presents two hybridization operations incorporated with the conventional genetic ... -
Simulation Study of a Semi-Dynamic AGV-Container Unit Job Deployment Scheme
(2002-01)Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Container-Job deployment is essentially a vehicle-dispatching problem. In this problem, the impact of vehicle dispatching polices on the ship makespan for discharging and/or loading operations ... -
Magnetically-Assisted Statistical Assembly - a new heterogeneous integration technique
(2002-01)This paper presents a new technique for the monolithic heterogeneous integration of compound semiconductor devices with silicon integrated circuits, and establishes the theoretical foundation for a key element of the ... -
Processing, Structure, Properties, and Reliability of Metals for Microsystems
(2002-01)Research on the processing, structure, properties and reliability of metal films and metallic microdevice elements is reviewed. Recent research has demonstrated that inelastic deformation mechanisms of metallic films and ... -
Solid-shell element model of assumed through-thickness electric distribution for laminate composite piezoelectric structures
(2002-01)The eight-node solid-shell finite element models have been developed for the analysis of laminated composite pate/shell structures with piezoelectric actuators and sensors. To resolve the locking problems of the solid-shell ... -
Electromagnetic Scattering by Open-Ended Cavities: An Analysis Using Precorrected-FFT Approach
(2002-01)In this paper, the precorrected-FFT method is used to solve the electromagnetic scattering from two-dimensional cavities of arbitrary shape. The integral equation is discretized by the method of moments and the resultant ... -
Strained Ge channel p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors grown on Siâ‚â‚‹xGex/Si virtual substrates
(2002-01)We have fabricated strained Ge channel p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (p-MOSFETs) on Si₀.₃Ge₀.₇ virtual substrates. The poor interface between silicon dioxide (SiO₂) and the Ge channel ... -
Functional design of mechanical products based on behavior-driven function-environment-structure modeling framework
(2002-01)The relative significance of upstream design activity to downstream design activity is widely recognized, due to its critical role in determining the final product’s functionality. Although there are now some general ... -
Methods for Calculating the Optical Band Structure of Photonic Composites
(2002-01)Lately, there has been an increasing interest in studying the propagation of electromagnetic waves in periodic dielectric structures (photonic crystals). Like the electron propagation in semiconductors, these structures ... -
Bounds on Linear PDEs via Semidefinite Optimization
(2002-01)Using recent progress on moment problems, and their connections with semidefinite optimization, we present in this paper a new methodology based on semidefinite optimization, to obtain a hierarchy of upper and lower bounds ... -
The Efficient Computation of Bounds for Functionals of Finite Element Solutions in Large Strain Elasticity
(2002-01)We present an implicit a-posteriori finite element procedure to compute bounds for functional outputs of finite element solutions in large strain elasticity. The method proposed relies on the existence of a potential energy ... -
Research and Tutorial Exposition
(2002-01)My research is concentrated on applications of linear algebra in engineering, including wavelet analysis and structured matrices and (currently) approximation of large dense matrices by a mosaic of low rank blocks. -
Synthesis of Germanium Nanocrystals and its Possible Application in Memory Devices
(2002-01)A novel method of synthesizing and controlling the size of germanium nanocrystals was developed. A tri-layer structure comprising of a thin (~5nm) SiO₂ layer grown using rapid thermal oxidation (RTO), followed by a ... -
A Study of Service Center Records Using Data Mining
(2002-01)In many manufacturing companies, large databases containing data on failures and repairs of products are maintained. This paper reports on a case where information from such a database is extracted. Such information extracted ...
