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This community features research by faculty members and students in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) at Washington State University. Faculty members in MME have research interests ranging from nanotechnology, biotechnology, polymer composites, hydrogen properties, and shock physics to micro-scale thermo fluids, medical robotics, sustainable technologies, clean energy, and sports science.
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Predicting Depth of Cut of Water-jet in Soft Tissue Simulants based on Finite Element Analysis with the Application to Fracture-directed Water-jet Steerable Needles
(2019-04-03)Water-jet technology has been used recently in medical applications including surgery, soft tissue resection, bone cutting, and wound debridement. The ability to measure the depth of cut of water-jet is important in these ... -
Fracture-Directed Steerable Needles
(2019-03-11)Steerable needles hold the promise of improving the accuracy of both therapies and biopsies as they are able to steer to a target location around obstructions, correct for disturbances, and account for movement of internal ... -
Predictive Mathematical, and finite element model for cut depth of waterjet for medical applications
(2019)Water-jet has already been used in several industrial applications such as mining, cutting materials, drilling, and cleaning. Recently, this technology has been used in medical applications such as in surgery, dissection ... -
Towards Water-jet Steerable Needles
(2018-08-26)Water-jet technology has been used extensively for decades industrially for many applications including mining, plastic, metal, stone, wood, and produce cutting. The use of water-jet in medical applications has been developed ... -
Waterjet fracture-directed steerable needles
(2018-07)The focus of this proposal is on the new classes of steerable needles namely fracture-directed steerable needles, and two approaches to achieve this that are tube and stylet method, and water-jet method. Steerable needles ... -
Water-jet Steerable Needles
(2018)Water-jet technology has been used extensively for decades industrially for many applications including mining, plastic, metal, stone, wood, and produce cutting. The use of water-jet in medical applications has been developed ... -
Molecular dynamics simulation study of thermal resistance between amorphous silica nanoparticles under vacuum and in the presence of water vapor
(2018)Nanoparticle-based materials are of interest because of their unique thermal properties. Possessing the lowest thermal conductivities of any solid materials known, they have been widely used as insulating materials in a ... -
RELIABLE THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEM DESIGN UNDER OPTIMAL REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STRUCTURAL AND PERFORMANCE PERSPECTIVES
(2018)Thermoelectric generation (TEG) is an eco-friendly, solid-state energy conversion technology that can directly convert heat to electricity via Seebeck effect. The structural reliability of thermoelectric systems is one of ... -
MULTISCALE MODELING OF METAL/CERAMIC NANOLAMINATE COMPOSITES UNDER MECHANICAL LOADINGS FOR HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENTS
(2018)The objective of this research is to investigate the deformation behavior of heterogeneous metal/ceramic nanolaminate (MCN) multilayer composites with semi-coherent interface under various mechanical loadings in a multiscale ... -
Experimental Effervescence and Freezing Point Depression Measurements of Nitrogen in Liquid Methane-Ethane Mixtures to Support an Extraterrestrial Submarine for Titan
(2017)This supporting video shows the experimental measurements that were conducted for the article "Experimental Effervescence and Freezing Point Depression Measurements of Nitrogen in Liquid Methane-Ethane Mixtures to Support ... -
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MULTISCALE MODELING OF THE DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE BEHAVIOR OF CARBON NANOFILLER REINFORCED POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES
(2017)Carbon based nanofillers such as carbon nanotube (CNT), carbon nanofiber (CNF), and graphite nanoplatelet (GNP), which possess superior strength and stiffness, have emerged as new potential reinforcement materials for ... -
TIN NANONEEDLES FOR LI-ION BATTERIES: GROWTH MECHANISMS, THICKNESS, AND PHASE CONTROL
(2017)One-dimensional tin nanostructures (tin nanoneedles) have been shown to be an attractive alternative to traditional graphite electrodes due to low fabrication cost, a demonstrated reversible nanostructure, and a capacity ... -
NANOSHEETS OF MgB2 AS A NEW CLASS OF 2D SEMICONDUCTOR
(2017)The discovery of two-dimensional semiconducting materials, a decade ago, spawned an entire sub-field within solid-state physics that is focused on the development of nanoelectronics. In this project, we conduct a theoretical ... -
NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION AND EVOLUTION REACTIONS
(2017)Highly active, low cost and durable electrocatalysts are desired for the development and commercialization of fuel cells and metal-air batteries. The efficiency of these devices is significantly limited by the activation ... -
INVESTIGATION OF MULTIPHASE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR POLYMERIC MICRO-LENSES AND LENS ARRAYS
(2017)Micro-lenses, as well as micro-lens arrays, have been widely used and attracted attention in miniature optical systems in recent decades. However, the fabrication methods for micro-lenses and lens arrays are limited. In ... -
CAPILLARY FLOW OF LIQUID METALS IN BRAZING
(2017)Capillary flow is driven or controlled by capillary forces, exerted at the triple line where the fluid phases meet the solid boundary. Phase field (PF) models naturally accommodate diffusive triple line motion with variable ... -
PROTEIN-BASED NANOFABRICS FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL AIR FILTERING
(2017)With the fast development of economics and population, air pollution is getting worse and becomes a great concern worldwide. The release of chemicals, particulates and biological materials into air can lead to various ... -
MULTISCALE MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE DUAL PHASE STEELS: PARAMETRIC STUDY AND MICROSTRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION
(2017)The goal of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between microstructure properties and mechanical properties of dual phase (DP) steels to design advanced materials for automotive applications. In this research, ... -
ADVANCED METHODOLOGY AND MODELING OF NUCLEAR CORE RESTRAINT DEFORMATIONS IN A LIQUID METAL, FAST REACTOR ENVIRONMENT
(2017)Abstract A fast reactor core is composed of closely packed fuel assemblies that are hexagonal ducts. The ducts determine the location of the fuel. They also provide a coolant path and the ability to insert or withdrawal ... -
Numerical Modeling of Multi-Surface Planing Hull Hydrodynamics Using Source-Based Boundary Element Method
(2017)A source-based boundary element method (BEM) built on the potential flow theory is developed to study hydrodynamic characteristics of multi-surface planing hulls. Initially, both 2D and 3D numerical models are implemented ...