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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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This collection features theses and dissertations by students in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University.
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Improved Hydrogen Liquefaction via the Heisenberg Vortex
(WSU ESIC Board Meeting, 9/25/2015)This presentation describes a three-year study to identify efficient processes for creating and using liquid hydrogen. -
The HOW of a Hydrogen Organized Washington — Technical version
(MME Symposium Series, 9/17/2015)This presentation provides the technical details for how hydrogen could be created, stored, and used as part of the energy economy in Washington state and beyond. -
The HOW of a Hydrogen Organized Washington — Business version
(Avista Technical Seminar Series, 9/11/2015)This presentation makes a business case for making, storing, and using hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels. It presents research on storage and use of liquid hydrogen at Washington State University. -
A Hydrogen Economy for Jefferson County
(Jefferson County Washington Clean Energy Luncheon, 4/21/2015)This presentation, given at the Jefferson County Washington Clean Energy Luncheon, describes how hydrogen could play a role in the energy economy of Washington state. The presentation covers the creation, storage, and use ... -
On the threshold of a hydrogen economy: The HOW of a Hydrogen Organized World
(3/20/2015)This presentation, given at Google, explains how liquid hydrogen could play a key role in a cleaner energy economy. -
Addressing Plug Power LH2 needs for expanding markets
(Plug Power Executive Leadership, 2/17/2015)This presentation describes the potential role of liquid hydrogen in the energy economy. It considers how liquid hydrogen can work with renewable energies and describes hydrogen research at Washington State University. -
On the threshold of a hydrogen economy in Washington State
(Washington Technology Alliance Science and Discovery Series, 1/9/2015)This presentation proposes a role for liquid hydrogen in the energy economy of Washington state. It describes possibilities for using, storing, and delivering liquid hydrogen, drawing on research at Washington State University. -
Asphaltene: structural characterization, molecular functionalization, and application as a low-cost filler in epoxy composites
(RSC Advances, 2015)Asphaltene obtained by extraction from asphalt was investigated by different analytical techniques in order to characterize its composition, molecular structure and morphology. Then, the asphaltene molecules were successfully ... -
Biorenewable polymer composites from tall oil-based polyamide and lignin-cellulose fiber
(Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015)Tall oil-based polyamide (PA) was blended with lignin-cellulose fiber (LCF), an inexpensive, highly abundant byproduct of the pulp and paper industries, to produce environmental-friendly thermoplastic biocomposites. The ... -
in situ synthesis of biopolyurethane nanocomposites reinforced with modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes
(Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015)Biopolyurethane nanocomposites reinforced with silane-modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes (s-MWCNT) were successfully prepared. The carbon nanotube surfaces were modified by means of functional amine groups via ozone ...