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Mei-Yung Leung, Khursheed Ahmed and Isabella Y. S. Chan
Engineers often play vital roles in technical planning, designing, and operating projects, as well as implementing standard requirements in the physical sites. Although architectural designs may be similar in a construction project, the technical problem...
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Basharat A. Dar, Abdulaziz M. Assaeed, Saud L. Al-Rowaily, Abdullah A. Al-Doss, Muhammad M. Habib, Jahangir A. Malik and Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad
Aeluropus lagopoides, a dominant palatable species in various sabkha and coastal regions of Saudi Arabia, can withstand harsh saline environments through phenotypic plasticity. When subjected to grazing, how A. lagopoides adapt phenotypically is currentl...
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Sunghun Jung
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are extensively employed in civilian and military applications because of their excellent maneuverability. Achieving fully autonomous quadrotor flight and precision landing on a wireless charging station in the presence of...
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Paul Murdy, Scott Hughes, David A. Miller, Francisco J. Presuel-Moreno, George T. Bonheyo, Budi Gunawan and Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have been highlighted as ideal candidates for structural applications in marine renewable energy devices, such as tidal turbines and wave energy converters. It is well understood that harsh marine environments can caus...
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Diego Scaccabarozzi, Bortolino Saggin, Marianna Magni, Marco Giovanni Corti, Pietro Valnegri, Ernesto Palomba, Andrea Longobardo, Fabrizio Dirri and Emiliano Zampetti
Outgassing or thruster?s generated contaminants are critical for optical surfaces and optical payloads because scientific measurements and, in general, the performances can be degraded or jeopardized by uncontrolled contamination. This is a well-known is...
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Pau Bas-Calopa, Jordi-Roger Riba and Juan Antonio Ortega
Strict regulations issued by international administrative bodies limit the CO2 equivalent emissions for new aircraft, while increasing efficiency requirements. To reach this goal, next generations of aircraft will use more electrical power than their pre...
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Yacong Hou, Yubo Liu, Lei Chen, Ding Weng, Yuan Ma, Yadong Yu, Yang Wu and Jiadao Wang
Smart surfaces with controllable friction have generated considerable attention lately. However, most composites prepared with traditional fillers cannot achieve ?real-time? friction conversion. Herein, a new smart surface was designed to achieve differe...
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T. Yuan, X. Wang, K. Qu and L. B. Zhang
Driven by strong winds, huge ocean waves can cause devastating destruction to coastal regions during harsh weather events. There is growing evidence showing that extreme waves can occur in both shallow and deep waters. To protect the coast against the de...
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Liang Zhao, Qing Yun, Fucai Yuan, Xu Ren, Junwei Jin and Xianchao Zhu
Underwater target detection plays a crucial role in marine environmental monitoring and early warning systems. It involves utilizing optical images acquired from underwater imaging devices to locate and identify aquatic organisms in challenging environme...
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Mattia Simonazzi, Leonardo Sandrolini and Andrea Mariscotti
A contactless position sensor based on an array of magnetically coupled resonators and an external single coil cell is discussed for both stationary and dynamic applications. The simple structure allows the sensor to be adapted to the system in which it ...
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