Thin-wall, cylindrical structures are found extensively in both engineering components and in nature. Minimum weight design of such structures is essential in a variety of engineering applications, including space shuttle ...

Voice coils are a configuration of Linear Lorentz-force Actuator (LLA) that offer efficient transduction of electrical energy into linear motion. The simple geometry of a typical voice coil motor makes the configuration ...

An Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) is used to contain raw materials and semi-products in pharmaceutical company ABC. Due to the high price of an IBC, company ABC sought to minimize the number of IBCs needed to support ...

Retinal degenerative diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration, affect more than ten million people in the US. Currently, there is no proven visually beneficial treatment for these types ...

This thesis analyzes two dimensional tomographic imaging of surface objects with negligible volume, concentrating on piecewise linear surfaces similar to folded origami. In contrast to the large number of projections usually ...

In this thesis, we explore the different methods for parameter estimation in straightforward diffusion problems and develop ideas and distributed computational schemes for the automated evaluation of physical and numerical ...

As the price of energy increases and wind turbine technology matures, it is evident that cost effective designs for floating wind turbines are needed. The next frontier for wind power is the ocean, yet development in near ...

Autonomous underwater vehicles such as gliders have emerged as valuable scientific platforms due to their increasing uses in several oceanic applications, ranging from security, acoustic surveillance and military reconnaissance ...