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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 ...
Photonic Crystals: Numerical Predictions of Manufacturable Dielectric Composite Architectures
(2004-01)
Photonic properties depend on both dielectric contrast in a microscopic composite and the arrangement of the microstructural components. No theory exists for direct prediction of photonic properties, and so progress relies ...
Effect of Microstructure Changes on Mechanical Properties of La₆₆Al₁₄(Cu, Ni)₂₀ Amorphous and Crystalline Alloys
(2004-01)
The microstructure, and phase selections of La₆₆Al₁₄(Cu, Ni)₂₀ alloy were studied by Bridgman solidifications, and composite materials of dendrites in amorphous matrix or micro- ...