Departmental Papers (MEAM)
Papers from 2009
Stochastic Modeling and Control of Biological Systems: The Lactose Regulation System of Escherichia Coli, Agung Julius, Ádám Halász, M Selman Sakar, Harvey Rubin, Vijay Kumar, and George J. Pappas
Piezoelectric aluminum nitride nanoelectromechanical actuators, Nipun Sinha, Graham E. Wabiszewski, Rashed Mahameed, Valery V. Felmetsger, Shawn M. Tanner, Robert W. Carpick, and Gianluca piazza
Papers from 2008
Multigrid Algorithms for Inverse Problems with Linear Parabolic PDE Constraints, Santi S. Adavani and George Biros
Polymeric filament thinning and breakup in microchannels, Paulo E. Arratia, Jerry P. Gollub, and Douglas J. Durian
Guided Assembly of Nanostructures via Elastic Interactions, John L. Bassani and Youcun Lou
Electrospray on superhydrophobic nozzles treated with argon and oxygen plasma, Doyoung Byun, Youngjong Lee, Si Bui Quang Tran, Vu Dat Nugyen, Sanghoon Kim, Baehoo Park, Sukhan Lee, Niraj Inamdar, and Haim H. Bau
Synthesis and characterization of smooth ultrananocrystalline diamond films via low pressure bias-enhanced nucleation and growth, Y. C. Chen, X. Y. Zhong, A. R. Konicek, D. S. Grierson, N. H. Tai, I. N. Lin, Bernd Kabius, Jon M. Hiller, A. V. Sumant, Robert W. Carpick, and Orlando Auciello
Brain-Tumor Interaction Biophysical Models for Medical Image Registration, Cosmina Hogea, Christos Davatzikos, and George Biros
Maintaining network connectivity and performance in robot teams, M. Ani Hsieh, Anthony Cowley, R. Vijay Kumar, and Camillo J. Taylor
Origin of Ultralow Friction andWear in Ultrananocrystalline Diamond, A. R. Konicek, D. S. Grierson, P. U. P. A. Gilbert, W. G. Sawyer, A. V. Sumant, and Robert W. Carpick
Experimental Testbed for Large Multirobot Teams, Nathan Michael, Jonathan Fink, and R. Vijay Kumar
Finite-sized gas bubble motion in a blood vessel: Non-Newtonian effects, Karthik Mukundakrishnan, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, and David M. Eckmann
Automatic Configuration Recognition Methods in Modular Robots, Michael Park, Sachin Chitta, Alex Teichman, and Mark Yim
Plectoneme formation in twisted fluctuating rods, Prashant K. Purohit
The mechanics of short rod-like molecules in tension, Prashant K. Purohit, Mark E. Arsenault, Yale Goldman, and Haim H. Bau
Carbon Nanopipettes Characterize Calcium Release Pathways in Breast Cancer Cells, Michael G. Schrlau, Eugen Brailiou, Sandip Patel, Yury Gogotsi, Nae J. Dun, and Haim H. Bau
Carbon nanopipettes for cell probes and intracellular injection, Michael G. Schrlau, Erica M. Falls, Barry L. Ziober, and Haim H. Bau
Snap Transitions in Adhesion, Richard M. Springman and John L. Bassani
Bottom Up Construction and 2:1 Balance Refinement of Linear Octrees in Parallel, Hari Sundar, Rahul S. Sampath, and George Biros
Stretching fields and mixing near the transition to nonperiodic two-dimensional flow, M. J. Twardos, Paulo E. Arratia, M. K. Rivera, G. A. Voth, Jerry P. Gollub, and R. E. Ecke
Negative stiffness and enhanced damping of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes, H W. Yap, R S. Lakes, and Robert W. Carpick
A Comparative Study of Biomechanical Simulators in Deformable Registration of Brain Tumor Images, Evangelia Zacharaki, Cosmina S. Hogea, George Biros, and Christos Davatzikos
Lab-On-A-Chip for Oral Cancer Screening and Diagnosis, Barry L. Ziober, Michael G. Mauk, Erica M. Falls, Zongyuan Chen, Amy F. Ziober, and Haim H. Bau
Acoustic phonon scattering from particles embedded in an anisotropic medium: A molecular dynamics study, Neil Zuckerman and Jennifer R. Lukes
Papers from 2007
Polymer drop breakup in microchannels, Paulo E. Arratia, Jerry P. Gollub, and Douglas J. Durian
Confinement and Manipulation of Actin Filaments by Electric Fields, Mark E. Arsenault, Hui Zhao, Prashant Purohit, Yale E. Goldman, and Haim H. Bau
Confinement and Manipulation of Actin Filaments by Electric Fields, Mark E. Arsenault, Hui Zhao, Prashant K. Purohit, Yale E. Goodman, and Haim H. Bau
Are diamonds a MEMS' best friend?, Orlando Auciello, Sergio Pacheco, Anirudha V. Sumant, Chris Gudeman, Suresh Sampath, Arindom Datta, Robert W. Carpick, Vivekananda P. Adiga, Peter Zurcher, Zhenqiang Ma, Hao-Chih Yuan, John A. Carlisle, Bernd Kabius, Jon Hiller, and Sudarsan Srinivasan
Small Amplitude Reciprocating Wear Performance of Diamond-like Carbon Films: Dependence of Film Composition and Counterface Material, Jason A. Bares, Anirudha V. Sumant, David S. Grierson, Robert W. Carpick, and Kumar Sridharan
Bio-Inspired Group Behaviors for the Deployment of a Swarm of Robots to Multiple Destinations, Spring Berman, Ádám Halász, R. Vijay Kumar, and Stephen Pratt
Stabilization of Multiple Robots on Stable Orbits via Local Sensing, Mong-Ying A. Hsieh, Savvas Loizou, and R. Vijay Kumar
Dielectric properties of hydrogen-incorporated chemical vapor deposited diamond thin films, Chao Liu, Xingcheng Xiao, Jian Wang, Bing Shi, Vivekananda P. Adiga, and Robert W. Carpick
The Effect of Translocating Cylindrical Particles on the Ionic Current through a Nano-Pore, Hui Liu, Shizhi Qian, and Haim H. Bau
Numerical study of wall effects on buoyant gas-bubble rise in a liquid-filled finite cylinder, Karthik Mukundakrishnan, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, Shaoping Quan, and David M. Eckmann
Special Issue on the Grand Challenges of Robotics, James Ostrowski, Adriana Tapus, and Mark Yim
Integrating Human Inputs with Autonomous Behaviors on an Intelligent Wheelchair Platform, Saranghi P. Parikh, Valdir Grassi Jr., R. Vijay Kumar, and Jun Okamoto Jr.
Suppression of Rayleigh-Benard Convection with Proportional-Derivative Controller, Marcel C. Remillieux, Hui Zhao, and Haim H. Bau
Induction and measurement of minute flow rates through nanopipes, Shashank Sinha, Maria Pia Rossi, D. Mattia, Yury Gogotsi, and Haim H. Bau
A High-Order Solver for the Heat Equation in 1d Domains with Moving Boundaries, Shravan K. Veerapaneni and George Biros
Towards Robotic Self-reassembly After Explosion, Mark Yim, Babak Shirmohammadi, Jimmy Sastra, Michael Park, Michael Dugan, and Camillo J. Taylor
Microfluidic chaotic stirrer utilizing induced-charge electro-osmosis, Hui Zhao and Haim H. Bau
Papers from 2006
Inversion of Airborne Contaminants in a Regional Model, Volkan Akcelik, George Biros, Andrei Draganescu, Omar Ghattas, Judith Hill, and Bart van Bloemen Waanders
Vibrations of the "beetle" scanning probe microscope: Identification of a new mode, generalized analysis, and characterization methodology, Matthew J. Brukman and Robert W. Carpick
Lateral force calibration in atomic force microscopy: A new lateral force calibration method and general guidelines for optimization, Rachel J. Cannara, Michael Eglin, and Robert W. Carpick
Microparticle manipulation using inertial forces, Michael Eglin , Mark A. Eriksson, and Robert W. Carpick
Cooperative Air and Ground Surveillance, Ben Grocholsky, James Keller, R. Vijay Kumar, and George J. Pappas
Finite state abstraction of a stochastic model of the lactose regulation system of Escherichia coli, Agung Julius, Ádám Halász, R. Vijay Kumar, and George J. Pappas
Sampling-Based Algorithm for Testing and Validating Robot Controllers, Jongwoo Kim, Joel M. Esposito, and R. Vijay Kumar
Weak Input-to-State Stability Properties for Navigation Function Based Controllers, Savvas G. Loizou and R. Vijay Kumar
Predictions and Observations of Multiple Slip Modes in Atomic-Scale Friction, Sergey N. Medyanik, Wing Kam Liu, In-Ha Sung, and Robert W. Carpick
An Explicit Finite-Difference Scheme for Simulation of Moving Particles, A. Perrin and Howard H. Hu
Effect of supercoiling on formation of protein-mediated DNA loops, Prashant K. Purohit and Philip C. Nelson
Flow Patterns and Reaction Rate Estimation of RedOx Electrolyte in the Presence of Natural Convection, Shizhi Qian, Zongyuan Chen, Jing Wang, and Haim H. Bau
Dynamic Rolling for a Modular Loop Robot, Jimmy Sastra, Sachin Chitta, and Mark Yim
Sedimentation of an ellipsoid inside an infinitely long tube at low and intermediate Reynolds numbers, T. N. Swaminathan, Karthik Mukundakrishnan, and Howard H. Hu
A disposable microfluidic cassette for DNA amplification and detection, Jing Wang, Zongyuan Chen, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Michael G. Mauk, and Haim H. Bau
Limitations of Linear Control of Thermal Convection in a Porous Medium, Hui Zhao and Haim H. Bau
Interfacial Thermal Resistance Between Carbon Nanotubes: Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Analytical Thermal Modeling, Hongliang Zhong and Jennifer R. Lukes
Papers from 2005
Computational Techniques for Analysis of Genetic Network Dynamics, Calin Belta, Joel M. Esposito, Jongwoo Kim, and R. Vijay Kumar
Cantilever tilt compensation for variable-load atomic force microscopy, Rachel J. Canara, Matthew J. Brukman, and Robert W. Carpick
Minimum superlattice thermal conductivity from molecular dynamics, Yunfei Chen, Deyu Li, Jennifer R. Lukes, Zhonghua Ni, and Minhua Chen
Thermally-actuated, phase change flow control for microfluidic systems, Zongyuan Chen, Jing Wang, Shizhi Qian, and Haim H. Bau
Point Detection of Pathogens in Oral Samples, Daniel Malamud, Haim H. Bau, S. Niedbala, and Paul L.A.M. Corstjens
Magnetohydrodynamic flow of RedOx electrolyte, Shizhi Qian and Haim H. Bau
Magneto-hydrodynamic Stirrer for Stationary and Moving Fluids, Shizhi Qian and Haim H. Bau
Theoretical Investigation of Electroosmotic Flows and Chaotic Stirring in Rectangular Cavities, Shizhi Qian and Haim H. Bau
Analysis of sedimentation biodetectors, Shizhi Qian, Raimund Bürger, and Haim H. Bau
Self-Actuated, Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel Valves for Lab on a Chip, Jing Wang, Zongyuan Chen, Michael Mauk, Kuang-sheng Hong, Mengyan Li, Shu Yang, and Haim H. Bau
Migration of a sphere in tube flow, B. H. Yang, J. Wang, D. D. Joseph, Howard H. Hu, T. -W. Pan, and R. Glowinski
Papers from 2004
Abstraction and Control for Groups of Robots, Calin Belta and R. Vijay Kumar
An embedded boundary integral solver for the stokes equations, George Biros, Lexing Ying, and Denis Zorin
Experiments in Multirobot Air-Ground Coordination, Luiz Chaimowicz, Ben Grocholsky, James F. Keller, R. Vijay Kumar, and Camillo J. Taylor
A Mechanism for Dynamic Coordination of Multiple Robots, Luiz Chaimowicz, R. Vijay Kumar, and Mario F. M. Campos
Molecular Dynamics Study of the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Kr/Ar Superlattice Nanowires, Yunfei Chen, Deyu Li, Juekuan Yang, Yonghua Wu, Jennifer R. Lukes, and Arun Majumdar
Thermal expansion and impurity effects on lattice thermal conductivity of solid argon, Yunfei Chen, Jennifer R. Lukes, Deyu Li, Juekuan Yang, and Yonghua Wu
Design and Gait Control of a Rollerblading Robot, Sachin Chitta, Frederik W. Heger, and R. Vijay Kumar
Phase imaging and the lever-sample tilt angle in dynamic atomic force microscopy, Matthew J. D'Amato, Matthew S. Marcus, Mark A. Eriksson, and Robert W. Carpick
The role of contaminants in the variation of adhesion, friction, and electrical conduction properties of carbide-coated scanning probe tips and Pt(111) in ultrahigh vacuum, M. Enachescu, Robert W. Carpick, D. F. Ogletree, and Miguel Salmeron
Synergies in Feature Localization by Air-Ground Robot Teams, Ben Grocholsky, Selcuk Bayraktar, R. Vijay Kumar, Camillo J. Taylor, and George J. Pappas
Constructing Radio Signal Strength Maps with Multiple Robots, Mong-ying A. Hsieh, R. Vijay Kumar, and Camillo J. Taylor
The dielectrophoresis of cylindrical and spherical particles submerged in shells and in semi-infinite media, Hui Liu and Haim H. Bau
On the translation of a cylinder in a long tube, Hui Liu, Haim H. Bau, and Howard H. Hu
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Conduction in Nanoporous Thin Films, Jennifer R. Lukes and C. L. Tien
Incorporating User Inputs in Motion Planning for a Smart Wheelchair, Sarangi P. Parikh, Valdir Grassi Jr., R. Vijay Kumar, and Jun Okamoto Jr.
Calibrating an Air-Ground Control System from Motion Correspondences, Rahul Rao, Camillo J. Taylor, and R. Vijay Kumar
A Semi-Implicit Time-Stepping Model For Frictional Compliant Contact Problems, Peng Song, Jong-Shi Pang, and R. Vijay Kumar
Design of Part Feeding and Assembly Processes with Dynamics, Peng Song, J. C. Trinkle, R. Vijay Kumar, and Jong-Shi Pang
Workspace delineation of cable-actuated parallel manipulators, Ethan Stump and R. Vijay Kumar
Leader-to-Formation Stability, Herbert G. Tanner, George J. Pappas, and R. Vijay Kumar
Formations of Localization of Robot Networks, Fan Zhang, Ben Grocholsky, and R. Vijay Kumar
Necessary and sufficient conditions for localization of multiple robot platforms, Fan Zhang, R. Vijay Kumar, and Guilherme A. S. Pereira
STAM: A System of Tracking and Mapping in Real Environments, Ying Zhang, Lee Ackerson, David Duff, Craig Eldershaw, and Mark Yim
Papers from 2003
High resolution forward and inverse earthquake modeling on terascale computers, Volkan Akcelik, Jacobo Bielak, George Biros, Ioannis Epanomeritakis, Antonio Fernandez, Omar Ghattas, Eui Joong Kim, Julio Lopez, David O'Hallaron, Tiankai Tu, and John Urbanic
A Variational Finite Element Method for Source Inversion for Convective-Diffusive Transport, Volkan Akçelik, George Biros, Omar Ghattas, Kevin R. Long, and Bart van Bloemen Waanders
Hierarchical modeling and analysis of embedded systems, Rajeev Alur, Thao Dang, Joel Esposito, Yerang Hur, Franjo Ivancic, R. Vijay Kumar, Insup Lee, Pradyumna Mishra, George J. Pappas, and Oleg V. Sokolsky
A magneto-hydrodynamically controlled fluidic network, Haim H. Bau, Jianzhong Zhu, Shizhi Qian, and Yu Zhiang
Abstraction and Control for Groups of Fully-Actuated Planar Robots, Calin Belta and R. Vijay Kumar
Incorporating Concepts of Nanotechnology into the Materials Science and Engineering Classroom and Laboratory, Anne K. Bentley, Wendy C. Crone, Arthur B. Ellis, Amy C. Payne, Kenneth W. Lux, Robert W. Carpick, Donald Stone, George C. Lisensky, and S. Michael Condren
A Course in Micro- and Nanoscale Mechanics, Robert W. Carpick
Dynamics and Generation of Gaits for a Planar Rollerblader, Sachin Chitta and R. Vijay Kumar