CubeSat’s Deployable Solar Panel with Viscoelastic Multilayered Stiffener for Launch Vibration Attenuation by Shankar Bhattarai, Hongrae Kim, Hyun-Ung Oh

“…The effectiveness of the proposed design for launch vibration attenuation was demonstrated through qualification level sine and random vibration tests.…”
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Distributed Passivity-Based Control for Multiple Space Manipulators Holding Flexible Beams by Ti Chen, Yue Cao, Mingyan Xie, Shihao Ni, Enchang Zhai, Zhengtao Wei

“…Numerical simulations and experiments are conducted to show the effectiveness of the designed controllers.…”
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Effects of STEM Activities in Nature on Students' Environmental Attitudes, STEM Career Interests, and Engineering Perceptions by Hasan Demir, Mücahit Kose

“…In the research, the qualitative method is embedded in the quantitative method in an embedded mixed design. The quantitative dimension of the research was based on a quasi-experimental design with the pretest-posttest control group, and the qualitative dimension was based on a case study. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Turbulence Models and Ventilation Strategies in 2D and 3D Simulations: A Comparative Study by Zhao Chuhan, Morsli Souad, El Ganaoui Mohammed

“…Among the strategies evaluated, mixed ventilation was found to offer the best balance between energy efficiency and air quality, making it the optimal choice for sustainable building design.…”
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A Measurement Study of the Structured Overlay Network in P2P File-Sharing Systems by Mo Zhou, Yafei Dai, Xiaoming Li

“…First, a modified client is designed to provide view to the overlay network from a single-user vision. …”
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Mechanical Impedance Matching Using a Magnetic Linear Gear by Ignacio Valiente-Blanco, Cristian Cristache, Juan Sanchez-Garcia-Casarrubios, Fernando Rodriguez-Celis, Jose-Luis Perez-Diaz

“…As part of the Fp7 Clean Sky Project, a linear magnetic gear prototype, called Z-transmitter, for aerospace application was designed, built, and tested. It demonstrates a maximum force capacity of 4700 N at 25°C and 4500 N at 90°C. …”
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Simulation of Normally-Off Vertical GaN MOSFET with a Novel Enhanced Sidewall Channel by Selective Area Growth by Jiyao Du, Taofei Pu, Xiaobo Li, Liuan Li, Jinping Ao, Hongwei Gao

“…By optimizing the device parameters, a normally-off GaN MOSFET with good performance is designed.…”
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Sign Stability for Switched Linear Systems and Its Application in Flight Control by Qing Wang, Tong Wang, Yanze Hou, Chaoyang Dong

“…The provided method has natural robustness and more design freedoms than the familiar Lyapunov function method, which bears relative conservativeness as the requirement of solving LMIs. …”
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Modeling of the Diffusion Bond for SPF/DB Titanium Hollow Structures by Xianghai Chai, Xiaoyun Zhang, Zhiqiang Wang, Yesheng Liu

“…This work provides useful references for the optimal design to increase impact resistance for aircraft engine hollow warren structure components.…”
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Study on Concentrating Characteristics of a Solar Parabolic Dish Concentrator within High Radiation Flux by Qianjun Mao, Liya Zhang, Hongjun Wu

“…The results can provide a reference for future design and application of concentrating solar power.…”
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Photocatalytic Materials and Photocatalytic Reactions by Sugang Meng

“…This Special Issue, titled “Photocatalytic Materials and Photocatalytic Reactions”, focuses on designing advanced photocatalysts, understanding their structure-dependent properties, and seeking to exploit them in the fields of energy conversion, pollutant degradation, artificial photosynthesis, organic synthesis, etc [...]…”
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CONSTRUCTION OF MOTIVATION IN PARADIGM OF THE ORGANIZATION by N. Tverdola

“…This theme connects the most famous theories of motivation and terminology of international standards of quality management and social responsibility, of management by objectives, of balanced scorecard logically and provides practical guidance for the design of motivations schemes.…”
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A New Approach to Assess the Quality of Small High-Speed Centrifugal Fans Using Noise Measurement by Dingjun Cui, Ian A. Craighead

“…The requirements for a special approach for the quality assessment of small high-speed centrifugal fans are outlined and a new parameter designating the noise levels from the product in comprehensive form will be discussed and described as a criterion for such quality assessment.…”
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About the competence-based technology for educational environment survey by Dmitriy N. Bezgodov

“…This technology includes special matrix and “value-and-competence parallelepiped” designed as the instruments of university educational environment control and correction.…”
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Research of the working conditions noise factor in the foundry production by A. M. Lazarenkov, M. A. Sadokha

“…Recommendations on the assessment and measuring of noise in the design of new and reconstruction of existing foundries are given.…”
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PhD in Public Administration and Management (By Coursework and Research) (PHDPAM-CW&R) by Kabale University

“…is designed for those seeking academic research and teaching careers as faculty or professors in the study of governance, public administration, management and administrative sectors within Universities but also as professional career managers and administrators for a wide range of organizational contexts.…”
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Scalability in SLA lattice through lattice orientation and hybrid frame and plate architectures by Mahan Ghosh, Nandika Anne D'Souza, Yunwei Xu, Mohan Sai Kiran Kumar Yadav Nartu, Vignesh Pagadalu, Sina Rastegarzadeh, Jida Huang

“…Lightweighting has been a key goal for engineers and designers, with lattice structures widely explored as the building blocks for structural components. …”
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Stigma reduction in a disability and mental health programme in Ghana: Lessons in participation by Maria Zuurmond, Augustina Naami, Lyla Adwan-Kamara, Cathy Stephen, Sapana Basnet, Caroline Vanderick, Mohammed Chantimah, Abigail Nana Asamoah, Daisy Macdonald, Crick Lund

“…Conclusions: Participation of people with disabilities and mental health conditions is essential for the design and delivery of stigma reduction programmes in Ghana. …”
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Effect of infill pattern on mechanical properties of 3D printed PLA-Zn composites for drone frame structures: A topology optimization integrated application study by P. Arunkumar, D. Balaji, N. Radhika, L. Rajeshkumar, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin

“…Material requirements and design optimization are two parallel verticals for the ever-growing material-based demands. …”
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A Highly Compact Split Ring Resonator-Based Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna With Multiband Characterization by Shahid Khan, Owais Khan, Kiran Raheel, Syed Ahson Ali Shah, Bilal Tariq Malik, Salahuddin Khan, Neelam Gohar, Slawomir Koziel

“…With a notable peak gain of 2.3 dBi and an efficiency of 93%, the suggested design has excellent radiation pattern stability. …”
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