Preschool Children’s Science Motivation and Process Skills during Inquiry-Based STEM Activities by Hasan Dilek, Adem Tasdemir, Ahmet Sami Konca, Serdal Baltaci

“…Moreover, the most important benefit of STEM activities for children, including engineering design, is to improve or support children's science and mathematics skills and social-emotional development. …”
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A Cooperative Coevolutionary Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Optimization Problem by Hongqing Zheng, Yongquan Zhou

“…In experiments, fifteen unconstrained functions, eleven constrained functions, and two engineering design problems are used to validate the performance of CCCS, and thorough comparisons are made between the CCCS and the existing approaches. …”
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The Prediction of Cracking Load and Peak Load of UHPC-NC Composite Structure by Yanru Chen, Wei Mao

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A Hybrid Search Model for Constrained Optimization by Xiaoli Gao, Yangfei Yuan, Jie Li, Weifeng Gao

“…Experiments on two sets of test problems and Five real-world engineering design problems have shown that the proposed method performs better than or is competitive with other compared methods.…”
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Optimizing Transit Network Departure Frequency considering Congestion Effects by Wei Tan, Xiaodong Peng, Jun Huang, Yuwen Wang, Jiandong Qiu, Xiaobo Liu

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Mechanical Performance of Eco-Friendly Sandwich Wall with Rice Husk Recycled Concrete by Dingshi Chen, Maohua Du, Yubin Tian, Wenmiao Du

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The Daily Container Volumes Prediction of Storage Yard in Port with Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network by Yinping Gao, Daofang Chang, Ting Fang, Yiqun Fan

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Investigation on the Displacement Ductility Coefficient of Reinforced Concrete Columns Strengthened with Textile-Reinforced Concrete by Boxue Wang, Shiping Yin, Ming Liu

“…Therefore, the model can be applied for predicting the displacement ductility coefficients of TRC-strengthened columns and can be used as a reference for engineering design.…”
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Research on the stress concentration effects and fracture mechanisms of DC04 sheet steel with holes by Xu Lin, Limei Zhang, Yi Xie

“…These studies will provide theoretical support for the practical engineering design.…”
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Experimental Study on a Low-Rise Shear Wall with the Built-In Shear Steel Plate by Xingyu Song, Lin Zhao, Lingkun Chen, Yuan Duan, Yehao Jiang, Yuan Tian

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Effect of Moisture Content on the Shear Behaviour of a Completely Decomposed Granite: An Experimental Study by Pan Liu, Jinhong Lin, Yang Wang, Xueqiang Yang

“…The estimated strength parameters could be used for safety evaluation and/or engineering design of CDG cutting slope. The rate of reduction of the cohesion was much higher than that of the tangent value of frictional angle. …”
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A DOE (Response Surface Methodology) Approach to Predict the Strength Properties of Concrete Incorporated with Jute and Bamboo Fibres and Silica Fumes by Jayaprakash Sridhar, Dhanapal Jegatheeswaran, Ravindran Gobinath

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Research and Analysis on Assembly Methodology for the Fusion Blanket System by Ruonan Zhang, Jiazhu Li, Shuling Xu, Qigang Wu, Dawei Yu, Qiankun Man

“…The two newly proposed methods aim to clarify a probably feasible assembly method for the blanket system, though it is still in the engineering design stage. Case studies of the two favorable assembly methods can be good references to demonstrate and analyze the advantages of DFA and PPHM for decision-making in each product development phase.…”
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CFD simulations of a hydrocyclone in absence of an air core by Delgadillo J.A., Al Kayed M., Vo D., Ramamurthy A.S.

“…Applying the CFD in many engineering fields alleviates the problem of the usual engineering design. Recent advance in computational methods and computer technology make CFD an efficient means to study the dynamics of many physical systems. …”
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Physical Analysis of the Initial Core and Running-In Phase for Pebble-Bed Reactor HTR-PM by Jingyu Zhang, Fu Li, Yuliang Sun

“…At present, one emphasis of engineering design is to determine the fuel management scheme of the initial core and running-in phase. …”
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Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Reaction Catalyzed by Nanosized Iron Oxides for Water Treatment by Chuan Wang, Hong Liu, Zhimin Sun

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Calculation of Subsidence due to Longwall Mining with Overburden Grouting and Its Application by Hewen Ma, Yadong Ji, Shidong Wang

“…In this study, an engineering design process and method of POG was established, the strike and dip excavation length and grouting quantity combined as critical indicators for determining the key parameter in surface basin control. …”
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Soft Story Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures with Masonry Infill Walls by Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Gelekolai, Mohammad Reza Tabeshpour

“…By using nonlinear static analysis, a simple methodology is proposed and the main result is a simple formula that can be used for the engineering design of concrete moment resistant frames.…”
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Multi-Innovation Stochastic Gradient Parameter and State Estimation Algorithm for Dual-Rate State-Space Systems with d-Step Time Delay by Ya Gu, Quanmin Zhu, Jicheng Liu, Peiyi Zhu, Yongxin Chou

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Review of Lightweight Vibration Isolation Technologies for Marine Power Devices by Yuanran Qiu, Wei Xu, Zechao Hu, Junqiang Fu, Mengxuan He

“…It can be used as a reference for marine vessel vibration attenuation research and engineering design.…”
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