Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for detection of gas bubbles in a microchannel configured for a conductive fluid to flow therethrough. The methods and apparatuses utilize a plate and at least two aligned electrodes embedded within the plate. The plate is configured to be located over the microchannel such that the at least two aligned electrodes are located along a length of the microchannel in the flow direction. Impedance is measured between the electrodes, and the percentage of gas within the fluid flowing through the microchannel is measured based on the measured impedance between the electrodes.
Abstract:
A prosthetic hand assembly includes a hand structure including an actuatable wrist, a palm, and a plurality of actuatable fingers coupled with a plurality of actuators each configured to selectively direct movement of the actuatable wrist, a camera disposed on one side of the hand structure, the camera is selectively operable to generate a plurality of successive images of an object positioned adjacent the hand structure, a processor coupled with the plurality of actuators, the processor is communicatively coupled with the camera and configured to receive the plurality of successive images of the object, wherein the processor is configured to determine one or more characteristic of the object from the plurality of successive images of the object, the processor is configured to selectively drive the plurality of actuators to affect the actuatable wrist and plurality of actuatable fingers based on the one or more characteristics.
Abstract:
Systems and methods that utilize enhanced boiling surfaces to promote the efficiency of boiling. Such a system has a surface that is hydrophobic and exhibits a sufficiently low receding contact angle to a liquid such that vapor spreading during bubble growth and premature transition to film boiling is mitigated.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring a property of a material sample includes a heatsink, a heat source, and a two-dimensional transient thermal imaging system. The heatsink is configured to support a material sample at a fixed position thereon and to maintain a preconfigured contact temperature with the material sample. The heat source is configured to direct an input heat signal at a fixed position toward an opening of the heatsink toward the material sample. The two-dimensional transient thermal imaging system is configured to generate a resultant two-dimensional transient temperature distribution dataset associated with the material sample upon the heat source directing the input heat signal toward the opening to heat the material sample.
Abstract:
Systems and methods that utilize enhanced boiling surfaces to promote the efficiency of boiling. Such a system has a surface that is hydrophobic and exhibits a sufficiently low receding contact angle to a liquid such that vapor spreading during bubble growth and premature transition to film boiling is mitigated.
Abstract:
Materials, apparatuses, and methods that are suitable for separating immiscible liquids and make use of a porous host material functionalized with a functionalizing agent such that the host material is superhydrophobic.
Abstract:
A vapor chamber device having a first vapor core configured to passively spread heat from a localized first input area to a relatively larger first output area adjacent to and in thermal contact with a heat output side of the vapor chamber device, and a second vapor core configured to passively spread heat from a localized second input area adjacent to and in thermal contact with a heat input side of the vapor chamber device to a relatively larger second output area in thermal contact with the first input area of the first vapor core. The second vapor core is configured to attenuate high heat flux hotspots on the first input area before the heat fluxes thereof pass through the second output area of the second vapor core to the first input area of the first vapor core.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a novel absorbance-based colorimetric device system, and to methods of using the novel absorbance-based colorimetric device system.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for detection of gas bubbles in a microchannel configured for a conductive fluid to flow therethrough. The methods and apparatuses utilize a plate and at least two aligned electrodes embedded within the plate. The plate is configured to be located over the microchannel such that the at least two aligned electrodes are located along a length of the microchannel in the flow direction. Impedance is measured between the electrodes, and the percentage of gas within the fluid flowing through the microchannel is measured based on the measured impedance between the electrodes.