A Network Control Theory Approach to Modeling and Optimal Control of Zoonoses: Case Study of Brucellosis Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa (open access)

A Network Control Theory Approach to Modeling and Optimal Control of Zoonoses: Case Study of Brucellosis Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa

Article on a network control theory approach to modeling and optimal control of zoonoses and a case study of brucellosis transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Roy, Sandip; McElwain, Terry F. & Wan, Yan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Virtualization Based Secure Execution And Testing Framework (open access)

Virtualization Based Secure Execution And Testing Framework

Article discussing the use of a virtualization software to build a Virtualization Based Secure Execution and Testing Framework for testing hardware secure architectures.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Kotikela, Srujan Das; Nimgaonkar, Satyajeet & Gomathisankaran, Mahadevan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Silanization Treatment on Thermomechanical Properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Poly(methylmethacrylate) Nanocomposites (open access)

Influence of Silanization Treatment on Thermomechanical Properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Poly(methylmethacrylate) Nanocomposites

This article reports results for functionalized as well as unfunctionalized carbon nanotube polymer composites.
Date: July 30, 2011
Creator: Velasco-Santos, Carlos; Martinez-Hernandez, Ana Laura; Brostow, Witold, 1934- & Castaño, Victor M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural-Synthetic Hybrid Polymers Developed via Electrospinning: The Effect of PET in Chitosan/Starch System (open access)

Natural-Synthetic Hybrid Polymers Developed via Electrospinning: The Effect of PET in Chitosan/Starch System

Paper discusses the results of studying the structural and thermophysical properties of chitosan + starch + poly(ethylene terephthalate) (Ch + S + PET) fibers developed via electrospinning.
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: Espíndola-González, Adolfo; Martinez-Hernandez, Ana Laura; Fernández-Escobar, Francisco; Castaño, Victor M.; Brostow, Witold, 1934-; Datashvili, Tea et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A High-Precision Micropipette Sensor for Cellular-Level Real-Time Thermal Characterization (open access)

A High-Precision Micropipette Sensor for Cellular-Level Real-Time Thermal Characterization

This article reports the development of a novel glass micropipette thermal sensor fabricated in a cost-effective manner.
Date: September 13, 2011
Creator: Shrestha, Ramesh; Choi, Tae-Youl; Chang, Wonseok & Kim, Donsik
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plasma Treated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) for Epoxy Nanocomposites (open access)

Plasma Treated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) for Epoxy Nanocomposites

This article describes the depositing of plasma nanocoating of allylamine on the surfaces of multi-walled carbon nanotubes to provide desirable functionalities and thus to tailor the surface characteristics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for improved dispersion and interfacial adhesion in epoxy matrices.
Date: December 19, 2011
Creator: Ritts, Andrew C.; Yu, Qingsong; Li, Hao; Lombardo, Stephen J.; Han, Xu; Xia, Zhenhai et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation Results of an E and ET Education Forum (open access)

Evaluation Results of an E and ET Education Forum

This article discusses evaluation results of an Engineering (E) and Engineering Technology (ET) education forum at the University of Houston. A central focus to these discussions revolved around whether Engineering and Engineering Technology exist as separate fields or whether there was value in thinking about them as part of a continuum.
Date: 2011
Creator: Ramos, Miguel; Chapman, Lauren; Cannady, Mac & Barbieri, Enrique
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interdisciplinary progress in food production, food security and environment research (open access)

Interdisciplinary progress in food production, food security and environment research

Article discussing interdisciplinary progress in food production, food security and environment research.
Date: 2011
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Nanomaterials for Optical Absorber Applications (open access)

Carbon Nanomaterials for Optical Absorber Applications

Article describing optical absorbers based on vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), synthesized using electric-field assisted growth that show an ultra-low reflectance, 100X lower compared to the benchmark, a diffuse metal black - Au-black - from wavelength λ ~ 350 nm – 2500 nm.
Date: December 28, 2011
Creator: Kaul, Anupama; Coles, James; Megerian, Krikor; Eastwood, Michael; Green, Robert; Pagano, Thomas et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library