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According to the Goal: How Eliyahu Goldratt Helps Organizations Examine Their Processes to Achieve Maximum Results (open access)

According to the Goal: How Eliyahu Goldratt Helps Organizations Examine Their Processes to Achieve Maximum Results

Paper analyzes Eliyahu Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints and discusses how it's proposed business model has helped companies who implement it.
Date: 2005
Creator: Winter, Chrisitan
System: The UNT Digital Library
On B.S.E and B.S.ET for the Engineering Profession (open access)

On B.S.E and B.S.ET for the Engineering Profession

Article discussing biological systems engineering (B.S.E.) and a proposed model for baccalaureate programs for engineering education.
Date: 2010
Creator: Barbieri, Enrique; Attarzadeh, Farrokh; Pascali, Raresh; Shireen, Wajiha & Fitzgibbon, William
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
Evaluation of Superficial and Dimensional Quality Features in Metallic Micro-Channels Manufactured by Micro-End-Milling (open access)

Evaluation of Superficial and Dimensional Quality Features in Metallic Micro-Channels Manufactured by Micro-End-Milling

This article focuses on a set of experiments in the micro-milling of channels made of aluminum, titanium alloys and stainless steel.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Monroy-Vázquez, Karla P.; Attanasio, Aldo; Ceretti, Elisabetta; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Hendrichs-Troeglen, Nicolás J. & Giardini, Claudio
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stress-Softening and Residual Strain Effects in Suture Materials (open access)

Stress-Softening and Residual Strain Effects in Suture Materials

This article focuses on the experimental characterization of suture material samples of MonoPlus, Monosyn, polyglycolic acid, polydioxanone 2–0, polydioxanone 4–0, poly(glycolide-co-epsilon-caprolactone), nylon, and polypropylene when subjected to cyclic loading and unloading conditions.
Date: May 20, 2013
Creator: Elías-Zúñiga, Alex; Montoya, Beatriz; Ortega, Wendy; Flores-Villalba, Eduardo; Rodríguez, Ciro A.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of PVD AlCrN Coating for Reducing Carbide Cutting Tool Deterioration in the Machining of Titanium Alloys (open access)

Study of PVD AlCrN Coating for Reducing Carbide Cutting Tool Deterioration in the Machining of Titanium Alloys

This article studies a thin nanocomposite film made out of AlCrN (aluminum-chromium-nitrite) to show experimental work in the deposition process and its characterization.
Date: March 5, 2013
Creator: Cadena, Natalia L.; Cue-Sampedro, Rodrigo; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Arizmendi-Morquecho, Ana M.; Rivera-Solorio, Carlos I. & Di-Nardo, Santiago
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of performance of high speed turning using the volumetric dimension coefficient of resultant cutting force (open access)

Study of performance of high speed turning using the volumetric dimension coefficient of resultant cutting force

This article describes the experimental study of the resultant cutting force evolution of two coating carbide and a cermet inserts, during the dry turning of AISI 1045 steel with 400, 500, and 600 m/min cutting speeds.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Hernández-González, L. W.; Pérez-Rodríguez, R.; Zambrano-Robledo, P. C.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael & Toscano-Reyes, H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polymeric Materials Reinforced with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: A Constitutive Material Model (open access)

Polymeric Materials Reinforced with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: A Constitutive Material Model

This article discusses the modification of an existing material model to take into account softening and residual strain effects observed in polymeric materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes when subjected to loading and unloading cycles.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Córdova, René K.; Elías-Zúñiga, Alex; Elizalde, Luis E.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Sánchez, José Antonio; Rodríguez, Ciro A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stress-Softening and Residual Strain Effects in Suture Materials (open access)

Stress-Softening and Residual Strain Effects in Suture Materials

This article focuses on the formulation of a constitutive equation to predict Mullins and residual strain effects of buna-N, silicone, and neoprene rubber strings subjected to small transverse vibrations.
Date: May 27, 2013
Creator: Elías-Zúñiga, Alex; Baylón, Karen; Martínez-Romero, Oscar; Rodríguez, Ciro A. & Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuzzy logic scheme for tip-sample distance control for a low cost near field optical microscope (open access)

Fuzzy logic scheme for tip-sample distance control for a low cost near field optical microscope

This article proposes a fuzzy logic control scheme for a control algorithm used with a scanning near field optical microscope.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Márquez, J. A.; Cortes, R.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Coello, V. & Escamilla, D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Microlubrication Using a Vegetable Oil-Based Metal Working Fluid during End Milling AISI 1018 Steel (open access)

Analyzing the Effectiveness of Microlubrication Using a Vegetable Oil-Based Metal Working Fluid during End Milling AISI 1018 Steel

This article describes a study in which a vegetable oil-based lubricant was used to conduct wear analysis and to analyze the effectiveness of microlubrication during end milling AISI 1018 steel.
Date: April 15, 2014
Creator: Shaikh, Vasim; Boubekri, Nourredine & Scharf, Thomas W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of biomechanical studies of arteries and their effect on stent performance (open access)

Review of biomechanical studies of arteries and their effect on stent performance

This article aims to summarize part of the available literature that reports studies on biomechanical environment in healthy and diseased arteries using various analytical methods.
Date: April 26, 2014
Creator: Fortier, Aleksandra; Gullapalli, Vikranth & Mirshams, Reza A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shaking Table Tests of Low-Rise Shear Walls Made of Recycled Aggregate Concrete (open access)

Shaking Table Tests of Low-Rise Shear Walls Made of Recycled Aggregate Concrete

This article investigates the dynamic behavior of shear walls made of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC).
Date: March 20, 2015
Creator: Zhang, Jianwei; Dong, Hongying; Cao, Wanlin & Yu, Cheng
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Low-Cost Energy-Efficient Cableless Geophone Unit for Passive Surface Wave Surveys (open access)

A Low-Cost Energy-Efficient Cableless Geophone Unit for Passive Surface Wave Surveys

This article presents a hardware design for a low-cost energy-efficient geophone system to better facilitate field applications of the passive surface wave survey.
Date: September 25, 2015
Creator: Dai, Kaoshan; Li, Xiaofeng; Lu, Chuan; You, Qingyu; Huang, Zhenhua & Wu, H. Felix
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Strength Method for Web Crippling of Cold-Formed Steel C- and Z-Sections Subjected to One-Flange Loading (open access)

Direct Strength Method for Web Crippling of Cold-Formed Steel C- and Z-Sections Subjected to One-Flange Loading

This article presents the development of a semi-analytical design approach for the web crippling strength using the Direct Strength Method concept.
Date: December 17, 2015
Creator: Dara, Martin & Yu, Cheng
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Application of a Simplified Model for the Design of a Super-Tall Mega-Braced Frame-Core Tube Building (open access)

Development and Application of a Simplified Model for the Design of a Super-Tall Mega-Braced Frame-Core Tube Building

This article discusses the development and application of a simplified nonlinear model to compare two design schemes of a super-tall mega-braced frame-core tube building.
Date: December 16, 2014
Creator: Lu, Xinzheng; Xie, Linlin; Yu, Cheng & Lu, Xiao
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of PEEK Coating on Hip Implant Stress Shielding: A Finite Element Analysis (open access)

Influence of PEEK Coating on Hip Implant Stress Shielding: A Finite Element Analysis

This article proposes a design concept for hip implants, using a combination of metallic stem with a polymer coating.
Date: February 7, 2016
Creator: Anguiano-Sanchez, Jesica; Martínez-Romero, Oscar; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Díaz-Elizondo, José A.; Flores-Villalba, Eduardo & Rodríguez, Ciro A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optical method for distance and displacement measurements of the probe-sample separation in a scanning near-field optical microscope (open access)

Optical method for distance and displacement measurements of the probe-sample separation in a scanning near-field optical microscope

This article presents an alternative optical method to determine the probe-sample separation distance in a scanning near-field optical microscope.
Date: May 18, 2016
Creator: Santamaria, L.; Garcia-Ortiz, C. E.; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Cortes, R. & Coello, V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Concepts of Polycarbonate-Based Intervertebral Lumbar Cages: Finite Element Analysis and Compression Testing (open access)

Design Concepts of Polycarbonate-Based Intervertebral Lumbar Cages: Finite Element Analysis and Compression Testing

This article explores the viability of 3D printed intervertebral lumbar cages based on biocompatible polycarbonate (PC-ISO® material).
Date: April 18, 2016
Creator: Figueroa-Cavazos, J. Obedt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Xurography as a Rapid Fabrication Alternative for Point-of-Care Devices: Assessment of Passive Micromixers (open access)

Xurography as a Rapid Fabrication Alternative for Point-of-Care Devices: Assessment of Passive Micromixers

This article evaluates the viability of xurography as a rapid fabrication tool for the development of ultra-low cost microfluidic technology for extreme Point-of-Care (POC) micromixing devices.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Martínez-López, J. Israel; Mojica, Mauricio; Rodríguez, Ciro A. & Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seismic Response and Engineering of Cold-formed Steel Framed Buildings (open access)

Seismic Response and Engineering of Cold-formed Steel Framed Buildings

This article discusses a North American effort which formed as part of the NSF Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), known as Enabling Performance-Based Seismic Design of Multi-Story Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CFS-NEES), as it addresses seismic performance-based design for cold-formed steel framed buildings.
Date: May 26, 2016
Creator: Schafer, B. W.; Ayhan, D.; Leng, J.; Liu, P.; Padilla-Llano, D.; Peterman, K. D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optomechanical Design for Precision Lens Positioning and Mounting (open access)

Optomechanical Design for Precision Lens Positioning and Mounting

This article presents a lens positioning and mounting in a few microns accuracy using a kinematic mount module.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: Wang, Shuping; Zhang, Chi; Alt, Mark; Davis, Colleen; Gardner, Michael L. & Ji, Zheng
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental study and finite element analysis of energy dissipating outriggers (open access)

Experimental study and finite element analysis of energy dissipating outriggers

This article uses experiments and finite element analyses to study the structural responses and energy dissipation capacities of three different outriggers of an actual tall building project.
Date: November 11, 2016
Creator: Yang, Qingshun; Lu, Xinzheng; Yu, Cheng & Gu, Donglian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Investigation and Design Method for the Shear Strength of Self-Piercing Rivet Connections in Thin-Walled Steel Structures (open access)

Experimental Investigation and Design Method for the Shear Strength of Self-Piercing Rivet Connections in Thin-Walled Steel Structures

This article presents an experimental investigation on the shear strength of self-piercing rivet connections used in thin-walled steel structures.
Date: April 5, 2017
Creator: Yan, Weiming; Xie, Zhiqiang; Yu, Cheng; Song, Linlin & He, Haoxiang
System: The UNT Digital Library