Presentation for the 2015 GeoComputation Annual Conference. This presentation discusses predicting hourly ozone pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area using spatio-temporal clustering.

Poster for the 2015 Graduate Student Symposium of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. This poster discusses the ozone impact of shale gas activities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

This article explores various combinations of electrolyte concentrations, dielectrics, and dielectric thicknesses to generate maximum output power employing REWOD energy harvester with the objective of implementing a fully self-powered wearable sensor.

Article describes study where a powder of torreya grandis bark was prepared and analyzed qualitatively and quantitativelyiIn order to explore a new way to utilize said bark.

Article describes an energy-based analysis on the formation and growth of condensate droplets on two-tier superhydrophobic surfaces, which are fabricated by decorating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) onto microscale fluorinated pillars.

Describes study in developing an environmentally benign styrene foam using supercritical CO2.

Article discusses how protein based adhesive is limited by poor mechanical properties and water resistance. This simple and green preparation method provided a new strategy for the production of high-performance, multifunctional and economically effective SM based adhesive.

Patent relating to porositized carbon processed from carbon or carbonaceous materials.

Poster for the 2015 Global Emission Initiative (GEIA) Conference. This poster discusses the impact of natural gas hydraulic fracturing on ozone pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Poster for the 2014 University of North Texas (UNT) Graduate Exhibition. This poster discusses the impacts of fracking on local ozone pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Article demonstrating the dynamic potential for tailoring the surface plasmon resonance (SPR), size, and shapes of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) starting from an Au(I) precursor, chloro(dimethyl sulfide)gold (I) (Au(Me2S)Cl), in lieu of the conventional Au(III) precursor hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (III) hydrate (HAuCl4). This approach presents a one-step method that permits regulation of an Au(I) precursor to form either visible-absorbing gold nanospheres or near-infrared-window (NIRW)-absorbing anisotropic AuNPs.

This article aims to give a summary of the state of the art of non-enzymatic electrochemical sensors used for detection of neurotransmitter that lack an electrochemically active component.

This article examines the chemical structures of biodegradable films created out of soy protein isolate (SPI), sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) and pentaerythritol glycidyl ether (PEGE). The thermal stabilities of the films were also examined by means of the thermo-gravimetric analysis.

Article describes study analyzing the characteristics of the movement of the gel extinguishing agent micelles by considering the resistance of movement.

This article focuses on a way to maximize the concentration acceptance product (CAP), while using the minimum SOE and receiver geometry at a given f-number and incidence angle (also referred to as the tracking error angle). The laws of polychromatic light refraction along with trigonometry and spherical geometry were utilized to optimize the POE grooves, SOE radius, receiver size, and SOE–receiver spacing.

Article is a study investigating how to obtain the natural frequency of functionally graded porous beams simply supported on an elastic substrate in thermal surroundings by the theory of third-order shear deformation. This article is part of the special issue titled Dynamic Analysis and Vibration Control of Mechanical Structures Coupled with Rotational Systems.

Poster for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Graduate Exhibition. This poster discusses the evaluation of three major emission sources on the Dallas-Fort Worth ozone levels using photochemical modeling.

This article describes pneumatic energy being converted into solid particle kinetic energy as a solid-particle-entrained gas that flows downward through a vertical nozzle. For the conditions studied, the solid particles serve as a heat exchange medium to enable a gas expansion that is nearly isothermal. Also, the kinetic energy associated with the two-phase fluid is predominantly that associated with subsonic solid-particle motion. The kinetic energy of the solid particles is converted into other forms using a low-speed turbine. A theoretical description of the process is presented, and the initiation of an experimental effort to study the process is described.

This article discusses the fabrication of superhydrophobic bamboo timber by magnetron sputtering and nanoimprint stamps. It was expected that this work could promote the applications of superhydrophobic and conductive bamboo products.

This article aims to improve the electrical and thermal conductivity of the polylactic acid/wood flour/ thermoplastic polyurethane composites by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM).

Describes the development of a strong mold-resistant adhesive by incorporating soybean meal and blood meal.

Proposes a fabrication method for making a lightweight, anisotropic, and compressible wood aerogel with aligned cellulose fibers by a simple chemical treatment.

This article highlights the development of a flexible long-chain starch with a hyper-branched structure (HD), and incorporating it with SM and a crosslinking agent to prepare a novel SM adhesive. Results showed that this adhesive exhibited both excellent water resistance and enhanced toughness. The wet bond strength of plywood fabricated using this adhesive was 354.5% higher than that of SM adhesive.

This article describes a study to improve the electrical and thermal conductivity of the polylactic acid/wood flour/thermoplastic polyurethane composites by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM). The results showed that, when the addition amount of nano-graphite reached 25 pbw, the volume resistivity of the composites decreased to 10⁸ Ω·m, which was a significant reduction, indicating that the conductive network was already formed. It also had good thermal conductivity, mechanical properties, and thermal stability.