Pentamodes: Effect of unit cell topology on mechanical properties

Pentamodes (first conceived theoretically by Milton and Cherkaev) are a very interesting class of mechanical metamaterials that can be used as building blocks of structures withdecoupled bulk and shear moduli. The pentamodes usually are composed of double cone-shaped struts with the middle diameter being large and the end diameters being tiny...

An Incentive Mechanism for Electric Vehicles Participation in Security Constrained Unit Commitment of Renewable-Integrated Smart Grids

This article presents an electric vehicle (EV)-integrated security constrained unit commitment (EV-SCUC) based on N−1 criteria for single line outage contingency under intermittency of load and renewable energy sources (RESs). Two EV control mechanisms are proposed. In first, EV balance control, financial targets are prioritized while...

Coordinated expansion planning of transmission and distribution systems integrated with smart grid technologies

Integration of smart grid technologies in distribution systems, particularly behind-the-meter initiatives, has a direct impact on transmission network planning. This paper develops a coordinated expansion planning of transmission and active distribution systems via a stochastic multistage mathematical programming model. In the transmission level...

Spatially dispersing Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in the unconventional superconductor FeTe_0.55Se_0.45

By using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) we find and characterize dispersive, energy-symmetric in-gap states in the iron-based superconductor FeTe_0.55Se_0.45, a material that exhibits signatures of topological superconductivity, and Majorana bound states at vortex cores or at impurity locations. We use a...

Short-Wave Infrared Confocal Fluorescence Imaging of Deep Mouse Brain with a Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector

Optical microscopy is a valuable tool for in vivo monitoring of biological structures and functions because of its noninvasiveness. However, imaging deep into biological tissues is challenging due to the scattering and absorption of light. Previous research has shown that the two optimal wavelength windows for high-resolution deep mouse brain...

Blending electronics with the human body: A pathway toward a cybernetic future

At the crossroads of chemistry, electronics, mechanical engineering, polymer science, biology, tissue engineering, computer science, and materials science, electrical devices are currently being engineered that blend directly within organs and tissues. These sophisticated devices are mediators, recorders, and stimulators of electricity with...

Clustered K nearest neighbor algorithm for daily inflow forecasting

Instance based learning (IBL) algorithms are a common choice among data driven algorithms for inflow forecasting. They are based on the similarity principle and prediction is made by the finite number of similar neighbors. In this sense, the similarity of a query instance is estimated according to the closeness of its feature vector with those...

Computational stall prevention using electromagnetic fields

The dangers of exceeding stall margin for an aircraft wing or its engine are severe. Stall occurs at high angles of incidence where separation occurs over control surfaces. Separation may be controlled using magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) techniques if the flow can be electrically charged. In this preliminary study, a flow solver was developed...