Science Library Blog
April 16, 2008
New Mechanical Engineering Science Publications by BU Researchers
Design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of a flap valve IPMC micropump with a flexibly supported diaphragm
Authors: Nguyen, Thanh Tung; Goo, Nam Seo; Nguyen, Vinh Khanh; Yoo, Youngtai; Park, Seungbae
Source: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL 141 (2): 640-648 FEB 15 2008
Effect of oxidation on indium solderability
Authors:Kim, Jongman; Schoeller, Harry; Cho, Junghyun; Park, Seungbae
Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 37 (4): 483-489 APR 2008
Posted by jdixon at 10:14 AM
March 20, 2008
New Mechanical Engineering Science Publications by BU Researchers
Influence of viscosity on the reflection and transmission of an acoustic wave by a periodic array of screens: The general 3-D problem
Authors: Homentcovschi, Dorel; Miles, Ronald N.
Source: WAVE MOTION 45 (3): 191-206 JAN 2008
Posted by jdixon at 01:40 PM
February 13, 2008
New Mechanical Engineering Science Publications by BU Researchers
Heat conduction in multilayered rectangular domains
Authors: Geer, James; Desai, Arland; Sammakia, Bahgat
Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING 129 (4): 440-451 DEC 2007
Posted by jdixon at 04:01 PM
January 21, 2008
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU researchers
Prediction of cold aisle end airflow boundary conditions using regression modeling
Shrivastava, Saurabh K.; VanGilder, James W.; Sammakia, Bahgat G.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES 30 (4): 866-874 DEC 2007
Posted by jdixon at 12:03 PM
December 21, 2007
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU researchers
Acceleration or retardation to crystallization if liquid-liquid phase separation occurs: Studies on a polyolefin blend by SAXS/WAXD, DSC and TEM
Niu, Yanhua; Wang, Zhigang; Orta, Carlos Avila; Xu, Donghua; Wang, Howard; Shimizu, Katsumi; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Han, Charles C.
POLYMER 48 (22): 6668-6680 OCT 19 2007
Thermal management of biomaterials in a rectangular cavity surrounded by a phase change material
Shrivastava, Saurabh K.; Sammakia, Bahgat G.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCED PACKAGING 30 (4): 741-751 NOV 2007
Posted by jdixon at 12:11 PM
November 20, 2007
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU researchers
Neuro-genetic optimization of temperature control for a continuous flow polymerase chain reaction microdevice
Lee, Hing Wah; Arunasalam, Parthiban; Laratta, William P.; Seetharamu, Kankanhalli N.; Azid, Ishak A.
JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 129 (4): 540-547 AUG 2007
Polymer immiscibility enhanced by thermal fluctuations toward crystalline order
Ma, Yu; Hu, Wenbing; Wang, Howard
PHYSICAL REVIEW E 76 (3): Art. No. 031801 Part 1, SEP 2007
Posted by jdixon at 10:36 AM
September 25, 2007
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU Researchers
Characterization of the performance of capacitive switches activated by mechanical shock
Younis, Mohammad I.; Alsaleem, Fadi M.; Miles, Ronald; Su, Quang
JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING 17 (7): 1360-1370 JUL 2007
Neuro-genetic optimization of temperature control for a continuous flow polymerase chain reaction microdevice
Lee, Hing Wah; Arunasalarn, Parthiban; Laratta, William P.; Seetharamu, Kankanhalli N.; Azid, Ishak A.
JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 129 (4): 540-547 AUG 2007
Interplay of crystallization and liquid-liquid phase separation in polyolefin blends: A thermal history dependence study
Shimizu, Katsumi; Wang, Howard; Matsuba, Go; Wang, Zhigang; Kim, Hongdoo; Peng, Weiqun; Han, Charles C.
POLYMER 48 (14): 4226-4234 JUN 29 2007
Posted by ebrown at 08:04 AM
August 10, 2007
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU Researchers
Uniform asymptotic solutions for lamellar inhomogeneities in plane elasticity (vol 48, pg 153, 2000)
Homentcovschi, Dorel; Dascalu, Cristian
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS 55 (4): 879-880 APR 2007
Measurement of deformations in SnAgCu solder interconnects under in situ thermal loading
Park, Seungbae; Dhakal, Ramji; Lehman, Lawrence; Cotts, Eric
ACTA MATERIALIA 55 (9): 3253-3260 MAY 2007
Posted by ebrown at 10:50 AM
June 13, 2007
New Mechanical Engineering and Physics Publications by BU Researchers
Magnetic ordering of CoCl2-GIC, a spin ceramic: hierarchical successive transitions and the intermediate glassy phase
Suzuki, Masatsugu; Suzuki, Itsuko S.; Matsuura, Motohiro
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 19 (14): Art. No. 145238 APR 11 2007
Grain deformation and strain in board level SnAgCu solder interconnects under deep thermal cycling
Park, Seungbae; Dhakal, Ramji; Lehman, Lawrence; Cotts, Eric J.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES 30 (1): 178-185 MAR 2007
Posted by ebrown at 04:00 PM
March 14, 2007
Recent Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU Researchers
Effects of phase change of Pb-free flip-chip solders during board-level interconnect reflow
Chung, Soonwan; Tang, Zhenming; Park, Seungbae
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCED PACKAGING 30 (1): 38-43 FEB 2007
Adaptive finite element methodology for tumour angiogenesis modelling
Peterson, J. W.; Carey, G. F.; Knezevic, D. J.; Murray, B. T.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING 69 (6): 1212-1238 FEB 5 2007
Posted by ebrown at 10:11 AM
February 15, 2007
CINDAS Database now available
The Libraries is happy to announce that access to the CINDAS Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database is now available.
The database contains data on thermal, mechanical, electrical and physical properties of electronics packaging materials. Over 750 materials and over 15,000 data curves were developed under the sponsorship of the Semiconductor Research Corporation. Data is searchable by material group, material name, property group, property name and independent variables.
Posted by ebrown at 10:28 AM
February 13, 2007
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU Researchers
Dynamic pull-in phenomenon in MEMS resonators
Nayfeh, Ali H.; Younis, Mohammad I.; Abdel-Rahman, Eihab M.
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS 48 (1-2): 153-163 APR 2007
Optimization of data center room layout to minimize rack inlet air temperature
Bhopte, Siddharth; Agonafer, Dereje; Schmidt, Roger; Sammakia, Bahgat
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING 128 (4): 380-387 DEC 2006
Experimental and numerical investigation of the reliability of double-sided area array assemblies
Chaparala, S.; Pitarresi, J. M.; Parupalli, S.; Mandepudi, S.; Meilunas, M.
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING 128 (4): 441-448 DEC 2006
A method for two-dimensional characterization of animal vibrational signals transmitted along plant stems
McNett, Gabriel D.; Miles, Ronald N.; Homenteovschi, Dorel; Cocroft, Reginald B.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 192 (12): 1245-1251 DEC 2006
Posted by ebrown at 08:46 AM
February 12, 2007
American Insititute of Physics Journal Archives Available
The Libraries is happy to announce that AIP journals with backfiles owned by the Libraries are now available back to volume 1 online:
Journal of Chemical Physics (1933-2007)
Applied Physics Letters (1962-2007)
Journal of Applied Physics (1931-2007)
Journal of Mathematical Physics (1960-2007)
Physics of Fluids (1958-2007)
Review of Scientific Instruments (1930-2007)
This coverage is in addition to archived volumes of journals available from the American Physical Society, Institute of Physics, and American Chemical Society.
Posted by ebrown at 01:50 PM
January 12, 2007
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU Researchers
Evaluation of die stress in MEMS packaging: Experimental and theoretical approaches
Walwadkar, Satyajit S.; Cho, Junghyun
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES 29 (4): 735-742 DEC 2006
Model of shear viscosity for underfill flows
Yang, R.; Sun, D. C.; Park, Seungbae
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 35 (11): 2016-2025 NOV 2006
Effect of settlement on dense slurry flow in a horizontal channel
Yang, R.; Sun, D. C.; Park, Seungbae
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 35 (11): 2026-2034 NOV 2006
Posted by ebrown at 10:38 AM
December 15, 2006
New Mechanical Engineering Publication by BU Researchers
Investigation of the response of microstructures under the combined effect of mechanical shock and electrostatic forces
Younis, Mohammad I.; Miles, Ronald; Jordy, Daniel
JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING 16 (11): 2463-2474 NOV 2006
Posted by ebrown at 12:55 PM
October 25, 2006
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU Researchers
A biomimetic approach to the deposition of ZrO2 films on self-assembled nanoscale templates
Zhang, GN; Howe, JY; Coffey, DW; Blom, DA; Allard, LF; Cho, JY
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-BIOMIMETIC AND SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS 26 (8): 1344-1350 Sp. Iss. SI SEP 2006
Microfabrication of ultrahigh density wafer-level thin film compliant interconnects for through-silicon-via based chip stacks
Arunasalam, P; Ackler, HD; Sammakia, BG
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 24 (4): 1780-1784 JUL-AUG 2006
Dissolutive wetting in the Bi-Sn system
Yin, L; Murray, BT; Singler, TJ
ACTA MATERIALIA 54 (13): 3561-3574 AUG 2006
Posted by ebrown at 04:49 PM
May 02, 2006
New Mechanical Engineering Publications from BU Researchers
Models of steady heat conduction in multiple cylindrical domains
Desai, A; Geer, J; Sammakia, B
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING 128 (1): 10-17 MAR 2006
Posted by ebrown at 09:15 AM
March 21, 2006
Open Access journals available online from Hindawi Press
Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
Fulltext v1+ (2003+)
Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics
Fulltext (2006+)
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Fulltext (2004+)
International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Fulltext (2006+)
International Journal of Photoenergy
Fulltext v1-7 (1999-2005), (2006+)
International Journal of Rotating Machinery
Fulltext v1-10 (1994-2004), (2005+)
Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Fulltext v1-2 (2001-2002), (2003+)
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Fulltext v1-8 (1995-2002), (2003+)
Posted by ebrown at 03:40 PM
March 13, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
A two-dimensional model of a directional microphone: Calculation of the normal force and moment on the diaphragm
Homentcovschi, D; Aubrey, MJ; Miles, RN
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 119 (2): 756-768 FEB 2006
Viscous scattering of a pressure wave: Calculation of the fluid tractions on a biomimetic acoustic velocity sensor
Homentcovschi, D; Miles, RN
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 119 (2): 777-787 FEB 2006
Posted by ebrown at 02:47 PM
February 13, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
The development of a biologically-inspired directional microphone for hearing aids
Miles, RN; Hoy, RR
AUDIOLOGY AND NEURO-OTOLOGY 11 (2): 86-94 2006
Posted by ebrown at 01:14 PM
January 04, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
Dynamics of MEMS resonators under superharmonic and subharmonic excitations
Nayfeh, AH; Younis, MI
JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING, 15 (10): 1840-1847 OCT 2005
Posted by ebrown at 09:30 AM
September 23, 2005
New Publications by BU Researchers
Reduced-order models for MEMS applications
Nayfeh, AH; Younis, MI; Abdel-Rahman, EM
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, 41 (1-3): 211-236 AUG 2005
Effect of geometry and temperature cycle on the reliability of WLCSP solder joints
Chaparala, SC; Roggeman, BD; Pitarresi, JM; Sammakia, BG; Jackson, J; Griffin, G; McHugh, T
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES, 28 (3): 441-448 SEP 2005
Posted by ebrown at 09:14 AM