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Many vascular system problems stem from insufficient blood return flow to the heart. One of the main causes is a blockage within veins or arteries known as a blood clot, or thrombus. This can occur after trauma, surgery, or other phenomenological reasons. Each year in the U.S. m…

Traditional timber structures such as temples, traditional palace halls and estates that widely distributed in mainland China, Japan, Taiwan and various other regions of Asia are suffering from earthquakes. However, the research efforts have been scarcely seen on the techniques …

Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy materials such as Ni-Mn-Ga have attracted significant attention over the last few years. As actuators, these materials offer high bandwidth, large stroke, and high displacement resolutions. In this dissertation, the main interests are to model th…

Drop foot is a neuromuscular disorder causing a loss of use of the muscles that lift the foot. Drop foot can primarily be caused by stroke, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, or neurological trauma. The two major complications of drop foot are slapping of the foot after heel st…