Engine thermal and lubricant systems have only recently been a serious focus in engine design and in general remain under passive control. The introduction of active control has shown benefits in fuel consumption during the engine warm-up period, however there is a lack of rigor…
This thesis investigates the use of micro-injection moulding (μIM), as a high-volume process, for producing three-dimensional, integrated microfluidic devices. It started with literature reviews that covered three topics: μIM of thermoplastic microfluidics, designing for three-d…
According to the economics concepts and principles, the construction projects represent the nucleus of civilizations. The construction projects play a big role to achieve development in economics; the major target of system management of construction projects is to determine the…
Issues surrounding traffic safety and mobility have been at the center of transportation research for many years. Much effort has been made to identify the problematic road features and develop countermeasures to mitigate the crash risk in crash-prone locations. With the emergin…
This research proposes a novel framework to control the stencil cleaning operation in the stencil printing process (SPP) on a real-time basis. In a surface mount assembly (SMA) line, most of the soldering defects result from the SPP. Stencil cleaning is necessary to remove the a…
Advanced manufacturing techniques like additive manufacturing (AM) have poised themselves to revolutionize metal manufacturing. A wide range of AM techniques are capable of manufacturing metal components with unique, complex geometries and hastening the scientific-engineering-de…