Western Michigan University – TechConnect Briefs

Determining Elastic-Plastic Material Properties Using Instrumented Indentation Test and Finite Element Simulation

Promer D.R., Najafabadi Z.S., Kim J., Kujawski D., Western Michigan University, US

A new technique that can determine the elastic-plastic properties of metallic materials using the instrumented indentation test and finite element simulation is developed. This non-destructive technique can be applied to additively manufactured and/or surface treated [...]

Surface Modification and Characterization of Polylactic Acid (PLA) 3D printed structures for Cell culture applications.

Pokharna P., Ghantasala M., Rozhkova E., Western Michigan University, US

The main aim of this research is to understand the surface modification effects and improve the surface properties of 3D printed scaffolds that would be biocompatible and support the growth and proliferation of cells. Polylactic [...]

Numerical modeling of the effect of field configurations on the magnetic nanoparticle delivery

Ghantasala M.K., Ikonomov P., Rajh T., David A., Western Michigan University, US

Numerical modeling of the effect of field configurations on the magnetic nanoparticle delivery Muralidhar K. Ghantasala1, Pavel Ikonomov2, Tijana Rajh#, and Allen David* 1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,2 Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and [...]

Virtual Reality approach for nanoparticles tracking using simulated forces

Ikonomov P.G., Ghantasala M.K., Western Michigan University, US

In this paper we propose a VR approach to track the nanoparticle movement using simulated forces. As a first step in this direction we have considered the representation of the interaction between nanoparticles and Atomic [...]