A change in human development patterns is needed, including mankind’s environmental, economic, and social behavior. Engineering methods and practices have a substantial impact on the way to sustainable development. An overview of the guiding pr...
Nowadays, heterogeneous photocatalysis for water treatment and hydrogen production are topics gaining interest for scientists and developers from different areas, such as environmental technology and material science. Most of the efforts and resource...
Genetic engineering is the use of molecular biology technology to modify DNA sequence(s) in genomes, using a variety of approaches. For example, homologous recombination can be used to target specific sequences in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell genom...
Good transportation systems are pre-requisites to economic development. Empirically developed, archaic test methods are traditionally used for materials classification used in road construction. This system normally classifies naturally available mat...
The simulation of a complete manufacturing process to produce an aero engine case, including forging, rolling, and machining processes, is analyzed via finite element software. The deformation of the turning and drilling processes is quantitatively s...
The on-board sensor fault detection and isolation (FDI) system is essential to guarantee the reliability and safety of an aero engine. In this paper, a novel online sequential extreme learning machine with memory principle (MOS-ELM) is proposed for d...
Protein engineering has emerged as a transformative field in industrial biotechnology, enabling the optimization of enzymes to meet stringent industrial demands for stability, specificity, and efficiency. This review explores the principles and metho...
While innovation from the systems engineer is desirable at every step in all phases of systems engineering, there must be a methodology to evaluate alternatives. A formal methodology, complete with verification and validation of the results, was deve...
In the past few decades, we have witnessed tremendous advancements in biology, life sciences and healthcare. These advancements are due in no small part to the big data made available by various high-throughput technologies, the ever-advancing comput...
Water electrolysis is a key technology for renewable hydrogen production, yet its efficiency and durability remain constrained by the multistep kinetics of the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions and by catalyst degradation under operating condit...
X-ray crystallography remains the gold standard for high-resolution structural biology, yet obtaining diffraction-quality crystals continues to pose a major bottleneck due to inherently low success rates. This review advocates a paradigm shift from p...
The rising popularity of sports practiced without adequate preparation has increased the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, particularly among young individuals. Because the ACL has a very limited intrinsic healing capacity, surg...
Ensuring the structural safety of components or facilities is essential for the smooth operation of industrial production and transportation. As a key index to evaluate structural health, the crack depth detection method has evolved from the early si...
In light of Industry 5.0’s emphasis on human-centric approaches, future engineering education should prioritise the development of soft skills to complement students’ digital and technological competencies. This paper investigates the in-...
Aircraft are considered to be today one of the most impressive engineering marvels of mankind ever made. While servicing commercial and/or private air transport, milestones of state-of art-technology are being achieved one after another, regularly, o...
To study the effect of strain engineering on the thermoelectric properties of SnSe, we combined first-principles calculation and Boltzmann transport theory to study the effect of −4% to 4% strain on SnSe thermoelectric properties. Compressive s...
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have emerged as versatile antiviral nanoplatforms because their size, morphology, plasmonic properties, and surface chemistry can be precisely engineered. In this review, we summarize the core design principles of antiviral...
16 September 2026
Magnetic cell assembly has emerged as a powerful biofabrication strategy that uses externally applied magnetic fields to manipulate and organize living cells with spatial control, enabling the fabrication of scaffold-free multicellular constructs whi...
Healthcare delivery systems operate as complex socio-technical Systems-of-Systems (SoS), where autonomous entities—hospitals, insurers, laboratories, and technology vendors—must coordinate to achieve collective outcomes that exceed indivi...
This paper describes a laboratory set-up designed to support hands-on learning of heat transfer principles in aerospace engineering education. Developed within the framework of experiential and project-based learning, the set-up enables students to e...
In this study, we explored how constructionism theory principles were integrated across six engineering academic making spaces to support student learning outcomes. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted a thematic analysis of semi-structured fac...
The paper compares the effectiveness of in-person and virtual engineering laboratory sessions. The in-person and virtual laboratory sessions reported here comprise six experiments combined with short tutorials. The virtual lab combined enquiry-based...
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attracted growing interest as drug delivery platforms owing to their ordered porosity, tunable pore architecture, and versatile chemical functionality. Favorable physicochemical characteristics alone, however,...
As technology advances, the field of electrical and computer engineering continuously demands the introduction of innovative new tools and methodologies to facilitate the effective learning and comprehension of fundamental concepts. This research add...
12 January 2021
Despite all efforts and massive investments, the restoration of mangroves has not always been successful. One critical reason for this failure is the vulnerability of young mangroves, which cannot grow because of hydrodynamic disturbances in the shal...
A redefinition of key notions in econophysics based on the Landauer principle is proposed. Marginal economic temperature is defined via the economic Landauer principle and is proportional to the minimal monetary cost associated with erasing or transm...
Catalytic nanozymes have emerged as a versatile class of engineered nanomaterials that combine enzyme-like catalytic activity with exceptional physicochemical stability, tunable composition, and scalable fabrication, offering significant advantages o...
The determination of the probability distribution function (PDF) of uncertain input and model parameters in engineering application codes is an issue of importance for uncertainty quantification methods. One of the approaches that can be used for the...
Safety is of paramount concern in aerospace and aviation. Safety has evolved over the years, from the technical era to the human-factors era and organizational era, and finally to the present era of systems-thinking. Building upon three foundational...
The informational re-interpretation of the basic laws of the mechanics exploiting the Landauer principle is suggested. When a physical body is in rest or it moves rectilinearly with the constant speed, zero information is transferred; thus, the infor...
Optimizing thermoelectric (TE) performance in two-dimensional materials has emerged as a pivotal strategy for sustainable energy conversion. This study systematically investigates the regulatory mechanisms of uniaxial strain (−2% to +2%), tempe...
Educating students to understand the dynamics of complex systems and acting with responsibility and equality in their professional/private life is pivotal. Implementing social changes in higher engineering education institutions is a challenge. This...
The current industrial facility market necessitates the digitization of both production and infrastructure to ensure compatibility. This digitization is presently accomplished using Building Information Modeling and digital twin technologies, as well...
Energy harvesting has been identified as a key enabling technology for the Internet of Things as it allows a battery-less functioning of electronic devices. While the use of ambient sources of energy is commonly seen as sustainable due to their renew...
Patients affected by long-segment tracheal defects or stenoses represent an unsolved surgical issue, since they cannot be treated with the conventional surgery of tracheal resection and consequent anastomosis. Hence, different strategies for tracheal...
The physical roots, interpretation, controversies, and precise meaning of the Landauer principle are surveyed. The Landauer principle is a physical principle defining the lower theoretical limit of energy consumption necessary for computation. It sta...
Mn-based layered oxide cathodes are pivotal for advancing sodium-ion batteries, yet their practical deployment is hindered by structural instability and complex phase transformations during cycling. This review provides a systematic overview of recen...
We present a modified version of the Szilard engine, demonstrating that an explicit measurement procedure is entirely unnecessary for its operation. By considering our modified engine, we are able to provide a new interpretation of Landauer’s o...
Sustainable Development Goal 6.4 aims to improve water-use efficiency and reduce water scarcity, yet its implementation is hampered by ambiguities in definitions, limitations in metrics, and misalignments between global indicators and local realities...
This scientific article discusses the process of digital transformation of enterprises, analyzed as complex technical systems. Digital transformation is essential for businesses to remain competitive in the global marketplace. One of the effective to...
A electroelastic engine with a longitudinal piezoeffect is widely used in nanotechnology for nanomanipulators, laser systems, nanopumps, and scanning microscopy. For these nanomechatronics systems, the transition between individual positions of the s...
Lean philosophy introduces a new approach for maximizing value while minimizing waste, facilitating sustainable practices at the same time. Companies have become aware of these improvements and are demanding students well formed in Lean concepts. How...
Engine fault diagnosis aims to assist engineers in undertaking vehicle maintenance in an efficient manner. This paper presents an automatic model and hyperparameter selection scheme for engine combustion fault classification, using acoustic signals c...
The amount of software engineering data is constantly growing, as more and more developers employ online services to store their code, keep track of bugs, or even discuss issues. The data residing in these services can be mined to address different r...
With plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), the catalyst temperature is below the light-off temperature due to reduced engine load, extended engine off period, and frequent engine on/off shifting. The conversion efficiency of a three-way catalyst...
Digital twins (DTs) are gradually employed in the maritime industry to represent the physical systems and generate datasets, among others. However, the trustworthiness of both the digital twins and datasets must be assured. This study aims at develop...
Many building structures in the southwest of China are constructed on slopes due to its mountainous terrain characteristics. Therefore, it is crucial to accurately study the stability of slopes and building structures during the construction and oper...
A two-dimensional (2D) polar monolayer with a polarization electric field can be used as a potential photocatalyst. In this work, first principle calculations were used to investigate the stability and photocatalytic properties of 2D polar monolayer...
To assess multi-energy complementarity and commercial development status in thermodynamic energy storage systems, this review systematically examines compressed air energy storage (CAES), compressed CO2 energy storage (CCES), and Carnot battery (CB),...
The development of aluminum anodization technology features many stages. With the story stretching for almost a century, rather straightforward—from current perspective—technology, raised into an iconic nanofabrication technique. The intrinsic proper...
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