An account is given of the interactions between clay minerals and organic polymers with particular reference to their applications in agriculture, foundation engineering and industry.

In highway and railway foundation projects, the mechanical properties of materials are one main indicators construction process control. The elastic modulus directly affects road surface deflection must be tested. falling ball test method K30 plate load widely used in engineering, order to explore relationship between two methods guide engineering application, applied homogeneous (homogeneous f...

UML and SDL both have their own merits and form a strong alliance when combined in one methodology. In this paper we describe three scenarios for combining UML and SDL: Forward Engineering, Reverse Engineering and Round-Trip Engineering. The foundation that makes these scenarios possible is a profound translation between UML & SDL'96 concepts. We also explain how the translation is adapted to i...

Current knowledge-based systems are limited because they have little or underlying knowledge of the physics of the problem. In addition, the knowledge structures in these KBS do not provide an adequate foundation for systems than can perform innovative engineering problem solving. In this paper, we present a layered knowledge representation framework (KREEPS) that is being developed at the Inte...

Convergence is an opportunity to determine the possibility to train students in social skills, assuming that our universities provide valuable training in specific technical and professional skills. This study presents the strategy followed in the Mines and Energy Engineering School of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM from its name in Spanish) to enhance social learning through a progr...

1 Qatar Foundation, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Doha, Qatar 2 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Bondy, France 3 Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 4 Valorhiz SAS, Parc Scientifique Agropolis II Bat 6, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France 5 Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, and Zachry Departme...

Milan M. Milošević,* Petar S. Matavulj, Pengyuan Y. Yang, Alvise Bagolini, and Goran Z. Mashanovich Advanced Technology Institute, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 73, 11120 Belgrade, Serbia B. Kessler Foundation for Research, Via Somm...

John P. Cunningham, Paul Nuyujukian, Vikash Gilja, Cindy A. Chestek, Stephen I. Ryu, and Krishna V. Shenoy Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Bioengineering, School of Medicine, Department of Computer Science, Neurosciences Program, Stanford University, Stan...