While ceramics are important materials for electronic and microsystem packaging, they are difficult to pattern lithographically. LEEDUS, a fabrication process combining lithography, electroplating, batch mode micro electro-discharge machining (µEDM) and batch mode micro ultrasonic machining (µUSM), is presented in this paper. This technology provides die-scale pattern transfer capability from l...

A high vacuum and temperature compatible viewing dump, made of MACOR, was designed installed in TCV for Vertical ECE experiments the 75–110 GHz frequency range. Measurements dump prior to installation tokamak showed more than 99% absorption incoming radiation. The has remained in-vessel 7 years, protected from direct plasma exposure by carbon tiles. However it still been exposed boron depositio...

The basic idea o f our anticipatory approach t o perception is t o avoid the common separation o f perception and generation o f behavior and t o fuse both aspects in to a consistent neural process. Our approach is based on the prediction o f the consequences o f hypothetically executed actions. In this sense, perception o f space and shape is assumed t o be a generative process o f anticipatin...

The failure criterion of Leguillon at reentrant corners in brittle elastic materials (Leguillon 2002, Eur J Mech A/Solids 21: 61–72; Leguillon et al. (2003), Eur J Mech A—Solids 22(4): 509–524) validated in (Yosibash et al. 2004, Int J Fract 125(3–4): 307–333) for mode I loading is being extended to mixed mode loading and is being validated by experimental observations. We present an explicit d...

Sherman, Erica, "Fluid dynamic factors as a cause and effect of biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms" (2016). Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are able to form biofilms and distinctive tower structures that facilitate their ability to tolerate treatment and to spread within the human body. The formation of towers, which break off, get carried downstream and serve to initiate biofil...

Ultra-precision grinding using super abrasives such as diamond and Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) is ideally suited to the production of artefacts in hard or brittle materials such as ceramics or hard metals. These materials are well suited to the production of moulds. Conventional ultra-precision machining techniques such as diamond turning or micro milling are of limited use in the production of t...