A class of cyclic balanced designs with ten test-hills is introduced; these designs can be repeated cyclically any number of times up to the requirement of the experimenter and subject to the availability of experimental material. The designs are balanced with respect to first order nearest neighbours and there are 26 isomorphism classes of such designs. The designs are suitable for de Wit repl...

We present energy and carbon balances and cost estimates based on detailed Aspen Plus process simulations for five plant designs to co-produce dimethyl ether (DME) and electricity from coal. Four of the designs include capture of CO2 for long-term underground storage. We also illustrate the potential DME offers for reducing emissions by facilitating a shift to more energy-efficient vehicles.

The increasing complexity of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) found in a variety of domains, and the unforeseen fluctuations in operating conditions caused by the open nature of these systems makes it significantly challenging to appropriately configure and adapt the operating parameters of CPS to ensure reliability and desired quality-of-service (QoS). Material handling and packaging is one such d...

This paper summarizes a study of the implications of a technology-neutral regulation for advanced nuclear power plant designs and proposes a predominately rationalist approach to future nuclear plant regulations. The current body of regulations has been developed and evolved over the past 50 years with consideration of the knowledge and incidents experienced from operation of the Light Water Re...

I present an Hipparcos color-magnitude diagram (CMD) that is color-coded by transverse velocity v ⊥. This illustrates the connection between the photomet-ric and kinematic properties of various stellar populations in a manner that is particularly suitable to introductory astronomy courses.

Future space systems will require high robustness of the control system as well as high performance because of their two major features: lightly damped structural dynamics; and nonlinear inertia properties induced by the large motion of articulating sensor heads and antennas. Effective robust control design techniques are needed to satisfy the performance requirements of future space systems in...