The popularity of research on intelligent multimedia services and applications is motivated by the high demand of the convenient access and distribution of pervasive multimedia data. Facing with abundant multimedia resources but inefficient and rather old-fashioned keyword-based retrieval approaches, Intelligent Multimedia Systems (IMS) demand on (i) effective filtering algorithms for storage s...

Mobile IPv6 enables mobile node to roam transparently in any network. It shows good performance for macro mobility but it is not proper for supporting micro mobility because of large latency. Accordingly, IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) mobileip WG(Working Group) suggests Fast Handover Protocol and HMIPv6(Hierarchical Mobile IPv6) for micro mobility management. However, HMIPv6 has some p...

This paper aims at developing a force-guided microassembly technology with in-situ flexible polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) beam force sensing and hybrid force/position control based on an infinite dimensional model of the flexible sensor structure. Besides the designed 1-D PVDF cantilever based microforce sensor, as the soft sensor structure itself is installed at the free end of micromanipulat...

This paper reports on our research in developing a micro power generation system based on gas turbine engine and piezoelectric converter. The micro gas turbine engine consists of a micro combustor, a turbine and a centrifugal compressor. Comprehensive simulation has been implemented to optimal the component design. We have successfully demonstrated a silicon-based micro combustor, which consist...

Micro assembly involves the assembly of micronsized devices. Given the complexity of this domain, the role of virtual environments becomes important as they provide a basis to propose and compare assembly alternatives virtually prior to physical assembly. This paper proposes an integrated approach which includes the use of virtual reality-based assembly environments that interface with physical...

In this communication, we describe a novel methodology for single bacterial detection based on micro-channel gating and involving the use of microelectrodes in a micro-channel for detection of target cell capture. The sensors designed have been shown to be capable of electrical detection of the target cells at the single cell level.

Micro-channels are made over the Ag+/Na+ ion-exchanged soda-lime glass surface by interaction of an intense Ar+ laser beam and the silver ions inside the glass matrix. The Ar+ laser beam reduces the Ag+ ions inside the matrix. The Ag+ atoms aggregate into silver nano-clusters around the interaction area, inside the glass matrix. Aggregation of the silver atoms and the thermal effects of the int...

This study explores the single-phase cooling performance of a hybrid cooling module in which a series of micro-jets deposit coolant into each channel of a micro-channel heat sink. This creates symmetrical flow in each micro-channel, and the coolant is expelled through both ends of the micro-channel. Three micro-jet patterns are examined, decreasing-jet-size (relative to center of channel), equa...

A scheme for detection of abnormality in molecular nano-networks is proposed. This is motivated by the fact that early diagnosis, classification and detection of diseases such as cancer play a crucial role in their successful treatment. The proposed nano-abnormality detection scheme (NADS) comprises of a two-tier network of sensor nano-machines (SNMs) in the first tier and a data gathering node...

This study explores hydrodynamic instability and pressure drop in a water-cooled two-phase micro-channel heat sink containing 21 parallel 231 713 lm micro-channels. Two types of two-phase hydrodynamic instability were identified: severe pressure drop oscillation and mild parallel channel instability. It is shown the severe pressure drop oscillation, which can trigger pre-mature critical heat fl...