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Modified capillary number to standardize droplet generation in suction-driven microfluidics

In droplet microfluidic devices with suction-based flow control, the microchannel geometry and suction pressure at the outlet govern the dynamic properties of the two phases that influence the droplet generation. Therefore, it is critical to understand the ...

Springer Heidelberg2024

Strategy to systematically design and deploy the ITER plasma control system: A system engineering and model-based design approach

Richard Pitts, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Federico Pesamosca, Anna Ngoc Minh Trang Vu

The paper details the process of developing the ITER Plasma Control System (PCS), that is, how to design and deploy it systematically, in the most efficient and effective manner. The integrated nature of the ITER PCS, with its multitude of coupled control ...

Elsevier Science Sa2024

Dynamical simulation via quantum machine learning with provable generalization

Zoë Holmes

Much attention has been paid to dynamical simulation and quantum machine learning (QML) independently as applications for quantum advantage, while the possibility of using QML to enhance dynamical simulations has not been thoroughly investigated. Here we d ...

Amer Physical Soc2024

An aircraft assembly process formalism and verification method based on semantic modeling and MBSE

Dimitrios Kyritsis, Jinzhi Lu, Xiaochen Zheng

The aircraft assembly system is highly complex involving different stakeholders from multiple domains. The design of such a system requires comprehensive consideration of various industrial scenarios aiming to optimize key performance indicators. Tradition ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2024

Chat2Code: A Chatbot for Model Specification and Code Generation, The Case of Smart Contracts

Shailesh Mishra

The potential of automatic code generation through Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) frameworks has yet to be realized. Beyond their ability to help software professionals write more accurate, reusable code, MDE frameworks could make programming accessible fo ...

Ieee Computer Soc2023

Lessons Learned from Data-Driven Building Control Experiments: Contrasting Gaussian Process-based MPC, Bilevel DeePC, and Deep Reinforcement Learning

Colin Neil Jones, Yingzhao Lian, Emilio Maddalena, Loris Di Natale, Jicheng Shi

This manuscript offers the perspective of experimentalists on a number of modern data-driven techniques: model predictive control relying on Gaussian processes, adaptive data-driven control based on behavioral theory, and deep reinforcement learning. These ...

2023

Studies on EU-DEMO 3D coils requirements and conceptual design for error field correction and plasma control

Pierluigi Bruzzone

This work presents the initial studies on the requirements for the design of 3D coils on EU-DEMO. The use of 3D coils in present machines includes two main purposes: the first one is the Error Field Correction (EFC). The EFC aims at minimizing the intrinsi ...

Elsevier Science Sa2023

Modeling high-entropy transition metal alloys with alchemical compression

Michele Ceriotti, Sandip De, Guillaume André Jean Fraux, Nataliya Lopanitsyna

Alloys composed of several elements in roughly equimolar composition, often referred to as high-entropy alloys, have long been of interest for their thermodynamics and peculiar mechanical properties, and more recently for their potential application in cat ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2023

Monitoring of Protein and pH Levels in Human Biofluids using FD-SOI Silicon Nanowire Arrays

Luca Capua

Medical research and technological advancements are heading towards tailored healthcare approaches that prioritize individual needs, allowing for more accurate diagnoses, more effective treatments, and better patient outcomes overall. One such approach is ...

EPFL2023

Plasma-Assisted Hybrid Vapour Deposition Technology for Thin Film Fabrication

Caroline Hain

Continuous development of thin film deposition technologies is essential for the fabrication of films that meet the specific requirements of their target applications and working conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the number of accessible a ...

EPFL2023

Human Interactive Robotic Surfaces for Physical Immersion

Fabio Zuliani

Computers have long been augmenting human capabilities and communication, and with emerging technologies, physical immersion in virtual worlds is now attainable. These advancements push the boundaries of human potential, allowing designers, architects, eng ...

EPFL2023

A Network Calculus Analysis of Asynchronous Mechanisms in Time-Sensitive Networks

Ehsan Mohammadpour

Time-sensitive networks provide worst-case guarantees for applications in domains such as the automobile, automation, avionics, and the space industries. A violation of these guarantees can cause considerable financial loss and serious damage to human live ...

EPFL2023

A semantic-driven tradespace framework to accelerate aircraft manufacturing system design

Dimitrios Kyritsis, Jinzhi Lu, Xiaochen Zheng

During the design phase of an aircraft manufacturing system, different industrial scenarios need to be evaluated according to key performance indicators to achieve the optimal system performance. It is a highly complex process involving multidisciplinary s ...

SPRINGER2022

A Theory of Value for Service Ecosystems

Blagovesta Hristova Kostova

In this thesis, we present a theory of value for the design and analysis of service ecosystems. The theory is based on general systems thinking. The concept of a system is used for relating knowledge from different disciplines (such as software engineering ...

EPFL2022

Synthesis of Novel Integrated Actuators Powered by Shape Memory Alloys

Sean Thomas

In the modern age of miniaturisation, Smart Materials, a type of material that reacts mechanically to a certain stimulus, have become an integral part of this revolution. Among these materials, Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), which have the highest volumetric ...

EPFL2022

Spinon-like excitations in spin-1/2 quantum antiferromagnets

Irina Safiulina

Quantum magnetism remains a hot topic in condensed matter physics due to its complexity and possible powerful and significant applications in data storage and memory. To understand how the materials can achieve these goals, one should have a clear idea abo ...

EPFL2022

Leveraging topology, geometry, and symmetries for efficient Machine Learning

Michaël Defferrard

When learning from data, leveraging the symmetries of the domain the data lies on is a principled way to combat the curse of dimensionality: it constrains the set of functions to learn from. It is more data efficient than augmentation and gives a generaliz ...

EPFL2022

Intergrade Joints for Nb3Sn cables of high magnetic field magnets

Vincenzo D'Auria

The objective of this thesis is the development of high-field and high-current joints between Nb3Sn cables for superconducting coils. The main fields of application are high energy physics (HEP) and thermonuclear fusion. In this thesis, the focus is on Win ...

EPFL2022

Model-based Systems Engineering Papers Analysis based on Word Cloud Visualization

Dimitrios Kyritsis, Jinzhi Lu

With the continuous improvement of system scale and complexity, model-based system engineering (MBSE) is of great importance in the practice of system engineering (SE). MBSE has been widely concerned in industry, especially in the field of complex equipmen ...

IEEE2022

Simulation Tool : Resources Management in High Performance Avionic for ADR Missions

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Michaël Yannick Juillard

This paper describes the second iteration in the development of a simulation tool that provides trade-offs of avionic architectures for future Active Debris Removal (ADR) space missions. ...

IEEE2021