Presentations

Hybrid Rocket System Presentation

Mechanical Engineering Senior Steven Dipani and Professor Dustin Birch recently represented Weber State at the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics Forum 2024 in Alexandria, Virginia. Steven presented at the student poster section on behalf of Dr. Birch’s research team currently working to develop a hybrid rocket system used to evaluate high-temperature materials. The high-temperature materials testbed is sponsored by the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ College of Engineering, Applied Science, and Technology as well as the Miller Advanced Research & Solutions (MARS) center. Aerospace vehicles that fly at hypersonic velocities (Mach Numbers greater than 5) experience very hot air temperatures around the vehicle due to atmospheric friction. These high temperatures require advanced materials to allow the vehicle to survive in that extreme environment. This important research is working to bring these advanced material systems to operational maturity.

 

Dr. Bharath Babu Nunna

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (ASME IMECE-2022).
October 30th – November 3rd, 2022, Columbus, OH.

  1. Highly Efficient Rapid Self-Separation of Blood Plasma from Whole Blood Using 3D Printed Nano-Structured Surface Engineering in Microfluidic Platforms. (IMECE2022-100196). 
  2. Influence of Hematocrit on the Capillary Blood Flow in PDMS and PMMA Microchannels. (IMECE2022-99917). 
  3. Determination of the Threshold of Residue Hematocrit in Separated Blood Plasma Using Capacitance Measurements with Interdigitated Electrodes for Robust Biomarker Detection. (IMECE2022-99987). 
  4. Enhanced Effect of Dean Vortex to Separate Blood Plasma During Capillary Flow in the Spiral Microchannel for Point-of-Care (POC) Applications. (IMECE2022-99670). 
  5. Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) on the Graphene-Based Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR). (IMECE2022-100024).
  6. Removal of Impurities from Nitrogen-Doped/ Metal Organic Framework Graphene (N-G/ MOF) Electrocatalyst for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems. (IMECE2022-100034).