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G.J.Nie, Z. Zhong, R.C. Batra, Material tai-
loring for reducing stress concentration factor
at a circular hole in a functionally graded
material panel, Composite Structures.
G. Gopinath, R.C. Batra, A common frame-
work for three micromechanics approaches
to analyze elasto-plastic deformations of
fiber-reinforced composites, International
Journal of Mechanical Sciences.
R.C. Batra, G.J. Nie, Torsional deformations
and material tailoring of orthotropic bi-direc-
tional FGM hollow truncated conical cylin-
ders with curved lateral surfaces, International
Journal of Engineering Science.
Y.Q. Zhao, Y. Zhou, Z.M. Huang, R.C.
Batra, Experimental and micromechanical
investigation of T300/7901 Unidirectional
Composite Strength, Polymer Composites.
Ben-Tzvi presentations
Associate Professor Pinhas
Ben-Tzvi recently served as
Symposium Co-Chair for the
Mobile Robotics Symposium as
part of the 42nd Mechanisms
and Robotics Conference at the 2018 ASME
International Design Engineering Technical
Conferences in Quebec City. He was also a
technical session chair and a technical ses-
sion co-chair, and served as a judge for the
Mechanisms and Robotics Student Design
Competition.
Ben-Tzvi and his graduate students pub-
lished and presented four peer-reviewed
conference papers at IDETC/CIE:
• Refour, E., Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P.,
“Design and implementation of an exoskele-
ton glove for infant medical rehabilitation”
• Sohal, S.S., Saab, W., Ben-Tzvi, P., “Im-
proved alignment estimation for autonomous
docking of mobile robots”
• Liu, Y., Ben-Tzvi, P., “Dynamic modeling
of a quadruped with a robotic tail using virtual
work principle”
• Sebastian, B., Williams, A., Ben-Tzvi, P.,
“Gaussian kernel controller for path tracking
in mobile robots”
Ben-Tzvi
DREAMS lab gets new 3D printer
The Design, Research, and Education for Additive Man-
ufacturing Systems, or DREAMS, Lab took delivery of a
Innovent+ 3D printer by Exone. The latest model printer
is capable of processing very fine powders of around five
microns, with small binder drops of 10 picoliters. The
system can process metals, ceramics, and pharmaceuticals
and print parts with complex geometries at high resolu-
tion. The research team will use the new equipment to
explore new materials such as metal and ceramic powders
and nanoparticle inks, and conduct research into how
droplet and powder size effect the quality of product
microstructure, and overall product quality.
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