The presence of counterfeit integrated circuits (commonly referred to as “ICs” or “chips”) in a supply chain, such as a military supply chain, can result in either a failure of a critical system or a compromise of the data on that system. These counterfeit chips may not be …

Hardware security in Integrated Circuit (IC) designs is of increasing importance in dealing with the insecure, expanding global supply chain of these parts. The ability to trace the origin of a die, combined with the capability to uniquely identify each die provides valuable quantitative measures …

Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Devices are vital for nearby smartphone applications to discover them. BLE has also been increasingly used by Internet of Things (IoT) devices in various areas such as transportation, healthcare, wearables, retail, and smart home…

The coming age of autonomous vehicles will require the development of many new technologies to keep the vehicle occupants safe even when no one is paying attention to the vehicle operation. At present, given the limited capabilities of autonomous vehicles, it is necessary for the driver to monitor…

As fuel efficiency standards for modern cars increase, manufacturers are adding more and more gears to their transmissions. The higher number of gears allows for greater gear spread, meaning engineers can add taller gears that allow engines to operate at lower, more fuel-efficient rpms. Despite…

Magnesium (Mg), the lightest structural metal, and its alloys, with their high specific strength and low density, are promising lightweight materials for industrial applications in automotive, aerospace, and electronic sectors. A 2019 report by Business Communications Company (BCC) Research highli…

Recent advances in biofabrication introduced by additive manufacturing/3D printing (AM/3DP) have significantly improved the overall architecture control in tissue engineered constructs. These constructs have a wide variety of important research and clinical applications including, but not limited …

The three essential characteristics of detectors are signal, noise, and speed. There are inherent trade-offs in these three figures of merit and various applications emphasize one or more characteristics. The primary limitation for infrared detectors and imagers is the limit on the achievable sign…

Systems that use different frequency bands for uplink and downlink communication often need feedback between the clients to exchange band-specific channel information. The current state-of-the-art approach predicts the downlink channel based on the uplink channel by identifying certain variables u…

Exhaled human breath is a combination of hundreds of gases including inorganic molecules such as NO, NH3 or CO, and volatile organic molecules such as acetone, ethane, and isoprene. Some of these gases are produced by the body as the result of physiological processes. Known as ‘biomarkers&rs…