Section 355 Intellectual Properties (IP) Inventory

 

2023

December 2023

New Technology Reports (NTR)

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, and M. Badescu, “Induction Sources and Solar Concentrators (ISSC) of efficient heating in planetary bodies without atmosphere”, New Technology Report (NTR) No. 52945, submitted on December 12, 2023

·         H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, B. Hockman, and S. Howell, “Ice Acoustic Transducers for Long Distance Communication”, New Technology Report (NTR) No. 52971, submitted on December 19, 2023. 

 

Organizing Committee Members

Dr. Yosi Bar-Cohen served as a member of the Organizing Committee of the 5th International Conference on Materials Science, Engineering & Technology 2023 that will be held in Singapore from Dec. 13 to 15, 2023 https://msiconference.com/singapore-2023/speakers-and-committee/

 

November 2023

Seminar Presentations

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Biologically Inspired Robots as Artificial Inspectors”, presentation to the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Pacific Northwest Section monthly meeting, Renton, Washington, held via Zoom on November 14, 2023.

 

October 2023

New Technology Reports (NTR)

Y. Bar-Cohen, L. J. Spilker, A. Altinok, M. Vaquero, and M. B. Quadrelli, “PRAXIS: Planetary Rings Autonomous EXploration with Imaging and Sampling”, New Technology Report (NTR) No. 51977, submitted on October 3, 2023

 

September 2023

Conferences Organization Committees

Y. Bar-Cohen served as a member of the Steering Committee of SENSORDEVICES 2023, The 14th International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications, that was held at Porto, Portugal, from September 25, 2023 to September 29, 2023 https://www.iaria.org/conferences2023/ComSENSORDEVICES23.html

 

August 2023

Registered Patents

S. Sherrit, X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, and H. J. Lee, “Dual Frequency Ultrasonic and Sonic Actuator with Constrained Impact Mass”, US Patent No. 11,712,717 B2, registered on Aug. 1, 2023.

 

July 2023

Plenary presentations

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Humanlike Robots as Artificial Inspectors - The Science Fiction and Engineering Reality”, Plenary paper presented at the 50th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Symposium that was held at Austin, TX on July 24 to 27, 2023.

 

June 2023

New Technology Reports (NTR)

L. Giersch, "Petunia Drag Skirt", New Technology Report (NTR) No. 52762, submit on June 7, 2023.

 

May 2023

Conference presentations

J. Cutts, S. Krishnamoorthy, A. Komjathy, M. Pauken, J. Jackson, J. Wilding, D. Bowman, P. K. Byrne, R. Garcia, D. Mimoun, P. Lognonné, T. Satoh, L. Martire, J. Izraelevitz, C. Aiazzi, L. Sabbeth, S. Smrekar, M. Panning , Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, S. Weinstein-Weiss, “Infrasound investigations of Venus’ Interior from Balloons and from Orbit”, presentation at the Advancing the Science of Venus in the Golden Age of Exploration Session of the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2023, “Advancing the Science of Venus in the Golden Age of Exploration”, held on May 21-26, 2023, at Chiba, Japan.

 

New Technology Reports (NTR)

H. J. Lee, Y. Bar Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Vance, M. Panning, S. Sherrit, and S.-S. Lih, “Elastic Wave Analyzer for Icy Sub-surfaces (EWAIS) instrument", New Technology Report No. 52745, Submitted on May 22, 2023.

 

 

April 2023

New Technology Reports (NTR)

S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee and Y. Bar Cohen, "Coupled horn/flexure actuators ", New Technology Report No. 52621, Submitted on April 24, 2023

 

Edited Books

V. Badescu, K. Zacny and Y. Bar-Cohen (Eds), “Planetary Resources”, Springer Nature Switzerland, Vol 1: ISBN 978-3-030-97912-3 & Vol 2: ISBN 978-3-030-97912-6, (April 28, 2023), 1209 pages.

 

Book Chapters

Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, B. Hockman, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, and S.-S. Lih, “Communication and obstacles detection using piezoelectric transducers in melting penetrator of deep ice at ocean worlds”, in V. Badescu, K. Zacny and Y. Bar-Cohen (Eds), Book Chapter 28 in “Planetary Resources”, Springer Nature Switzerland, ISBN10 3030979121; ISBN13 9783030979126, (April 28, 2023), pp. 935 – 954.

 

March 2023

Conferences Organization Committees

·         H. J. Lee served as a member of the program committee of the SPIE Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials XVII Conference, held in Long Beach, CA, March 13-15, 2023.

·         Y. Bar-Cohen served as a member of the program committee of the SPIE Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 25th Conference, held in Long Beach, CA, March 13-15, 2023.

·         Y. Bar-Cohen served as the Chair of the 23rd Annual EAP-in-Action Session and Demonstrations of the SPIE Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXV Conference, , held in Long Beach, CA, March 13-15, 2023 https://spie.org/smart-structures-and-materials-nondestructive-evaluation-and-health-monitoring/event/23rd-annual-eap-in-action-session-and-demonstrations/2664230?enableBackToBrowse=true

·         Y. Bar-Cohen served as a member of the BIOTECHNO 2023 Technical Program Committee.  This is the Fifteenth International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO 2023) Conf. that will be held in Barcelona, Spain from March 13 to 17, 2023 https://www.iaria.org/conferences2023/ComBIOTECHNO23.html

 

February 2023

Workshop presentations

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, H. J. Lee, Scott Bryant, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, B. Hockman, B. Hockman, S. Howell, and M. Smith, “COLDTech: Maturation and demonstration of technology to enable through deep-ice communication (CryoComm) on Europa”. Presented at the Cryobot Workshop, held at Caltech, Pasadena, CA from Feb. 21 to 23, 2023.

·         B. Hockman, S. Howell, A. Rajguru, E. Klonicki, Y. Bar-Cohen, T. Hendricks, David Woerner, J.-P. Fleurial, et al., “Prime (Probe using Radioisotopes for Icy Moons Exploration) – A comprehensive architecture for accessing Europa Ocean”. Presented at the Cryobot Workshop, held at Caltech, Pasadena, CA from Feb. 21 to 23, 2023.

 

January 2023

Registered Patents

H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and X. Bao “Multi-Stack Actuator”, U.S. Patent No. 16,747,354, registered on January 17, 2023.

 

 

2022

November 2022

Local Society Monthly

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Biologically-Inspired Robots as Artificial Inspectors”, Presentation to the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Greater Los Angeles Section (GLAS ) monthly meeting, held at Santa Fe Springs, CA, on November 8th, 2022

 

October 2022

Conference Program Committee members

Y. Bar-Cohen served member of the SENSORDEVICES 2022 Technical Program Committee that was held in Lisbon, Portugal from October 16 to 20, 2022 https://www.iaria.org/conferences2022/ComSENSORDEVICES22.html

 

September 2022

Conference Program Committee members

Y. Bar-Cohen served as a member of the Organizing Committee Member to join 2nd Global Summit and Expo on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (GSERITA2022), that will be held in Barcelona, Spain from September 19 to 21, 2022. https://www.thescientistt.com/robot-intelligence-technology/2022/organizing-committee.php

 

New Technology Reports (NTR)

H. J. Lee and Y. Bar-Cohen, "Piezo-acoustic transmitter of very low frequency RF (VLoF-RF) for wireless communication through deep-ice", New Technology Report 52477, Submitted on Sept. 12, 2022.

 

August 2022

Keynote presentations

Y. Bar-Cohen, "Biologically-Inspired Robots as Artificial Inspectors", Keynote Paper, 2nd International Conference of Imaging Non-destructive Evaluation (ICINDE 2022), American Society for Non-destructive Testing India Section, Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu, INDIA, Presented virtually on 26 August, 2022.  https://icinde.in/talk

 

July 2022

Conference Program Committee members

Y. Bar-Cohen served as a member of the scientific committee of the Materials Design and Applications (MDA2022) Conference, which was held in Porto, Portugal from July 7 to 8, 2022, https://web.fe.up.pt/~mda2022/

 

Presentation of papers at Conferences

M. Badescu, P. Backes, Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, S. Moreland, K. Klein, X. Bao, T. Okamoto, and H. J. Lee “Sampling Systems for Planetary Exploration”, Materials Science, Engineering & Technology International Conference, help at Sydney, Australia, presented on the internet July 27 – 29, 2022. https://msiconference.com/australia-2022/

 

S. Sherrit, C. L. Weisberg, E. Sidick, W. E. Krieger, C. Gross J. Scott, A. Basinger, C. A. Klein, M. Badescu, A. J. Ramirez, J. Sauvageau and K. Coste, "Characterization of Multilayer Piezoelectric Stacks down to 100 K for Surface Parallel Mirror Actuation", SPIE - Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, paper No. 12188-57, Montreal, Canada, July 21, 2022

 

Proceedings papers

S. Sherrit, C. L. Weisberg, E. Sidick, W. E. Krieger, C. Gross J. Scott, A. Basinger, C. A. Klein, M. Badescu, A. J. Ramirez, J. Sauvageau and K. Coste, "Characterization of Multilayer Piezoelectric Stacks down to 100 K for Surface Parallel Mirror Actuation", SPIE - Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, paper No. 12188-57, Montreal, Canada, July 21, 2022

 

May 2022

Conference Program Committee members

Y. Bar-Cohen served as a member of the program committee for BIOTECHNO 2022, “The Fourteenth International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies” that is scheduled to be held on May 22 - 26, 2022 in Venice, Italy, under the InfoSys 2022 umbrella. https://www.iaria.org/conferences2022/ComBIOTECHNO22.html

 

Presentation of papers at Conferences

B. Hockman, M. Smith, S. Howell, A, Rajguru, E, Klonicki, Y, Bar-Cohen, T, Hendricks, D, Woerner, J.-P. Fleurial, (and many others), “PRIME: “Probe using Radioisotopes for Icy Moons Exploration” A Comprehensive Cryobot Architecture for Accessing Europa's Ocean”, AbSciCon 2022, Session: Accessing Ocean Worlds: Challenges and technologies for sub-ice sampling and exploration, Held in Atlanta, GA, from May 15 to 20, 2022. https://agu.confex.com/agu/abscicon21/prelim.cgi/Session/112396

 

M. Badescu, J. S. Creamer, O. Igbinosun, F. Kehl, A. C. Noell, S. Sherrit, A. B Berg, H. J. Lee and P. A. Willis, “The Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor Extractor Module,” paper 417-08, AbSciCon 2022.

 

C. A. Lindensmith, P. A. Willis, M. Foote, A. C. Noell, J. Nadeau, M. F. Mora, A. B Berg, F. Kehl, M. F. Santos, M. Badescu, E. Jaramillo, N. Oborny, J. S. Creamer, M. Kok, V. F Cretu, S. Sherrit, E. Serabyn, J. K. Wallace, L. Mandrake, M. Wronkiewicz, J. Lee, K. Liewer, G. C. Richdale iii, B. Metz, T. Kim, S. McKinney, M. Gharib and A. S Templeton, “The Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor (OWLS),” paper 123-04, AbSciCon 2022.

 

P. A. Willis, M. F. Mora, A. C. Noell, J. S. Creamer, N. Oborny, F. Kehl, M. Badescu, T. Drevinskas, E. Jaramillo, Z. Cieslarova, M. F. Santos, M. Kok, O. Igbinosun, Marc Foote, A. J. Ricco, R. C. Quinn, R. Danell, D. Kaplan, A. Grubisic, W. B Brinckerhoff, J. L Eigenbrode, J. Spring and K. Zacny, “220-02 - The Organic Capillary Electrophoresis Analysis System (OCEANS) – A Wet Chemistry Biosignature Analyzer for Potential Future Ocean Worlds Missions,” paper 220-02, AbSciCon 2022.

 

April 2022

Registered Patents

S. Sherrit, H. Jae Lee, T. Colonius, and L. P. Tosi, “Flow Energy Harvesting Devices and Systems”, U.S. Patent No. 11,316447 B2, registered on April 26, 2022.

 

New Technology Reports (NTR)

M. Badescu, A. C. Noell, S. Sherrit, J. Creamer, A. B. Berg, M. F. Mora, H. J. Lee, P. A. Willis and F. Kehl, "Extraction chamber assembly for the Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor"           NTR# 52359 Submitted on 28-APR-2022      

 

March 2022

Paper

S. Stewart, M. Badescu, A. C. Noell, F. Kehl, M. F. Mora, N. J. Oborny, J. S. Creamer, and P. A. Willis, "Acoustic Processing of Fluidic Samples for Planetary Exploration." Frontiers in Space Technologies paper No. 752335, 3 (2022)

 

February 2022

Paper

S., Stewart, M. Badescu, J. B. Steeves, W. E. Krieger, C. A. Klein, O. R. Polanco, C. L. Weisberg, D. Van Buren, J. Sauvageau, and K. Coste, "Characterization of multilayer piezoelectric stacks down to 100K.", IEEE Open Journal of Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 2 (2022): pp. 65-82.

 

January 2022

Provisional Patent

M. Badescu, X. Bao, S. Sherrit, Y. Bar-Cohen, and H. J. Lee, Provisional patent, Docket No. CIT 8766-P covering 3 NTRs (#52253, #52255 and #52256) about novel rotary piezomotor mechanisms using piezoelectric actuators, submitted on Jan. 10, 2022.

 

New Technology Reports (NTR)

M. E. Hoenk, Y.-H. Wu, J. J. Hennessy, E. Siddick, J. P. McGuire, A. E. Nash, M. A. Hooke, R. W. Miller, J. A. Zan, M. E. Larson, and S. Sherrit, “Design Concept for an EUV Imager at GEO”, NTR#52270, Submitted on 12-JAN-2022

 

 

2021

December 2021

New Technology Reports (NTR)

1.      M. Badescu, X. Bao, S. Sherrit, Y. Bar-Cohen, and H. J. Lee, “Rotary Piezomotors using piezoelectric L-shape actuators in inchworm mechanisms”, New Technology Report #52253, submitted on Dec. 16, 2021.

2.      X. Bao, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, Y. Bar-Cohen, and H. J. Lee, “Rotary Piezomotors driven by resonant V-shaped PZT fixtures”, New Technology Report #52255, submitted on Dec. 20, 2021.

3.      Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, and H. J. Lee, “Rotary Piezomotors using traveling wave mechanism and piezoelectric horn actuators”, New Technology Report #52256, submitted on Dec. 20, 2021.

 

September 2021

New Technology Reports (NTR)

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, and M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S.-S. Lih and M. Malaska (September 13, 2021), “Acoustic camera analyzer (AcoustiCAM) with integrated optical camera for in-situ exploration missions to planetary bodies with atmosphere”, New Technology Report (NTR) No. 52103.

 

Presentation to ASNT Section

·         Y. Bar-Cohen “Humanlike Robots as Artificial Inspectors: The Science Fiction and Engineering Reality”, tele-presentation to the ASNT Society Section of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sept. 9, 2021,

 

August 2021

Presentation to School Students

•      Y. Bar-Cohen, “Biologically inspired technologies with the ultimate goal of developing humanlike robots”, Tele-Presentation to school students, Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, Northridge, CA, on August 31. 2021.

 

July 2021

New Technology Reports

·         Quadrelli M. B., Y. Bar-Cohen and M. Malaska, (July 8, 2021), “HoverBall: Hybrid Hovercraft/Balloon for all-Terrain Explorations”, JPL New Technology Report (NTR) No. 52051.

Member of the scientific committee

·         On July 7 and 8 July, Dr. Yosi Bar-Cohen served as a member of the scientific committee of the Materials Design and Applications (MDA2022) Conference, which was held in Porto, Portugal.

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April 2021

Chairing Sessions

Special Session - Ocean Worlds, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies of the ASCE Earth & Space 2021, held in virtual forum on April 22, 2021.

 

Presentation of papers at Conferences

1.      Y. Bar-Cohen, H. J. Lee, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, B. C Metz, S-S. Lih, S. Vance, M. Panning, and K. P. Hand, “Elastic wave analyzer for icy sub-surfaces (EWAIS) in the solar system”, Special Session - Ocean Worlds, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies of the ASCE Earth & Space 2021, held in virtual forum on April 22, 2021. 

2.      X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S.-S. Lih, and S. Sherrit, “Acoustic Communication in Ice Crust for Ocean Accessing Probes”, Special Session - Ocean Worlds, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies of the ASCE Earth & Space 2021, held in virtual forum on April 22, 2021. 

 

Proceedings papers

1.      Y. Bar-Cohen, H. J. Lee, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, B. C Metz, S-S. Lih, S. Vance, M. P Panning, and K. P Hand, “Elastic wave analyzer for icy sub-surfaces (EWAIS) in the solar system”, Special Session - Ocean Worlds, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies of the ASCE Earth & Space 2021, held in virtual forum on April 22, 2021.

2.      X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S.-S. Lih, and S. Sherrit, “Acoustic Communication in Ice Crust for Ocean Accessing Probes”, Special Session - Ocean Worlds, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies of the ASCE Earth & Space 2021, held in virtual forum on April 22, 2021. 

 

March 2021

Virtual presentations at conferences

1.      B. Hockman, M. Smith, T. Hendricks, Y. Bar-Cohen, D. Woerner, S. Howell and J.-P. Fleurial, “PRIME: System Design and Key Technologies for an Ocean Worlds Melt Probe”, IEEE Aerospace Conference 2021, Session: 2.06 Future Missions & Enabling Technologies for In Situ Exploration, Sample Returns, Big Sky, MT, March 6 – 13, 2021

2.      Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, B. Hockman, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, and S.-S. Lih, “Acoustic communication in deep ice at ocean worlds”, Paper 11593-69, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XV Conf., SPIE Smart Structures & NDE Symp, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 – 26. March, 2021

3.      Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, and N. Shirajian, “Sample return containerization and planetary protection using brazing for breaking the chain of contact to Mars”, 11591-26, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conf., SPIE Smart Structures & NDE Symp, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 – 26. March, 2021

4.      S. Sherrit, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, and M. Malaska, “Acoustic sensor network for planetary exploration”, Paper 11591-20, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conf., SPIE Smart Structures & NDE Symp, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 – 26. March, 2021

 

Awards

Y. Bar-Cohen received the SPIE’s Founding Chair Award in recognition of his visionary contributions to the Smart Structures community.   He initiated the annual Electroactive Polymers (EAP) conference and its EAP-in-Action Session as well as organized and chaired them for 21 years.  He turned these EAP related forums into the most widely known and attended international forums.  The award was presented on Tuesday, March 23, in the virtual Smart Structures and NDE Symposium Digital Forum.

Proceeding papers

1.      Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, B. Hockman, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, and S.-S. Lih, “Acoustic communication in deep ice at ocean worlds”, Paper 11593-69, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XV Conf., SPIE Smart Structures & NDE Symp, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 – 26. March, 2021

2.      Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, and N. Shirajian, “Sample return containerization and planetary protection using brazing for breaking the chain of contact to Mars”, 11591-26, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conf., SPIE Smart Structures & NDE Symp, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 – 26. March, 2021

3.      S. Sherrit, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, and M. Malaska, “Acoustic sensor network for planetary exploration”, Paper 11591-20, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conf., SPIE Smart Structures & NDE Symp, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 – 26. March, 2021

 

Chairing Sessions

1.      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired Session 5: Full-field Sensing Techniques, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conf., Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 - 26 March, 2021.

 

2.      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired the EAP-in-Action Session, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXIII, at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Anaheim, CA, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 - 26 March, 2021.

 

Members of Program Organization Committees

1.      Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Program Organization Committee for the Conference, “Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XV Conference”, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 – 26. March, 2021

2.      Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Program Organization Committee for the Conference, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXIII, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 22 – 26. March, 2021

 

January 2021

Journal papers

1.      J. Rabinovitch, R. Lorenz, E. Slimko and K.-S. C. Wang, “Scaling sediment mobilization beneath rotorcraft for Titan and Mars”, Aeolian Research, Elsevier, Volume 48, #100653 (January 2021), pp. 1-9

 

 

2020

December 2020

Proceedings papers

1.      M. LoSchiavo, R. Mikhaylov, R. Phillips and L. Braunschweig, “Mars 2020 Maxon Commercial Motor Development from Commercial-Off-the-Shelf to Flight-Qualified Motors, Gearboxes, and Detent Brakes: Overcoming Issues and Lessons Learned”, E. A. Boesiger (Ed.) Proceedings of the 45th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium, NASA/CP-20205009766, (2020) pp. 411-426.

 

Books

1.      Y. Bar-Cohen and K. Zacny, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group LLC and Volumes are:

Volume 1: “Advances in Terrestrial Drilling - Ground, Ice, and Underwater”,

Volume 2: “Advances in Extraterrestrial Drilling - Ground, Ice, and Underwater”

The book includes chapters that were authors by JPLers as follows:

a)      Yoseph Bar-Cohen and Kris Zacny, Volume 1, Chapter 1, “Introduction—Drilling as Means of Penetrating Solids”, pages 1-22

b)      Hyeong Jae Lee, Xiaoqi Bao, Mircea Badescu, Stewart Sherrit, and Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Volume 1, Chapter 2, “Design, Modeling, and Testing of Piezoelectric Actuated Percussive Drills”, pages 23-38

c)      Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Hyeong Jae Lee, Mircea Badescu, Stewart Sherrit, Xiaoqi Bao, and Yoseph Shalev, Volume 1, Chapter 9, “Specialized Drilling Techniques for Medical Applications”, pages 271-291

d)      Kris Zacny, …. Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Mircea Badescu, Xiaoqi Bao, Tom Cwik, Jean-Pierre Fleurial, Jeffery Hall, Kevin Hand, Ben Hockman, Samuel M. Howell, Troy Lee Hudson, Shannon Jackson, Hyeong Jae Lee, Michael Malaska, Brandon Metz, Scott Moreland, Avi Okon, Tyler Okamoto, Dario Riccobono, Kris Sherrill, Stewart Sherrit, Miles Smith, Jurgen Mueller, and Wayne Zimmerman, …., Volume 2, Chapter 1, “Extraterrestrial Drilling and Excavation”. Pages 1-214

 

November 2020

Member of the Technical program committee

1.      Y. Bar-Cohen, member of the Technical program committee - The Eleventh International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications SENSORDEVICES 2020, November 15, 2020 to November 20, 2020 - Valencia, Spain http://www.iaria.org/conferences2020/ComSENSORDEVICES20.html

 

June 2020

Patents

Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu and J. Wright, “Helmet Impact Self-Controlled Restrainer (HISCoR) for protecting football players’ head from trauma and concussion injury”. U.S. Patent No. 10,681,951, registered on June 16, 2020. 

 

April 2020

Proceedings papers

1.       Y. Bar-Cohen, “EAP from 1999 to 2020: highlights from chairing the EAPAD conference for 22 years”, Keynote Paper, 2020 EAPAD Conference, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

2.       H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, B. C Metz, S. Lih, and M. Heness, “Elastic wave analyzer for icy sub-surfaces (EWAIS) in water-bearing worlds”, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological, Paper 11381-7, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

3.      S. Sherrit, H. J. Lee, X. Bao, M. Badescu, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Composite piezoelectric resonator 1D modeling with loss”, Paper 11377-35, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

 

Conference chair

1.       Chair, 22nd Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

 

Session Chair

1.       Chair, Session 1:  EAP as Emerging Actuators, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXII, at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Anaheim, CA, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

2.       Chair, Session 2: Novel and Emerging Techniques for SHM I, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Anaheim, CA, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

 

Moderator

1.       EAP-in-Action Session, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXII, at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Anaheim, CA, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

 

Scientific Committee member

1.       Member of the Symposium Executive Committee, 27th SPIE SSM/NDE Symposia, Anaheim, CA, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020

2.       Member of the Program Organization Committee for the Conference “Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems,” 27th SPIE SSM/NDE Symposia, Anaheim, CA, Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020

 

Digital Forum Presentations

1.       Y. Bar-Cohen, “EAP from 1999 to 2020: highlights from chairing the EAPAD conference for 22 years”, Keynote Paper, 2020 EAPAD Conference, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

2.       H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, B. C Metz, S. Lih, and M. Heness, “Elastic wave analyzer for icy sub-surfaces (EWAIS) in water-bearing worlds”, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological, Paper 11381-7, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

3.       S. Sherrit, H. J. Lee, X. Bao, M. Badescu, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Composite piezoelectric resonator 1D modeling with loss”, Paper 11377-35, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held online as Digital Forum during the week of 27 April to 1 May, 2020.

 

 

March 2020

Patents

1.      Y. Bar-Cohen, S.-S. Lih, H. J. Lee, and M. Badescu “Multi-probe system for measuring height of water in steam pipes with steady-state and turbulent flow conditions,” U.S. Patent No. 10,578,480 B2, registered on March 3, 2020 https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/8f/ab/f0/893be67c98af3f/US10578480.pdf 

2.      Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S.-S. Lih, S. Sherrit, N. Takano, P. Ostlund, H. J. Lee, and Xiaoqi Bao, “High temperature ultrasonic probe and pulse-echo probe mounting fixture for testing and blind alignment on steam pipes” U.S. Patent No. 10,605,784 B2, registered on March 31, 2020 (Caltech).

 

 

2019

December 2019

Patents

·         M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen and J. Hall, "High Pressure High Flow Digital Valve with Locking Poppets and Backflow prevention", U.S. Patent No. 10,508,513 B2, registered on December 17, 2019.

 

Symposia Presentations

·         J.-P. Fleurial, S. M Howell, D. Woerner, D. Landau, J. B. Gayle, M. W. Smith, J. Mueller, T. J. Hendricks, S. N. Roberts, B. J. Nesmith, S. H. Bryant, Y. Bar-Cohen, E. Klonicki, W. C. West, B. J. Hockman and B. G. Clement, “A Notional Mission Architecture for Enabling Near-Term Scientific Ocean Access Missions on Icy Worlds”, Paper No. P51B-09, 100th AGU Fall Meeting that was held in San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9 – 13, 2019.

 

November 2019

Membership of Editorial Boards

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, member of the Editorial Board of the journal Actuators, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 31, 2019

 

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, Y. Liu and L. A. Wade, “Piezoelectric based Ferro-X-ray source for in-situ planetary exploration”, NTR Docket No. 51465, submitted on Nov. 15, 2019.

 

October 2019

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, and Y. Bar-Cohen “Tools and Deployment Method for Sensor Units for Crack and Corrosion Detection and Fatigue Prediction”, NTR Docket No. 51422, submitted on October 2, 2019.  

·         S. Sherrit, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, and X. Bao, “Embedded Sensors for Crack and Corrosion Detection and Fatigue Prediction on Ocean Risers”, NTR Docket No. 51423, submitted on October 2, 2019.   

 

Chairing Conference

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Research/Industry Chair of the International Conference ENSORDEVICES 2019, which is the 10th on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications, October 27 to 31, 2019, Nice, France,

 

Member Conferences Organization Committee

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Organizing Committee Member for the International Conference on Robotics and Automation Engineering, Rome, Italy, October 23-24, 2019.

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, member of the Technical Program Committee, the 10th International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications (ENSORDEVICES 2019) October 27 to 31, 2019, Nice, France http://www.iaria.org/conferences2019/ComSENSORDEVICES19.html

 

Member of the Editorial Board

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Founding Advisory Board of the IOP SciNotes (IOPSN) journal, October 2019

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Editorial Board of the Biomimetics Journal, October 2019

 

September 2019

Presentations

·         Y. Shalev, J. Leavitt , Y. Bar-Cohen, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, and X. Bao, “Piezoelectric Smart Placidus Wire for canalizing chronic and calcific total occlusion in the peripheral arteries”, TCT (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), San Francisco , CA, September 24-28, 2019 www.tctconference.com

 

Posters

·         J-P. Fleurial, S. Howell, D. Woerner, D. Landau, J. Gayle, M. Smith, J. Mueller, T. Hendricks, S. Roberts, W. Nesmith, S. Bryant, Y. Bar-Cohen, E. Klonicki, W. West, B. Hockman and B. Clement, Poster at “Notional Concept of Operations and System Capability Definition for Enabling Scientific Ocean Access Missions on Icy Worlds”, EPSC-DPS2019-1268 Presented on Sept. 20 at the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, OPS3/EXO16 – Ocean Worlds and Icy Moons, Geneva, Switzerland, September 15–20, 2019

 

August 2019

Keynote presentations

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, “Humanlike robots - the ultimate challenge to biomimetics”.  Keynote presentation at the 43rd Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering (IDETC-CIE) Symposia, which was held in Anaheim, CA from August 18 to 21, 2019. 

 

July 2019

Committee Members

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Organizing Committee for the eighth International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems ("Living Machines 2019") that was held from July 9 to 12, at Nara, Japan. http://livingmachinesconference.eu/2019/

 

Conference papers

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, S. Jackson, and B. Metz, K. Zacny, B. Mellerowicz, D. Kim, and G. L. Paulsen, “Auto-Gopher-2 (AG2) – Autonomous wireline rotary piezo-percussive for deep drilling”.  Poster paper, presented at the USRA HQ, Columbia, MD, July 15 to 17, 2019.

 

Patents

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, H. J. Lee, M. Badescu, X. Bao, Y. Shalev, and J. Leavitt, “Placid-Wire - Mechanism of Penetrating Blocking/Occlusion in arteries” U.S. Patent No. 10,349,972 B2, registered on July  16, 2019.

 

June 2019

Committee Members

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the program committee, BIOTECHNO 2019, the 11th International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies, held on June 2 - 6, 2019 - Athens, Greece, under the InfoSys 2019 umbrella http://www.iaria.org/conferences2019/BIOTECHNO19.html

 

Presentations at Conferences

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, X. Bao and Z. Chang, “Drilling mechanisms using piezoelectric actuators”, Session MS99 - Advanced Engineering Concepts, Designs, and Technologies for Aerospace and Extraterrestrial Applications; Part 3, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI 2019), held at Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 18-21, 2019

 

Session Chairing

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, co-Chaired Session 3 of the Mini-Symposium (MS)#99, EMI 2019 Conference, ASCE, held at Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 20, 2019

 

Newsletters

·         Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), World Wide – Electroactive Polymers (WW-EAP) Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. 1 (41th Issue), 2019 http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html

 

April 2019

Paper in peer-reviewed journal

·      Y. Bar-Cohen and I. Anderson, “Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators – Background Review”, Review Paper, Invited review paper, Journal on Mechanics of Soft Materials (MOSM), Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019, Springer International Publishing, 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42558-019-0005-1, Springer International Publishing (22 March 2019) 14 pages

 

Submitted patent

·         S. Sherrit, X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, and H. J. Lee, “Dual Frequency Ultrasonic and Sonic Actuator with Constrained Impact Mass”, Patent application 16/367,075, Filed on March 27, 2019.  This patent is based on the merging of two New Technology Reports (NTRs) including

1.   S. Sherrit, X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, and M. Badescu, “Ultrasonic horn with constrained impact mass and fixed probes”, NTR Docket No. 49500, Submitted on March 19, 2014. For which a Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech CIT-6864-P5 on 03/20/2014 re-filed on 03/23/2015.  Extended on 3/27/2017.  Extended again on 3/28/2018

2.   H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and X. Bao “Dual-Frequency Elastic wave Transmitter and Receiver (DFETR) array”, NTR Docket No. 51057, submitted on November 27, 2018. For which a Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech CIT 8179-P on 1/23/2019.

 

Proceedings Editor

·      Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 21st SPIE’s Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices Conf., 26th Smart Structures and Materials Symposium, Vol. 10966 (2019) https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-SPIE/10966.toc 

 

March 2019

Conferences Chairing

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chair, the 21st Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conf., 26th SPIE SSM/NDE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in Denver, Colorado, March 3-7, 2019.

 

Sessions Chairing

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired Session 1: EAP as Emerging Actuators of the EAPAD Conference

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired the EAP-in Action Demonstration Session of the EAPAD Conference

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired the Robotics II Session of the SPIE Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication IX conf.

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired the Actuators/Adaptive Structures Session of the Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conference

 

Members of Symposia/Conferences Organization Committees 

At the 21st Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference, 26th SPIE SSM/NDE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in Denver, Colorado, March 3-7, 2019, the following were committee members

Y. Bar-Cohen

•      Symposium Executive Committee

•      Program Organization Committee of the Conference “Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems,”

H. J. Lee

•      Program Organization Committee of the Conference “ Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites”

 

Presented Conference papers (also published in the proceedings)

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, E. Bombela and S. Sandhu, “Sample containerization and planetary protection using brazing for breaking the chain of contact to Mars”, Keynote Paper, New Synthesis and Technologies Session 1, of the Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials XIII Conf. of the 26th SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held in Denver, Co., March 4, 2019

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, “Humanlike robots: the state of the art and the challenges”, Keynote Paper, Robotics II Session, of the Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication IX Conf. of the 26th SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held in Denver, Co., March 4, 2019.

·      M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, S. P. Jackson, B. C. Metz, Z. C. Valles, K. Zacny, B. Mellerowicz, D. Kim, and G. Paulsen, “Auto-Gopher-II: an autonomous wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill test results”, Actuators/Adaptive Structures Session, of the Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, Conf. of the 26th SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held in Denver, Co., March 6, 2019.

·      X. Bao, S. Sherrit, C. Frez, V. Scott, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Analysis of performances of MEMS infrared sensor based on piezoelectric bending resonators in air”, Sensor Development and Applications Session, of the Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, Conf. of the 26th SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symp., Held in Denver, Co., March 7, 2019. 

January 2019

·         H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and X. Bao “The PARoD transducer with Multi-Stack Piezo Actuators (MuSPA)”, NTR Docket No. 51056, submitted on November 26, 2018. Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech CIT 8178-P on 1/23/2019.

·         H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and X. Bao “Dual-Frequency Elastic wave Transmitter and Receiver (DFETR) array”, NTR Docket No. 51057, submitted on November 27, 2018. Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech CIT 8179-P on 1/23/2019

 

2018

December 2018

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         S. Sherrit (355N), B. Metz  (355M), J. L. Hall (3471),  C. Yahnker (347C), and S. B. Rufer (UCLA intern),” Lateral Well Ruggedized Buoyant Data Module Deployment (LWRBDMD)”  NTR #51062, submitted Dec 3, 2018

 

Newsletters

·         Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), World Wide – Electroactive Polymers (WW-EAP) Newsletter, Vol. 20, No. 2 (40th Issue), 2018 http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html

 

November 2018

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and X. Bao “The PARoD transducer with Multi-Stack Piezo Actuators (MuSPA)”, NTR Docket No. 51056, submitted on November 26, 2018.

·         H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and X. Bao “Dual-Frequency Elastic wave Transmitter and Receiver (DFETR) array”, NTR Docket No. 51057, submitted on November 27, 2018.

 

October 2018

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         M. Badescu, S. Sherrit,  A. Brinkman, S. J. Moreland, and P. G. Backes, ” Drive Tube Sampling System” NTR #51032, submitted Oct 17, 2018

·         S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, A. Noel, ”Melt detector and Mixer (MDAM)”  NTR #51023, submitted Oct 15, 2018

 

September 2018

Edited books and coauthored chapters

·         Y. Bar-Cohen (Book Editor and (co)author of 3 Chapters), Advances in manufacturing and processing of materials and structures, ISBN-10: 1138035955; ISBN-13: 978-1138035959, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida. (Sept. 14, 2018), pp. 1-550

1.   Y. Bar-Cohen, “State-of-the-art of the manufacturing and processing methods in the digital era”, Chapter 1, ibid, pp. 1-13

2.   Y. Bar-Cohen, D. P. Sekulic, R. Pan, S. S. Babu, A. Hu, X. Bao, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, and S. Sherrit, “Metal joining techniques using brazing”, Chapter 12, ibid, pp. 277-331.

3.   Y. Bar-Cohen, “Current and outlook on manufacturing and processing technologies”, Chapter 20, ibid, pp. 499-520

 

Conference Program Committee Member

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Program Committee Member of the SENSORDEVICES 2018 Conference, held in Venice, Italy, September 16 - 20, 2018

 

Research/Industry Chairs

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, a Research/Industry Chair of the SENSORDEVICES 2018 Conference, held in Venice, Italy, September 16 - 20, 2018

 

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         J. L. Hall (347C), K. V. Sherrill (347C), C. R. Yahnker (347C), J. Izraelevitz (347C), K. Carpenter (347B), and S. Sherrit (355N), ”Mobile Robot For Downhole Oil Well Flow Measurement”,  NTR #50980, submitted Sept 14, 2018

 

August 2018

Peer-Reviewed Journal papers

·         S.-S. Lih, H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen and M. Badescu, “Development and testing of a multi-transducer system for measuring height of condensed water in steam pipes with steady-state and turbulent flow conditions”, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, ASME, Vol. 1, August 2018, pp. 031008 -1 to -7.

 

Invited article in professional-society magazine

·         C. J. Naify, M. Haberman, M. D. Guild, and C. F. Sieck, “Acoustic Leaky Wave Antennas: Direction-Finding via Dispersion”, Acoustics Today, (Fall 2018), pp. 31-38.

 

Presentation at Professional Meetings

·         D. Bridges, C.M. Rouleau, D.B. Geohegan, K. Hong, Y. Bar-Cohen, A. Hu, “Self-Powered Brazing using Ni/Al-Based Reactive Multilayer Films Environments”, Poster presentation at the meeting of the Center of Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS) of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN, August 13-15, 2018 (received the Poster Silver Award for the paper)

 

July 2018

Member of the Program Committee

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Program Committee, Living Machines VII: The 7th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Paris, France, EU, July 16 – 19, 2018.

 

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         Y.-H. Wu(383D), S. Sherrit (355N), V. Scott (389R), and M. Rais-Zadeh (389R), ”Tunable pitch diffraction gratings using surface acoustic waves”, NTR #50928, submitted Jul 31, 2018

 

Provisional Patent Application

·         S. Sherrit, B. Metz, J. Hall, L. Del Castillo, M. Rais-Zadeh, S. C. Jones, K. V. Sherrill and  E. A. Salazar, “Ruggedized Buoyant Sensor Actuator Modules for Data Logging and Data Delivery and Flow Control in Oil Wells (Rbsamm)”, Provisional Patent Application No. CIT 8045-P filed on July 18, 2018.

 

June 2018

Provisional Patent

·         L. R. Giersch, V. Cormarkovic and E. S. Bailey, “Shield: Small, High Impact Energy Landing Device”, CIT File No. CIT-8027-P, Provisional patent was filed on June 21, 2018

 

Newsletters

·         Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), World Wide – Electroactive Polymers (WW-EAP) Newsletter, Vol. 20, No. 1 (39th Issue), 2018 http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html

 

Book Chapters

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, and X. Bao, “Drilling Mechanisms Using Piezoelectric Actuators Developed at Jet Propulsion Laboratory”, Chapter 6 in V. Badescu and K. Zacny, Outer Solar System. Prospective Energy and Material Resources, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-319-73845-1 (2018), pp. 181-259.

 

Journal Paper

·         D. Bridges, C. Rouleau, Z. Gosser, C. Smith, Z. Zhang, K. Hong, J. Cheng, Y. Bar-Cohen, and A. Hu,  “Self-Powered Fast Brazing of Ti-6Al-4V Using Ni/Al Reactive Multilayer Films”, Applied Science 8(6), 985, https://doi.org/10.3390/app8060985, (2018),  p. 1-14. http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/6/985

 

Conference Presentation

·         D. Bridges, Y. Ma, C. Rouleau, Z. Gosser, K. Hong, J. Cheng, Z. Zhang, C. Smith, Y. Bar-Cohen, and Anming Hu, “Preparation of Thick Ni/Al Reactive Multilayer films and Prospective Use”, Paper No. MSEC2018-6627, Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC), held at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, June 18 - 22, 2018. https://msec-namrc-2018.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/06/NAMRC-MSEC-Program_web.pdf

 

May 2018

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         L. R Giersch, V. Cormarkovic, and E. S. Bailey, “Small, High Impact Energy Landing Device”, JPL/Caltech/NASA New Technology Report No. 50853, submitted on May 17, 2018

·         S. Sherrit (355N), B. Metz (355M), E. Salazar (JPL-355N affiliate), J. L. Hall (347C), M. Rais-Zadeh(389R), L. Del Castillo (389R), S. Jones (3463) and K. V. Sherrill (347C), ”Ruggedized Buoyant Sensor Actuator Modules for data logging and  Data delivery and Flow Control in oil wells (RBSAMM)”, NTR #50866, submitted May 22, 2018

 

Conferences Program Committees

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, member of the Program Committee, BIONATURE 2018, under the InfoSys 2018 umbrella; May 20 - 24, 2018 - Nice, France

 

Lectures

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, “Blue Sky Studies – Humanlike/Humanoids Robots”, Von Karman Auditorium, organized by Office of Strategic Planning, May 9, 2018.

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, “Blue Sky Studies – Humanlike/Humanoids Robots”, Summer Interns Seminar Series, JPL Hub, Organized by the JPL Education Office, May 24, 2018.

 

April 2018

Submitted Patent Disclosure

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, S.-S. Lih, H. J. Lee, and M. Badescu “Multi-probe system for measuring height of water in steam pipes with steady-state and turbulent flow conditions,” U.S. Patent application 15/957,495 (Caltech Ref. No. CIT 7766) was filed on April 19, 2018.

 

Registered Patents

·         X. Bao, M, Badescu, S. Sherrit, J. Hall, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Multipath multistage erosion-resistive valve for downhole flow control”, U.S. Patent No. 9,945,207, registered on April 17, 2018 (Caltech).

 

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

·         H. J. Lee, S.-S. Lih, and Y. Bar-Cohen “Ultrasonic pulses control and signal processing software tool for the height determination thru the pipe wall of flowing fluid under static and dynamic flow conditions”, NTR Docket No. 50828, submitted on April 12, 2018.

 

Conference Session Chairing

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Chair, Special Session Topic: Ocean Worlds, at the Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Bodies, ASCE Earth and Space 2018 Conference Cleveland, OH, 10-12 April of 2018

 

Presented Conference papers 

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, S. Jackson, B. Metz, and A. Simonini, K. Zacny, B. Mellerowicz, D. Kim, G. L Paulsen, “Auto-Gopher-II – an autonomous wireline rotary piezo-percussive deep drilling mechanism”, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Bodies, ASCE Earth and Space 2018 Conference Cleveland, OH, 10-12 April of 2018

 

Conference proceeding papers 

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, S. Jackson, B. Metz, and A. Simonini, K. Zacny, B. Mellerowicz, D. Kim, G. L Paulsen, “Auto-Gopher-II – an autonomous wireline rotary piezo-percussive deep drilling mechanism”, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Bodies, ASCE Earth and Space 2018 Conference Cleveland, OH, 10-12 April of 2018.

 

March 2018

Conferences Chairing

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chair, 20th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference, 25th SPIE SSM/NDE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in Denver, Colorado, March 4-8, 2018.

 

Conference Proceedings Editor

·      Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed), proceedings of the 20th SPIE’s Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conf., https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-SPIE/10594.toc (March 28, 2018)

 

Sessions Chairing

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired Session 1: EAP as Emerging Actuators of the EAPAD Conference

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired the EAP-in Action Demonstration Session of the EAPAD Conference

 

Members of Symposia/Conferences Organization Committees 

At the 20th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference, 25th SPIE SSM/NDE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in Denver, Colorado, March 4-8, 2018, the following were committee members

Y. Bar-Cohen

•      Symposium Executive Committee

•      Program Organization Committee of the Conference “Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems,”

H. J. Lee

•      Program Organization Committee of the Conference “ Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites”

 

Presented Conference papers 

1.      M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, S. Jackson and B. Metz, A. Simonini, K. Zacny, B. Mellerowicz, D. Kim, and G. L Paulsen, “Auto-Gopher-II – A wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill that operates autonomously”, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, Smart Structures Symposium, held in Denver, CO, March 5-8, 2018

2.      H. J. Lee, X. Bao, S. Jackson, S. Sherrit, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Piezoelectric Charging and Wireless Communication”, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conference, of the Smart Structures Symposium, held in Denver, CO, March 5-8, 2018

3.      Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, C. Lindse, T. Kutzer and E. Salazar, “Sample containerization and planetary protection using brazing for breaking the chain of contact to Mars by synchronously separating, seaming, sealing and sterilizing the container” and it was presented at the Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites XII Conference of the Smart Structures Symposium, Denver, CO, March 5-8, 2018

4.      X. Bao, S. Sherrit, Mina R.-Z.  and C. Frez, “MEMS infrared (IR) sensor based on piezoelectric bending resonators” Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems Conference of the SPIE SSM/NDE Symposium, Denver, CO, March 5-8, 2018

5.      R. Gershman, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Hendry, M. Stricker, and D. Dobrynin, “Break-the-Chain Technology for Mars Sample Return”, International IEEE Conference for Aerospace, Big Sky, Montana, March 3-9, 2018.

 

February 2018

New Technology Reports

·         D. Bridges, A. Hu, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Low power brazing using reactive multilayer films”, NTR Docket No. 50776, submitted on February 8, 2018.

·         S-S. Lih and C-Y. Peng, "Advanced signal processing tool for real-time frequency and damping estimates during vibration testing", New Technology Report No. 50784, submitted on February 21, 2018.

 

Members of Journal Editorial Board

·         Y. Bar-Cohen, Editorial Board, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, IOP Publishing extended until 28 February 2020. 

 

 

2017

November 2017

Publication in NASA Tech Briefs

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, G. Adams, M. Badescu, and P. Walkemeyer, “Piezoelectric actuator with dual-horns that are separately controllable to drive rovers along a single axis”, NTR Docket No. 49438, Submitted on January 2, 2014. Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech (No. CIT-6855) on 02/14/2014 and extended on 1/27/2016.  NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 41, No 11, Nov 2017, pp. 46.

 

 

September 2017

Registered Patents

·      D. C. Scott, A. Ksendzov, W. P. George, J. A. Smith, A. S. Aljabri, J. M. Steinkraus, R. M. Bending, and D. C. Hofmann, “Laser Spinderweb Sensor Used With Portable Handheld Devices”, U.S. Patent  No. 9,772, 227 B2, Registered on Sept. 26, 2017.

 

Member of the program committee

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the program committee of The Eighth International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications (SENSORDEVICES 2017), that was held September 10 - 14, 2017 in Rome, Italy.  This Conference is under the NetWare 2017 umbrella.

 

Patents

·      S. Sherrit, Y. Bar-Cohen, and X. Bao, “Acoustic Mechanical Feed-throughs (AMF): for producing work across a structure,” U.S. Patent No. 9,748,870, Registered on August 29, 2017

 

July 2017

Member of the program committee

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Advisory Committee, 44th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Utah Valley Convention Center, Provo, UT, July 15-16, 2017

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the program and the review committee, The Living Machines VI: The 6th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 25 – 28 July 2017 http://livingmachinesconference.eu/

 

May 2017

Member of the program committee

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the program committee, BIONATURE 2017, The Eighth International Conference on Bioenvironment, Biodiversity and Renewable Energies, May 21 - 25, 2017 - Barcelona, Spain, under the BioSciencesWorld 2017 umbrella http://www.iaria.org/conferences2017/BIONATURE17.html

 

March 2017

Registered Patents

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S.-S. Lih, S. Sherrit, N. Takano, P. N. Ostlund, H. J. Lee, X. Bao, “High temperature ultrasonic probe and pulse-echo probe mounting fixture for testing and blind alignment on steam pipes,” U.S. Patent No. 9,586,234 B2 registered on March 7, 2017.

·      S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, X. Bao, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Flow cage assemblies” U.S. Patent No. 9,605,771 registered on March 28, 2017.

 

New Technology Reports

·      S.-S. Lih, H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen and M. Badescu “Multi-probe system for measuring height of water in steam pipes with steady-state and turbulent flow conditions,” NTR Docket No. 50497, submitted on March 28, 2017

 

Conferences Chairing

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chair, 19th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference, 20th SPIE SSM/NDE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in Portland, Oregon, March 26-29, 2017

 

Sessions Chairing

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired Session 1: EAP as Emerging Actuators of the EAPAD Conference

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired the EAP-in Action Demonstration Session of the EAPAD Conference

 

Members of Symposia/Conferences Organization Committees 

At the 19th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference, 20th SPIE SSM/NDE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in Portland, Oregon, March 26-29, 2017 the following were committee members

Y. Bar-Cohen

•      Symposium Executive Committee

•      Program Organization Committee of the Conference “Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems,”

•      Program Organization Committee of the Conference “Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security VI”

H. J. Lee

•      Program Organization Committee of the Conference “ Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites XI”

 

Presented Conference papers 

•    Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit and D. Freeman and S. Campos, “Synchronous Separation, Seaming, Sealing and Sterilization (S4) using Brazing for Sample Containerization and Planetary Protection” Paper #10168-135, Proceedings of the Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems (Conference SSN07), SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Portland, Oregon, March 26-29, 2017.

•    X. Bao, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen and S. Campos, “Heating and thermal control of brazing technique to break contamination path for Mars sample return” - Paper #10168-24, Proceedings of the Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems (Conference SSN07), SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Portland, Oregon, March 26-29, 2017.

•    M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Jackson, J. Chesin, K. Zacny, and G. Paulsen, “Auto-Gopher- 2 – an autonomous wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill”, Paper #10166-19, Proceedings of the Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies XI (Conference SSN05), SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Portland, Oregon, March 26-29, 2017.

•    S.-S. Lih, H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, and W. Cervantes, “Development and testing of a multi-transducers system for the measurement of the height of condensed water in steam pipes with steady-state and turbulence flow conditions”, Paper # 10170-35, Proceedings of the Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XI (Conference SSN09), SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Portland, Oregon, March 26-29, 2017.

•    S. Sherrit, H. J. Lee, G. B Merewether, and C. R. Yahnker, “Compact piezoelectric resonance mass balance for sample verification and mass quantification”, Paper #10168-71, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems (Conference SSN07), SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Portland, Oregon, March 26-29, 2017.

 

February 2017

Presentation at Conferences

·      Y. Shalev, Y. Bar-Cohen, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, X. Bao, and J. Levite, “Smart Placidus Wire Driven by vibratory Piezoelectric actuation and rotary motor for canalizing chronic and calcific total occlusion in the peripheral arteries”, The 20th Cardiovascular Innovations Conf., Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT), CRT17, held in Washington DC, Feb. 18-21, 2017 www.crtmeeting.org/CardiovascularInnovations

·      Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, and S. Sherrit, “Ocean World sampling and data communication through significant ice depths”, Poster Paper presented at the Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG), Atlanta, GA, Feb. 22 – 23, 2017

 

January 2017

Committee membership of Professional Societies

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of Space Engineering and Construction Technical Committee of the Aerospace Division (ASD), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as of Jan. 30, 2017

 

 

2016

December 2016

Presentation at Conferences

L. P. Tosi, T. Colonius, S. Sherrit, and H. J. Lee, "Aeroelastic Flutter of a Cantilever within a Nozzle- Diffuser Geometry", Presentation at the American Physical Society 69th Annual meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 21, 2016.

A. C. Noell, A. M. Fisher, N. Takano, K. Fors-Francis, S. Sherrit, and F. Grunthaner, "Astrobionibbler: In Situ Microfluidic Subcritical Water Extraction" presented at the Workshop on Searching for Life Across Space and Time, Space Studies Board, Pasadena, Dec 5-6, 2017

 

Provisional Patents

S. Sherrit, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, and S. Jackson “In-Vivo Charging and Communication Using Piezoelectric Transduction”, NTR Docket No. 50341. Submitted on Sept. 16, 2016.  Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech CIT 7660-P on 12/13/2016. 

 

Registered Patents

S. Sherrit, P. E. Walkemeyer, J. L. Hall, H. J. Lee, T. Colonius, P. Tosi, N. Kim, K. Sun, T. G. Corbett, and A. J. Arrazola, “Flow energy piezoelectric bimorph nozzle harverster”, US Patent No. 9,531,303 B2, has been registered on Dec. 27, 2016.

 

November 2016

New Technology Reports (NTR)

E. Hilgemann, A. Rajguru, Dr. J. Sauder, J. Smith, and S. Velasco, “Deployment Mechanism for a 6m Deployable Crossed Dipole Antenna for CubeSat Applications”, NTR Docket No. 50409 Submitted on Nov. 17, 2016.

 

October 2016

Presentation at Conferences

A. C. Noell, A. M. Fisher, N. Takano, K. Fors-Francis, S. Sherrit and F. Grunthaner, “Astrobionibbler: In Situ Microfluidic Subcritical Water Extraction of Amino Acids”, 3rd International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions, held in Pasadena, CA, October 25, 2016.

Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, J. Chesin, K. Zacny, G. L Paulsen, and L. Beegle, “The Auto-Gopher – A Wireline Rotary-Percussive Sampler for deep subsurface planetary exploration”, 3rd International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions, held in Pasadena, CA, October 26, 2016.

 

September 2016

New Technology Reports (NTR)

S. Sherrit, X. Bao, H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, and S. Jackson “In-Vivo Charging and Communication Using Piezoelectric Transduction”, NTR Docket No. 50341. Submitted on Sept. 16, 2016. 

 

August 2016

NASA Tech Briefs

M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen and S. Sherrit, “Hydraulic pressure distribution system,” NTR Docket No. 48461 submitted on December 20, 2011, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 40, No. 8, 2016, pp. 44-45.

 

Registered Patents

Y. Bar-Cohen, E. Archer, X. Bao, and S. Sherrit, “Communication in pipes using acoustic modems that provide minimal obstruction to fluid flow”, US Patent No. 9,418,647, has been registered on Aug. 16, 2016. 

S.-S. Lih, H. J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, and X. Bao, “Apparatus for and method of monitoring condensed water in steam pipes at high temperature”, US Patent No. 9,404,891 has been registered on Aug. 2, 2016.

 

Committee’s membership

Y. Bar-Cohen member of the Executive Committee of the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), August 24, 2016

 

Moderating Technical Discussion and Presentation at a Technical Panel

J. Stalder made a presentation at the Next Generation Panel and moderated the “ISS Observation Investigations” technical session of the ISS (International Space Station) R&D Conference, San Diego, July 13, 2016.

 

July 2016

Book

Y. Bar-Cohen (Book Editor and coauthor of 7 Chapters), Low Temperature Materials and Mechanisms, ISBN-10: 1498700381, ISBN-13: 978-1498700382, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, July 2016, 518 pages, http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781498700382

 

Book Chapters

In the book: Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), Low Temperature Materials and Mechanisms, ISBN-10: 1498700381, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, July 2016, the following chapters were published:

1.       Y. Bar-Cohen, and R. Radebaugh, “Low temperatures materials and mechanisms – Introduction”, Chapter 1.

2.       Y. Bar-Cohen, JPL; W. Kinzy Jones, and Robert Cormia, “Characterization of Low Temperature Materials”, Chapter 4.

3.       Y. Bar-Cohen, V. Sloan, T. D. Rolin, and T. Guettinger, “NDE and structural health monitoring for low temperatures applications”, Chapter 5.

4.       S. Zhang, H. J. Lee, X. Jiang and W. Huang, S. Sherrit, and M. M. Kropf, “Low temperature transducing materials”, Chapter 7: 

5.       J. Flynn and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Low temperature motors and actuators – Design considerations and a case study”, Chapter 8.

6.       J. C. Castillo, Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Vance, S. Kedar, M. Choukroun, H. J. Lee, X. Bao, M. Badescu, and S. Sherrit, M. G. Trainer and S. Getty, “Sample handling and instruments for the in-situ exploration of ice-rich planets”, Chapter 9.

7.       K. Zacny, G. Paulsen, Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, M. Badescu, H. Jae Lee, S. Sherrit, V. Zagorodnov, L. Thompson, P. Talalay, “Drilling and breaking ice”, Chapter 10.

8.       R. Radebaugh, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Low temperature materials and mechanisms - applications and challenges”, Chapter 15.

 

Registered Patents

S.-S. Lih, H.J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, and X. Bao, “Apparatus for and method of monitoring condensed water in steam pipes at high temperature”, US Patent No. 9,404,891, August 2, 2016. (Caltech).

 

NASA Tech Briefs

H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, X. Bao, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Piezoelectric actuated rotary ultrasonic motor”, NTR Docket No., 49735, Submitted on October 23, 2014. Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech CIT-7088-P, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 40, No. 7, 2016, pp. 42-43.

 

Members of the Conferences Technical Program Committee

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Technical Program Committee, of the SENSORDEVICES 2016 that was held July 24 - 28, in Nice, France http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/ComSENSORDEVICES16.html

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the QNDE Scientific Advisory Committee, of The 43rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference (QNDE), that was held July 17-22, in Atlanta, GA.

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Living Machines 2016 Program Committee, the 5th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems ("Living Machines 2016") that was held July 18 to 22 in Edinburgh, Scotland http://csnetwork.eu/livingmachines/conf2016

 

Presentation at Conferences

J. Steeves, S. Martin, D. Webb, D. Lisman, and S. Shaklan “Precision optical edges for a starshade external occulter” (9912-94), SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation conference, Edinburgh, UK, July 1, 2017

 

June 2016

Registered Patents

S. Sherrit, X. Bao, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, and P. G. Allen, Walnut, “Monolithic flexure pre-stressed ultrasonic horns,” US Patent No. 9,352,358 B2, May 31, 2016 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160007315.pdf

 

Conference presentations/proceeding papers

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Humanoids and the role of electroactive materials/mechanisms in advancing their capability”, Invited Paper, CIMTEC 2016, 7th Forum on New Materials, Symposium H - Electroactive Polymers and Shape Memory Polymers: Advances in Materials and Devices, Symposium H-3: Device development and integration technologies, Perugia, Italy, June 5-9, 2016.

Y. Bar-Cohen, K. Zacny, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, D. Freeman, G. L Paulsen, and L. Beegle, “Auto-Gopher II – Wireline deep sampler driven by percussive piezoelectric actuator and rotary EM motors”, CIMTEC 2016, 7th Forum on New Materials, Symposium O: Mining Smartness from Nature, from Bio-inspired Materials to Bionic Systems Symposium; O-5: Biologically inspired systems and robotics, Perugia, Italy, June 5-9, 2016

 

Workshop presentations

S.-S. Lih and C.-Y. Peng, “End to End Simulation of the Mars 2020 Rover Mobility Deployment and Touchdown”, 2016 Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle Dynamic Environments workshop, held in El Segundo, CA, from June 21 to 23, 2016.

 

Members of the Conferences Technical Program Committee

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the International Advisory Board of Symposium H "Electroactive Polymers and Shape Memory Polymers: Advances in Materials and Devices" of the CIMTEC 2016 - 7th Forum on New Materials that will be held in Perugia, Italy, on June 5 to 9, 2016.

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Conference Technical Program Committee of the BIONATURE 2016, June 26 - 30, 2016 - Lisbon, Portugal, under BioSciencesWorld 2016 umbrella http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/BIONATURE16.html

 

Webinar

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Are we on the way to getting 'good' Biomimetics practices?”, Webinar presentation to the Natural Systems Working Group (NSWG) [ https://sites.google.com/site/incosenswg/home ] of the International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) [ www.incose.org ].  The presentation was given on June 17, 2016. 

 

Books in book series publications

I. A. Anderson, J. Vincent, and J. Montgomery, “Ocean Innovation: Biomimetics Beneath the Waves”, ISBN 9781439837627 (June 1, 2016), 202 pages, published in Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), Biomimetics Book Series, CRC Press

 

NASA Tech Briefs

V. Bach, C. Bradford, K. Aaron, M. Thomson, P. Walkemeyer, and B. Velasco, “Launch Tie-Down and Release Mechanism for CubeSat Spacecraft,” NASA Tech Briefs Magazine NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2016

 

Newsletters

Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), World Wide – Electroactive Polymers (WW-EAP) Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 1 (35th Issue), 2016, http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html

 

May 2016

Registered Patents

X. Bao, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, and J. Hull, “Hydraulic high pressure valve controller using the in-situ pressure difference”, US Patent No. 9,316,329 was filed on April 19, 2016

 

April 2016

Magazine Papers

Y. Bar-Cohen, K. Zacny, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, G. L Paulsen, and L. Beegle, “Auto-Gopher II– a biologically inspired deep drill for planetary exploration”, IEEE HKN, the BRIDGE magazine, Special issue featuring bio-inspired engineering, Vol. 112, No. 1 (April 2016) pp. 20-24

 

Newsletter Articles

Y. Bar-Cohen, “The CRC Press Series in Biomimetics” The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), INSIGHT, Volume 19, Issue 1, April 2016, pp. 53-54

 

New Technology Reports (NTR)

M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, and B. Rhodes-Wickett, “Using induction-heated brazing/soldering and double cone-within-cone for synchronous separation, sealing, seaming and external surface sterilization of containers with planetary samples”, NTR Docket No. 50188. Submitted on April 6, 2016. 

 

Conference presentations/proceeding papers

Y. Bar-Cohen, K. Zacny, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, G. L Paulsen, and L. Beegle, “The Auto-Gopher – A Wireline Rotary-Percussive Deep Sampler”, Proceedings of the ASCE Earth and Space 2016 conference, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Bodies, Orlando, FL, April 11-15, 2016.

 

Conference Session Chair

Y. Bar-Cohen, Session chair, “Drilling Techniques and Technologies”, at the ASCE Earth and Space 2016 conference that was held in Orlando, FL, April 14, 2016

 

Members of the Conferences Technical Program Committee

Y. Bar-Cohen, member of the Technical Program Committee of the ALLSENSORS 2016, the First International Conference on Advances in Sensors, Actuators, Metering and Sensing.  The conference was held under the DigitalWorld 2016 umbrella at Venice, Italy, April 24 - 28, 2016, http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/ALLSENSORS16.html

 

March 2016

Conference Chair

Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired the 18th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 21-24, 2016. 

 

Conference Session Chair

Y. Bar-Cohen chaired the Session “EAP as Emerging Actuators” 18th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 21-24, 2016. 

Y. Bar-Cohen chaired the Session “EAP-in-Action” 18th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 21-24, 2016. 

 

Conferences/Symposia Committee Members

At the SPIE Smart Materials Symp., Y. Bar-Cohen served as a member of the:

·         Symposium Executive Committee

·         Conferences Program Organization Committees, “Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems”

·         Conferences Program Organization Committees, “Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security”

·         Conferences Program Organization Committees, “Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication” Conferences

 

Conference presentation/publication

M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, J. Hall, and D. Lewis, “Digital valve for high pressure high flow applications”, SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in Las Vegas, NV, from March 21 to 24, 2016.

S.-S. Lih, H. J. Lee, and Y. Bar-Cohen “In-situ measurement of the height of condensed water in steam pipes with dynamic flow”, SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in Las Vegas, NV, from March 21 to 24, 2016.

X. Bao, S. Sherrit and N. Takano, “High-pressure sensor using piezoelectric bending resonators”, SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in Las Vegas, NV, from March 21 to 24, 2016.

S. Sherrit, N. Takano, A. C. Noel, A. M. Fisher, and F. Grunthaner, “Micro Acoustic resonant chambers for heating/agitating/ mixing (MARCHAM)”, SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in Las Vegas, NV, from March 21 to 24, 2016.

H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, P. Walkemeyer, L. P. Tosi, and T. Colonius, “Design and Experimental Evaluation of Flextensional-Cantilever based Piezoelectric Transducers for Flow Energy Harvesting”, SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in Las Vegas, NV, from March 21 to 24, 2016.

 

Tech Briefs

P. E. Walkemeyer, V. M. Bach, G. M. Ortiz, S. C. Bradford, M. W. Thomson, and K. Wilkie, “Deployable Perimeter Truss with Blade Reel Deployment Mechanism”, Refer to NPO-49947. NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2016

 

February 2016

New Technology Reports (NTR)

Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, H. J. Lee, M. Badescu, X. Bao, Y. Shalev, J. Leavitt, S. Shalev, “Placid-Wire - Mechanism of Penetrating Blocking/Occlusion in arteries” NTR Docket No. 50075, Submitted on Feb. 24, 2016.

 

Tech Briefs

X. Bao, M, Badescu, S. Sherrit, J. Hall, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Multipath multistage erosion-resistive valve for downhole flow control”, NTR Docket No. 48980, Submitted on Jan. 10, 2013. NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2016, pp. 44-45.

 

Filed Patents

R. C. Ewell, W. J. Nesmith, B. C.-Y. Li, S. Firdosy, G. Molina, V. Cormarkovic, N. R. Keyawa, E. A. Kulczycki, K. L. Smith, J.-P. Fleurial, J. U. Patel, B. J. Doty, and J.-A. Paik, “Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator to Provide Electric Power for a Smart Pipe for Down-Hole Oil Use”, NTR 49799 was filed 2/24/15, Provisional patent was submitted on 2/26/15 and formal utility patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2016.

 

January 2016

Tech Briefs

C. M. Dandino, “Passive Mechanism for Maintaining Tension at a Spool to Within a Given Window”, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2016), p. 39-40.

 

Conference presentation/publication

J. Sauder, N. Chahat, R. Hodges, E. Peral, Y. Rahmat-Samii, and M. Thomson, “Designing, Building, and Testing a Mesh Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats”, AIAA Scitech Symposium, San Diego, California, presented on January 5, 2016

J. Sauder and B. Trease, “Deployment Testing of Flexible Composite Hinges in Bi-Material Beams”, ibid, presented on January 5, 2016

S. C. Bradford, D. Hofmann, S. Roberts, J. Steeves, C. Wojnar, D. Kochmann, “Energy Efficient Active Reflectors with Improved Mechanical Stability and Improved Thermal Performance”, ibid, presented on January 5, 2016.

B. Hirsch, D. Webb, D. Copley-Woods and M. Thomson, “Starshade Deployable Inner Disk Subsystem Structure Design and Development”, ibid, presented on January 8, 2016

D. Webb, B. Hirsch, V. Bach, J. Sauder, C. Bradford and M. Thomson. “Starshade Mechanical Architecture & Technology Effort”, ibid, presented on January 8, 2016

 

Panel Session Members

G. Agnes, and S. Case Bradford participated in the panel session "Infusing New Structures Technology into Space Systems," at the Spacecraft Structures Conference, AIAA SciTech Symposium, held on January 4, 2016

 

December 2015

Tech Briefs

Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, and M. Badescu, “Miniature, Multi-Functional, Self-Braking Vehicle”, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2016), p. 36.

Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, S.-S. Lih, P. Ostlund, S. Sherrit, and N. Takano “Pulse-Echo Probe Mounting Fixture for Blind Alignment of Pipes”, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2016), pp. 36-37.

 

Panel Session Members

Y. Bar-Cohen, A. Karapetian, and R. Polit Casillas, served as members of the Innovators Panel in the “Leading Innovation – Polaris Program”, Section Management level Workshop, held at JPL, Dec. 2, 2015. 

 

Newsletters

Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), World Wide – Electroactive Polymers (WW-EAP) Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 2 (34th Issue), 2015, http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html

 

 

2015

November 2015

Journal Papers

K. M. Aaron, A. Moussessian, L. E. Newlin, P. B. Willis, F. Chen, L. J. Harcke, E. Chapin, I. Jun, Y. Gim, M. McEachen, S. Allen, D. Kirchner, D. Blankenship, “Planetary protection for Europa radar sounder antenna,” Special Edition of the Advances in Space Research Journal, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.08.015 (In press but available online since Aug. 2015) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117715005992

 

Tech Briefs

S.-S. Lih, Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, and H.J. Lee, “Signal processing for high Temperatures health monitoring of condensed water height in steam pipes”, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 39, No. 11, 2015, pp. 52-53.

 

Conference presentation/publication

J. Steeves, D. Redding, S. Pellegrino, K. Jackson, J. K. Wallace, S.C. Bradford, T. Barbee,  “Multilayer Active Shell Mirrors”, ESA/ESTEC Workshop on Innovative Technologies for Space Optics, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, presented on November 25, 2015.

 

 

September 2015

Filed Patents

D. C. Scott, A. Ksendzov, W. P. George, R. L. Baron, J. A. Smith, A. S. Aljabri, J. M. Steinkraus, and R. M. Bendig, “Laser Spiderweb Sensor Used with Portable Handheld Devices”, Caltech Record - CIT File Number: 5972-P4, Patent was filled under Serial Number: 62/054,800 on 9/25/2015.

 

Conference Presentations

J. Sauder, M. Thomson, N. Chahat, R. Hodges and Y. Rahmat-Samii, “Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) Enabling High Speed Data Communication for CubeSats”, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space 2015 Conference, Pasadena on August 31-September 2 (2015).

 

Panel Session Presentation

J. Sauder, “RainCube: a proposed constellation of precipitation profiling Radars in Cubesat”, Panel Session on “Deep Space Science: role of CubeSats/Small Satellites”, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space 2015 Conference, Pasadena on August 31-September 2 (2015).

 

August 2015

Conference Organization Committees

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Technical Program Committee of the SENSORDEVICES 2015, The Sixth International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications. The Conference was held from August 23 to 28, 2015 in Venice, Italy, under the NetWare 2015 umbrella http://www.iaria.org/conferences2015/SENSORDEVICES15.html

 

Conference Presentations

J. Sauder, M. Thomson, N. Chahat, R. Hodges, E. Peral, and Y. Rahmat-Samii, “Ultra-Compact Ka-Band Parabolic Deployable Antenna for RADAR and Interplanetary CubeSats”, Small Satellite Conference, held at Logan, UT, August 10 – 13, 2015.

 

July 2015

Book Chapters

Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit, H. J. Lee, K. Zacny, N. Kumar, and E. Mumm, “Drilling and sample transfer mechanisms for potential missions to Venus”, Chapter 8 in V. Badescu and K. Zacny (Eds), Inner Solar System. Prospective Energy and Material Resources, Springer-Verlag, Switzerland, ISBN-10: 3319195689, ISBN-13: 978-3319195681, (July 2015), pp.163-187.

 

Conference Presentations

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Humanlike robots as platforms for electroactive materials and actuators”.  Keynote Presentation, the 5th international conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering (SMN 2015) joint with The International Conference on Smart Materials and Structures of the Canadian Smart Materials and Structures Group (Cansmart) 2015, held in Vancouver, Canada, July 15 to 17, 2015

 

Organization Committees

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the International Advisory committee of the International Conference on Smart Materials and Structures of the Canadian Smart Materials and Structures Group (Cansmart) 2015, held in Vancouver, Canada, July 15 to 17, 2015.

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the QNDE Meeting Scientific Committee of the 42nd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference, held at Minneapolis July 27 to 31, 2015

Y. Bar-Cohen, Program Committee Member of the 4th International Conference on Biomimetics and Biohybrid Systems ("Living Machines 2015"), held at Barcelona, Spain, from July 28 to 31, 2015

 

Editorial Board Membership Activity

Y. Bar-Cohen, participated in the meeting of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials (IJSNM) during the International Conference on Smart Materials and Structures of the Canadian Smart Materials and Structures Group (Cansmart) 2015, held in Vancouver, Canada, July 15 to 17, 2015.

 

June 2015

Presentations at Workshops

S.-S. Lih, and C.-Y. Peng, “Enhanced ADAMS Simulations to Predict Dynamic Loads for Space Applications,” Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle Dynamic Environments Workshop, El Segundo, CA, June 2 to 4, 2015.

 

Newsletters

Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), World Wide – Electroactive Polymers (WW-EAP) Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 1 (33rd Issue), 2015 http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html

 

May 2015

Journal Papers

Y. Bar-Cohen “The progress in humanlike robots towards having them in every home and business”. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems Journal, Open Access, 2015 Highlights section, Vol. 12, ISSN 1729-8806, DOI 10.5772/1, May 2015, pp. 55-67.

 

Proceedings Editors

Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th SPIE’s Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices Conf., 22th Smart Structures and Materials Symposium, Vol. 9430 ISBN 9781628415339, doi:10.1117/12.2184300 (2015)

 

Members of Symposia Organization Committees

Y. Bar-Cohen served as a member of the BIONATURE 2015 organizing committee - The Sixth International Conference on Bioenvironment, Biodiversity and Renewable Energies, which was held in Rome, Italy, from May 24 to 29, 2015 -. 

 

New Technology Reports (NTRs)

X. Bao, H. Chabok, H. Lee, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and Y. Bar-Cohen, “An annular transducer consisting of liquid filled chamber for acoustic communication in downhole oil pipe,” NTR Docket No. 49859, Submitted on Apr. 30, 2015

 

Tech Briefs

S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, X. Bao, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Planar and Non-Planar Multi Bifurcating Stacked Radial Diffusing Valve Cages”, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2015, pp. 44-45.

 

Provisional Patents

X. Bao, H. Chabok, H. Lee, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and Y. Bar-Cohen, “An annular transducer consisting of liquid filled chamber for acoustic communication in downhole oil pipe,” Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech CIT-7183-P on 05/11/2015. 

 

April 2015

Conferences Presentations and Proceedings Papers

M. Abid, “SMAP Telecom and Science Antenna Multipath Interference”, Presentation and Proceedings Paper, the 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation EUCAP2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal on April 12-17, 2015.

 

NASA Tech Briefs publications

S. Sherrit, Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, and P. Walkemeyer “Microphones and Accelerometer Sensors Network for Acoustic Diagnostics (MASNAD)”, NTR Docket No. 49405, Submitted on December 2, 2013. NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 39, No.4, 2015, pp. 30, 32.

S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, H. J. Lee, and X. Bao, “Piezoelectric actuated inchworm motor (PAIM)”, NTR Docket No., 49541, Submitted on May 9, 2014. NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 39, No.4, 2015, pp. 10a-11a.

 

New Technology Reports (NTR)

X. Bao, H. Chabok, H. Lee, M. Badescu, S. Sherrit and Y. Bar-Cohen, “An annular transducer consisting of liquid filled chamber for acoustic communication in downhole oil pipe,” NTR Docket No. 49859, Submitted on Apr. 30, 2015

Y. J. Chong, B. L. Swenson, J. D. Prestage, and R. L. Tjoelker, “Electrical Feedthrough Brazing Technique for Ultra High Vacuum System Requiring Non-Magnetic Components”, NTR #49782 submitted on April 27, 2015.

 

March 2015

Chairing Conferences

Y. Bar-Cohen Chaired the 17th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.

 

Chairing Conference Sessions

Y. Bar-Cohen, Session Chair, SESSION 1, “Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD),” EAPAD Conference, SPIE's 22th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in San Diego, California, March 9, 2015.

Y. Bar-Cohen, Session Chair, SESSION 8A, “New EAP Materials, Processes, and Fabrication Techniques, EAPAD Conference, SPIE's 22th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in San Diego, California, March 11, 2015.

 

Session Moderator

Y. Bar-Cohen, Session Moderator, EAP-in Action Demonstrations, 17h “Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD),” SPIE's 22th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, held in San Diego, California, March 9, 2015.

 

NASA Tech Briefs publications

M. Badescu, N. Wiltsie, R. Bonitz, P. Backes, A. Ganino, and N. Haddad, “Reactionless drive tube sampling device and deployment method”, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 39, No. 3 (March 2015), pp. 46-48

M. Badescu, K. Klein, P. Walkemeyer, N. Haddad, “Rotary-hammer core sample acquisition tool”, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 39, No. 3 (March 2015), pp 49-50.

 

Presentations at Conferences

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Biomimetic Technologies and Novel Actuation Techniques”, Invited Paper at the 12th Annual World Congress of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics Breaking Boundaries of Science, Technology, Healthcare, and Policy, held in Los Angeles, CA, March 6, 2015.

Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit, X. Bao, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, and S.-S. Lih, and P. Walkemeyer, “Actuators using piezoelectric stacks and displacement enhancers”, Paper 9433-1, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.

S. Sherrit, H. J. Lee, P. Walkemeyer, N. Takano, L. P. Tosi, and T. Colonius, “Fluid Flow Energy Nozzle Harvesters”, Paper 9435-6, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.

S.-S. Lih, H. J. Lee, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Enhanced signal processing method for monitoring the height of condensed water in steam pipes”, Paper 9438-3, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.

X. Bao, M. Badescu and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Thermal analysis of brazing seal and sterilizing technique to break contamination path for Mars sample return”, Paper 9435-77, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.  

 

Panel Member

Y. Bar-Cohen Member of the Panel on “New Horizon I”, 12th Annual World Congress of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics Breaking Boundaries of Science, Technology, Healthcare, and Policy that was held in Los Angeles, CA, held in Los Angeles, CA, March 6, 2015.

 

Presentations at Technical Societies Local Meetings

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Humanlike Robots as potential future NDT inspectors”, Presented at the monthly meeting of the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) San Diego Section, March 10, 2015

 

Committee Members

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Symposium Executive Committee, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.  

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Program Organization Committees for the Conferences “Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems”, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.   

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Program Organization Committees for the Conferences “Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security”, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.   

Y. Bar-Cohen, Member of the Program Organization Committees for the Conferences “Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication”, SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, which was held in San Diego, California, March 9-12, 2015.   

 

Teaching Courses at Technical Societies

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Electroactive Polymers, 17th Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) Conference at the SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 8, 2015.

 

Seminar Presentations at Academia

B. Trease presented “Origami in Space” Outreach talk to a sophomore space vehicle design class, University of Colorado in Boulder, March 13, 2015.

B. Trease and J. Sauder, “Origami in Space: How NASA Finds New Technologies in Novel Places”, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT, March 27, 2015

 

February 2015

Registered Patents

S. Sherrit, X Bao, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, and P. Allen, “Monolithic Flexure Pre-stressed Ultrasonic Horns,” US Patent Number. 8,958,270 was filed on Feb. 17, 2015

X. Bao, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Askins, and P. Ostlund, ”Free-mass and interface configurations of hammering mechanisms,” US Patent Number. 8,960,325 was filed on Feb. 24, 2015

 

Presentations at Workshops

Y. Bar-Cohen, “Intelligent materials for extreme environments”, presentation at the KISS Workshop "Adaptive Multi-Functional Space Structures for Micro-Climate Control Part II", held at the Keck Institute, Caltech on Feb. 19, 2015.

 

Presentations at Institutes

T. Iskenderian, “Machines in Space,” presentation at the Don Bosco Technical Institute, in Rosemead, CA, February 19, 2015.

 

January 2015

Fellows and Associate Fellows

Mark Thompson has been selected as one of the 2015 class of the AIAA Associate Fellows

 

Provisional Patent

H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, X. Bao, and Y. Bar-Cohen, “Piezoelectric actuated rotary ultrasonic motor”, NTR Docket No., 49735, Submitted on October 23, 2014. Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech CIT-7088-P on 01/22/2015. 

 

NTR

H.J. Lee, Y. Bar-Cohen, X. Bao, and S. Sherrit, “High temperature ultrasonic probe for in-service health monitoring of steam pipes”, NTR Docket No. 49045, Submitted on Feb. 12, 2013. A Provisional Patent Application was filed by Caltech filing No. CIT-6534-P was filed on 04/23/2013.  NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 39, No.1, 2015, pp. 20-21.

 

 

2014

December 2014

Filed Patents

Y. Bar-Cohen, S. Sherrit and J. L. Herz “Ultrasonic/Sonic Jackhammer (USJ),” US Patent Number 8,910,727 was registered on 12/16/2014 (Caltech)

 

Submitted Patents

S. Sherrit, Y. Bar-Cohen, and X. Bao, “Acoustic Mechanical Feed-throughs (AMF): for producing work across a structure,” NTR Docket No. 48422 (09-22-2011); NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2014, pp. 56-57; Patent was filed -US Serial No. 14/557,844, filed on Dec. 2, 2014.

K. Sun, N. Kim, L. P. C. F. Tosi, K. K. Maskos, J. L. Hall, S. Sherrit, H. M. Manohara, M. Mehdi Mojarradi, E. D. Archer, A. R. Sirota, and E. J. Brandon, “Wireless Surface Controlled Active Inflow Control Valve System”, Chevron Reference No. T-9820, King & Spalding Reference No. 51502.105033, U. S. Patent Application No. 14/569,152, Filed on December 12, 2014,

 

Provisional Patent

S. Sherrit, S. Kim, M. Badescu, "Compact Underwater Gas and Liquid Sampler (CUGLIS)" Provisional Patent, CIT File No.:   CIT-7056-P Filed on Dec. 1, 2014,

S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, H. Manohara and Y. Bae, “Monolithic Actuated Endoscope (MAE)”, Provisional Patent for NPO 49706 was submitted on December 16, 2014.

 

Newsletters

Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), World Wide – Electroactive Polymers (WW-EAP) Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 2 (32nd Issue), 2014 http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html

 

November 2014

NTR

X. Bao, S. Sherrit, “Pressure sensor using piezoelectric bending resonators”, NTR Docket # 49748, Submitted Nov 18, 2014

 

Tech Briefs

X. Bao, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, and J. Hull, “Hydraulic high pressure valve controller using the in-situ pressure difference”, NTR Docket No. 48798 (07-25-2012). USA and international patents were filed under Serial No. 14/174,575 and PCT/US14/15176, Pub. No.: US 2014/0110612 Al (04-24-2014).  Patent pending approved on Oct. 3, 2014.  NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 38, No. 11, 2014, pp. 58-59.

 

October 2014

Provisional Patents

B. P. Trease, and J. Sauder, Locking Mechanism for a Flexible Composite Hinge”, New Technology Report, Caltech NPO 49587 (Oct. 2014)

 

Patent Pending

X. Bao, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, Y. Bar-Cohen, and J. Hull, “Hydraulic high pressure valve controller using the in-situ pressure difference”, NTR Docket No. 48798 (07-25-2012).  USA and international patents were filed under Serial No. 14/174,575 and PCT/US14/15176, Pub. No.: US 2014/0110612 Al (04-24-2014).  Patent pending approved on Oct. 3, 2014. 

 

NTR

H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, M. Badescu, X. Bao, Y. Bar-Cohen, “Piezoelectric actuated rotary ultrasonic motor”, NTR Docket No., 49735, Submitted on October 23, 2014.

 

Proceedings Papers

Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Badescu, H. J. Lee, S. Sherrit, K. Zacny, G. L Paulsen, L. Beegle, and X. Bao, “Auto-Gopher – a wireline deep sampler driven by piezoelectric percussive actuator and EM rotary motor”, ASCE Earth and Space 2014 Conference, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Bodies, held in St. Louis, MO, 27-29 October 2014.

 

Chairing Sessions and Conferences

Y. Bar-Cohen, Chaired the session “Planetary drilling 2” at the- ASCE Earth and Space 2014 Conference, Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Bodies, held in St. Louis, MO, 27-29 October 2014.

 

Presentation at Conferences

M. Orzewalla and K. Knutson, “A compassion of NX Nastran Stress Results in the Modeling of a Tensile Test Specimen” Siemens CAE and Test Symposium, Long Beach, CA, October 22-23 (2014).