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Design and Test of a Magnetic-Fluid, Static Centrifugal Seal
January 14, 1981
Analysis of Gas Lubricated Compliant Thrust Bearings
January 1, 1982
Analysis of Gas-Lubricated Foil Journal Bearings
January 1, 1983
Experimental Study of Stable High-Speed Oil Rings
January 1, 1984
Advanced Development of Air-Lubricated Foil Thrust Bearings
January 1, 1984
Performance of Oil Ring Bearing
May 1, 1985
Mixing Inlet Temperatures in Hydrodynamic Bearings
January 1, 1986
Parametric Study and Optimization of Starved Thrust Bearings
January 1, 1986
Mixing Inlet Temperatures in Starved Journal Bearings
September 1, 1986
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Oil Ring Bearings
September 15, 1986
Fundamental Issues in Cryogenic Hydrodynamic Lubrication
February 1, 1987
On the Mechanism of Operation of Flat Land Bearings
September 1, 1987
Starved Bearing Technology: Theory and Experiment
December 15, 1988
The Mechanism of Cavitation in Hydrodynamic Lubrication
January 1, 1991
The Rheology and Hydrodynamics of Dry Powder Lubrication
January 1, 1991
On Some Experimental Rheological Aspects of Triboparticulates
September 1, 1991
Test of a Zero Clearance Auxiliary Bearing
August 21, 1997
Capabilities of Large Foil Bearings
May 1, 2000
Principles of Bearing Design
January 1, 2001
Frictional Dampers Dynamic Characterization – Theory and Experiments
September 3, 2001
Demonstration of Powder Shear Damping Applied to Plates
September 3, 2001
Powder Lubricated Bearing Operation to PV of Half a Million
September 3, 2001
Quantification of Blood Hemolysis due to Mechanical Shearing
January 1, 2003
A Turbojet Engine Demonstration with Air Foil Bearing
December 3, 2003
Status of Magnetically Suspended MiTiHeart LVAD
June 1, 2005
Low-Friction Wear Resistant Coatings for High-Temperature Foil Bearings
September 12, 2005
Foil Bearings Make Oil-Free Turbocharger Possible
September 12, 2005
Turbojet Engine Demonstration with a High-Temperature Air Foil Bearing
September 12, 2005
Evaluation of Coatings for a Large Hybrid Foil/Magnetic Bearing
October 23, 2006
Coatings for High Temperature Foil Bearings
May 14, 2007
An Oil-Free Motorized Turbocompressor For Fuel Cells
June 18, 2007
Evaluation of DLC Coatings for Foil Bearing Applications
October 22, 2007
Hybrid Magnetic Bearings for a Centrifugal Blood Pump
October 22, 2007
Recipient of the ASME/RCT 1995 Creative Research Award.
March 11, 2014
Recipient of the ASME/IGTI 1999 Best Paper Award.
March 11, 2014
Recipient of the ASME 2009 Propulsion Best Paper Award.
March 17, 2014