Mr. Alex Villanueva Profile

Alex Villanueva

at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ

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Proceedings Article | 8 April 2013 Paper

Physical modeling of Mastigias papua feeding structures and simulation of their effect on bell stress and kinematics

Tyler Michael, Alex Villanueva, Keyur Joshi, Shashank Priya

Proceedings Volume 8686, 868608 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009933

KEYWORDS: Kinematics, Protactinium, Silicon, Biomimetics, Computer aided design, Solid modeling, Video, Finite element methods, Neodymium, Oceanography

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Proceedings Article | 28 March 2012 Paper

Lowering the power consumption of Ni-Ti shape memory alloy

Alex Villanueva, Shashaak Gupta, Shashank Priya

Proceedings Volume 8342, 83421I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914539

KEYWORDS: Shape memory alloys, Nickel, Atrial fibrillation, Titanium, Copper, Argon, Actuators, Scanning electron microscopy, Biomimetics, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 9 April 2010 Paper

Synthesis and characterization of polypyrrole composite actuator for jellyfish unmanned undersea vehicle

Yonas Tadesse, Jaclyn Brennan, Colin Smith, Timothy Long, Shashank Priya

Proceedings Volume 7642, 764222 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847742

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Composites, Platinum, Polymers, Electrodes, Polymeric actuators, Gold, Polymerization, Biomimetics, Scanning electron microscopy

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Proceedings Article | 9 April 2010 Paper

BISMAC control using SMA resistance feedback

Alex Villanueva, Shashank Priya

Proceedings Volume 7642, 76421Z (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847788

KEYWORDS: Shape memory alloys, Resistance, Actuators, Biomimetics, Feedback control, Amplifiers, Control systems, Silicon, Software development, Composites

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Proceedings Article | 31 March 2010 Paper

JetSum: SMA actuator based undersea unmanned vehicle inspired by jellyfish bio-mechanics

Scott Bressers, Sanghun Chung, Alex Villanueva, Colin Smith, Shashank Priya

Proceedings Volume 7644, 76440G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847595

KEYWORDS: Shape memory alloys, Actuators, Unmanned vehicles, MATLAB, Prototyping, Amplifiers, Image segmentation, LabVIEW, High speed cameras, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 April 2009 Paper

Jellyfish inspired unmanned underwater vehicle

Alex Villanueva, Scott Bresser, Sanghun Chung, Yonas Tadesse, Shashank Priya

Proceedings Volume 7287, 72871G (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815754

KEYWORDS: Shape memory alloys, Actuators, Computer aided design, Prototyping, Microcontrollers, Amplifiers, Surveillance, Aluminum, Power supplies, Organisms

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