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WARF Advances in Engineering and Computer Science | March 2025

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Hybrid PLD of Complex Oxide Thin Films with Large Vapor Pressure Mismatch
This new synthesis method, hybrid PLD (Pulsed Laser Deposition), synergistically combines the advantages of thermal evaporation and conventional PLD to overcome the present roadblocks to creating volatility mismatched thin film materials.
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Thermal Laser with Dynamic Beam Steering
UW-Madison physicists have developed a compact thermal laser on a chip capable of steering emitted thermal radiation at a continuous range of angles through the application of a voltage.
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High-Voltage Bidirectional Field Effect Transistor
The bidirectional switch is based on an AlGaN/GaN structure with BaTiO3 to achieve the ideal target of ~1-1.1x resistance. It is scalable from 100 V to 10 kV and allows for elimination of field plates.
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Storage I/O Management Unit for Solid-State Drives
UW-Madison computer scientists have created a fast storage innovation that can achieve good performance while enabling secure sharing of devices amongst applications.
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Scene Reconstruction Using a High-Speed Imaging Device
This method is capable of estimating extreme scene motion under challenging conditions, such as low light or high dynamic range, from a sequence of high-speed image frames.
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Finite Element Analysis in the Presence of Concave Elements
This new element method to improve the accuracy of finite element analysis in the presence of concave, i.e., tangled, quadrilateral elements is straightforward to implement in existing finite element software systems.
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Featured UW-Madison Researcher

Ramathasan Thevamaran, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

“Ramathasan is a passionate researcher and inventor with innovations that will impact the world of engineered materials. His approach to innovating keeps industry in mind with scalable technologies that solve real world problems. We are excited to partner with industry to commercialize these materials into a variety of markets.”

Michael Carey, WARF Licensing Manager


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