Wilkes University

About: Wilkes University is a education organization based out in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Pharmacy. The organization has 616 authors who have published 1032 publications receiving 21050 citations. The organization is also known as: Wilkes & Wilkes College.

Parallel Optimization Methods

Abstract: This chapter introduces common techniques used in developing evolutionary algorithms for distributed systems, providing a survey of different methods. Most of these methods are evaluated against a common suite of benchmark equations. Chapter 8 provides some common example equations, and we refer the reader to Tang et al. for a comprehensive overview (Tang et al., Benchmark functions for the cec2008 special session and competition on large scale global optimization, in Nature Inspired Computation and Applications Laboratory (USTC, China, 2007)). Strategies for single-population, multiple-population, and cellular algorithms are presented, and then particular emphasis is placed on the implementation used for optimizing FDTD, which uses asynchronous updates of the population to aid in scalability and improve performance. Results are presented for the performance of this implementation using CPU, GPUs, and hybrid CPU–GPU strategies for evaluation of the objective functions.

Si-Based Mid-Infrared GeSn-Edge-Emitting Laser with Operating Temperature up to 260 K

Abstract: We demonstrated optically pumped GeSn lasers with 20% maximum Sn content based on ridge waveguide with 5 and 20 µm ridge widths. The high operating temperature of 260 K was achieved with wider ridge device. © 2019 The Author(s)

Ab initio excitation spectrum of the CO-Ar Van der Waals molecule

Abstract: In the present contribution we performed ab initio calculations at the CCSD(T) level of theory in the framework of the supermolecule approach on the CO-Ar van der Waals (VdW) complex. The interaction energy of the ground CO(X1Σ)-Ar(1S) and excited CO(A1II)-Ar(1S) states and corresponding vertical excitation energies are therefore calculated.© (2004) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

Modeling and Measuring Friction-Generated Temperature of Polymers and Their Composites

Abstract: An instrument is being developed to simultaneously measure friction and friction-generated temperature of polymers and composites in a dry sliding configuration. This thermo tribometer is being carefully evaluated and characterized with nylon specimens to ensure that material response and instrument response are separable and identifiable. The thermo tribometer will be used to evaluate and qualify more advanced polymers for tribological applications.Copyright © 2005 by ASME