GAHIDE, SEVERINE FRANCOISE. Exploration of Micromachines to Textiles: Monitoring Warp Tension and Breaks during the Formation of Woven Fabrics (Under the direction of Drs. George Hodge and Abdelfattah Seyam.) MicroElectroMechanical Systems, or MEMS, is an emerging high technology that has proven to be very successful in several industries such as medical, automotive and ink jet industries. The ...

The Notes that follow are meant to supplement, and not to replace, the translation of the book Shaft Weaving and Graph Design by Olivier Masson and Francois Roussel, hereinafter referred to as M&R. All quotes and references are to the translation. The Notes' organization is as follows: a summary of M&R's entire book is provided, summarizing and identifying book sections of interest to weavers a...

As the use of aspects spreads, it is becoming common to weave multiple aspects into a system, treating different concerns. In this special section, we present three papers that deal with the issue of how aspects may interact, and in particular how they may interfere with each other. Aspect interactions can arise at all stages of software development, including requirements, design, and implemen...