Volume 2, Number 1 (2010)

CONTENTS

A Brilliant Exposition of Quantum Well Lasers 
pp. 1-6
Authors: Kirti Vishwakarma, M. Ramrakhiani and O.P. Vishwakarma

Analytical Survey of Concurrent Mark Sweep, Incremental, Serial and Parallel Garbage Collectors in Multithreaded Environments
pp. 7-14
Authors: Shubhnandan S. Jamwal and Devanand

Removal of Zinc Ions from Aqueous Solution by Ficus Benghalensis L.: Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies
pp. 15-28
Authors: N. Rakesh, P. Kalpana, T.V.R Naidu and M. Venkateswara Rao

Finite Element Analysis of Continuous Confined Strip Shearing (C2S2) Process
pp. 29–35
Authors: K. K. Pathak, G. Agnihotri and Virendra Titariya

Vibration Measurement in an I.C. Engine Using Data Acquisition System
pp. 37–43
Authors: Umesh Kantute, Nilaj N. Deshmukh and S.H. Kulkarni

Frequency of Vibration Affecting Crack Location and Crack Growth Rate of a Vibrating Cantilever Beam
pp. 45–48
Authors: RS. Prasad, SC. Roy, KP Tyagi and MN. Khan

A Study on the Effect of Blank Thickness on Residual Stresses in Deep Drawing 
pp. 49–58
Authors: P.V.R. Ravindra Reddy, G. Chandra Mohan Reddy and T.A. Janardhan Reddy

A Glimpse of an Effective Cohort Program for Undergraduate Students to Promote Engineering
pp. 59–66
Authors: Rafic A. Bachnak, Rohitha Goonatilake, Tongdan Jin and Fethi Belkhouche

Improvement of Input Side Currents of a Three Phase Rectifier Using Cúk Converter in Discontinuous- Capacitor-Voltage Mode Operation
pp. 67–74 
Authors: Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam

Power Factor Improvement by Pulse Width Modulated Switched Single Capacitor
pp. 75–80
Authors: Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam

Multiobjective Optimization of EGR Map using Feed Back Type EGR Valve for Emission and Fuel Economy
pp. 81–88
Authors: Shakti Kumar Singh, Manish Ugale and Prashant K Gaware

Towards A Deep Understanding of the Stepped MMF Wave Packets of Linear Induction Machines
pp. 89–103
Authors: Mostafa M. Shalaby, Mohammed F. Salem, Atef A. Khazbak and Sherif M. E. Ismael

Heat and Mass Transfer Study of Liquid Desiccant with Heat Exchanger by Solar Cooling Technology
pp. 105–118
Authors: Naresh Kumar, G. Srivastava and Brijesh Gangil