Publications

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Journals

  • Honarvar, H. and Hussein, M.I., “Two orders of magnitude thermal conductivity reduction in silicon membranes by resonance hybridizations,” Physical Review B, 97, 195413, 2018. x
  • Krattiger, D. and Hussein, M.I.. “Generalized Bloch mode synthesis for accelerated calculation of elastic band structures,” Journal of Computational Physics, 357, 183-205, 2018.
  • Krattiger, D., Khajehtourian, R., Bacquet C. L. and Hussein, M.I., “Anisotropic dissipation in lattice metamaterials,” AIP Advances, 6, 121802, 2016.
  • Honarvar, H., Yang, L. and Hussein, M.I., “Thermal transport size effects in silicon membranes featuring nanopillars as local resonators,” Applied Physics Letters, 108, 263101, 2016.
  • Frazier, M.J. and Hussein, M.I., “Generalized Bloch’s theorem for viscous metamaterials: Dispersion and effective properties based on frequencies and wavenumbers that are simultaneously complex,” Comptes Rendus Physique, 17, 565-577, 2016.
  • Frandsen, N.M.M., Bilal, O.R., Jensen, J.S. and Hussein, M.I. “Inertial amplification of continuous structures: Large band gaps from small masses,” Journal of Applied Physics, 119, 124902, 2016.
  • Honarvar, H. and Hussein, M.I., “Spectral energy analysis of locally resonant nanophononic metamaterials by molecular simulations,” Physical Review B (Rapid Communication), 93, 081412(R), 2016.
  • Frazier, M.J. and Hussein, M.I., “Viscous-to-viscoelastic transition in phononic crystal and metamaterial band structures,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138, 3169-3180, 2015
  • Hussein, M.I., Biringen, S., Bilal, O.R., and Kucala, A. “Flow stabilization by subsurface phonons,” Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 471, 20140928, 2015.
  • Khajehtourian, R. and Hussein, M.I., “Dispersion characteristics of a nonlinear elastic metamaterial,” AIP Advances, 4, 124308, 2014
  • Krattiger, D. and Hussein, M.I.. “Bloch mode synthesis: Ultrafast methodology for elastic band structure calculations,” Physical Review E, 90, 063306, 2014.
  • Hussein, M.I., Leamy, M.J. and Ruzzene, M., “Dynamics of phononic materials and structures: Historical origins, recent progress and future outlook,” Applied Mechanics Reviews, 66, 040802, 2014.
  • Davis, B.L. and Hussein, M.I., “Nanophononic metamaterial: Thermal conductivity reduction by local resonance,” Physical Review Letters, 112, 055505, 2014.
  • Bilal, O.R. and Hussein, M.I. “Trampoline metamaterials: Local resonance enhancement by springboards,” Applied Physics Letters, 103, 111901, 2013.
  • Phani, A.S. and Hussein, M.I. “Analysis of damped Bloch waves by the Rayleigh perturbation method,” Journal of Vibration and Acoustics – Transactions of the ASME, 135, 041014, 2013.
  • Hussein, M.I. and Frazier, M.J. “Metadamping: An emergent phenomenon in dissipative metamaterials,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332, 4767-4774, 2013.
  • Abedinnasab.M. H. and Hussein, M.I., “Wave dispersion under finite deformation,” Wave Motion, 50, 374-388, 2013.
  • Liu, L. and Hussein, M.I., “Wave motion in periodic flexural beams and characterization of the transition between Bragg scattering and local resonance,” Journal of Applied Mechanics – Transactions of the ASME, 79, 011003, 2012.
  • Davis, B.L. and Hussein, M.I., “Thermal characterization of nanoscale phononic crystals using supercell lattice dynamics,” AIP Advances, 1, 041701, 2011.
  • Reinke, C.M., Su, M.F., Davis, B.L., Kim, B.S., Hussein, M.I., Leseman, Z.C., Olsson-III, R.H. and El-Kady, I. “Thermal conductivity prediction of nanoscale phononic crystal slabs using a hybrid lattice dynamics-continuum mechanics technique,” AIP Advances, 1, 041403, 2011.
  • Bilal, O.R. and Hussein, M.I., “Ultrawide phononic band gap for combined in-plane and out-of-plane waves,” Physical Review E (Rapid Communication), 84, 065701(R), 2011.
  • Hussein, M.I. and Frazier, M.J., “Band structure of phononic crystals with general damping” Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 093506, 2010.
  • Hussein, M.I., “Theory of damped Bloch waves in elastic media” Physical Review B, 80, 212301, 2009.
  • Hussein, M.I. “Reduced Bloch mode expansion for periodic media band structure calculations,” Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 465, 2825-2848, 2009.
  • Landry, E.S., Hussein, M.I. and McGaughey, A.J.H., “Complex superlattice unit cell designs for reduced thermal conductivity” Physical Review B, 77, 184302, 2008.
  • Hussein, M.I., Borg, U., Niordson, C.F. and Deshpande, V.S., “Plasticity size effects in voided crystals,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56(1), 114-131, 2008.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hamza, K., Hulbert, G.M. and Saitou, K., “Optimal synthesis of 2D phononic crystals for broadband frequency isolation,” Waves in Random and Complex Media, 17(4), 491-510, 2007.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hulbert, G.M. and Scott, R.A., “Dispersive elastodynamics of 1D banded materials and structures: design,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 307(3-5), 865-893, 2007.
  • McGaughey, A.J.H., Hussein, M.I., Landry E.S., Kaviany, M. and Hulbert, G.M., “Phonon band structure and thermal transport correlation in a layered diatomic crystal,” Physical Review B, 74, 104304, 2006.
  • Hussein, M.I. and Hulbert, G.M., “Mode-enriched dispersion models of periodic materials within a multiscale mixed finite element framework,” Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 42(7), 602-612, 2006.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hamza, K., Hulbert, G.M., Scott, R.A. and Saitou, K., “Multi-objective evolutionary optimization of periodic layered materials for desired wave dispersion characteristics,” Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 31(1), 60-75, 2006.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hulbert, G.M. and Scott, R.A., “Dispersive elastodynamics of 1D banded materials and structures: analysis,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 289(4-5), 779-806, 2006.
  • Hussein, M.I., Torrent, D. and Bilal, O.R., “Editorial: Special Issue on Frontiers of Mechanical Metamaterials,” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 12, 1, 2017.
  • Hussein, M.I., Bonello, B., Khelif, A. and Djafari-Rouhani, B., “Preface to Special Topic: Selected Articles from Phononics 2015: The Third International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport, and Phonon Couplings, 31 May-5 June, 2015, Paris, France,” AIP Advances, 6, 121501, 2016.
  • Hussein, M.I., El-Kady, I Li, B. and Sánchez-Dehesa, J. "Preface to Special Topic: Selected Articles from Phononics 2013: The Second International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport and Optomechanics, 2-7 June, 2013, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt," AIP Advances, 4, 124101, 2014.
  • Hussein, M.I., Leamy, M.J. and Ruzzene, M. "Editorial: Special Issue on Dynamics of Phononic Materials and Structures," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics –Transactions of the ASME, 135, 040201, 2013.
  • Hussein, M.I. and El-Kady, I., “Preface to Special Topic: Selected Articles from Phononics 2011: The First International Conference on Phononic Crystals, Metamaterials and Optomechanics, 29 May‒2 June, 2011, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA,” AIP Advances, 1, 041301, 2011.
  • Hussein, M.I., Leamy, M.J. and Ruzzene, M.. “Closure to “Discussion of ‘Dynamics of phononic materials and structures: Historical origins, recent progress and future outlook,’ (Hussein, M. I., Leamy, M. J., and Ruzzene, M., 2014, ASME Appl. Mech. Rev., 66(4), p. 040802)” Applied Mechanics Reviews–Transactions of the ASME, 66, 046002, 2014.

Books

  • Phani, A.S. and Hussein, M.I., (Eds.), Dynamics of Lattice Materials, Wiley, New Jersey, (scheduled publication date: October 2016).
  • Hussein, M.I. and Honarvar, H.H., "Chapter X: Resonant thermal transport in nanophononic metamaterials," Editors: Andreoni, W. and Yip, S.; Section Editor: Donadio, D., Handbook of Materials Modeling, Volume 2 Applications: Current and Emerging Materials, Springer, New York, accepted.
  • Phani, A.S. and Hussein, M.I., "Chapter 1: Introduction to lattice materials," Editors: Phani, A.S. and Hussein, M.I., Dynamics of Lattice Materials, pp. 1-17, Wiley, New Jersey, 2017.
  • Krattiger, D., Phani, A.S. and Hussein, M.I., "Chapter 4: Wave propagation in damped lattice materials," Editors: Phani, A.S. and Hussein, M.I., Dynamics of Lattice Materials, pp. 93-106, Wiley, New Jersey, 2017.
  • Krattiger, D. and Hussein, M.I., "Chapter 9: Model reduction of lattice material models," Editors: Phani, A.S. and Hussein, M.I., Dynamics Lattice Materials, pp. 199-215, Wiley, New Jersey, 2017.
  • Bilal, O.R. and Hussein, M.I., "Chapter 10: Topology optimization of lattice materials," Editors: Phani, A.S. and Hussein, M.I., Dynamics Lattice Materials, pp. 217-231, Wiley, New Jersey, 2017.
  • Hussein, M.I., Frazier, M. J. and Abedinnasab, M.H., "Chapter 1: Microdynamics of phononic materials," Editor: Li, Shaofan and Gao, Xinlin, Handbook of Micromechanics and Nanomechanics, pp. 1-28, Pan Stanford Publishing Co., Singapore, 2013.
  • Hussein, M.I. and Frazier, M.J., "Chapter 6: Damped phononic crystals and metamaterials," Editor: Deymier, Pierre A., Acoustic Metamaterials and Phononic Crystals, pp. 201-215, Springer Physics, New York, 2013.
  • Vasseur, J.O., Deymier, P.A., Sainidou, R. and Hussein, M.I., "Chapter 10: Band structure calculation methods and approaches," Editor: Deymier, Pierre A., Acoustic Metamaterials and Phononic Crystals, pp. 329-372, Springer Physics, New York, 2013.

Other

  • Hussein, M.I. and Frazier, M.J. “Metadamping in dissipative metamaterials,” Proceedings of 2013 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, San Diego, California, 15-21 November 2013, Paper no. IMECE2011-66210, [CD ROM: pp. 1- 5], 2013.
  • Davis, B.L., Su, M.F, El-Kady, I. and Hussein, M.I., “Silicon thin-film lattice dynamics and thermal transport properties,” Proceedings of 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, IMECE2012-89902, [CD ROM: pp. 1- 6], Houston, Texas, 9-15 November 2012.
  • Bilal, O.R., El-Beltagy, M.A. and Hussein, M.I., “Topologically evolved photonic crystals: Breaking the world record in band gap size,” Invited Lecture in Photonic, Phononic, PhoXonic Session, Proceedings of SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference on Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration V (Conference SSN08), vol. 8346, 834609, pp. 1-5, San Diego, California, 11-15 March 2012.
  • Frazier, M.J. and Hussein, M.I., “Dissipation-triggered phenomena in periodic acoustic metamaterials,” Invited Lecture in Acoustic Metamaterial Session, Proceedings of SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference on Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems VI (Conference SSN10), vol. 8348 83481W-1, pp. 1-9, San Diego, California, 11-15 March 2012.
  • Bilal, O.R. and Hussein, M.I., “Topologically evolved phononic material: Breaking the world record in band gap size,” Invited Talk in Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineering Nanostructures II (Conference 8269), Nanotechnologies Track, Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West, vol. 8269, 826911, pp. 1-7, San Francisco, California, 21-26 January 2012.
  • Frazier, M.J.* and Hussein, M.I., “Bloch-theory-based analysis of damped phononic crystals” Proceedings of 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, IMECE2011-65662, [CD ROM: pp. 1- 5], Denver, Colorado, 11-17 November 2011.
  • Bilal, O.R.* and Hussein, M.I., “Optimization of phononic crystals for the simultaneous attenuation of out-of-plane and in-plane waves” Proceedings of 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, IMECE2011-65665, [CD ROM: pp. 1- 4], Denver, Colorado, 11-17 November 2011.
  • Guo, Q.*, Bilal, O.R. and Hussein, M.I., “A fast method for electronic structure calculations” Proceedings of 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, IMECE2011-65681, [CD ROM: pp. 1- 5], Denver, Colorado, 11-17 November 2011.
  • Davis, B.L.*, Tomchek, A.S., Flores, E.A., Liu, L. and Hussein, M.I., “Analysis of periodicity termination in phononic crystals” Proceedings of 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, IMECE2011-65666, [CD ROM: pp. 1- 5], Denver, Colorado, 11-17 November 2011.
  • Abedinnasab, M.H. and Hussein, M.I., “Analysis of elastic wave propagation in nonlinear beams,” Proceedings of 23nd ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, [CD ROM: pp. 1-6], Washington, D.C., 28-31 August 2011.
  • Bilal, O.R.*, El-Beltagy, M.A. and Hussein, M.I., “Optimal Design of Periodic Timoshenko Beams using Genetic Algorithms ,” Proceedings of the 52nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference (AIAA SDM 52nd), [CD ROM: pp. 1- 9], Denver, Colorado, 4-7 April 2011.
  • Frazier, M.J.* and Hussein, M.I., “Dispersion relation for generally damped periodic materials,” Proceedings of 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1- 8], Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 12-19 November 2010.
  • Hussein, M.I., “Bloch analysis of lossy periodic materials,” Invited Lecture in Acoustic Metamaterials Structured Session, Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Sound and Vibration (ICSV 17), [CD ROM: pp. 1- 7], Cairo, Egypt, 18-22 July 2010.
  • Hussein, M.I., “Modal analysis of generally periodic structures,” Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Sound and Vibration (ICSV 17), [CD ROM: pp. 1- 6], Cairo, Egypt, 18-22 July 2010.
  • Liu, L. and Hussein, M.I., “Generalized transfer matrix method for wave propagation in periodic beams,” Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Sound and Vibration (ICSV 17), [CD ROM: pp. 1- 7], Cairo, Egypt, 18-22 July 2010.
  • Bilal, O.R.*, El-Beltagy, M.A., Rasmy, M.H. and Hussein, M.I., “The effect of symmetry on the optimal design of two-dimensional periodic materials,” INFOS’10, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Informatics and Systems (INFOS’10), [CD ROM: pp. 1- 7], Cairo, Egypt, 28-30 March 2010.
  • Hussein, M.I., El-Abbasi, N. and Liu, L., “Finite element analysis of wave propagation in periodic Euler-Bernoulli beams” Proceedings of 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1- 7], Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 13-19 November 2009.
  • Davis, B.L.* and Hussein, M.I., “A three-dimensional lumped parameter model of nanoscale phononic crystals,” Proceedings of 22nd ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, [CD ROM: pp. 1-6], San Diego, California, 30 August - 2 September 2009.
  • Hussein, M.I., “Band structure calculations by modal analysis,” Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances of Acoustic Waves in Solids, [CD ROM: pp. 1-6], Taipei, Taiwan, 25-27 May 2009.
  • Hussein, M.I., “Fast phonon band structure calculations for thermal transport modeling,” Proceedings of Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies: Theory and Application, [CD ROM: pp. 1-8], Cairo, Egypt, 17-2 December 2008.
  • Hussein, M.I., Ruzzene, M., Leamy, M.J., Durrie, J.J. and Davis, B.L. “NEMS components design using intentionally defected dispersive building blocks,” Proceedings of 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1-7], Boston, Massachusetts, 31 October-6 November 2008.
  • Hussein, M.I., Leamy, M.J. and Ruzzene, M., “Wave beaming in nanostructured materials with engineered defects,” Proceedings of 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1-8], Boston, Massachusetts, 31 October-6 November 2008.
  • Landry, E.S., McGaughey, A.J.H. and Hussein, M.I., “Dielectric Nanocomposite Layering Configurations for Thermal Conductivity Reduction,” Proceedings of 2nd ASME Multifunctional Nanocomposites & Nanomaterials: International Conference & Exhibition, [CD ROM: pp. 1-11], Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 11-13 January 2008.
  • Hussein, M.I. and Deshpande, V.S., “A Discrete Dislocation Plasticity Study of Size Effects in Porous and Composite Materials,” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mechanical Design and Production, Cairo University, [CD ROM: pp. 1-14], Cairo, Egypt, 8-10 January 2008.
  • Landry, E.S.*, McGaughey, A.J.H. and Hussein, M.I., “Molecular Dynamics Prediction of the Thermal Conductivity of Si/Si1-xGex Superlattices,” Proceedings of 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1-8], Seattle, Washington, 11-15 November 2007.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hamza, K., Hulbert, G.M. and Saitou, K., “Tailoring of Two-Dimensional Band-Gap Materials for Broadband Frequency Isolation”, Proceedings of 21st ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, [CD ROM: pp. 1-10], Las Vegas, Nevada, 4-7 September 2007.
  • Hussein, M.I. and El-Beltagy, M.A.*, “Optimization of Phononic Filters via Genetic Algorithms,” Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter†, Paris, France, [CD ROM: pp. 1-4], 15-20 July 2007; Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 92, 012110, pp. 1-4, 2008.
  • Landry, E.S.*, McGaughey, A.J.H. and Hussein, M.I., “Molecular Dynamics Prediction of the Thermal Conductivity of Si/Ge Superlattices,” Proceedings of 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Conference and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, [CD ROM: pp. 1-9], Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 8-12 July 2007.
  • Landry, E.S.*, McGaughey, A.J.H. and Hussein, M.I., “Superlattice Analysis for Tailored Thermal Transport Characteristics,” Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1-10], Chicago, Illinois, 5-10 November 2006.
  • El-Beltagy, M.A. and Hussein, M.I., “Design Space Exploration of Multiphase Layered Phononic Materials via Natural Evolution,” Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1-9], Chicago, Illinois, 5-10 November 2006.
  • El-Beltagy, M.A.* and Hussein, M.I., “Evolutionary Scale-Preserving and Repair-Free Operators for the Design of Layered Composite Materials for Vibration and Shock Isolation,” Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Production Engineering and Design for Development, pp. 277-287, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 7-9 February 2006.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hulbert, G.M., and Scott, R.A., “Hierarchical Design of Phononic Materials and Structures,” Proceedings of 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1-10], Orlando, Florida, 5-11 November 2005.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hamza, K., Hulbert, G.M., Scott, R.A. and Saitou, K., “Evolutionary Topology Optimization of Periodic Materials for Vibration and Shock Isolation,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Production Engineering, Design and Control, [CD ROM: pp. 1-10], Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, 27-29 December, 2004.
  • McGaughey, A.J.H., Hussein, M.I., Kaviany, M., and Hulbert, G.M., “Phonon Band Structure and Thermal Transport Correlation in a Two Atom Unit Cell,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, vol. 4, pp. 499-508, Anaheim, California, 13-19 November 2004.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hulbert, G.M., and Scott, R.A., “Effects of ‘Finiteness’ on Vibration and Wave Propagation in Elastic Periodic Structures,” Proceedings of 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, [CD ROM: pp. 1-11], Anaheim, California, 13-19 November 2004.
  • Hussein, M.I. and Hulbert, G.M.*, “Mode Enrichment Techniques for Dispersive Modeling within a Multiscale Mixed Finite Element Framework,” Proceedings of the World Congress in Computational Mechanics VI, [CD ROM: pp. 1-10], Beijing, China, 5-10 September 2004.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hamza, K., Hulbert, G.M., Scott, R.A. and Saitou, K., “Design of Layered Structures with Desired Dispersion Properties Using a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Mechanical Design and Production, v1, pp. 41-50, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 4-6 January 2004.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hulbert, G.M., and Scott, R.A., “Band-Gap Engineering of Elastic Waveguides Using Periodic Materials,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo, pp. 799-807, Washington, D.C., 15-21 November 2003.
  • Hussein, M.I., Pierre, C. and Castanier, M.P., “Correlation of Tuned F ree Vibration Characteristics with Mistuning Sensitivity for a Bladed Disk,” Proceedings of the 44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, v2, pp. 1341-1358, Norfolk, Virginia, 7-10 April 2003.
  • Hussein, M.I., “A Dominant Mode Selection Scheme for Coupled Structure Analysis,” Proceedings of the International Modal Analysis Conference XXI, [CD ROM: pp. 1-7], Kissimmee, Florida, 3-6 February 2003.
  • Hussein, M.I., Hulbert, G.M. and Scott, R.A., “Tailoring of Wave Propagation Characteristics in Periodic Structures with Multilayer Unit Cells,” Proceedings of the 17th American Society of Composites Technical Conference, [CD ROM: pp. 1-9], West Lafayette, Indiana, 21-23 October 2002.
  • Hussein, M. I., “Dynamics of Banded Materials and Structures: Analysis, Design and Computation in Multiple Scales,” PhD Thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004.
  • Hussein, M. I., “Frequency Domain Analysis of Nonlinear Systems in Structural Dynamics,” MSc Thesis, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, 1995.
  • Hussein, M. I. and Davis, B.L., “Nanophononic metamaterials,” U.S. Patent 9,417,465 B2, Issued Aug. 16, 2016; Filed Apr. 7, 2014 (Provisional Application Date: Apr. 7, 2013)