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Alexander Alvara

Other name: Alexander N. Alvara
University of California, Berkeley
Verified email at berkeley.edu
Cited by 38

BLISS: Interplanetary exploration with swarms of low-cost spacecraft

AN Alvara, L Lee, E Sin, N Lambert, AJ Westphal… - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Leveraging advancements in micro-scale technology, we propose a fleet of autonomous,
low-cost, small solar sails for interplanetary exploration. The Berkeley Low-cost Interplanetary …

Low-level control of MEMS driven femto-scale small solar sail spacecraft for Earth escape trajectories

AN Alvara, KSJ Pister - Small Satellites Systems and Services …, 2025 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper presents a low-level control strategy for femto-scale solar sail spacecraft to
achieve Earth escape trajectories. The BLISS spacecraft employs MEMS inchworm motors to …

A steerable neuroendoscopic instrument using compliant contact-aided joints and monolithic articulation

…, A Swarup, P Francis, AN Alvara… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This work presents the design of an articulate neuroendoscopic instrument (ANI), a handheld
tool for use in minimally invasive neurosurgery. The instrument consists of a handle and a …

Development and validation of MRI compatible pediatric surgical robot with modular tooling for bone biopsy

AN Alvara, T Looi, R Saab, A Shorter… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In clinical practice, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to locate a lesion/tumor for
bone biopsy in children. However, there is a lack of MR-compatible tools that can be used …

A Comparison of High-Intensity Interval Running and TABATA on Postprandial Metabolism: A Pilot Analysis

AR Alvara, DJ Buckley… - International Journal of …, 2021 - digitalcommons.wku.edu
PURPOSE: Compare the postprandial response following: 1) rest, 2) high-intensity interval
running (HIIR), and 3) Tabata. METHODS: Recreationally active males (n= 7; age= 24.3±4.8 …

[PDF][PDF] Exosuit

AN Alvara, E Vazquez, MB Jakovljevic, JD Lopez - projects.mae.uci.edu
Methodology Future Directions Abstract Approach Acknowledgements References Polymer
Integration Manufacturing Process Page 1 Procedure: ▪ The user starts with their shoulder in full …

Effect of Single vs Accumulated Bouts of Exercise on Body Composition, Fitness, and Resting Metabolic Rate

A Alvara - 2021 - scholarworks.sfasu.edu
Obesity and physical inactivity are two factors that have been shown to be correlated with
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. As people have increasingly busier schedules, …

The Effects of Multiple Bouts of TABATA on Post-Exercise Metabolism: A Pilot Analysis

BW Johnson, A Alvara… - International Journal of …, 2021 - digitalcommons.wku.edu
PURPOSE: Compare the resting metabolic rate (RMR) following: 1) no exercise (REST), 2)
completion of 1 bout of TABATA (1-BOUT), 3) completion of 2 bouts of TABATA (2-BOUT), …

Effect of Single Vs Accumulated Bouts of Exercise on Body Composition, Fitness, and Resting Metabolic Rate

K Jankevicius, A Alvara, J Rowe - International Journal of …, 2022 - digitalcommons.wku.edu
PURPOSE: To examine how the effects of accumulated exercise compare to continuous
exercise on body composition, VO 2 max, and metabolic rate. METHODS: Mildly active males (n

[PDF][PDF] Experimental investigation into the fracture properties of heterogeneous materials

A Roy, M Echeverria, A Alvara - Indian Institute of Technology …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Most of the engineering materials can be considered heterogeneous in the nano, micro and
macro scale. Polycrystalline structures, or any structure with defects such as inclusions and …