Carnegie Mellon University

Birger Erik Ydstie

Sridhar Seetharaman

Sudhir Ranjan

Balaji Sukumar

A method for producing a solid layer material (), comprising providing () a first layer (); providing () a second liquid layer () on the first layer (); providing () a third liquid layer () on the second liquid layer (), wherein the third liquid layer has a melting point that is higher than a melting point of the second liquid layer, and wherein the second liquid layer is between the first and third layers; cooling () a surface of the third liquid layer to a temperature less than the melting point of the third liquid layer; forming () the solid layer from the third liquid layer while cooling the third layer liquid; and removing () the solid layer.

Methods for casting by a float process and associated apparatuses

A method for controlling a process, wherein the process has an input and an output, and including controlling the input to the process; predicting the output of the process based on a first set of operating parameters; predicting the output of the process based on a second set of operating parameters; updating the first set of operating parameters when a result from predicting the output from the first set of parameters differs from the output of the process by more than a predetermined amount, wherein the predetermined amount is a function the output predicted by the second set of parameters. The invention also includes apparatuses and systems.

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Birger Erik Ydstie