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Mary A. Smith*, Smita Verma*, Yang W. Fen** and John D. Smythe*

*Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

University of Research

Research City, RD12345

** Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Science & Technology

Urban City, XY67890

Corresponding Author: masmith@ur.edu

 

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