A selection of presentations, conference proceedings and lectures from faculty members of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at University of the Pacific.

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Submissions from 2018

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A2Cloud: An Analytical Model for Application-to-Cloud Matching to Empower Scientific Computing, Cody Balos, David De La Vega, Zachariah Abuelhaj, Chadi El Kari, David Mueller, and Vivek K. Pallipuram

UAV-based Automated Labeling of Training Data for Online Water and Land Differentiation, Elizabeth Basha

Building Sustainable Communities in the Anthropocene, Mary Kay Camarillo

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GPU acceleration of a best-features based digital rotoscope, Michael L. Davis and Vivek K. Pallipuram

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"i told you this last time, right?": Re-visiting narratives of STEM education, Sebastian Dziallas and Sally Fincher

Adaptive UPF Based Interacting Multiple Model Algorithm for Integrated Navigation, Jinzhu Gao

Integration of Compressed Sensing Coding and Fractal Image Coding for Image Restoration, Jinzhu Gao

Intelligent Data Visual Analytics, Jinzhu Gao

PyTracker: A Low-Cost Mobile Platform for Telerehabilitation, Jinzhu Gao

Integrating Sustainability in Structural Engineering Education, Mehdi Khazaeli, Hector Estrada, and L. S. Lee

A Case Study of Efficient HVAC Systems with Smart Thermostats - What Smart Thermostats Can Do in Residential Buildings?, Mehdi Khazaeli, Hector Estrada, and Luke S. Lee

Student and Instructor Perceptions of Online Engineering Education Videos, Mehdi Khazaeli, Hector Estrada, and Luke S. Lee

The United States Versus Deregulations; The Role of States in Mitigating Federal Deregulations, Rahim Khoie

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Forecasting carbon emissions in States of Hawaii, California, Colorado, and Florida; The effects of states' Renewable Portfolio Standards, Rahim Khoie and Antonio Calderon

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Renewable resources of the northern half of the United States; A pathway to total renewability?, Rahim Khoie, Kyle Ugale, and James Benefield

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Mechanical Engineering as a Career, Scott M. Larwood

An Experimental Investigation of Forces in Deep Hole Bone Drilling for Cochlear Implantation, JuEun Lee

Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity of Cortical Bone with Heat Loss Estimation, JuEun Lee

How Engineering is applied to Orthodontics and Dental Surgery, JuEun Lee

Investigation of Forces in Deep Hole Bone Drilling, JuEun Lee

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Incorporating research in the undergraduate experience at a private teaching-centric institution, David Mueller, Elizabeth Basha, and Vivek K. Pallipuram

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A best-features based digital rotoscope, Iain Murphy, Tyler Norlund, and Vivek K. Pallipuram

Celebrating 20 Years of the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop, Camilla M. Saviz

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Recreating little Manila through a virtual reality serious game, Sophia Vu, Daniel C. Cliburn, Jennifer Helgren, Joshua Salyers, Keely Canniff, Andrew Johnson, Mary Milliken, Tyler Reardon, Kyle Sabbatino, and Alicia Stephan

Submissions from 2017

Beneficial reuse of produced water from oil \& gas fields, Mary Kay Camarillo

Some tricks in parameter selection for extreme learning machine, Weipeng Cao, Jinzhu Gao, Zhong Ming, and Shubin Cai

Fuzziness based Random Vector Functional-link Network for Semi-supervised Learning, Weipeng Cao, Jinzhu Gao, Zhong Ming, Shubin Cai, and Zhiguang Shan

Impact of Probability Distribution Selection on RVFL Performance, Weipeng Cao, Jinzhu Gao, Zhong Ming, Shubin Cai, and Hua Zheng

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Study on machining mechanism of high viscoelastic abrasive flow machining for surface finishing, Zhiguo Dong, Gang Ya, and Jiancheng Liu

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A first look at the year in computing, Sebastian Dziallas, Sally Fincher, Colin G. Johnson, and Ian Utting

Children's conceptions of stories in educational games, Osvaldo Jiménez

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Headwinds – a story about wind energy, Scott M. Larwood

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An Integrated Robotic System: 2D-Vision Based Inspection Robot with Automated PLC Conveyor System, Dongbin Lee, Bandar Alghamdi, Patrick Schaeffer, and Joe Stuart

Optimized QCL Design using MATLAB, David Mueller

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Data migration algorithms in heterogeneous storage systems: A comparative performance evaluation, Gary Roberts, Sixia Chen, Chadi El Kari, and Vivek K. Pallipuram

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Little manila: A digital recreation, Joshua Salyers, Daniel C. Cliburn, Edith Sparks, Jamie Lynn Culilap, Sarah Kuo, Kyle Sabbatino, Ronnie Sanchez, Danielle Thomasson, and Hannah Tvergyak

Art with Fluid Mechanics, Said Shakerin

Water Fountains with Special Effects, Said Shakerin

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Machinability study on SiC particle reinforced aluminum alloy composite (SiCp/Al) material with CVD diamond coated end mills, Alexandro Vargas, Tony Nguyen, and Jiancheng Liu

A diffusion-based gradient microfluidic device for the study of the cyanobacterial chemotaxis, Katrina Pauline L. Yap and Shelly Gulati

Submissions from 2016

Active engineering education modules: Summary paper of five years of incremental improvements to the Modules, Ashland O. Brown, Joseph J. Rencis, Daniel D. Jensen, Paul Henry Schimpf, Richard H. Crawford, Ismail I. Orabi, Kyle A. Watson, Jiancheng Liu, Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Mouchumi Bhattacharyya, Kevin Leigh Leigh Webster, Chuan Chiang Chen, and Firas Akasheh

Characteristics and environmental fate of flowback/produced water from hydraulically fractured wells in California, Mary Kay Camarillo

From fracking to oil and gas development: Chemical constituents and potential implications for the beneficial reuse of produced water, Mary Kay Camarillo

Implications of oil field chemicals for produced water beneficial reuse, Mary Kay Camarillo

Quantitative analysis chemicals used for hydraulic fracturing in California (USA), Mary Kay Camarillo

Use of physical/chemical data as a tool for screening potential treatment approaches for hydraulic fracturing waste streams, Mary Kay Camarillo

Screening treatment technologies for hydraulic fracturing wastes based on physical and chemical data, Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, J. K. Domen, and W. L. Sandelin

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Examining graduateness through narratives, Sebastian Dziallas

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Aspects of graduateness in computing students' narratives, Sebastian Dziallas and Sally Fincher

Negotiating academic communities: Narratives of life-long learners, Sally Fincher, Sebastian Dziallas, Ofra Brandes, Yifat Ben David Kolikant, and R. Benjamin Shapiro

Collaborative Big Data Analytics, Jinzhu Gao

Intelligent Data Visual Analytics, Jinzhu Gao

A 3D Biomaterial Model for Patient-Derived Ovarian Cancer Drug Screening, Maria Gencoglu

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Microfluidic measurements of drug dissolution using a quartz crystal microbalance, Shelly Gulati, Janpierre A. Bonoan, Kylee V. Schesser, Joshua F. Arucan, and Xiaoling Li

Gesture based Human Computer Interaction for Education Purposes, Mehdi Khazaeli and Chadi El Kari

The Effect of Technology and Big Data in Sport Industry, Mehdi Khazaeli and Chadi El Kari

The Promise of Big Data in the Construction Industry, Mehdi Khazaeli, Hector Estrada, and Luke S. Lee

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Comparison of upwind and downwind operation of the NREL Phase VI Experiment, Scott M. Larwood and R. Chow

Use of a popular power electronics platform in a control systems laboratory, Cherian P. Mathews

A microfluidic device for marking small tissues, Colleen Motoyasu, Brad Hirayama, and Shelly Gulati

A microfluidic device for marking small tissues, Colleen Motoyasu, Brad Hirayama, and Shelly Gulati

Characterization of thin film application parameters for drug dissolution testing using a quartz crystal microbalance, Kylee V. Schesser and Shelly Gulati

Effects of College Remediation on Student Success, Farley Ordovensky Staniec, Sharmila K. King, and Jeffrey S. Burmeister

Submissions from 2015

Composition and associated hazards of well stimulation fluids used in California (USA), Mary Kay Camarillo

Characterizing Environmental Hazards of Hydraulic Fracturing in California., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, T. McKone, H. Cooley, J. Varadharajan, and S. B. Houseworth

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Characterizing graduateness in computing education, Sebastian Dziallas

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ACM curriculum reports: A pedagogic perspective, Sebastian Dziallas and Sally Fincher

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Learning to learn: The co-evolution of an institution and its students, Sebastian Dziallas and Sally Fincher

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Then and now: Past experience echoed in university computing teachers' current practice, Sally Fincher and Sebastian Dziallas

Big Data Management, Analysis and Visualization, Jinzhu Gao

Big Data Management, Analysis and Visualization, Jinzhu Gao

Collaborative Data Management and Visualization, Jinzhu Gao

Data Analysis and Visualization for Collaborative Research and Online Education, Jinzhu Gao

Integrin-Growth Factor Receptor Co-signaling During Breast Cancer Metastasis, Maria Gencoglu

Virus Flocculation and Recovery with Osmolytes, Maria Gencoglu

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Web-based Visual Similarity Analysis of Atmospheric Nucleation Data, Logan Herche and Jinzhu Gao

Rocksmith 2014 - 60 Days of Variety, Feedback, and Missions, Osvaldo Jiménez

Data Analytics and Information Systems (DAIS) Division, Mehdi Khazaeli

A Survey and Case Study of "Big Data" Challenges in Industrial Engineering, Mehdi Khazaeli and G. M. Knapp

Service Learning in Engineering Management, Mehdi Khazaeli and Camilla M. Saviz

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Prediction and Alleviation of Flutter in Swept Wind Turbine Blades, Scott M. Larwood

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Machinability experimental study of sintered alumina (Al2O3) ceramics material by chemical vapor deposition diamond coating milling tools, Jiancheng Liu and Robert Camfield

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Closed-Loop Digital PWM Control using a Popular Power Electronics Platform, Cherian P. Mathews and Bryson Y. Mitsui

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From HPC performance to climate modeling: Transforming methods for HPC predictions into models of extreme climate conditions, Ryan McKinney, Vivek K. Pallipuram, Rodrigo Vargas, and Michela Taufer

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A testing engine for high-performance and cost-effective workflow execution in the cloud, Vivek K. Pallipuram, T. Estrada, and Michela Taufer

Network acceleration and time synchronization for data acquisition systems using commodity networks and operating systems, Jeffrey Shafer, Jesse Conn, Cameron Lucas, James Caffery, and Klaus Schug

Finite element analysis active learning modules embedded throughout a curriculum: Implementation and assessment of results based on student GPA, Kyle A. Watson, Ashland O. Brown, and Jiancheng Liu

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Practical Teaching Method Based on MATLAB in AC Speed Regulating System Course, Qian Yang and Jinzhu Gao

Submissions from 2014

Determination of drug dissolution using a quartz crystal microbalance, Janpierre A. Bonoan, X. Li, and Shelly Gulati

Finite element active learning module assessment of student improvement, learning styles, gender differences and ethnic differences, Ashland O. Brown, Daniel D. Jensen, Richard H. Crawford, Joseph J. Rencis, Ella R. Sargent, Rachelle Kisst Hackett, Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Kyle A. Watson, Ismail I. Orabi, Jiancheng Liu, John J. Wood, Christopher Allen Wejmar, Paul Henry Schimpf, and Chuan Chiang Chen

Application of an Estuary Model to Quantify Factors Contributing to Low Dissolved Oxygen Conditions in the San Joaquin River Deep Water Ship Channel, Mary Kay Camarillo, Joel Herr, Scott Sheeder, Gregory Weissmann, Shelly Gulati, and William T. Stringfellow

Characterizing compounds used in hydraulic fracturing: A necessary step for understanding environmental impacts, Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, J. K. Domen, W. L. Sandelin, R. Tinnacher, and P. Jordan

Computer Modeling to Promote Stakeholder Involvement and Informed Decision-Making in a TMDL Program, Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, Joel Herr, Scott Sheeder, Shelly Gulati, and Gregory Weissmann

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Use of a onedimensional link-node model to develop total maximum daily load strategies for the San Joaquin River Estuary, Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, Joel Herr, Scott Sheeder, Gregory Weissmann, Shelly Gulati, and Ashley Stubblefield

Modeling To Promote Stakeholder Involvement And Informed Decision-Making In A TMDL Program., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, J. Herr, Scott Sheeder, Shelly Gulati, and Gregory Weissmann

Effects of wetland management on carbon storage in soil., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, and C. L. Spier

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Effect of the waterside boundary condition on the seepage and slope stability analyses of the Natomas levees - A case study, Rongqiang Du and Scott M. Merry

Collaborative Data Visualization and Analysis, Jinzhu Gao

Collaborative Data Visualization and Analysis, Jinzhu Gao

A New Platform Approach for Virus Purification, Maria Gencoglu