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 2014

Virus Flocculation and Removal in the Presence of Osmolytes, Maria Gencoglu

Virus Purification Using Osmolyte Flocculation, Maria Gencoglu

Quantifying Elastic Vortex Growth of DNA Solutions in Planar Micro-Bends, Shelly Gulati

Influence of Microfluidic Geometry on Micro-droplet formation, Shelly Gulati, Wilson Good, K. Vijayakumar, Warren Tamayo, X. Niu, J. B. Edel, and A. J. de Mello

Quantifying elastic vortex growth of DNA solutions in planar microbends, Shelly Gulati, Susan J. Muller, and Dorian Liepmann

Mass Balance Analysis for Salts, Nutrients, and Oxygen-Demanding Substances in the San Joaquin River, Shelly Gulati, Ashley Stubblefield, Jeremy S. Hanlon, C. L. Spier, Mary K. Camarillo, and William T. Stringfellow

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Gradient Flow Analysis on MILC HISQ Ensembles, James E. Hetrick, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, N. Brown, C. DeTar, J. Foley, S. A. Gottlieb, U. M. Heller, J. Komijani, and J. Laiho

Reflecting on educational game design principles via empirical methods, Osvaldo Jiménez

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Dynamics and Control of a Novel Manipulator on VTOL Aircraft System - a Planar Case Study, Dongbin Lee, Peng Xu, Ran Huang, and Timothy C. Burg

Zooplankton Grazing in the San Joaquin River, Gary M. Litton, C. R. Moon, M. S. Brunell, M. Estiandan, and William T. Stringfellow

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Cutting tool run out considered cutting force estimation in micro milling processes, Jiancheng Liu, Yu Long Su, Zhi Guo Dong, and Gang Ya

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Study on volumetric tool wear measurement using image processing, Jiancheng Liu and Guang Xi Xiong

Spreading Student-Centered Active Learning Through a Teaching Fellows Program, David Mueller

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Applying frequency analysis techniques to dag-based workflows to benchmark and predict resource behavior on non-dedicated clusters, Vivek K. Pallipuram, Jeffrey Dimarco, and Michela Taufer

Rube Goldberg and His Impact on Engineering Education and Art, Said Shakerin

Characterization of the Mass Flux of Salts, Nutrients, and Oxygen-Demanding Substances from the San Joaquin River to the Estuary, William T. Stringfellow, Shelly Gulati, Ashley Stubblefield, Jeremy S. Hanlon, C. L. Spier, Joel Herr, and Mary K. Camarillo

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Use of the WARMF Model to Identify Sources of Oxygen Impairment and Potential Management Strategies for the San Joaquin River Watershed, William T. Stringfellow, Joel Herr, Scott Sheeder, Shelly Gulati, Gregory Weissmann, Mary K. Camarillo, and Michael Jue

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Theoretical and experimental research on design of non-resonant gear transformer, Shiying Wang, Ming Lv, Gang Ya, Jiancheng Liu, and Guoxing Liang

Submissions from 2013

Mitigating carbon dioxide emission with gradual implementation of distributed generation: A case study, Vikas Azad and Rahim Khoie

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Mitigating carbon dioxide emission with gradual implemetation of distributed generation in Northern California, Vikas Azad and Rahim Khoie

Removal of sediment from residential stormwater to improve water quality in Lake Tahoe, Mary Kay Camarillo, S. Costello, and R. Jain

Egg waste and grape pomace as co-digestates for biogas production in anaerobic digestion., Mary Kay Camarillo, J. Domen, M. Ebia, and William T. Stringfellow

Use of flow regulation in manhole odor control devices to reduce maintenance and frequency of media replacement., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, and Jeremy S. Hanlon

Performance of collection system odour control devices operating in diverse conditions., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, Jeremy S. Hanlon, and Elizabeth Basha

Selection of co-digestate feedstocks based on evaluation of a full-scale biomass energy mass balance., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, C. L. Spier, Jeremy S. Hanlon, and J. Domen

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On a Generalized Approach to Order-Independent Image Composition in Parallel Visualization, Dongliang Chu, Qishi Wu, Jinzhu Gao, and Li Wang

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Towards a model of faculty development for FOSS in education, Heidi J.C. Ellis, Mel Chua, Gregory W. Hislop, Michelle Purcell, and Sebastian Dziallas

Reduction of Porcine Parvovirus Infectivity in the Presence of Protecting Osmolytes, Maria Gencoglu

Reduction of Porcine Parvovirus Infectivity in the Presence of Protecting Osmolytes, Maria Gencoglu

INFLUENCE OF MICROFLUIDIC GEOMETRY ON MICRO-DROPLET FORMATION, Wilson Good, Isha Srivastava, and Shelly Gulati

IRIS BIOMETRIC RESEARCH AT PACIFIC, Robert Hasegawa, Ken Hughes, Duxing Mou, Louise Stark, and Anahita Zarei

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Lattice Investigations of the Hosotani Mechanism of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, James E. Hetrick

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Symanzik flow on HISQ ensembles, James E. Hetrick, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, N. Brown, C. DeTar, J. Foley, S. A. Gottlieb, U. M. Heller, J. Laiho, and L. Levkova

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Update on the 2+1+1 flavor QCD equation of state with HISQ, James E. Hetrick, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, J. Foley, S. A. Gottlieb, C. DeTar, U. M. Heller, J. Laiho, R. Sugar, and J. Osborn

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The new “Gauge Connection” at NERSC, James E. Hetrick, M. Di Pierro, S. Cholia, J. Simone, and C. DeTar

Making math learning social and familial: The promise and problems of mobile devices, Osvaldo Jiménez, Shelley Goldman, Ben Hedrick, Kristen Pilner Blair, and Roy Pea

Strength Testing an Embedded Sensor Blade Bolt for Wind Turbine Applications, Scott M. Larwood

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Adaptive and Robust Control of an Unmanned Surface Vessel, Dongbin Lee

Zooplankton phytoplankton Interactions in the San Joaquin River, Gary M. Litton, C. R. Moon, M. S. Brunell, M. Estiandan, and William T. Stringfellow

Fluid Mechanics Inspired Art, Said Shakerin

Investigation of Oxygen Consuming Materials Effecting a Dissolved Oxygen TMDL in the San Joaquin River’s Deepwater Ship Channel near Stockton, CA, William T. Stringfellow, Shelly Gulati, Joel Herr, Jeremy S. Hanlon, C. L. Spier, Ashley Stubblefield, Michael Jue, Gregory Weissmann, Scott Sheeder, E. Garcia, and Mary K. Camarillo

COMPARISON OF LOAD ESTIMATION METHODS FOR CALCULATING TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS, Ashley A. Stubblefield, Shelly Gulati, Jeremy S. Hanlon, Chelsea L. Spier, and William T. Stringfellow

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Simulation and experimental study on size effect in steel micro milling machining process, Chunjiang Zhou and Jiancheng Liu

Submissions from 2012

Developing a monitoring strategy for tracking environmental impacts of co-digested feedstocks in an anaerobic biomass energy project., Mary Kay Camarillo, Jeremy S. Hanlon, C. L. Spier, and William T. Stringfellow

Integration of routinely collected municipal monitoring data sets to supplement a regional dissolved oxygen total maximum daily load (TMDL) model., Mary Kay Camarillo, Jeremy S. Hanlon, Ashley Stubblefield, and William T. Stringfellow

Technology developments in the rapid detection of microbial contaminants in drinking water systems., Mary Kay Camarillo, K. Shimizu, and R. Jain

Economic sustainability of a dairy-based biomass energy project in California., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, Jeremy S. Hanlon, and M. B. Jue

Enhanced sustainability of dairy operations through implementation of a biomass energy project., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, Jeremy S. Hanlon, and M. B. Jue

Operating an anaerobic digestion and co-generation system with stringent air quality regulations to limit nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur oxides (SOx) in stack gas emissions., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, Jeremy S. Hanlon, and M. B. Jue

Impact of co-digestion on salinity at a biomass energy project., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, M. B. Jue, and Jeremy S. Hanlon

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Work in progress: From sage on the stage to guide on the side: Examining shifts in teaching practice through stories of open community participation, Mel Chua and Sebastian Dziallas

All About Big Data, Jinzhu Gao

Immunosorbent Assay to Determine the Virus Infectivity Cycle, Maria Gencoglu

Reduction of Virus Infectivity in the Presence of Osmolytes, Maria Gencoglu

Reduction of Virus Infectivity in the Presence of Protecting Osmolytes, Maria Gencoglu

Simple Compounds to Reduce Sindbis Virus Infectivity, Maria Gencoglu

Estimation of total maximum daily load (TMDL) in agricultural watersheds using a combined real-time and periodic sampling approach, Shelly Gulati, Jeremy S. Hanlon, C. L. Spier, and William T. Stringfellow

Total maximum daily load (TMDL) estimation using a joint real-time and periodic sampling approach, Shelly Gulati, Jeremy S. Hanlon, C. L. Spier, and William T. Stringfellow

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Electromagnetic contributions to pseudoscalar masses, James E. Hetrick, S. Basak, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, C. DeTar, E. Freeland, W. Freeman, J. Foley, S. A. Gottlieb, and U. M. Heller

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Status of the MILC calculation of electromagnetic contributions to pseudoscalar masses, James E. Hetrick, S. Basak, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, C. DeTar, E. Freeland, W. Freeman, J. Foley, S. A. Gottlieb, and U. M. Heller

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Two-Point Correlator Fits on HISQ Ensembles, James E. Hetrick, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, C. Bouchard, C. DeTar, D. Du, A. X. El-Khadra, J. Foley, E. D. Freeland, and E. Gamiz

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Pseudoscalar meson physics with four dynamical quarks, James E. Hetrick, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, C. Bouchard, C. DeTar, D. Du, A. X. El-Khadra, J. Foley, E. Gamiz, and S. A. Gottlieb

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Towards a QCD equation of state with 2+1+1 flavors using the HISQ action, James E. Hetrick, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, C. DeTar, J. Foley, S. A. Gottlieb, U. M. Heller, J. Laiho, J. Osborn, and R. Sugar

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Evaluation of Co-located and Distributed Collaborative Visualization, Xianlin Hu, Lane Harrison, Aidong Lu, Li Yu, Huaguang Song, and Jinzhu Gao

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Coordinated Control of Flying Robotic Arm, Dongbin Lee, C. Nataraj, and Timothy C. Burg

Variable flow effects on phyto- and zooplankton at the river-estuary transition in the San Joaquin River, Gary M. Litton, N. T. Quinn, M. S. Brunell, and William T. Stringfellow

Spatial, temporal, and tidal effects on the distribution of zooplankton in the Deep Water Ship Channel of the San Joaquin River, Gary M. Litton, William T. Stringfellow, and M. S. Brunell

Direct measurement of phytoplankton growth rate in a eutrophic river reveals phytoplankton response to altered flow regimes, Gary M. Litton, William T. Stringfellow, Jeremy S. Hanlon, M. S. Brunell, and C. L. Spier

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Application Of Parallel Computing On Large Scale Atmospheric Nucleation, Yanrui Liu, Kai Zhu, Aseda Gyeke Aboagye, and Jinzhu Gao

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A review of shear stress sign convention in interpreting Mohr's circle using the pole of planes method, Scott M. Merry and Evert C. Lawton

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A multi-Node GPGPU implementation of non- Linear anisotropic diffusion filter, Vivek K. Pallipuram, Nimisha Raut, Xiaoyu Ren, Melissa C. Smith, and Sumedh Naik

Ranking Matrix to Prioritize Watersheds in a TMDL Context, William T. Stringfellow, Shelly Gulati, Jeremy S. Hanlon, and C. L. Spier

Riparian Wetlands as Buffer Zones for Protecting River Water Quality, William T. Stringfellow, Jeremy S. Hanlon, C. L. Spier, M. Brunell, S. Borglin, J. Graham, E. Karpuzcu, K. Nguyen, Michael Jue, and Shelly Gulati

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HFAA: A generic socket API for hadoop file systems, Adam Yee and Jeffrey Shafer

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A Novel Web Based Support Tool for Learning Random Variables, Anahita Zarei, Jinzhu Gao, Alan Joe, and Jason Ortiz

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Experimental investigation of mechanical micro machining for AL6061-T6 material, Chunjiang Zhou, Jiancheng Liu, and Adrian Avila

Submissions from 2011

A review of major issues concerning drinking water security., Mary Kay Camarillo, William T. Stringfellow, and R. Jain

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How to involve students in FOSS projects, Heidi J.C. Ellis, Gregory W. Hislop, Mel Chua, and Sebastian Dziallas

Homework Habits: If it is Broken, Fix It," published on "Tomorrow's Professor", Abel A. Fernandez, Jeffrey Burmeister, and Camilla Saviz

Engineering Internships in Social Entrepreneurship: Developing Partnerships and Student Perspectives, Abel A. Fernandez and Camilla M. Saviz

Connecting Mass and Energy Balances to the Continuum Scale with COMSOL DEMos, Maria Gencoglu

Novel Inhibitors of Fibrin Formation to Reduce Blood Clots, Maria Gencoglu

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Properties of light pseudoscalars from lattice QCD with HISQ ensembles, James E. Hetrick, A. Bazavov, R. S. Van de Water, C. Bernard, M. Lightman, C. DeTar, L. Levkova, M. Oktay, W. Freeman, and J. Kim

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Making QCD Lattice Data Accessible and Organized through Advanced Web Interfaces, James E. Hetrick, M. Di Pierro, S. Cholia, and D. Skinner

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B and D meson decay constants from 2+1 flavor improved staggered simulations, James E. Hetrick, E. T. Neil, J. A. Bailey, A. Bazavov, C. Bernard, C. M. Bouchard, C. DeTar, M. DiPierro, A. X. El-Khadra, and R. T. Evans

Towards Effective Collaborative Analysis for Distributed Intrusion Detection, Xianlin Hu, Huaguang Song, Lane Harrison, Aidong Lu, Jinzhu Gao, and Weichao Wang

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Robust Control Of A Surface Vehicle With Disturbances, Dongbin Lee, C. Nataraj, and Timothy C. Burg

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Evaluation of final cover systems and the importance of a geocomposite layer on the predicted performance, Scott M. Merry, R. Jeffrey Dunn, and R. Bryan Luper

Progress Toward 3-5um Strained Quantum Cascade Laser Design using Quasi-Phased Matched Non-linear Conversion on GaAs (111)B, David Mueller

Sensitivity of Strained and Unstrained Structure Growth on GaAs(111)B, David Mueller

Fluid dynamics art exploration: An undergraduate research course, Robyn Akemi Nariyoshi and Said Shakerin

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Evaluation of GPU architectures using spiking neural networks, Vivek K. Pallipuram, Mohammad A. Bhuiyan, and Melissa C. Smith

Water Fountains with Special Effects, Said Shakerin

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Cutting tool wear measurement by using active contour model based image processing, Guangxi Xiong, Jiancheng Liu, and Adrian Avila

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Web-based Atmospheric Nucleation Data Management and Visualization, Kai Zhu, Huaguang Song, and Jinzhu Gao

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Application of Evolutionary Neural Networks for Well-logging Recognition in Petroleum Reservoir, Kai Zhu, Huaguang Song, Jinzhu Gao, and Guojian Cheng

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Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Cloud Computing Applications, Kai Zhu, Huaguang Song, Lijing Liu, Jinzhu Gao, and Guojian Cheng

Submissions from 2010

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Go Math! How research anchors new mobile learning environments, April Alexander, Kristen Pilner Blair, Shelley Goldman, Osvaldo Jiménez, Masataka Nakaue, Roy Pea, and Andrew Russell

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Optimization and performance study of large-scale biological networks for reconfigurable computing, Mohammad A. Bhuiyan, Ananth Nallamuthu, Melissa C. Smith, and Vivek K. Pallipuram

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Acceleration of spiking neural networks in emerging multi-core and GPU architectures, Mohammad A. Bhuiyan, Vivek K. Pallipuram, and Melissa C. Smith