Recent UCSD Publications: ECE

Recent publications from faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering:

Chan, A. B., and N. Vasconcelos. 2008. Modeling, clustering, and segmenting video with mixtures of dynamic textures. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 30 (5):909-926.

Huang, A. M., and T. Q. Nguyen. 2008. A multistage motion vector processing method for motion-compensated frame interpolation. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 17 (5):694-708.

Ikeda, K., M. Nezhad, and Y. Fainman. 2008. Wavelength selective coupler with vertical gratings on silicon chip. Applied Physics Letters 92 (20).

Kao, M. P., and T. Nguyen. 2008. A fully scalable motion model for scalable video coding. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 17 (6):908-923.

Kim, Y. H., A. Sutivong, and T. M. Cover. 2008. State amplification. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 54 (5):1850-1859.

Park, S. J., and G. M. Rebeiz. 2008. Low-loss two-pole tunable filters with three different predefined bandwidth characteristics. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 56 (5):1137-1148.

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Recent UCSD Physics Articles

New articles from the UCSD Physics faculty.

Creveling, D. R., P. E. Gill, and H. D. I. Abarbanel. 2008. State and parameter estimation in nonlinear systems as an optimal tracking problem. Physics Letters A 372 (15):2640-2644.

Duan, H., G. M. Fuller, and Y. Z. Qian. 2008. Stepwise spectral swapping with three neutrino flavors. Physical Review D 77 (8).

Espinosa, J. R., B. Grinstein, D. O’Connell, and M. B. Wise. 2008. Neutrino masses in the Lee-Wick standard model. Physical Review D 77 (8).

Hirsch, J. E. 2008. Spin Meissner effect in superconductors and the origin of the Meissner effect. Europhysics Letters 81 (6).

Ho, P. C., N. P. Butch, V. S. Zapf, T. Yanagisawa, N. A., Frederick, S. K. Kim, W. M. Yuhasz, M. B. Maple, J. B. Betts, and A. H. Lacerda. 2008. The high field ordered phase and upper critical field of the filled skutterudite system Pr(Os1-xRux)(4)Sb-12. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 20 (21).

Miller, C. W., I. K. Schuller, R. W. Dave, J. M. Slaughter, Y. Zhou, and J. Akerman. 2008. Temperature and angular dependences of dynamic spin-polarized resonant tunneling in CoFeB/MgO/NiFe junctions. Journal of Applied Physics 103 (7).

Rahimi, S., M. B. Maple, and R. W. Hill. 2008. Thermal conductivity of the superconducting filled skutterudite compounds PrOs4Sb12 and PrRu4Sb12. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 20 (21).

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Fantastic Voyage: Tumor-Targeting Nanoworms

Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoworms for Tumor Targeting and Imaging
Advanced Materials
Volume 20, Issue 9, Date: May 5, 2008, Pages: 1630-1635
Ji-Ho Park, Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Lianglin Zhang, Michael P. Schwartz, Erkki Ruoslahti, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Michael J. Sailor

UCSD Press Release:

Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense system and—like tiny anti-cancer missiles—home in on tumors.

Their discovery, detailed in this week’s issue of the journal Advanced Materials, is reminiscent of the 1966 science fiction movie, the Fantastic Voyage, in which a submarine is shrunken to microscopic dimensions, then injected into the bloodstream to remove a blood clot from a diplomat’s brain.

Using nanoworms, doctors should eventually be able to target and reveal the location of developing tumors that are too small to detect by conventional methods. Carrying payloads targeted to specific features on tumors, these microscopic vehicles could also one day provide the means to more effectively deliver toxic anti-cancer drugs to these tumors in high concentrations without negatively impacting other parts of the body.

Recent UCSD Articles - MAE

New articles from the UCSD Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering faculty.

Gupta, A., and X. Markenscoff. 2008. Configurational forces as dissipative mechanisms: a revisit. Comptes Rendus Mecanique 336 (1-2):126-131.

Li, T. Z., E. Al Olevsky, and M. A. Meyers. 2008. The development of residual stresses in Ti6Al4V-Al3Ti metal-intermetallic laminate (MIL) composites. Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 473 (1-2):49-57.

Nichols, J. A., H. Saito, M. Hoefer, and P. R. Bandaru. 2008. Tailoring the electrochemical behavior of multiwalled carbon nanotubes through argon and hydrogen ion irradiation. Electrochemical and Solid State Letters 11 (4):K35-K39.

Shimada, M., G. R. Tynan, and R. Cattolica. 2008. Neutral depletion in inductively coupled plasmas using hybrid-type direct simulation Monte Carlo. Journal of Applied Physics 103 (3).

Treister, Y., and C. Pozrikidis. 2008. Numerical study of equilibrium shapes and deformation of single-wall carbon nanotubes. Computational Materials Science 41 (3):383-408.

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Molecule Man: U-T Feature on Nicolaou

UCSD/Scripps Research Institute chemistry professor KC Nicolaou was featured in the April 24th San Diego Union-Tribune. In the article, Dr. Nicolaou discusses his just-published book, Molecules That Changed the World, about the history, synthesis and impact of aspirin, penicillin, taxol and other important chemical compounds.

Molecules That Changed the World (publisher website) The Nicolaou Group at Scripps Research Institute

New UCSD Bioengineering Articles

Recently published articles from the Department of Bioengineering Faculty:

Barbee, K. D., and X. H. Huang. 2008. Magnetic assembly of high-density DNA arrays for genomic analyses. Analytical Chemistry 80 (6):2149-2154.

Cabrales, P., A. G. Tsai, and M. Intaglietta. 2008. Modulation of perfusion and oxygenation by red blood cell oxygen affinity during acute anemia. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 38 (3):354-361.

Chang, S. F., C. A. Chang, D. Y. Lee, P. L. Leet, Y. M. Yeh, C. R. Yeh, C. K. Cheng, S. Chien, and J. J. Chiu. 2008. Tumor cell cycle arrest induced by shear stress: Roles of integrins and Smad. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (10):3927-3932.

Chien, S. 2008. Effects of disturbed flow on endothelial cells. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 36 (4):554-562.

Feala, J. D., L. Coquin, G. Paternostro, and A. D. McCulloch. 2008. Integrating metabolomics and phenomics with systems models of cardiac hypoxia. Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology 96 (1-3):209-225.

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American Chemical Society - NIH Guidelines

ACS has updated their Author & Reviewer Resource Center to include information about the new NIH guidelines. When the article is accepted, the corresponding author will receive and be asked to complete the NIH Policy Addendum.

For ACS authors whose manuscripts acknowledge research funding support from NIH, the ACS hereby grants to the author the right to provide an electronic copy of the final peer-reviewed manuscript and supporting information to the NIH upon editorial acceptance by the ACS journal as titled above. This grant shall permit public accessibility of the deposited content on the NIH’s PubMed Central database, 12 months after the official date of publication of the final article by ACS.

Recent UCSD Math Articles

Recent articles from the UCSD Department of Math Faculty:

Adin, R. M., J. B. Remmel, and Y. Roichman. 2008. The combinatorics of the Garsia-Haiman modules of hook shapes. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 15 (1).

Bender, E. A., E. R. Canfield, and L. B. Richmond. 2008. Coefficients of functional compositions often grow smoothly. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 15 (1).

Chung, F., and R. Graham. 2008. Primitive juggling sequences. American Mathematical Monthly 115 (3):185-194.

Donohue, M., I. Abramson, and A. Gamst. 2008. Asynergistic regression based on maximized rank correlation. Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation 37 (1):92-105.

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NIH Public Access Policy - Website, Workshops

As of April 7, 2008, researchers receiving grant money from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will now have to submit copies of their resulting research papers to PubMed Central (PMC) when their papers are accepted for publication in a journal. PMC will then make these papers freely available to the public no later than 12 months after publication.

The Biomedical Library has created a website that clarifies and summarizes the policy to assist UCSD, NIH-funded researchers at UCSD with the practical steps they need to take to comply with the new requirements. They will also offer some sessions in April to help you get up-to-date on these changes.

For more information or questions about the NIH policy, contact Nancy Stimson at (858) 534-6321 or nstimson@ucsd.edu.

Recent UCSD Articles - Structural Engineering

Recent publications from the UCSD Department of Structural Engineering faculty:

Doerr, K.U., Kuester, F., Nastase, D. and Hutchinson, T.C. (2008), “Development and evaluation of a seismic monitoring system for building interiors - Part II: Image data analysis and results“, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 57(2), 345-354.

Gu, P. and Asaro, R.J. (2008), “Distortion of polymer matrix composite panels under transverse thermal gradients“, Composite Structures, 82(3), 413-421.

Guan, H. and Karbhari, V.M. (2008), “Improved damage detection method based on Element Modal Strain Damage Index using sparse measurement“, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 309(3-5), 465-494.

Han, A., Punyamurtula, V.K. and Qiao, Y. (2008), “Effects of post-processing treatment on sorption isotherm of an effectively hydrophilic zeolite beta“, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 88(1), 37-42.

Han, A., Punyamurtula, V.K. and Qiao, Y. (2008), “Infiltration of liquid metals in a nanoporous carbon“, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 88(1), 67-73.

Ozcelik, O., Luco, J.E., Conte, J.P., Trombetti, T.L. and Restrepo, J.I. (2008), “Experimental characterization, modeling and identification of the NEES-UCSD shake table mechanical system“, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 37(2), 243-264.

Sabra, K.G., Srivastava, A., Di Scalea, F.L., Bartoli, I., Rizzo, P. and Conti, S. (2008), “Structural health monitoring by extraction of coherent guided waves from diffuse fields“, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(1), EL8-EL13.