Santa Clara University

Recent Publications

Following is a partial list of recent faculty publications:

March, 2008:

Godfrey Mungal (Dean, School of Engineering): Y. X. Hou, V. S. R. Somandepalli & M. G. Mungal (2008) “Streamwise Development of Turbulent Boundary Layer Drag Reduction with Polymer Injection,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 597, 31-66.

John Jameson (Center for Nanostructures): "Equilibrium and compatibility simulation of plunge centerless grinding" in the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture. Authors: John R. Jameson, T.N. Farris (Purdue), and S. Chandrasekar (Purdue).

John Jameson (Center for Nanostructures): K. Abe, M.P. Tendulkar, J.R. Jameson, P. Griffin, K. Nomura, S. Fujita, and Y. Nishi, “Ultra-high bandwidth memory with 3D-stacked emerging memory cells,” ID 173, International Conference on IC Design and Technology (ICICDT), Minatec in Grenoble, France, June 2–4, 2008.

Mark Aschheim (Civil Engineering): Aschheim, M., Hernández-Montes, E., and Gil-Martín, L.M. (2008). “Design of Optimally-reinforced RC Beam, Column, and Wall Sections,” Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 134(2):231-239.

Mark Aschheim (Civil Engineering), Hernández-Montes, E., and Gil-Martín, L.M. (2008). “Design of Optimally-reinforced RC Beam, Column, and Wall Sections,” Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 134(2):231-239.

Maurer, E.P. (Civil Engineering) and H.G. Hidalgo, 2008, “Utility of daily vs. monthly large-scale climate data: an intercomparison of two statistical downscaling methods,” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Vol. 12, 551-563. Online at: http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/12/551/2008/hess-12-551-2008.html
 
In this study, Maurer worked with colleague Hugo Hidalgo at Scripps Institution of Oceanography to compare two methods of inferring regional climate change from global climate simulations, both of which are being used in the latest work by the California Energy Commission and CalEPA to project climate change impacts on California resources.

Sally Wood (Electrical Engineering): S. L. Wood, S. -T. Lee, G. Yang, M. P. Christensen, and D. Rajan, "Impact of measurement precision and noise on superresolution image reconstruction," Appl. Opt. 47, 1638-1648 (2008).

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi (Electrical Engineering): "Wireless LAN Comes of Age: Understanding the IEEE 802.11n amendment" in IEEE Circuits and Systems Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 28-54, March 2008.

February, 2008:

Edwin Maurer (Civil Engineering): Cayan, D.R., E.P. Maurer, M.D. Dettinger, M. Tyree and K. Hayhoe, 2008, Climate change scenarios for the California region, Climatic Change, Vol. 87, Suppl. 1, 21-42 doi: 10.1007/s10584-007-9377-6. The article summarizes work, sponsored by the California Energy Commission and the California Environmental Protection Agency, aimed at assessing future climates for California and the potential impacts on key state resources.

Godfrey Mungal (Dean of Engineering): C. M. White & M. G. Mungal (2008) “Mechanics and Prediction of Turbulent Drag Reduction with Polymer Additives,” Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, 40, 235–256.

Godfrey Mungal (Dean of Engineering): Y. X. Hou, V. S. R. Somandepalli & M. G. Mungal (2008) “Streamwise Development of Turbulent Boundary Layer Drag Reduction with Polymer Injection,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 597, 31-66.

Godfrey Mungal (Dean of Engineering): W. Kim, M. G. Mungal & M. A. Cappelli (2008) “Formation and role of cool flames in plasma assisted premixed combustion,” Appld. Phys. Letters, 92, 051503 (3 p).

Sukhmander Singh (Civil Engineering): “Relevance of Technology Enhanced Educational Tools for Engineering Education,” was included in the International Conference on Engineering Education and Research, December 3-7, 2007, Melbourne, Australia.

December, 2007:

Rance DeLong (Computer Engineering term lecturer) has a paper appearing in the Proceedings of the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference 2007 in December: “Toward a Medium-Robustness Separation Kernel Protection Profile,” Rance J. DeLong, Santa Clara University; Thuy D. Nguyen, Cynthia E. Irvine, Timothy E. Leven, Naval Postgraduate School.

November, 2007:

Rachel He (Civil Engineering): "Estimating Nationwide Link Speed Distribution using Probe Position Data" by Lin, He and Kornhauser was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Rachel He (Civil Engineering): "Estimation of Origin-Destination Flows and Route Choice Parameters From Incomplete Link Flows" by He was recently published in the Proceedings of the 2007 International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, 347-354.

Edwin Maurer (Civil Engineering): "Fine-resolution climate projections enhance regional climate change impact studies" by Maurer, E. P., L. Brekke, T. Pruitt, and P. B. Duffy (2007),  Eos Trans. AGU, 88(47), 504, available online at: http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/2007/47-504.html

Godfrey Mungal (Dean of Engineering):  "On the role of oxygen in dielectric barrier discharge actuation of aerodynamic flows," by W. Kim, H. Do, M. G. Mungal and M. A. Cappelli  Applied Physics Letters, V19, 181501 (2007).

Mahmudur Rahman (Electrical Engineering) co-authored and published a paper in the IOP journal, Nanotechnology, “Effects of cathode structure on the field emission properties of individual multi-walled carbon nanotube emitters.” Writers included graduate students Darrell Niemann and Bryan Ribaya; graduate Norman Gunther; and adjunct research professor Cattien V. Nguyen.

September, 2007:

Ruth Davis (Computer Engineering) will present "Increasing Retention of Women Engineering Student" in a poster session at the American Society for Engineeirng Education (ASEE) 6th Global Colloquim on Engineering Education in Istanbul, turkey.

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi's (Electrical Engineering) book, "Adaptive Nonlinear System Identification," on signals and communication  technology has been published by springer.

Wendelin Wright (Mechanical Engineering): "An Improved Analysis for Viscoelastic Damping in Dynamic Nanoidentification"  by W.J. Wright,  A.R. Maloney,  and W.D. Nix, International Journal of Surface Science and ENgineering, Volume 1, Numbers 2/3 , pp. 274-292, 2007, which she also presented at the 2006 Fall  Meeting  of the  Material s Research  Society.

Wendelin Wright (Mechanical Engineering): "Shape  Memory  Polymers Based  on uniform  Aliphatic  Urethane  Networks"  by  W.J .Wright,  T.S.  Wilson,  J.P.  Bearinger,  J.L.  Herberg,  J.E. Marion  III, W.J. Wright, C.L.Evans,  and D.J.  Maitland. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 106,  pp. 540-551,  2007.      

May, 2007

Sarah Kate Wilson (Electrical Engineering): "Opportunistic Beamforming and Scheduling for OFDMA Systems" by P. Svedman, S. K. Wilson, L. J. Cimini, and B. Ottersten, in the May 2007 issue of IEEE Transactions on Communications.

April, 2007:

Maurer, E.P. (Civil Engineering), 2007, Uncertainty in hydrologic impacts of climate change in the Sierra Nevada, California under two emissions scenarios, Climatic Change, Vol. 82, No. 3-4, 309-325, doi: 10.1007/s10584-006-9180-9

March, 2007:

Vicuna, S., E.P. Maurer (Civil Engineering), B. Joyce, J.A. Dracup, D. Purkey, 2007, The sensitivity of California water resources to climate change scenarios, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 43 No. 2, 482-498, doi: 10.1111 / j.1752-1688.2007.00038

February, 2007:

Mark Aschheim (Civil Engineering) collaborated with three Santa Clara University seniors, two faculty at the Universidad Centroamericana, and one at the National University of Mexico in writing “Enhancing The Sustainability and Earthquake Resistance of Confined Masonry Dwellings in El Salvador" (Aschheim, M., Flanagan, S., Harlander, J., Pitt, C., Alfaro, A., Rivas, C., Rodriguez, M. E.), which was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Earthquake Engineering.

Gil-Martin LM, Hernandez-Montes E, Aschheim M (Civil Engineering), Optimal design of planar frames based on stability criterion using first-order analysis ENGINEERING STRUCTURES 28 (13): 1780-1786 NOV 2006

Sumit Naiksatam, Stephen Chiappari (Applied Mathematics), and Silvia Figueira (Computer Engineering), Engineering Pricing Incentives for Efficient Bandwidth Utilization in LambdaGrids, presented at Create-Net/ICST QShine 2006, Waterloo, Canada, August 2006. * Selected to appear in the Elsevier's Computer Network Journal.

Sumit Naiksatam, Silvia Figueira (Computer Engineering), and Stephen Chiappari (Applied Mathematics), Triumph of the Bandwidth Commons: Elastic Reservations, Price Incentives, and Request Realignment in LambdaGrids, presented at ICST/IEEE GridNets, San Jose, California, October 2006. * Selected to appear in the Elsevier's FGCS - The International Journal of Grid Computing: Theory, Methods and Applications.

Christopher Kitts (Mechanical Engineering) has a number of publications in press or recently published, including:  "A First Principles Approach for Managing Anomalies in Space Systems." IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Automation Science; "Tsunami-generated boulder ridges in Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada." Geology; "Sapphire: A Case Study in University-Class Satellites." AIAA Journal on Spacecraft and Rockets; "Self-Positioning Smart Buoys, The Un-Buoy Solution: Logistic Considerations using Autonomous Surface Craft Technology and Improved Communications Infrastructure" Proceedings IEEE/MTS Oceans Conference; "Internet-based spacecraft operations for the GeneSat-1 Nanosatellite." AIAA Space 2006 Conference; "An Integrated Development Network for Distributed Design" AIAA Space 2006 Conference; "The GeneSat-1 Microsatellite Mission: A Challenge in Small Satellite Design." Proc. AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites.