Calit2 Summer Undergraduate Research Scholar Program at UCSD

Fabrication of vertical silicon nanowire arrays using nanolithography

aohoka09 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:33:07 -0700

The determination of thermal conductivity of nanostructures, in addition to its scientific importance, is applicable to characterization of heat utilization efficiency and energy conversion. My objective is to develop a thermal conductivity measurement system for nanoscale devices, based on the 3-omega method.

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A Distributed Acoustic Localization System using Clusters of Microphones.

vishal.k — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:09:08 -0700

There currently are systems that can determine with relative accuracy the source of a sound, but these systems rely on a central unit to process all necessary calculations. The goal of my project is to explore a distributive method which generates vectors and computes the location cooperatively among all the clusters, and compare it to the centralized method in existence.

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Plasmonics for Sensing Applications

akher — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:26:43 -0700

Surface plasmons are oscillations in electron density formed at the interface between a metal and an insulator. The project will use surface plasmon resonance on 2D nanohole arrays for biological sensing.

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A Game-Based Approach for Collecting Semantic Music Annotations

LukeThivierge — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:55 -0700

To create a collection of online games to generate significant amounts of high-quality semantic labels that will be used to organize, search, recommend, retrieve and describe huge - and growing - music collections. Imagine an extensive music database like Pandora where you can search for music by describing it like "fast tempo with bagpipes, distorted guitar, and multi-part vocal harmonies" or "eerie Halloween music on a synthesizer."

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Modeling Fragmentation Patterns of ECD/ETD Mass Spectrometers

patel.anandd — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:53 -0700

Mass spectrometers are sophisticated instruments that detect the mass of ionized molecules, which is useful in the field of chemistry and most recently proteomics. Newer spectrometers ionize and fragment molecules with different specificity and resolution, which requires understanding and applying these newer fragmentation patterns to current peptide sequencing algorithms like InsPect.

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Weather Data Management System

attan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:52 -0700

My current small project that im just doing right now for Professor Jan Jkleissl and the team in MAE171B is simply a scrap and fetching the generated data. the idea of integrating php as a scrapper and a shell script to fetch the data that has been generated by the php itself to help getting valuable datas from many weather channels on the internet that are out there.

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Nanowire Solar Cells

TedSanders — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:50 -0700

I spent the summer of 2008 modeling the light absorption of nanowire solar cells.

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Corrosion-Enabled Powering Approach for Structural Health Monitoring Sensor Networks

SEtriton641985 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:49 -0700

This goal of this project is to power a novel sensor node by creating a battery from corroding reinforced concrete. The application of this technology would benefit civil infrastructure by implementing an autonomous power source for Structural Health Monitoring sensor networks.

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Soft mechanical actuators: Applications in artificial implants, biomimicking devices, and stem cell culture.

hanliang — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:48 -0700

Our project will be focused on the development of a multifunctional oscillating hydrogel device that undergoes reversible, time dependent and sinusoidal volume/mechanical changes in response to temperature perturbations. These oscillating hydrogels will then be employed inregulating musculoskeletal differentiation of stem cells in the context of regenerative medicine.

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Bioengineering Synovial Fluid with Modulated Hyaluronan Molecular Weight and Function

bjlao — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:47 -0700

This project seeks to gain a better understanding of (1) how cytokines regulate the molecular weight (MW) of the synovial fluid (SF) lubricant molecule hyaluronan (HA), and (2) the relationship between HA MW and lubricating function, to aid in bioengineering functional SF in bioreactors. The regulatory effects of SF cytokines IL-1?, IL-17, IL-32, TGF-?1, and TNF-? on HA MW will be assessed by image-processing analysis of a novel separation and staining method, and the lubricating function will be assessed with a cartilage-on-cartilage friction test.

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Statistical-based Control Wrapper for Automated Neuroimaging Data Processing

jiwu — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:46 -0700

The field of functional neuroimaging heavily utilizes numerical data processing, but a lack of uniformity and standarization of subject data and statistical testings heavily cripples working efficiency. This project plans to produce a statistical-based control wrapper that attempts the automated implementation of standarization given an unknown workspace.

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Advances to the Biochemical, Genetic and Genomic (BiGG) Database

jypark — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:44 -0700

The BiGG database is a widely used resource for sharing genome-scale metabolic reconstructions. BiGG integrates several published genome-scale metabolic networks into one resource with standard nomenclature which allows components to be compared across different species. Furthermore, BiGG contains links to several publicly available databases where additional information can be found and integrated. In addition, BiGG contains a customized export tool that enables the generation of SBML files for further network analysis by external software packages.

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Digital Archaeology in the Southern Levant

charwang — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:42 -0700

In an effort to update and modernize the field of archaeology, site architectural plans, stratigraphic profiles, and ceramic plates will be digitalized and vectorized to be presented in a queryable online database. The creation of a queryable database, to replace print media, would allow for complex statistical and analytical computations between and within archaeological sites.

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Gridmouse: Using mobile phones to navigate large public displays

aostberg — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:41 -0700

I will be studying how best to use a cell phone to quickly and efficiently manipulate information on a large public display. The goal is for users to be able to employ the familiar interface of their cell phone to conveniently, accurately, and quickly navigate and interact with a display.

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How Real Can We Be? Experiencing the Virtual Reality: A Dynamic 3D Model of the Calit2 Building

zmz45 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:40 -0700

Building from an existing project in the Calit2 Immersive Visualization Lab, this research continues to develop a 3D digital model of the Calit2 building and its surroundings, where dynamic elements such as light sources, operating elevators, and automatic doors were added to offer a realistic sense to the artificial model.

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4k digital Cinema [on a budget]

BenjaminLotan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:39 -0700

experiments in high resolution (4k) film. see clips at benjaminlotan.com

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Wave Field Synthesis Research

toshiroy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:42:37 -0700

Wave field synthesis is an emerging sound reproduction technique that is capable of producing 3D sound field. This research is aimed to investigate a practical use of this technology.

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Quantifying Random Genomic Mutations in CLL

arivken — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:53:18 -0700

Rolling circle amplification is used to create nanoparticles which consist of long single stranded DNA of an immunogenic sequence, specifically, a CpG sequence. The ssDNA coils into a spherical nanoparticle structure which will stimulate the patients own immune system to rid itself of cancer.

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Minimize Hypoglycemic Episodes Utilizing Remote Assistance via Mobile Phones

syhon — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:04:04 -0700

My project involves researching on the versatile dynamics of hypoglycemia and how it can affect individuals differently. By doing so, I can identify specifications for an alarm device that can be tailored to each individual’s needs, so the device can warn the hypoglycemic individual before his or her glucose level falls below a certain threshold.

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Portia: a low cost, high accuracy method of three dimensional location tracking

sbrowning — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:13:18 -0700

The aim of Portia is to develop a low cost, high accuracy method of three dimensional location tracking that can be constructed with commonly available parts, and set up with relative ease. Portia is intended to be used as an interface for a matrix of computer displays, named OptiPortal, also developed at CALIT2.

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Personal Information Database

scivee-team — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:56:04 -0700

I intend to design a database that will encompass information from clinical data, genetic information, functional magnetic resonance information, and high-resolution anatomical functional for a sizable amount of patients. It will allow for easy access to this information, and a way to quickly add or edit information in the database.

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Communicating abstract sound through Cochlear Implants

pbretan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:12:37 -0700

Understanding the perception of music through the use of cochlear implants and realizing how such a perception can influence music in general.

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The Electronic Violin Project

ifanchiu — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:49:06 -0700

The purpose of this project is to experiment with interaction between two electronic violins and develop a compositional model themed after information technology and telecommunications. The product of this summer's work will be a performance at CalIT2, demonstrating not only the new electronic violin composition but some of the unique features of the Calit2 auditorium.

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Structures of Massive Multiplayer Online Communities

awman — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:00:05 -0700

Communities, such as guilds and groups, in massive multiplayer online worlds have been structured differently from one world to another. This research is to investigate the causes of the different community structures in online worlds and, specifically, how the design of the synthetic worlds shape the way players manage their communities.

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