Curriculum Vitae

Seungik Baek, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2457 Engineering Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 432-3161

Personal Data

Date of Birth : March 9, 1971
Nationality : Korean

Research Interests
Patient-specific modeling of cardiovascular diseases and clinical treatments, cardiovascular mechanics, 
biomaterials, intracranial aneurysms, thermal therapies

Education

Post-Doc. 2006 Texas A&M University
Biomedical Engineering

Ph.D. 2003 Texas A&M University
Mechanical Engineering

B.S. 1996 Seoul National University in Korea
Agricultural Engineering

Other Experience

1996 - 1997  Engineer, Hyundai KEFICO, Korea (Automobile fuel injector production line)

Professional Society

Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Member, Americal Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

Ph.D. Students:

Jung-sil Kim (in progress)

Undergraduate Research Students:

Megan Galdes (histology, 2006~2007), William Smits (whole body model, 2007)

Awards and Fellowships
1. MSU Intramural Research Grants Program (IRGP) Award 2007-2008

Journal Publications

1. S. Baek, K.R. Rajagopal and A.R. Srinivasa, Measurements related to the flow of granular material in a torsional rheometer, Particular Science and Technology, Vol 19, pp. 175, 2001

2. S. Baek and A.R. Srinivasa, A variational procedure utilizing the assumption of maximum dissipation rate for gradient-dependent elastic-plastic materials, International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, Vol 38, pp. 659-662, 2003

3. S. Baek and A.R. Srinivasa, Thermomechanical constraints and constitutive formulations in thermoelasticity, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Vol 3, pp. 153-171, 2003

4. S. Baek and A.R. Srinivasa, Diffusion of a fluid through an elastic solid, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol 39, pp. 201-218, 2004

5. S. Baek and A.R. Srinivasa, Modeling of the pH-sensitive behavior of an ionic gel in the presence of diffusion, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol 39, pp. 1301-1318, 2004

6. S. Baek, P.B. Wells, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, Heat-induced changes in the finite strain viscoelastic behavior of a collagenous tissue, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol 127, pp. 580-586, 2005

7. P.B. Wells, S. Thomsen, M.A. Jones, S. Baek, and J.D. Humphrey, Histological evidence for the role of mechanical stress in modulating thermal denaturation of collagen, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol 4, pp. 201-210, 2005

8. S. Baek, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, Competition between radial expansion and thickening in the enlargement of an intracranial saccular aneurysm, Journal of Elasticity, Vol 80, pp. 13-31, 2005

9. S. Baek, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, A theoretical model of enlarging intracranial fusiform aneurysms, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol 128, pp. 142-149, 2006

10. U. Saravanan, S. Baek, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, On the deformation of the circumflex coronary artery during inflation tests at constant length, Experimental Mechanics, Vol 46, 647-656, 2006

11. S. Baek, R.L. Gleason, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, Theory of small and large: Possible utility for computations of fluid-solid interactions in arteries, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol 196, pp. 3070-3078, 2007

12. J.D. Humphrey, P.B. Wells, S. Baek, A. Lai, K. McLerod and A. Yeh, A theoretically-motivated biaxial tissue culture system with intravital microscopy, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, in press

13. J-J. Hu, S. Baek and J.D. Humphrey, Stress-strain behavior of the passive basilar artery in normotension and hypertension, Journal of Biomechanics, in press

14. J.D Humphrey, S. Baek, and L.E. Niklason, Biochemomechanics of cerebral vasospasm and its resolution: I. A new hypothesis and theoretical framework, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, accepted

15. S. Baek, A. Valentin and J.D. Humphrey, Biochemomechanics of cerebral vasospasm and its resolution: II.Constitutive relations and model simulations, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, accepted

Submitted or In-Preparation

S. Baek, A. Valentin and J.D. Humphrey, 3D Computer simulation of growing intracranial aneurysms, in preparation

S. Baek, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, A constrained mixture model for flow-induced arterial adaptations: kinetics of collagen turnover, in preparation

Book Chapters

1. S. Baek, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, Ch.3: Theoretical modeling of enlarging intracranial aneurysms, In: Modeling of Biological Materials (F. Mollica, L. Preziosi, and K.R. Rajagopal eds.), Springer Verlag, 2007 

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

1. S. Baek, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, Growth and remodeling of a sub-class of intracranial saccular aneurysm, Presented BMES Conference, Philadelphia, 2004

2. S. Baek, K.R. Rajagopal and J.D. Humphrey, Modeling of enlarging intracranial aneurysms induced by stress-mediated growth and remodeling, Presented at BMES Conference, Baltimore, 2005

3. S. Baek, C.A. Figueroa, C.A. Taylor and J.D. Humphrey, Towards patient-specific modeling – II Biomechanics of a growing aneurysmPresented at the SPIE Conference on Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA, February 11-16, 2006, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol 6143, Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Armando Manduca, Amir A. Amini, Editors, 61432c, 2006

4. C.A. Figueroa, S. Baek, I.E. Vignon-Clementel, J.D. Humphrey, and C.A. Taylor, Towards patient-specific modeling – I. Hemodynamics in a growing aneurysmPresented at the SPIE Conference on Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA, February 11-16, 2006, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol 6143, Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Armando Manduca, Amir A. Amini, Editors, 61430k, 2006

5. J.D. Humphrey, S. Baek, and K.R. Rajagopal, Keynote: Growth and stability of cerebral aneurysmPresented at The Fifth World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich Germany, 2006. Journal of Biomechanics, Vol 39, Supplement 1, pp. S326, 2006

6. J.D. Humphrey, S. Baek, and L.E. Niklason, Biomechanics of cerebral vasospasm, Presented at The Fifth World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich Germany, 2006

7. S. Baek, R.L. Gleason, W. Dye, E. Wilson, and J.D. Humphrey, Biomechanical properties of carotid arteries from wild-type mice and dystrophin and sarcoglycan-d knockout micePresented at The Fifth World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich Germany, 2006. Journal of Biomechanics, Vol 39, Supplement 1, pp. S322, 2006

Presentations without Proceedings

1. Soft tissue mechanics and biological materials, Department of Biosystem Engineering Seminar, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea, 2004

2. Two problems in the biomechanics of soft tissues: Thermomechanics and growth, Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Michigan State University, 2006

3. Biomechanics of cerebral aneurysms and vasospasms, MSU Biomedical Engineering Society, Michigan State University, March 15, 2007

Journal Reviewer

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Online
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Mechanics
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