Seungik Baek, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Personal Data
Date of Birth : March 9, 1971Education
Post-Doc. 2006 Texas A&M UniversityOther Experience
1996 - 1997 Engineer, Hyundai KEFICO, Korea (Automobile fuel injector production line)Professional Society
Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)Ph.D. Students:
Jung-sil Kim (in progress)Undergraduate Research Students:
Megan Galdes (histology, 2006~2007), William Smits (whole body model, 2007)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 aneurysm, Presented 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 aneurysm, Presented 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 aneurysm, Presented at The Fifth World Congress of
Biomechanics,
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
mice, Presented at The Fifth
World Congress of Biomechanics,
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,
Journal Reviewer
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