Publications

Refereed Journals and Transactions
1. Brintaki, A. N., and Lai-Yuen, S. K., "eBGF: An Enhanced Geometric Hierarchical Representation for Protein Modeling and Rapid Self-collision Detection," Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 6(5), 2009, pp. 625-638.

2. Lai-Yuen, S. K., "A Review on Virtual Reality and Haptics Approaches in Drug Design and Discovery," Frontiers in Drug Design and Discovery, Bentham Science Publishers, Vol. 4, 2009, pp. 429-453.

3. Brintaki, A. N., and Lai-Yuen, S. K., "Bio-Geo-Filter: A Tool for Identifying Geometrically Feasible Molecular Conformations in Real-Time for Nanomanufacturing," Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME, Vol. 36, 2008, pp. 153-160.

4. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "Interactive Computer-Aided Design for Molecular Docking and Assembly," Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 3(6), 2006, pp. 701-709.

5. Ren, Y., Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "Virtual prototyping and manufacturing planning by using tri-dexel models and haptic force feedback," Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 1(1), 2006, pp. 3-18.

6. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "Computer-Aided Design and Simulation for Nano-scale Assembly," Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME, Vol. 34, 2006, pp. 357-364.

7. Grove, O., Rajab, K., Piegl, L. A., and Lai-Yuen, S. K., "From CT to NURBS: Contour Fitting with B-spline Curves," Computer-Aided Design and Applications, (under second review).

8. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "NanoDAS: Nano-scale Docking and Assembly Simulator for Computer-Aided Molecular Design (CAMD)," Computer-Aided Design, (in revision).

9. Brintaki, A. N., Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Nikolos, I. K., "BioDE - A Computational Geometric and Evolutionary Approach for Bionanotechnology," Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation.

10. Brintaki, A. N., Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Nikolos, I. K., "A Kinematics Based Heuristic Approach for Molecular Conformational Search," Submitted to Computer-Aided Design and Applications.

11. Lai-Yuen, S. K., Gooding, D. K., and Zayas-Castro, J. L., "Integrating Medical Device Projects into Industrial Engineering Education," Submitted to the International Journal of Engineering Education.


Work in Progress
1. Cover, N., Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Kumar, A., "A Novel Device for Local Therapy of Gynecological Disorders.

2. Cover, N., Kumar, A., and Lai-Yuen, S. K., "Optmization of a Nano-encapsulated Delivery Method for Gynecological Treatment."

3. Onal, S., Hart, S., and Lai-Yuen, S. K., "A New Suturing Device for Laparoscopic Surgery."


Patents
1. Hart, S., Lai-Yuen, S. K., Moree, E., Doulgeris, J., Taylor, B., Roach, G., and Kruse, B., "Incision-Less Laparoscopic Instrument," Provisional Patent Application, June 2010.

2. Hart, S., Dileo, G. M., Lai-Yuen, S. K., Weitzenfeld, A., and Hipol, P. J., "Electronic Catheter Stethoscope," Provisional Patent Application, March 2010.

3. Hart, S., Lai-Yuen, S. K., and DiLeo, G. M., "Illuminated Catheter for Surgery," Provisional Patent Application, January 2010.

4. Kumar, A., Lai-Yuen, S. K., "Drug Delivery Device for Ovarian Cancer," Provisional Patent Application, December 2009.

5. Hart, S., Onal, S., and Lai-Yuen, S. K., "Suture Device for Laparoscopic Surgery," Confidential Invention Disclosure Form, September 2009.


Refereed Conference Proceedings
1. Reeves, K., and Lai-Yuen, S. K., "The Impact of Active Learning and Social Relevance on Product Design and Manufacturing Courses," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Louisville, KY, June 20-23, 2010.

2. Brintaki, A. N., Lai-Yuen, S. K., Nikolos, I. K., "A Biologically-Inspired Computational Geometric Method for Modeling Molecular Flexibility," Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research (IERC) Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 5-9, 2010.

3. Lai-Yuen, S. K., "Early Experiences in Integrating Medical Device Projects in Industrial Engineering Education," Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research (IERC) Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 5-9, 2010.

4. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Brintaki, A. N., "A Biologically-Inspired Computational Geometric Approach for the Effective Identification of Molecular Conformations," Proceedings of the NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 22-25, 2009.

5. Lai-Yuen, S. K., Gooding, D., and Zayas-Castro, J. L., "VirtualMD Lab - Integrating Medical Device Design and Manufacturing into Undergraduate Engineering Education," Manufacturing Education Transformation Summit, Austin, TX, June 18-19, 2009.

6. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Reeves, K., "Active Learning Experiences on Medical Devices for Manufacturing and New Product Development," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX, June 14-17, 2009.

7. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Herrera, M. C., "Integrating Real-World Medical Device Projects into Manufacturing Education," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX, June 14-17, 2009.

8. Brintaki, A. N., Nikolos, I. K., and Lai-Yuen, S. K., "A Kinematics-Based Differential Evolution Method for Molecular Conformational Search," Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research (IERC) Conference, Miami, FL, May 30-June 3, 2009.

9. Lai-Yuen, S. K., "Using LEGO to teach and learn micromanufacturing and industrial automation," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, PA, June 22-25, 2008.

10. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "Molecular Assembly Analysis using Dual NanoDAS Search Trees for Nano-scale Manufacturing," International Conference on Agile Manufacturing, Norfolk, VA, July 19-20, 2006.

11. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "Computing Molecular Motions with Haptics for Computer-Aided Molecular Design (CAMD), Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research (IERC) Conference, Orlando, FL, May 20-24, 2006, Paper Number (CD): #CD-1582.

12. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "Energy-field Optimization and Haptic-based Molecular Docking and Assembly Search System for Computer-Aided Molecular Design (CAMD)," Proceedings of the 14th Symposium Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, Alexandria, VA, March 25-26, 2006, (Best Student Paper Award).

13. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "Computer-Aided Molecular Design (CAMD) with Force-Torque Feedback," Ninth International Conference on Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics, Hong Kong, China, December 7-10, 2005, pp. 199-204.

14. Lai-Yuen, S. K., and Lee, Y.-S., "Turn-Mill Tool Path Planning and Manufacturing Cost Analysis for Complex Parts Machining," Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research (IERC) Conference, Orlando, FL, May 19-21, 2002, Paper number (CD): #CD-2289.