UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

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and disease prevention, consumer sciences and community development
and environmental quality, with emphasis on resource
conservation and management, water and soil pollution and
regional planning.
Center for Advanced Laboratory Fusion Science
and Engineering (CALFUSE)
Hertz Hall; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1104 Engineering III; 3182-1209 Kemper; 160 Walker; (530) 754-9069
Neville Luhmann, Director; ncluhmann@ucdavis.edu
David Hwang, Director; dqhwang@ucdavis.edu
http://calfuse.ucdavis.edu/
Numerous climate studies have concluded that the heavy use of
fossil fuels to meet the world's ever-increasing energy demand may
have the consequence of deleterious global climate change. To
limit carbon dioxide emission, alternative energy sources must be
developed. Many prominent environmentalists and politicians
view the use of nuclear energy as the best solution to curb greenhouse
effects on global climate. Currently, nuclear energy is produced
commercially in fission reactors. However, energy
production by nuclear fusion rather than fission may have significant
advantages. In contrast to fission, fusion offers the potential
of energy production with enormously reduced environmental
impact. Unlike the enriched uranium used in fission reactors, the
fuel used for fusion is comparatively safe, abundant and widely
distributed geographically. Fusion reactions, and the conditions
required to create them, are scientifically well understood; the
most familiar fusion reactor is the Earth's sun, whose energy is
provided by hydrogen fusion. For controlled nuclear fusion on
Earth, the deuterium found in seawater would be sufficient to supply
the world's energy needs for billions of years.
In order to create a commercially successful fusion reactor, many
physics questions will need to be answered, and new technologies
must be developed. The purpose of the CALFUSE Center is to
coordinate all facets of fusion science and engineering research,
and to participate in worldwide fusion energy development. The
Center will enlist all areas of research and welcome all research
organizations which may have fusion-related applications.
Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology
2700 Stockton Blvd. Suite 1400
Sacramento, CA 95817; (916) 734-8600
Dennis Matthews, Director; dlmatthews@ucdavis.edu
http://cbst.ucdavis.edu/
Research and development applications utilizing biophotonics–the
science of using light to understand the inner workings of cell and
tissues in living organisms. Applications of biophotonics range
from using light to selectively treat tumors, to sequencing DNA,
biochemical studies and identifying single biomolecules within
cells.
Center for Child and Family Studies
West House of Center for Child and Family Studies
(530) 752-2888; http://ccfs.ucdavis.edu
The Center for Child and Family Studies (CCFS) houses the Early
Childhood Laboratory (ECL), a research, teaching and demonstration
laboratory of the Division of Human Development and Family
Studies in the Department of Human and Community Development.
At the ECL, students enrolled in human development
courses learn observational techniques and participate with peers,
children, parents and professionals in developmental programs for
infants through preschoolers. Students study early development in
a naturalistic setting, linking research and theory to principles of
interaction and developing recognition of and respect for individual
differences. Selected undergraduate students participate in faculty
and graduate student research at the laboratory. The CCFS
also houses several research and outreach facilities, such as the
Eichhorn Family House, and a computer lab for Human and Community
Development students.
Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics
2132 Bainer Hall; (530) 752-0580
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering;
http://mae.ucdavis.edu/research/cfd/
The Center uses modern computation facilities, including a Massively
Parallel Supercomputer, to explore complex motions of fluids.
Applications are to fluid flows and aeronautics, including
mesh generation, analysis and design of aerodynamic configurations,
turbulence modeling, electromagnetism, chemically reacting
flows, biological fluid dynamics computations, and wind energy
research.
Center for Developmental Nutrition
TB 33
(530) 752-7516
The Center for Developmental Nutrition supports predoctoral and
postdoctoral research in nutrition and development. The laboratory
promotes collaborative research on the study of how nutrients
influence the development of individuals at multiple life stages.
Center for Environmental & Water Resources
Engineering
2001 Engineering III; (530) 752-0586
Stefan Wuertz, Director; swuertz@ucdavis.edu
http://cewre.engr.ucdavis.edu/
Current research includes dynamic modeling of quality characteristics
of surface waters; mixing processes in surface waters; contaminant
transport in the subsurface; surface chemistry of soils
with particular emphasis on organic sorption and desorption;
environmental restoration; atmospheric dispersion and air pollution
control systems; combustion by-product formation; disinfection
using ultraviolet radiation; microbial denitrification of
domestic water supplies; microbial degradation of vapor phase
contaminants; and analysis of economic impacts of stormwater
quality management programs.
Center for Future Information Technology
2063 Kemper Hall; (530) 754-8380
Prasant Mohapatra, Director; http://cfit.ucdavis.edu/
On our tenets of open collaboration and interdisciplinary participation,
our vision for the center is to innovate the future of information
technology through vital research that has cross cutting
impact on the broad applications of information technology;
through university and industrial working partnerships, set an
imaginative direction, yet influence a pragmatic roadmap for the
future of IT that has intellectual, societal, environmental and commercial
value.
Center for Geotechnical Modeling
2655 Brooks Road; (530) 752-7929
Bruce Kutter, Director; blkutter@ucdavis.edu
http://cgm.engineering.ucdavis.edu/
The center performs research in the broad area of geotechnical
engineering, but focuses on earthquake engineering problems
such as effects of ground shaking and liquefaction and soil-foun-