Vijay Gupta, Ph.D.
(MIT, 1990)

vgupta@seas.ucla.edu
(310) 825-0223

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Experimental mechanics, fracture of engineering solids, mechanics of thin films and interfaces, failure mechanisms and characterization of composite materials, ice mechanics.

Professor Gupta's interests in biomedical engineering include, use high frequency laser-generated acoustic pulses for dissociation of intercellular and cell-to-Ti bonds for the treatment of arrhythmias and development of efficient titanium implants, respectively.


Selected Recent Publications:

V. Gupta, Richard Snow, Ming Wu, Amit Jain, and J. Tsai, "Recovery of Stiction-Failed MEMS Structures usinf Laser-Induced Stress Waves," J. MEMS, in press (2004).

V. Gupta and B.Posner, "Trauma to Long Thoracic Nerve and Associated Scapula Winging in a Low-Velocity Rear End Automobile Collision: Case Report," J. of Trauma, in press (2004).

A. Kobayashi, A. Jain, V. Gupta, and V. Kireev, "Study of the Interface Strength of Zirconia Coatings by a Laser Spalaltion Technique," Vacuum 73, 533–539 (2004)

H. Wu, S.N. Basu, V. Kireev, and V. Gupta, "The Effect of Structure and Chemistry on the Strength of FeCrAl(Y)/Sapphire Interfaces: I, Structure of Interfaces," Materials Science and Engineering A A349, 248–255 (2003).

H. Wu, S.N. Basu, V. Kireev, and V. Gupta, "The Effect of Structure and Chemistry on the Strength of FeCrAl(Y)/Sapphire Interfaces: II, Strength of Interfaces," Materials Science and Engineering A A349, 265–271 (2003).

K. Kuwahara, H. B. Gladstone, V. Gupta, V. Kireev, V. Neel, R. L. Moy, "Rupture of Fat Cells Using Laser-Generated Ultra Short Stress Waves," Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 32(4), 279–285 (2003).

V. Gupta, V. Kireev, H. Yoshida, and H. Akahoshi, "Glass-Modified Stress Waves for Adhesion Measurement of Ultra Thin Films for Device Applications," J. Mechanics and Physics of Solids 51, 1395–1412 (2003).

V. Gupta, V. Kireev, S.N. Basu, and H. Wu, "In-Situ Intrinsic Interface Strength Measurement at Elevated Temperatures and its Relationship to Interfacial Structure," Interface Science 11, 359–368 (2003).