Director and Primary Investigator

Dr. Venkat Keshav Chivukula
Assistant Professor
vchivukula@fit.edu
(321) 674-7311
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Doctoral Students

Ruth White
Ph.D. Candidate
rwhite2020@my.fit.edu
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Marcello Vittorio Mattei di Eugenio
Doctoral Student
mmattei2018@my.fit.edu
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Juan Sebastián Rodríguez Páez
Doctoral Student
jrodriguezpa2022@my.fit.edu
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Master's Students

Samantha Sequeira
Graduate Student
ssequeira2019@my.fit.edu
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Vikash Shukla
Graduate Student
vshukla2023@my.fit.edu
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Ben Diaz
Graduate Student
bdiaz2018@my.fit.edu
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Ceana Palacio
Graduate Student
cpalacio2020@my.fit.edu
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Undergraduate Students

Grant Mras
Undergraduate Student
gmras2021@my.fit.edu
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Erin Smith
Undergraduate Student
esmith2021@my.fit.edu
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Haley McVey
Undergraduate Student
hmcvey2021@my.fit.edu
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Caleb Phillips
Undergraduate Student
cphillips2021@my.fit.edu
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Shay Kaden
Undergraduate Student
skaden2019@my.fit.edu
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Kiera Ceely
Undergraduate Student
kceely2021@my.fit.edu
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Kaitlyn Dunn
Undergraduate Student
kdunn2022@my.fit.edu
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Morgan Brenner
Undergraduate Student
mbrenner2022@my.fit.edu
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Asa Barnhart
Undergraduate Student
abarnhart2022@my.fit.edu
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Sailor Greene Becker
Undergraduate Student
sgreenebecke2022@my.fit.edu
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Kristie Fonseca
Undergraduate Student
kfonseca2023@my.fit.edu

Lab Alumni

Jasmine Martinez
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Kiran Chandra
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Elizabeth (Lizzy) Christ
echrist2020@my.fit.edu
Holly Grant
hgrant2019@my.fit.edu
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Lasya Priya Gopagani
lgopagani2022@my.fit.edu
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Natalie Eustis
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Aveisha Maharaj
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Ana Regina Dehesa
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Natalie Hill
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Rachel Hillner
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Dorian Durig
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Andre Farina
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Dina Dragoljic
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Samuel Dorian
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Lab Members' Publications, Presentations & Awards

Ruthie White

  • SPIE Medical Imaging, "Investigating angiographic injection parameters for cerebral aneurysm hemodynamic characterization using patient-specific simulated angiograms" 22 February 2023
  • Chivukula V, White R, Shields A, Davies J, Mokin M, Bednarek DR, Rudin S, Ionita C. Leveraging Patient-Specific Simulated Angiograms to Characterize Cerebral Aneurysm Hemodynamics using Computational Fluid Dynamics. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2022 Feb-Mar;12036:120360S. doi: 10.1117/12.2611473. Epub 2022 Apr 4. PMID: 35983495; PMCID: PMC9385184.
  • SPIE 2023 Talk/Conference Paper: Investigating angiographic injection parameters for cerebral aneurysm hemodynamic characterization using patient-specific simulated angiograms
  • BMES 2021 Talk: Assessing the Effect of Oxygenator Blockage on Blood Flow in ECMO using Computational Hemodynamics
  • ASAIO 2021 Poster: Assessing the Effect of Blockage On Blood Flow In A Heart lung Machine (ECMO) Using A Computational Hemodynamic Model

Rachel Hilner

  • ASAIO 67th Senior Design Competition 3rd Place, Project: PHADM
  • ASAIO Podium Presentation 2022
  • BMES Poster Presentation 2021
  • ASAIO Presentation 2021