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Research Focus
Keywords: Cardiovascular Stenting; Arterial Remodeling; Injury Biomechanics; Simulation-driven AI/ML; Head Trauma; Ocular Injury, Multiscale Mechanical Testing, Mechanobiology
Computational & Experimental mechanics of soft materials (Artery, Brain, Optic Never Head, Polymers, Composites, etc) with focus on the interface mechanics.
- Multiscale & multiphysics modeling via finite element modeling (FEM), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and fluid-structure interactions (FSI)
- Structure-function relationships in healthy and diseased tissues
- Tissue and Cellular remodeling
- Medical Image processing and reconstruction
- Biomaterial failure: Initiation and progression of failure in biomaterials and biological tissues
- Blast–structure interactions and traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Mechanical, material, and microstructural characterization of soft tissues and cells
- Design, development, and optimization of medical devices and treatment strategies
Open Positions for Graduate/Undergraduate Research Assistants
Potential topics of study include, but not restricted to: Design/optimization of medical devices and treatment strategies; Ex vivo testing of medical devices/biomaterials; Imaging analysis; Failure initiation and growth; Cell-ECM interaction