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Iman Borazjani; Email: [email protected]; Phone: 716-645-1468 Page 1 of 19
IMAN BORAZJANI
Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department
University at Buffalo, SUNY
337 Jarvis Hall, SUNY University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
Tel: (716) 645-1468
http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~iman/
EDUCATION 2008 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
2005 M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
2002 B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
RESEARCH INTERESTS My research interests are in developing advanced computational tools for biofluids and fluid-
structure interaction problems, which we employ to advance knowledge and gain insights into
the physics of important biological/engineering flows.
APPOINTMENTS University at Buffalo SUNY, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department
Associate Professor 2016-
Assistant Professor 2010-2016
University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory/Mechanical Engineering Department
Postdoctoral Research Associate 2008-2010
Graduate Research Assistant 2006-2008
Georgia Tech, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Research Assistant 2003-2006
HONORS & AWARDS
Fulbright Scholar (2017)
UB Exceptional Scholars Young Investigator Award (2015), University at Buffalo (UB),
State University of New York
Early CAREER award (2015), National Science Foundation
Doctoral New Investigator award (2013), American Chemical Society
Scientific Development award (2013), American Heart Association
Inside JEB featured article: Journal of Experimental Biology, January issue, vol. 213
(2010) http://jeb.biologists.org/content/213/1/i.1
Cover story: Journal of Experimental Biology, February issue, vol. 212, (2009)
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/212/4.cover-expansion
Gallery of Fluid Motion (2008) best movie award – 61st Annual American Physical Society
(APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, title “Why don't
mackerels swim like eels? The role of form and kinematics on the hydrodynamics of
undulatory swimming” (November 25, 2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3205869
Iman Borazjani; Email: [email protected]; Phone: 716-645-1468 Page 2 of 19
RESEARCH & OUTREACH SUPPORT The PI has attracted 1.3M in funding to date, out of which more than 700K are currently active.
Fulbright Scholar (PI: Borazjani)
Total award: Stipend & Health insurance 3/1/2018-6/31/2018
Title: Self-organization in Aquatic Environment
The Fulbright Program is an American scholarship program of competitive, merit-based grants
for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists
and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946.
Role: scholar (co-PI: None)
NSF CAREER, Fluid Dynamics Award# 1453982 (PI: Borazjani)
Total award: $503,777 (Direct costs: $341,452) 02/01/2015-01/31/2020
Title: CAREER: Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) for biological flows
The major goal of this project is to develop a fluid-structure interaction framework and apply it to
investigate the generation of the leading edge vortex (LEV) in aquatic swimming and use it in bio-
inspired design of wind turbines. This research can generate a paradigm shift from suppressing
separation to generating separation (e.g., LEV) to improve force generation and performance.
Role: PI (co-PI: none)
Doctoral New Investigator, American Chemical Society PRF# 53099-DNI9 (PI: Borazjani)
Total award: $100,000 (Direct costs: $100,000) 09/01/2013-09/01/15
Title: The Effects of Micro-Structure on the Rheology of Heavy Crude Oil
The goal of this proposal is to identify the effects of asphaltene aggregates on the macroscopic
rheological behavior of heavy crude oil.
Role: PI (UB share 100%) (co-PI: none)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering# R03 EB014860A (PI: Borazjani)
Total award: $146,096 (Direct costs: $100,000) 09/01/2013-09/01/15
Title: A new parameter for prediction of intracranial aneurysm hemodynamics and risk of
rupture
The goal of this proposal is to test a new parameter based on basic fluid mechanics principle that
depends on both geometric and parent artery features to characterize the risk of rupture for
intracranial aneurysms.
Role: PI (UB share 100%) (co-PI: Meng, UB)
American Heart Association, National Center #3SDG17220022 (PI: Borazjani)
Total award: $308,000 (Direct costs: $280,000) 7/01/2013-6/30/17
Title: Hemodynamics & Optimum Placement of Mechanical vs. Bio-prosthetic Heart Valves
The goal of this proposal is to compare hemodynamics of mechanical and bio-prosthetic heart
valves to improve their designs, and also find the optimum placement of these valves in both
mitral and aortic positions.
Role: PI (UB share 100%) (co-PI: None)
American Heart Association, Founder Affiliate (PI: Borazjani)
—declined by the PI because had to accept either this award or the AHA National Center award
Total award: $231,000 (Direct costs: $210,000) 7/01/2013-6/30/16
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Title: Hemodynamics & Optimum Placement of Mechanical vs. Bio-prosthetic Heart Valves
The goal of this proposal is to compare hemodynamics of mechanical and bio-prosthetic heart
valves to improve their designs, and also find the optimum placement of these valves in both
mitral and aortic positions.
Role: PI (UB share 100%) (co-PI: None)
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (PI: Borazjani)
Total award: $10,500 (Direct costs: $7,500) 06/01/2013-09/01/13
Title: Flow through Tricuspid valves
The goal of this work is to analyze the direction of blood flow through the tricuspid valve orifice
and in the right side of the heart.
Role: PI (UB share 100%) (co-PI: none)
Physics Outreach Grants, New York State Section - American Physical Society (PI: Borazjani)
Total award: $1,000 (Direct costs: $1,000) 01/01/2013-01/01/14
Title: Educational videos of the principles of aquatic propulsion and their role in the evolution
for Buffalo Science Museum
The goal of this outreach proposal is to communicate research findings to the general public in a
simple yet exciting language to raise their interest in science and engineering thorough
educational videos displayed at Buffalo Science Museum.
Role: PI (UB share 100%) (co-PI: none)
PUBLICATIONS The student names and main author papers are highlighted. The papers that I am the lead/corresponding author are denoted by *.
Citation Metrics Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AZzujP4AAAAJ&hl=en
Citation indices All Since 2012
Citations 1748 1428
h-index 21 20
i10-index 26 25
Web of Science: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-5548-2013
Total Articles in Publication List: 46
Articles With Citation Data: 36
Sum of the Times Cited: 996
Average Citations per Article: 27.67
h-index: 17
Supervised students are denoted by superscript letters: 1, post-doctoral; 2, graduate; and 3 undergraduate student. The papers that
I am the lead/corresponding author are denoted by bold letters.
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Peer Reviewed Journal Papers [37] Hedayat2, M., Asgharzadeh2, H., and Broazjani, I. (2017). Platelet activation of mechanical
versus bioprosthetic heart valves during systole. Journal of Biomechanics, 56, 111-116
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.03.002
[36] Daghooghi1, M. and Borazjani, I. (2017). The effect of undulations on the particle stress in
dilute suspensions of rod-like particles. European Journal of Computational Mechanics,
In press, DOI: 10.1080/17797179.2017.1321204
[35] Asgharzadeh2, H., and Broazjani, I. (2016). A Newton-Krylov method with an approximate
analytical Jacobian for implicit solution of Navier-Stokes equations on staggered overset-
curvilinear grids with immersed boundaries. Journal of Computational Physics, 331 (15),
227–256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2016.11.033 click here
[34] Asgharzadeh2, H., and Broazjani, I. (2016). Effects of Reynolds and Womersley numbers on
the hemodynamics of intracranial aneurysms. Computational and Mathematical Methods
in Medicine, 2016, 7412926 DOI: 10.1155/2016/7412926 click here
[33] Daghooghi1, M. and Borazjani, I. (2016). Self-Propelled Swimming Simulations of Bio-
inspired Smart Structures. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 11 (5), 056001
DOI:10.1088/1748-3190/11/5/056001 click here
[32] Bottom2, R.G., Borazjani, I., Belevins, E., and Lauder, G.V. (2016). Hydrodynamics of
swimming in stingrays: Numerical simulations and the role of the leading edge vortex.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 788, 407-443 DOI:10.1017/jfm.2015.702.
[31] Rajan2, N. K., Song2, Z., Hoffmann, K. R., Belohlavek, M., McMahon, E. R., and Borazjani,
I. (2015). 3D reconstruction of the left ventricle from multiple-axis echocardiography.
ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 138 (1), 011003-12 DOI:
10.1115/1.4031976.
[30] Daghooghi2, M. and Borazjan, I. (2015). The Hydrodynamic Advantages of Synchronized
Swimming in Rectangular Patterns. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 10 (5), 056018 DOI:
10.1088/1748-3190/10/5/056018.
[29] Song2, Z., and Borazjani, I. (2015). The Role of Shape and Heart-rate on the Performance of
the Left Ventricle. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 137 (11), 114501-6 DOI:
10.1115/1.4031468. click here
[28] Daghooghi2, M. and Borazjani, I. (2015). The influence of inertia on the rheology of a
periodic suspension of neutrally buoyant rigid ellipsoids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 781,
506-549.
[27] Borazjani, I. (2015). Simulations of Unsteady Aquatic Locomotion: From unsteadiness in
straight-line swimming to fast-starts. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 1-13, DOI:
10.1093/icb/icv015.
[26] Borazjani, I. (2015). A review of fluid-structure interaction simulations of Prosthetic Heart
Valves. Journal of Long-term Effects of Medical Implants, Special Issue on Heart Valves
25 (1-2), 75–93.
[25] Borazjani, I., Westerdale, J., McMahon, E., Rajaraman, P. K., Heys, J., and Belohlavek, M.
(2013). Left Ventricular Flow Analysis: Recent Advances in Numerical Methods and
Applications in Cardiac Ultrasound. Computational and Mathematical Methods in
Medicine, Special Issue: Computational Analysis of Coronary and Ventricular
Hemodynamics 2013, 395081-11 DOI:10.1155/2013/395081. click here (Open Access)
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[24] Borazjani, I., Le, T., Ge, L. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2013). A parallel overset-curvilinear-
immersed boundary framework for simulating complex 3D incompressible
flows. Computers and Fluids 77, 76-96 DOI:10.1016/j.compfluid.2013.02.017.click here
[23] Borazjani, I. (2013). Fluid-Structure Interaction, Immersed Boundary-Finite Element
Method Simulations of Bio-prosthetic Heart Valves. Computer Methods in Applied
Mechanics and Engineering 257, 103-116 DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2013.01.010. click here
[22] Borazjani, I. (2013). The functional role of caudal and anal/dorsal fins during the C-start of
a bluegill sunfish. Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 1658-1669
DOI:10.1242/jeb.079434. click here
[21] Borazjani, I. and Daghooghi2, M. (2013). The fish tail motion forms an attached leading edge
vortex Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(175), 20122071. click here
[20] Kang, S. Borazjani, I., Colby, J.A., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2012). Numerical simulation of 3D
flow past a real-life marine hydrokinetic turbine. Advances in Water Resources 39, 33-43.
[19] Coffey, D., Malbraaten, N., Le, T., Borazjani, I. , Sotiropoulos, F., Erdman, A. G., and Keefe,
D. F. (2012). Interactive Slice WIM: Navigating and Interrogating Volume Datasets Using
a Multi-Surface, Multi-Touch VR Interface. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and
Computer Graphics PP(99), DOI:10.1109/TVCG.2011.283. click here
[18] Borazjani, I., Sotiropoulos, F., Tytell, E.D. and Lauder, G.V. (2012). On the hydrodynamics
of the bluegill sunfish c-start escape response: three-dimensional simulations and
comparison with experimental data. Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 671-684.
[17] Le, T., Borazjani, I., Kang, S., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2011). On the structure of vortex rings
from inclined nozzles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 686, 451-483.
[16] Behara, S., Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2011). Vortex-induced vibrations of an
elastically mounted sphere with three degrees of freedom at Re = 300: Hysteresis and
vortex shedding modes Journal of Fluid Mechanics 686, 426-450.
[15] Khosronejad, A., Kang, S. Borazjani, I., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2011). Curvilinear Immersed
Boundary Method For Simulating Flow/Bed Morphodynamic Interaction due to Sediment
Transport Phenomena. Advances in Water Resources 34(7), 829-843.
[14] Le, T., Borazjani, I., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). Pulsatile Flow Effects on the
Hemodynamics of Intracranial Aneurysms. ASME Journal of Biomechanical
Engineering 132(11), 111009-11 DOI:10.1115/1.4002702 click here.
[13] Keefe, D.F., Sotiropoulos, F., Interrante, V., Birali Runesha, H., Coffey, D., Staker, M., Chi-
Lun Lin, C., Sun, Y., Borazjani, I., Le, T., Rowe, N., and Erdman, A. (2010). A Process
for Design, Verification, Validation, and Manufacture of Medical Devices using
Immersive VR Environments. ASME Journal of Medical Devices 4(4), 045002-6.
DOI:10.1115/1.4002561. click here.
[12] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). The effect of implantation orientation of a bi-leaflet
mechanical heart valve on kinematics and hemodynamics in an anatomic aorta. ASME
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 132(11), 111005-8 DOI:10.1115/1.4002491 click
here
[11] Tytell, E., Borazjani, I., Sotiropoulos, F., Baker, T. V., Anderson, E. J. and Lauder, G. V.
(2010). Disentangling the functional roles of morphology and motion in fish
swimming. Integrative and Comparative BiologyDOI:10.1093/icb/icq057 click here
[10] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F., Malkiel, E., Katz, J. (2010). On the role of copepod antenna
in the production of hydrodynamic force during hopping. Journal of Experimental
Biology 213, 3019-3035.
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[9] Simon, H. A., Ge, L., Borazjani, I., Sotiropoulos, F. and Yoganathan, A. P. (2010). Simulation
of the three-dimensional hinge flow fields of a bileaflet mechanical heart valves under
physiologic conditions. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 38, 1257 DOI:
10.1007/s10439-010-9913-9. click here
[8] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). On the role of form and kinematics on the
hydrodynamics of body/caudal fin swimming. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 89-
107. (Featured on Inside JEB) click here
[7] Borazjani, I., Ge, L. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). High resolution fluid-structure interaction
simulations of flow through a bi-leaflet mechanical heart valve in an anatomic
aorta. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 38(2), 326-344 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9807-
x. click here
[6] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Why don't mackerels swim like eels? The role of
form and kinematics on the hydrodynamics of undulatory swimming. Physics of Fluids 21,
091109. (Winner of Gallery of Fluid Motion 2009) click here
[5] Sotiropoulos, F. and Borazjani, I. (2009). A review of the state-of-the-art numerical methods
for simulating flow through mechanical heart valves. Medical & Biological Engineering
& Computing 47, 245–256.(Open Access)
[4] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Numerical investigation of the hydrodynamics of
anguilliform swimming in the transitional and inertial flow regimes. Journal of
Experimental Biology 212, 576-592. (Cover Story) click here
[3] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Vortex-induced vibrations of two cylinders in tandem
in the proximity-wake interference region. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 621, 321-364.
[2] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2008). Numerical investigation of the hydrodynamics of
carangiform swimming in the transitional and inertial flow regimes. Journal of
Experimental Biology 211, 1541-1558.
[1] Borazjani, I., Ge, L. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2008). Curvilinear immersed boundary method for
simulating fluid structure interaction with complex 3D rigid bodies. Journal of
Computational Physics 227, 7587-7620.
Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings and Abstracts [17] Bani-Hani, M., Borazjani, I., Esfahani, E., Krovi, V., and Karami, A. (2015) Generation and
optimization of traveling vibrating waves in self-assembling swimming smart boxes. In
ASME 2015 International Design and Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers
and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2015), August 2-5, 2015, in
Boston, MA, pp. DETC2015-47681.
[16] Daghooghi2, M., Borazjani, I., Karami, A., and Esfahani, E. (2014). Self-propelled
swimming simulations of self-assembling smart boxes. In Proceedings of the ASME 2014
Smart Materials, Adaptive Structure and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS 2014), September 8-
10, 2014, in New Port, Rhode Island, USA, pp. SMASIS2014-7654.
[15] Karami, A., Esfahani, E., Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2014). Self-assembling
swimming smart boxes. In Proceedings of the ASME 2014 Smart Materials, Adaptive
Structure and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS 2014), September 8-10, 2014, in New Port,
Rhode Island, USA, pp. SMASIS2014-7533.
[14] Asgharzadeh2, H., Borazjani, I., Xia, J., and Meng, H. (2014). Vortex generation in two
intracranial aneurysms. In ASME 2014 International Design and Engineering Technical
Iman Borazjani; Email: [email protected]; Phone: 716-645-1468 Page 7 of 19
Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE
2014), August 17-20, 2014, in Buffalo, NY, pp. DETC2014-3703.
[13] Vruddhula3, V., and Borazjani, I. (2014). 3D Flow Simulations of a Simplified Right
Ventricle Model. In ASME 2014 International Design and Engineering Technical
Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE
2014), August 17-20, 2014, in Buffalo, NY, pp. DETC2014-35476.
[12] Madduri2, B., and Borazjani, I. (2014). Aerodynamic Design of Flat Delta Kite based on
Polhamus Concept of Leading Edge Suction Analogy. In ASME 2014 International Design
and Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering
Conference (IDETC/CIE 2014), August 17-20, 2014, in Buffalo, NY, pp. DETC2014-
35097.
[11] Rajan2, N. K., Song2, Z., Hoffmann, K. R., Belohlavek, M., McMahon, E. R., and Borazjani,
I. (2014). 3D reconstruction of the left ventricle from four echocardiographic projections.
In ASME 2014 International Design and Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers
and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2014), August 17-20, 2014, in
Buffalo, NY, pp. DETC2014-34463.
[10] Grigoriev2, E., and Borazjani, I. (2014). NREL phase VI wind turbine modeling using an
unsteady panel method. In ASME 2014 International Design and Engineering Technical
Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE
2014), August 17-20, 2014, in Buffalo, NY, pp. DETC2014-34141.
[9] Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2014). Parallel Implementation of Periodic Boundary
Conditions for a Curvilinear Immersed Boundary Method. In ASME 2014 International
Design and Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in
Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2014), August 17-20, 2014, in Buffalo, NY, pp.
DETC2014-34069.
[8] Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2014). An Immersed Boundary Method for Calculating
the Relative Viscosity of Dilute Suspension of Rigid Spheres. In ASME 2014 International
Design and Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in
Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2014), August 17-20, 2014, in Buffalo, NY, pp.
DETC2014-34061.
[7] Borazjani, I. (2013). Fluid-structure interaction simulations of tissue heart valves with a
calcified leaflet using immersed boundary-finite element method. In Heart Valve Modeling
Symposium, at the 3rd International Conference on Computational and Mathematical
Biomedical Engineering (CMBE13), December 16-18, 2013, in Hong Kong.
[6] Borazjani, I., Daghooghi2, M., Barlow, N., Innus, M., Levesque, A., Neeman, A., Jones, M.
and Cornelius, C. (2011). Visualizing the wake of aquatic swimmers. In Proceedings of
the 2011 companion on High Performance Computing Networking, Storage and Analysis
Companion, pp. 127-128: ACM.
[5] Coffey, D., Malbraaten, N., Le, T., Borazjani, I., Sotiropoulos, F., and Keefe, D. F. (2011) A
Multi-Surface, Multi-Touch Interface for OverviewDetail Exploration of Volume
Datasets in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on
Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, Pages 191-198, 2011.
[4] Borazjani, I., Le, T., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Hemodynamic Effects of the Orientation of
a Bi-leaflet Mechanical Heart Valve Implanted in an Anatomic Aorta. In The World
Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7-12, 2009,
Munich, Germany.
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[3] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). On the Hydrodynamics of Unsteady Swimming
Maneuvers. In The Fourth International Symposium on Aero Aqua Bio-Mechanisms, 29h
August - 2nd September 2009, Shanghai, China.
[2] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Numerical simulations of self-propelled fishlike
swimming in uniform and vortical flows. In The Sixth International Symposium on
Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP-6), June 22-24, 2009, Seoul National
University, Seoul, Korea.
[1] Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Direct numerical simulation of fluid-structure
interaction in heart valve prosthesis in an anatomic aorta. In The Sixth International
Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP-6), June 22-24, 2009,
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Book Chapters [1] Sotiropoulos, F., Aidun, C., Borazjani, I. and MacMeccan, R. (2010). Computational
Techniques for Biological Flows: From blood-vessel scale hemodynamics to blood cells.
In Modeling and Imaging in the cardiovascular system eds. H. S. Udaykumar and K. B.
Chandran.
Selected Conference Abstracts and Presentations Borazjani, I. Asgharzadeh2, H., and Hedayat, M. H. (2016). Simulations of heart valves by thin
shells with non-linear material properties. In American Physical Society, 68th Annual Meeting
of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20-22, 2016. Portland, Oregon.
Asgharzadeh2, H., Varble, N., Meng, H. and Borazjani, I. (2016). A hemodynamic-based
dimensionless parameter for predicting rupture of intracranial aneurysms. In American
Physical Society, 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20-
22, 2016. Portland, Oregon.
Hedayat2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2016). Platelet activation through a Bi-leaflet mechanical heart
valve. In American Physical Society, 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid
Dynamics, November 20-22, 2016. Portland, Oregon.
Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2016) A particle-particle collision strategy for arbitrarily
shaped particles at low Stokes numbers. In American Physical Society, 68th Annual Meeting
of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20-22, 2016. Portland, Oregon.
Hedayat2, M., Asgharzadeh2, H., and Borazjani, I. (2016) Flow-induced platelet activation in
simulations of artificial heart valves. In the 8th International Bio-Fluid Symposium, February
12-14, 2016, Pasadena, California.
Asgharzadeh2, H., and Borazjani, I. (2016) A dimensionless parameter for quantifying the risk
rupture of intracranial aneurysms. In the 8th International Bio-Fluid Symposium, February 12-
14, 2016, Pasadena, California.
Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2016) How fish schooling improves swimming performance?
In the Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB16),
January 3-7, 2016. Portland, Oregon, USA.
Asgharzadeh2, H., and Borazjani, I. (2015). Implicit solution of Navier-Stokes equations on
staggered curvilinear grids using a Newton-Krylov method with a novel analytical Jacobian.
In American Physical Society, 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 22-24, 2015. Boston, Massachusetts.
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Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2015) Three-dimensional collision of general-shaped particles
in a viscous fluid. In American Physical Society, 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of
Fluid Dynamics, November 22-24, 2015. Boston, Massachusetts.
Hedayat2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2015). Three-dimensional simulation of flow-induced platelet
activation in artificial heart valves. In American Physical Society, 67th Annual Meeting of the
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 22-24, 2015. Boston, Massachusetts.
Asgharzadeh2, H., and Borazjani, I. (2015). A dimensionless parameter for classifying
hemodynamics in intracranial aneurysms. In American Physical Society, 67th Annual Meeting
of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 22-24, 2015. Boston, Massachusetts.
Borazjani, I., Rajan2, N.K, Song2, Z., Hoffmann, K., McMahon, E., and Belohlavek, M. (2014).
A new parameter for cardiac efficiency analysis. In American Physical Society, 66th Annual
Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-25, 2014. San Francisco,
California.
Asgharzadeh2, H., and Borazjani, I. (2014). A Newton-Krylov method with approximate Jacobian
for implicit solution of Navier-Stokes on staggered overset-curvilinear grids with immersed
boundaries. In American Physical Society, 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid
Dynamics, November 23-25, 2014. San Francisco, California.
Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2014). The effect of geometry on the particle stress in
suspensions of rigid particles in simple shear. In American Physical Society, 66th Annual
Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-25, 2014. San Francisco,
California.
Daghooghi2, M., Bottom2, R., and Borazjani, I. (2014) Leading edge vortex formation during
undulatory swimming. In 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, July 6-11, 2014, in Boston,
Massachusetts, USA.
Borazjani, I. (2014) Fluid-structure interaction simulations of artificial heart valves. In 7th World
Congress of Biomechanics, July 6-11, 2014, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Borazjani, I. (2013). Fluid-structure interaction simulations of tissue heart valves with a calcified
leaflet using immersed boundary-finite element method. In Heart Valve Modeling Symposium,
at the 3rd International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical
Engineering (CMBE13), December 16-18, 2013, in Hong Kong.
Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2013). An immersed boundary method for investigating the
rheology of heavy crude oil. In American Physical Society, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS
Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 24-26, 2013. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Borazjani, I., and Daghooghi2, M. (2013). On the hydrodynamics of fish schooling. In American
Physical Society, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 24-
26, 2013. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bottom2, R.G., Borazjani, I., Blevins, E., and Lauder, G.V. (2013). On the hydrodynamics of ray-
like swimming. In American Physical Society, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of
Fluid Dynamics, November 24-26, 2013. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Borazjani, I. (2011). Fluid-structure Interaction Simulations of Deformable Soft Tissue. In
American Physical Society, 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 20-22, 2011. Baltimore, Maryland.
Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2011). The Effect of Caudal Fin Shape on the Hydrodynamics
of Swimming. In American Physical Society, 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid
Dynamics, November 20-22, 2011. Baltimore, Maryland.
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Borazjani, I., Daghooghi2, M., Barlow, Innus, M., Levesque, A., Neeman, A., Jones, M. and
Cornelius, C. (2011). Visualizing the wake of aquatic swimmers. In Scientific Computing
(SC11) Visualization Show Case, November 14-17, 2011. Seattle, Washington.
Daghooghi2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2011). The Effect of Caudal Fin Shape on Hydrodynamics of
Swimming. In 1000 Islands Fluid Dynamics Meeting, April 15-17, 2011. The Glen House
Resort, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. Borazjani, I., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). Large-eddy simulation of flow past wind turbine rotors.
In American Physical Society, 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 21-23, 2010. Long Beach, California. Le, T., Borazjani, I., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). High resolution simulation of the left heart
hemodynamics in patient-specific anatomies. In American Physical Society, 63rd Annual
Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 21-23, 2010. Long Beach,
California. Khosronejad, A., Kang, S., Borazjani, I., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). Curvilinear Immersed
Boundary Method for Simulating Sediment Transport and Scour in Open Channel Flows. In
American Physical Society, 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 21-23, 2010. Long Beach, California. Borazjani, I., Behara, S., Natarajan, G., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). Large-Eddy Simulation of
Wind and Hydrokinetic Turbine Flows: Rotor Tip Vortices and Wake Turbulence. In iTi
Conference on Turbulence IV, September 19-22, 2010. Bertinoro, Italy. Borazjani, I., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2010). The effect of orientation of a bi-leaflet mechanical heart
valve implanted in an anatomical aorta on its performance. In Design of Medical Devices
(DMD) Conference, April 13-15, 2010. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Borazjani, I., Behara, S., Natarajan, G. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). An overset
curvilinear/immersed boundary framework for high resolution simulations of wind and
hydrokinetic turbine flows. In American Physical Society, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS
Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 22-24, 2009. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Behara, S., Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Vortex-induced vibrations of an elastically
mounted sphere at Re = 300: Hysteresis and vortex shedding modes. In American Physical
Society, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 22-24, 2009.
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Narayanan, V., R.T., Borazjani, I., Sotiropoulos, F., Tytell, E.D., Lauder, G.V. (2009). 3D
Numerical simulations of the C-start of a Bluegill Sunfish. In American Physical Society, 62nd
Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 22-24, 2009. Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Kang, S., Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Coherent-Structure Resolving Simulations of
Turbulence in Natural Streams with the Curvilinear Immersed-Boundary Method. In
American Physical Society, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 22-24, 2009. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sotiropoulos, F., Borazjani, I. and Le, T. (2009). Flow patterns and shear stress waveforms in
intracranial aneurysms: The effect of pulsatility. In American Physical Society, 62nd Annual
Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 22-24, 2009. Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Le, T., Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Fluid Structure Interaction simulation of heart
prosthesis in patient-specific left-ventricle/aorta anatomies. In American Physical Society,
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62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 22-24, 2009.
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Borazjani, I., Le, T., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Hemodynamic Effects of the Orientation of a
Bi-leaflet Mechanical Heart Valve Implanted in an Anatomic Aorta. In The World Congress
on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7-12, 2009, Munich, Germany. Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). On the Hydrodynamics of Unsteady Swimming
Maneuvers. In The Fourth International Symposium on Aero Aqua Bio-Mechanisms, 29h
August - 2nd September 2009, Shanghai, China. Borazjani, I., Behara, S., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Structure
Interaction in 3D Engineering and Biological Flows. In 3rd International Conference on
Experimental-Process-System-Modeling-Simulation-Optimization, July 9-11, 2009, Athens,
Greece. Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Direct numerical simulation of fluid-structure
interaction in heart valve prosthesis in an anatomic aorta. In The Sixth International
Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP-6), June 22-24, 2009, Seoul
National University, Seoul, Korea. Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Numerical simulations of self-propelled fishlike
swimming in turbulent flows. In The Sixth International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear
Flow Phenomena (TSFP-6), June 22-24, 2009, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. Borazjani, I., Le, T. , Kang, S. K. , Behara, S., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). Sharp Interface
Immersed Boundary Method: From Wind Turbines to Cardiovascular Flows. In Academy
Colloquium Immersed Boundary Methods: Current Status and Future Research Directions,
June 15-17, 2009, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam,
Netherlands. Borazjani, I., Le, T., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2009). A multi-block/immersed boundary numerical
framework for simulating cardiovascular flows. In FDA Workshop on Computer Methods for
Cardiovascular Devices, June 1-2, 2009, Rockville, MD. Borazjani, I. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2008). On the hydrodynamics of fishlike swimming:
Anguilliform vs. Carangiform locomotion. In American Physical Society, 61st Annual
Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23 - 25, 2008. San Antonio, Texas. Sotiropoulos, F., Borazjani, I., Malkiel, E. and Katz, J. (2008). Numerical simulation of a self-
propelled copepod during escape. In American Physical Society, 61st Annual Meeting of the
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23 - 25, 2008. San Antonio, Texas. Le, T., Borazjani, I., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2008). Vorticity dynamics in an intracranial aneurysm.
In American Physical Society, 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 23 - 25, 2008. San Antonio, Texas. Kang, S., Borazjani, I., and Sotiropoulos, F. (2008). Curvilinear immersed-boundary method for
simulating unsteady flows in shallow natural streams with arbitrarily complex obstacles. In
American Physical Society, 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 23 - 25, 2008. San Antonio, Texas. Borazjani, I., Ge, L., Simon, H., Sotiropoulos, F. and Yoganathan, A. (2008). Toward patient-
specific simulations of mechanical heart valve hemodynamics. In 3rd Biennial Heart Valve
Biology and Tissue Engineering, May 3 – 5, 2008. London. Simon, H. A., Ge, L., Borazjani, I., Sotiropoulos, F. and Yoganathan, A. P. (2008). Simulations
of the hinge flow fields of a bileaflet mechanical heart valve under physiologic pulsatile aortic
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conditions. In ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference. June 25-29, Marriott Resort,
Marco Island, Florida. Borazjani, I., Le, T. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2008). Toward the numerical simulation of self-
propelled aquatic swimming: Recent progress and the future challenges. In Inaugural
International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008.
Minneapolis, MN. Borazjani, I., Ge, L., Le, T., Simon, H., de Zelicourt, D., Sotiropoulos, F., Yoganathan, A. P. and
Kallmes, D. (2008). Toward patient-specific cardiovascular flow simulations with sharp
interface immersed boundary methods: Recent successes and future ventures. In Inaugural
International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008.
Minneapolis, MN. Borazjani, I., Ge, L., Simon, H. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2008). Toward patient-specific direct
numerical simulation of fluid-structure interaction in prosthetic heart valves. In Fifth
International Bio-Fluid Symposium and Workshop, March 28 – 30, 2008. Pasadena,
California. Borazjani, I., Sotiropoulos, F., Malkiel, E. and Katz, J. (2007). On the hydrodynamics of
planktonic microcrustacean locomotion: Numerical simulations and experiments. In
American Physical Society, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 18-20, 2007. Salt Lake City, Utah. Sotiropoulos, F. and Borazjani, I. (2007). On the hydrodynamics of body/caudal fin locomotion
for carangiform swimmers. In American Physical Society, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS
Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 18-20, 2007. Salt Lake City, Utah. Borazjani, I., Ge, L., Dasi, P. L., Sotiropoulos, F. and Yoganathan, A. (2007). Fluid-structure
interaction in bi-leaflet mechanical heart valves. In Frontiers in Biomedical Devices, June 7-
8, 2007. Irvine, California. Borazjani, I., Ge, L. and Sotiropoulos, F. (2007). Flow simulations in bi-leaflet mechanical heart
valves with fluid-structure interaction. In Design of Medical Devices (DMD) Conference,
April 17-19, 2007. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Invited Talks Borazjani, I. (2016) Bioinspiration from aquatic swimming: The leading edge vortex. In Society
of Engineering Science 53rd Annual Meeting (SES 2016), October 2-5, 2016, in University of
Maryland College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Maryland, USA.
Borazjani, I. (2016) From aquatic locomotion to bioinspired design. Invited by Universidad
Nacional de Ingeniería and Sponsored by IAHR - Young Professionals Network
(https://www.iahr.org/site/cms/contentCategoryView.asp?category=304) of Peru, June 20,
2016, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru.
Borazjani, I. (2016) Studies in aquatic locomotion: discovery through simulations. GALCIT
colloquium, April 22, 2016, Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA.
Borazjani, I., Asgharzadeh2, H., and Hedayat2, M. (2015) Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations
of Heart Valves on Parallel Computing Clusters. In Platform for Advanced Scientific
Computing (PASC15) Conference, June 1-3, 2015, in Zurich, Switzerland.
Borazjani, I. (2015) Driving Discovery in Complex 3D Biological/Engineering Flows through
Simulations. April 27, 2015, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Borazjani, I. (2015) Unsteady Aquatic Locomotion Simulations: from unsteadiness in straight-
line swimming to fast-starts. In Unsteady Aquatic Locomotion with Respect to Eco-Design
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and Mechanics Symposium held at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology (SICB), January 3-7, 2015, in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Daghooghi2, M., Bottom2, R., and Borazjani, I. (2014) Leading edge vortex formation during
undulatory swimming. In 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, July 6-11, 2014, in Boston,
Massachusetts, USA.
Borazjani, I. (2014) Fluid-structure interaction simulations of artificial heart valves. In 7th World
Congress of Biomechanics, July 6-11, 2014, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Borazjani, I. (2013). Fluid-structure interaction simulations of tissue heart valves with a calcified
leaflet using immersed boundary-finite element method. In Heart Valve Modeling Symposium,
at the 3rd International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical
Engineering (CMBE13), December 16-18, 2013, in Hong Kong.
Borazjani, I. (2011). The role of fish tail during steady swimming and maneuvering. In Daniel
Reid’s defense ceremony, September 26, 2011, in Groningen, Netherlands.
Borazjani, I. (2011). The functional design of fish tail. In Coupled Problems conference, June 20-
22, 2011, in Kos Island, Greece.
Workshop Participation NSF CyberBridges Workshop for Career awardees, August 31 and September 1, 2015 at the CEB
Waterview Conference Center in Arlington, VA.
NSF Career Proposal Writing Workshop, March 26, 2012 to March 27, 2012 at University of
Nevada, Reno, NV
RECOGNITIONS & MEDIA COVERAGE UB Engineering website (Fulbright story):
http://engineering.buffalo.edu/home/news-
events.host.html/content/shared/engineering/home/articles/news-articles/2017/borazjani-
receives-fulbright-scholar-award.detail.html
UB reporter (UB Exceptional Scholars Young Investigator Award):
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/research/news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/ub-
reporter-articles/stories/2015/06/exceptional_scholars.detail.html
UB Engineering website (award winning faculty): http://engineering.buffalo.edu/home/news-
events.host.html/content/shared/seas/home/articles/news-articles/2015/borazjani-receives-nsf-
career-award.detail.html
The discovery of leading edge vortex in aquatic swimming:
UB reporter:
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/research/news.host.html/content/shared/university/ne
ws/ub-reporter-articles/stories/2013/stingrays.detail.html
UB engineering: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/11/013.html
Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/why-underwater-robots-
should-swim-stingrays
Live Science: http://www.livescience.com/41225-stingrays-inspire-submarine-
design.html
Phys.org: http://phys.org/news/2013-11-stingray-movement-submarines.html
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Science World Report:
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/10885/20131113/stingrays-unique-and-
round-shape-may-inspire-improvement-of-deep-sea-vehicles.htm
United Press International:
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Technology/2013/11/13/Study-of-stingray-
swimming-could-improve-underwater-vehicles/UPI-13931384386789/?spt=rln&or=1
Nature World News:
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/4903/20131114/researchers-decode-stingray-
movements-create-next-gen-submarines.htm
Different kinematics and body shape of fish might depend on the flow regime they swim in:
University of Minnesota main page:
http://umnews.ur.umn.edu/news/features/2010/UR_CONTENT_175431.html
e-science news:
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/02/04/research.finds.water.movements.can.shape.f
ish.evolution
US news: http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/02/09/research-finds-water-
movements-can-shape-fish-evolution
Eureka! Science News: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/uom-
rfw020410.php
PhysOrg.com: http://phys.org/news184509983.html
DailyTech.com: http://www.dailytech.com/Researchers+Use+Computing+Power+to+Sh
ow+Water+Currents+Shaped+Fish+Evolution/article17627.htm
Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204144813.htm
One India: http://www.oneindia.com/2010/02/05/watermovements-can-shape-
fishevolution.html
Newstrack India: http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/147280
DailyIndia.com: http://www.dailyindia.com/show/358293.php
Featured article in Inside JEB: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/213/1/i.1.full
On the cover of Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 212, Issue 4:
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/212/4.cover-expansion
Winner of the 2008 Gallery of Fluid Motion competition: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3205869
The front cover article in MSI's Spring 2008 Research Bulletin:
http://static.msi.umn.edu/research_bulletin/2008-24-1.pdf
STUDENT SUPERVISION
Current Students Postdoctoral Scholars:
Mohsen Daghooghi
Hafez Asgharzadeh
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PhD Students:
Mohammadali Hedayat (expected 2018)
Amir Akbarzadeh (expected 2020)
Hossein Asadi (expected 2020)
MSc Students:
Tatsat Patel
Munjal Purnkant Shah
Abhishek Shashikant Yeola
Undergraduate Students:
Alexander Carr
Previous PhD Students Hafez Asgharzadeh, PhD Dissertation, Numerical Simulations of Cardiovascular Flows, January
6, 2017
Mohsen Daghooghi, PhD Dissertation, Fluid-structure interaction simulations of flows with
symmetry: From fish schooling to rheology of suspensions, January 23, 2016
Previous MSc Students Yusuf Esmail Neemuchwala, MSc Project, Design and Lateral Stability Analysis of Delta
Planform for applications in Kites, May 15, 2015
Pranav Prashant Ladkat, MSc Project, 3D Unsteady Vortex Panel Method and its applications in
Aerodynamics, May 7, 2015
Bharath Madduri, MSc Thesis, Design and Longitudinal Dynamic Stability Analysis of a Slender
Delta Kite for High Altitudes Using Leading Edge Suction Analogy, January 2, 2015
Navaneetha Krishnan Rajan, MSc Thesis, Automated Reconstruction of the Left Ventricle using
Multiple-Axis Echocardiography, May 22, 2014
Richard Bottom, MSc Thesis, On the Hydrodynamics of Ray-like Swimming, May 14, 2014
Eugene M. Grigoriev, MSc Project, Unsteady Force Calculation via Vortex Panel Method,
December 10, 2013
Qiping Yu, MSc Project, Visualization and Simulation of Fish C-start Swimming, August 14, 2013
Zeying Song, MSc Project, Left-ventricular flows: A computational approach, May 3, 2013
Murali Krishna Atluru, MSc Project, Calculating Thrust Generated by Mackerel Fish Caudal Fin
Using Vortex-Panel Method, December 14, 2012
Jay Patel, MSc Project, CFD Simulations of a Data Center, November 26, 2012
Haridas Attur, MSc Project, Automotive Condenser Pass Arrangement Optimization, December
2, 2011
Previous BSc Students Julia Page Risueno, Individual Problem, Numerical Solution of Non-linear Hyperbolic PDEs:
Shallow Water Equations, May 12, 2014
Varunkumar Vruddhula, Generated geometries for the right ventricle and visualized flow, Fall
2013- Aug 2014
Hao Kiat Tan, Generated complex geometries in Ansys to be used in simulations of suspensions
as complex-shaped particles, Spring 2014
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Seamus Lombardo, Swimming and Flying in Nature, BioFluid Gallery YouTube Channel,
http://www.youtube.com/user/BioFluidGallery
Joseph Materski, Swimming and Flying in Nature, BioFluid Gallery YouTube Channel,
http://www.youtube.com/user/BioFluidGallery
Committee Member
Mathew Burge, PhD Dissertation, Vortex Structure Variation with Flapping-Wing
Stroke-Reversal Kinematics, October 21, 2016
Reza Jahanbakhshi, PhD Dissertation, DNS of Compressible Reacting Turbulent Shear Layer,
August 19, 2016
Navid S. Vaghefi, PhD Dissertation, Simulation and Modeling of Compressible Turbulent Mixing
Layer, August 8, 2014
Gabriel Trylesinski, MSc Thesis, Vortex Dynamics in Ruptured and Unruptured Intracranial
Aneurysms, January 10, 2014
Adam Devoria, PhD Dissertation, On The Flow Generated By Rotating Flat Plates Of Low Aspect
Ratio, April 30, 2013
Zackery Carr, PhD Dissertation, Investigation Of Finite-Span Rotating Flat-Plate Wings At Low
Reynolds Number And The Effects Of Aspect Ratio, February 1, 2013
Jared Kuhl, MSc Thesis, Power Production Locality of Bluff Body Flutter Mills Using Fully
Coupled 2D Direct Numerical Simulation, July 8, 2011
Adam Devoria: MSc Thesis, Vortex Formation and Saturation for Low-Aspect-Ratio Rotating Flat
Plates at Low Reynolds Number, January 13, 2011
Rahul Sankapal, MSc Project, Design and Calculation of Power/Load Carrying of Capacity of
Airborne Wind Energy System, December 20, 2010
TEACHING & OUTREACH MAE540/CIE548: Computational Fluid Mechanics Spring 2011-present
MAE542/442: Computer-Aided Analysis in Fluid and Thermal Sciences Fall 2011-present
MAE335: Fluid Mechanics Fall 2013-present
MAE503: Co-organizer of Graduate Seminar Series Fall 2012-Spring 2015
Outreach at Buffalo Museum of Science: I am engaged in outreach activities to increase the
interest of general public in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) by creating
educational movies for the Buffalo Museum of Science, which are displayed in the “Motion and
Health” studios (supported by APS-NYSS outreach grant).
Outreach Lectures:
WNY STEM Forum talk (11/9/2016): “Simulation-based engineering: bio-fluids applications”
Western New York (WNY) STEM Forum is a continuing education program for local
science school teachers (mostly High School level teachers) with the intent to help them
upgrade their knowledge about various scientific topics.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & SERVICE
Professional Affiliations American Physical Society (APS)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Heart Association (AHA)
High-Performance Computing (HPC) advisory council
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)
Professional Service Editorial Boards:
PLOS ONE
Acts as an academic editor for the journal since 2014: handles articles in the areas of fluid
dynamics, computational methods, and biological/biomedical flows, invites reviewers, and
makes a recommendation to the editor for the publication of an article.
Reviewer of more than 25 journals:
Computational Methods Journals
Computer Methods in Applied
Mechanics and Engineering
SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics
International Journal for Numerical
Methods in Fluids
Computer Physics Communications
Journal of Computing in Civil
Engineering
Journal of Computational Physics
Theoretical and Computational Fluid
Dynamics
International Journal for Numerical
Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Computers and Fluids
Fluid Mechanics Journals
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Journal of Fluids and Structures
International Journal of Heat and Fluid
Flow
Physics of Fluids
Experiments in Fluids
Ocean Engineering
Journal of Vibration and Control
Biological/Aquatic Swimming Journals
Journal of the Royal Society (Interface,
Proceedings B)
Transaction of American Fisheries
Society
Applied Sciences
Journal of Experimental Biology
Fish and Fisheries
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Journal of Zoology
Biomedical/Medical Journals
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Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Biomechanics and Modeling in
Mechanobiology
PLOS ONE
Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and
Biology
Physiological Measurement
Journal of Biomechanical
Engineering
ASME Journal of Biomechanical
Engineering
European Heart Journal -
Cardiovascular Imaging
Medical & Biological Engineering &
Computing
Reviewer of conference proceedings:
IDETC conference (Buffalo 2014) reviewer
Reviewer of grant proposal: NSF Panel review, Fluid Dynamics
NSF Panel review, CDS&E
NSF outside (ad hoc) proposal reviewer, Expeditions-in-computing program
NSF outside (ad hoc) proposal reviewer, Software Infrastructure for Sustained
Innovation (SI2-SSI) program
NASA postdoctoral fellowship
PhD thesis reviewer (opponent) for Daniel Reed (Groningen University)
Expert Witness:
Provided expert opinion on a legal case involving a patent dispute between two medical
device companies about the direction of blood flow in tricuspid valves.
Session Chair:
American Physical Society, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 24-26, 2013. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
American Physical Society, 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
November 23-25, 2014. San Francisco, California.
Symposium Chair:
International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers & Information in
Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2016), 9th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices
(BIOMED), Computational Modeling and Simulation Symposium, August 21-24, 2016,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Departmental/University Service and Administrative Assignments SEAS Tenure Committee Alternate Spring 2017
Graduate committee member Fall 2015-present
Fall 2012-2013
Oral MSc examiner Fall 2012, Spring 2014-present
PhD qualifier examiner Spring 2012-present
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Co-organizer of the MAE seminar series Fall 2012-Spring 2015
Search committee member Fluids Area Spring 2017 (chair: P. Desjardin)
Search committee member Fluids Area Spring 2016 (chair: C. Madnia)
Search committee member Fluids Area Spring 2014 (chair: P. Desjardin)
Search committee member Design Area Spring 2012 (chair: T. Kesavadas)
Poster competition judge Spring 2013
Sigma Xi graduate poster judge Spring 2014
Panelist, New faculty research orientation Fall 2016