List of biofluid mechanics research groups

This list of biofluid mechanics research groups gives an overview of academic research organisations in the field.

Country University / Institute Group Topic
Australia UNSW Australia Sydney Vascular Modelling Group Advanced[1] and Thermofluidics Group[2] Cardiovascular fluid dynamics and mechanics, stent design and strategy optimization, arterial flow and stenosis, transport of drugs from stents
Australia ANU Optical Biofluidics Imaging (oBIG) Lab[3] Biomedical Photonics, Biofluidics Imaging, Applied Optics
Belgium Ghent University BioMMeda[4] Biomedical ultrasound research, medical devices, cardiovascular mechanics, (artificial) organs and biofluids
Canada University of Toronto Biomedical Simulation Lab[5] Hemodynamic factors in atherogenesis, stroke risk assessment, optimization of bypass graft surgery
Canada University of Western Ontario Biofluidics Research Lab[6] Vascular models (atherosclerosis, aneurysms), microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip, cell mechanotransduction
Germany Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Biofluid Mechanics Lab[7] Blood pressure measurement, ventricular assist devices, flow visualization methods (PIV, dye erosion/washout), Computational Fluid Dynamics, heart valves, blood damage, thrombus formation, congenital heart disease, patient-specific modelling
Germany RWTH Aachen Laboratory for Biomedical Fluid Mechanics[8] Flows in artificial organs, artificial heart valve prostheses, blood pumps
Germany University of Bayreuth Biofluid Simulation and Modeling[9] Drug delivery agents in blood flow, interfacial water, molecular dynamics of liquid organic solar cells
Israel Israel Institute of Technology The Technion Biofluids Laboratory[10] Respiratory flows, small-scale physiological flows using microfluidic techniques
Israel Ariel University The Ariel Biomechanics Center (ABmC) [11] Heart valves, medical devices
Italy Politecnico di Milano LaBS[12] Intracranial aneurysm, pediatric surgical corrections, fetal hemodynamics
Netherlands University of Twente Computational Physiology[13] Intracranial aneurysm, Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow, Regimes of flow in Physiology, Numerical Methods, High Performance Computing
Norway Simula Research Laboratory Simula[14] Intracranial aneurysm, Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow, Cardiac Biomechanics, Numerical Methods
Singapore NUS Biofluid Mechanics Research Laboratory[15] Biofluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cardiovascular Engineering, Particle Image Velocimetry
Switzerland École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne LHTC[16] Wave propagation, Cerebrospinal Fluid Mechanics, Hemodynamical forces and vascular diseases
Switzerland University of Bern ARTORG Cardiovascular Engineering Group[17] Heart valves, complex vascular networks, advanced pumping systems
Switzerland University of Zurich The Interface Group[18] Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, integrated flow chambers for mechanobiology, biomedical applications
Turkey Koç University Pekkan Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory[19] Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, ontogenical hemodynamics
United Kingdom University College London MUSE[20] Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, cardiovascular engineering
United Kingdom Imperial College London The Xu Group[21] Cardiovascular diseases, Fluid–structure interaction, drug delivery
United Kingdom University of Sheffield CISTIB[22] Biomedical imaging, interventional planning, medical devices
United Kingdom Imperial College London Cardiovascular Biomechanics and Ultrasound Laboratory [23] Embryonic and fetal cardiac flows, congenital heart malformations, placenta and umbilical biomechanics, anti-thrombotic blood pumps
United Kingdom University of Strathclyde Biofluid Mechanics (BioFLM) research group[24] Biofluid mechanics, haemodynamics, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, in-silico modelling of fluids in biological systems
United States Colorado State University Cardiovascular and Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory[25] Heart valve, heart development, Fluid–structure interaction
United States Georgia Institute of Technology Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory[26] Biomechanics of vascular pathologies, medical devices
United States Georgia Institute of Technology Biofluids and Medical Device Research Group[27] Cardiac and valvular mechanics, aortic valve mechanobiology, prosthetic heart valve mechanics, pediatric cardiovascular engineering
United States University of Idaho NIML - Neurophysiological Imaging and Modeling Laboratory[28] Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, Intrathecal drug and gene vector delivery, hydrocephalus and Chiari malformation, medical devices, neurodegenerative disorders
United States University of Illinois at Chicago Laboratory for Product and Process Design[29] Cerebrospinal fluid flow, intrathecal drug delivery, intrathecal magnetic drug targeting, convection-enhanced drug delivery, whole brain cerebral blood flow, oxygen perfusion in cerebral microvasculature, cerebral water transport by Aquaporin 4, hydrocephalus smart shunt design
United States University of Maryland Biofluid Dynamics Laboratory[30] Hemodynamics and hemopathology in the microcirculation, drop dynamics
United States University of Massachusetts Amherst Biofluids and Vascular Biology Laboratory : Jiménez Lab[31] Cardiovascular stents, Lymphatic flow study
United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology Edelman Lab[32] Drug delivery, medical devices
United States University of Michigan Biofluid Mechanics Research Laboratory[33] Lung airway closure/re-opening, pulmonary surfactant delivery, artificial lung, ocular flows
United States University of Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Laboratory[34] Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, medical devices, virtual surgery
United States Stony Brook University Biofluids Research Group[35] Heart valves, artificial heart, left ventricular assist device
United States The City College of New York The Wallace H. Coulter Laboratory for Cardiovascular Dynamics and Biomolecular Transport[36] Vascular diseases, mechanotransduction, glycocalyx
United States Tulane University Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory[37] Improved therapies for pulmonary disease ARDS, prevention of ventilator-induced lung injury
United States University of Texas at San Antonio Vascular Biomechanics and Biofluids Laboratory [38] Medical devices, Abdominal aortic aneurysm, Fluid–structure interaction
United States The George Washington University Biofluid Dynamics Laboratory [39] Arterial flows, intraglottal flows
United States Wright State University Multi-Scale Cardiovascular Bioengineering Laboratory [40] Heart valve disease, Congenital heart defects, Mechanobiology, Fluid–structure interaction, Particle-image velocimetry
United States Northern Arizona University Cardiovascular Biomechanics Lab [41] Mass transport in Cardiovascular system, Heart valve calcification study, Particle deposition in Respiratory tract

References

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  1. ^ Sydney Vascular Modelling Group
  2. ^ Advanced Thermofluidics Group
  3. ^ Optical Biofluidics Imaging (oBIG) Lab
  4. ^ BioMMeda
  5. ^ Biomedical Simulation Lab
  6. ^ "Biomedical Physics Research Lab - Western University". physics.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  7. ^ Biofluid Mechanics Lab
  8. ^ Laboratory for Biomedical Fluid Mechanics
  9. ^ Biofluid Simulation and Modeling
  10. ^ The Technion Biofluids Laboratory
  11. ^ The Ariel Biomechanics Center (ABmC)
  12. ^ LaBS
  13. ^ Computational Physiology
  14. ^ Simula
  15. ^ Biofluid Mechanics Research Laboratory
  16. ^ LHTC
  17. ^ ARTORG Cardiovascular Engineering Group
  18. ^ The Interface Group
  19. ^ Pekkan Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory
  20. ^ MUSE
  21. ^ The Xu Group
  22. ^ CISTIB Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ Cardiovascular Biomechanics and Ultrasound Laboratory
  24. ^ "Biofluid Mechanics". Biofluid Mechanics. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  25. ^ Cardiovascular and Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory
  26. ^ Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
  27. ^ Biofluids and Medical Device Research Group
  28. ^ NIML - Neurophysiological Imaging and Modeling Laboratory
  29. ^ Laboratory for Product and Process Design
  30. ^ Biofluid Dynamics Laboratory
  31. ^ Jiménez Lab
  32. ^ Edelman Lab
  33. ^ Biofluid Mechanics Research Laboratory
  34. ^ St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
  35. ^ Biofluids Research Group
  36. ^ The Wallace H. Coulter Laboratory for Cardiovascular Dynamics and Biomolecular Transport
  37. ^ Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory
  38. ^ Vascular Biomechanics and Biofluids Laboratory
  39. ^ Biofluid Dynamics Laboratory
  40. ^ Multi-Scale Cardiovascular Bioengineering Laboratory (MSCBL)
  41. ^ "Home". cardiolab.nau.edu.