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Cardiovasucular Mechanics Lab

Director: Zhaoming He, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: Zhaoming.he@ttu.edu

Homepage: http://www.me.ttu.edu/Home/Faculty & Staff/Faculty/Dr. Zhaoming He.php

 

Group members:

 

Bo Gao, PhD candidate 
Email: Bo.gao@ttu.edu
Areas of study
l        Heart valve tissue mechanics
l        Flow simulation through heart valve

Edge to edge repair is proved to be one of efficient ways to cure heart valve regurgitation in some pathologies. My research is to study tissue mechanics on the heart valve and provide information for heart valve surgeries.

Liang Shi, PhD candidate
Phone: 806-7423563*267
Email: liang.shi@ttu.edu
Areas of research:
l        Fluid mechanics of heart valves
l        Ventricular flow simulation
l        PIV measurement in heart valve hemodynamicsEducational
Background:
l        B.S. Fluid Machinery and Engineering, Jiangsu University, 2001
l        M.S. Fluid Mechanics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2006

Chris Jowers, MS candidate
Email: c.jowers@ttu.edu
Chordae tendineae of the mitral valve are chord like tendons that connect the valve leaflets to the papillary muscles in the left ventricular chamber. Tension in the chordae tendineae directly affects the valve dynamics and leaflet coaptation of the valve. My research involves experimental testing to obtain chordal force measurements in vitro.

 

Shamik Bhattacharya, PhD candidate
Email: shamik.bhattacharya@ttu.edu
Shamik Bhattcahrya is the first student of Dr. He. He is from India. He joined Dr.He in Spring 2006. He jointly established the cardiovascular mechanics lab in the Mechanical Engineering Department. His present research is concentrated on the mitral valve annulus and the flow loop.

 

Sibi Mathew, BS candidate
Email: sibi.mathew@ttu.edu
The mitral valve controls the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation is a pathology that occurs due to the improper closing of the mitral valve. My research focuses on edge to edge repair surgery which is performed to fix the mitral regurgitation. I am involved in analyzing the stretch of the leaflets after edge to edge repair and eventually calculating the effectiveness and endurance of the procedure.