Director

John LaDisa, Ph.D. - Google Scholar page

Visiting Professor(s) and Postdoctoral Scholar(s)

Alumni
Harkamaljot S. Kandail, Ph.D. - July 2016 - August 2017
  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London, UK; Thesis advisor: Xiao Yun Xu Ph.D.
  • served as Postdoctoral Researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology
  • currently a Lecturer at WMG, University of Warwick

Mary Draney Blomme, Ph.D. - August 2014 - July 2015
  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, Thesis advisor: Charles A. Taylor, Ph.D.
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Laura Ellwein, Ph.D. - 2009 - 2012
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Ph.D. in Applied Math (interdisciplinary physiology concentration) North Carolina State University, Thesis advisor: Mette S. Olufsen, Ph.D.
  • Recipient of an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship - Greater Midwest Affiliate
  • currently an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University

Doctoral Students

Arash Ghorbanniahassankiadeh - May 2018 - present
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Ph.D. Alumni
Ati Razavi, M.S., Ph.D. - May 2020
Patient-specific modeling of altered coronary artery hemodynamics to predict morbidity in patients with anomalous origin of a coronary artery​
  • B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
  • M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
  • M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Arkansas
  • Best Student Paper - 2019 Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium 

Hongfeng 'Nick' Wang, Ph.D. - May 2013
Vascular changes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: application to restenosis after stenting
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and M.S. in Embryonic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, China
  • M.S. in Genetics, Mississippi State University 
  • Recipient of the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad by China's Scholarship Council
  • Recipient of an Arthur J. Schmitt Fellowship Award
  • currently IVF Laboratory Director at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Arjun Menon, Ph.D. - May 2012
Quantifying the impact of altered hemodynamics & vascular biomechanics to changes in structure and function in native & corrected aortic coarctation
  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota
  • served as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine PI: Edward A. Fisher, PhD, MD, MPH
  • currently a Medical Science Liaison at Sanofi Genzyme

Dave Wendell, Ph.D. - December 2011
Incorporating the Aortic Valve into Computational Fluid Dynamics Models Using Phase-Contrast MRI and Valve Tracking
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University
  • Recipient of an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship - Greater Midwest Affiliate
  • currently a Senior Research Scientist at Duke University Medical Center

Master's Students

Aloma Blanch Granada - 2019 - present 
  • M.S. in Mechanics from Universite Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University
  • Fulbright Scholar

Sophia Shanahan - 2017 - present 
  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University

​M.S. Alumni
John Venn M.S. - May 2018
Immersive visualization in biomedical computational fluid dynamics and didactic teaching and learning
  • B.S. in in Biosystems Engineering (Biomedical concentration) from Michigan State University
  • currently a Clinical Specialist at Medtronic

Brandon Wegter M.S. - November 2017
Elucidating the mechanical, structural, functional, and molecular mechanisms involved in irreversible vascular changes in aortic coarctation​
  • B.S. in Material Science from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
  • Best Poster Award - 5th International Conference on Engineering Frontiers in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, Orlando June 9-10, 2016 
  • currently a Product Development Engineer at BD

Ali Aleiou M.S. - July 2017
Evaluating wall shear stress indices to uncover stimuli for restenosis and malapposition in stented coronary arteries​
  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota 
  • currently a Reliability Engineer at Medtronic

Joshua Hughey M.S. - May 2014
Computational evaluation of shear stress and restenosis in stented coronary arteries using optical coherence tomography.
  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Missouri
  • 2nd place in the MS level poster competition (Biofluids category) at the World Congress of Biomechanics - Boston July 6-11, 2014
  • currently Director of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Regulatory Compliance at Nexus Medical LLC

Sung Kwon M.S. - December 2013
Quantification of local hemodynamic alterations caused by virtual implantation of three commercially-available stents for the treatment of aortic coarctation. 
  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota
  • currently a Sr. Principal Engineer at Baxter International Inc

David 'DJ' Quam M.S. - May 2012
Advanced visualization and intuitive user interface systems for biomedical applications. 
  • BS/MS student in Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University 
  • currently an Global Product Manager, 3.0T MRI at GE Healthcare

Timothy Gundert M.S. - December 2011 
Improving cardiovascular stent design using patient-specific models and shape optimization. 
  • BS/MS student in Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University 
  • Awarded 3rd Place in the Bachelor's Student Paper Competition of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (Biotransport, Tissue Engineering, and Cellular Biomechanics Category): Presented at the Resort at Squaw Creek Lake Tahoe, CA June 17-21, 2009
  • Awarded 2nd Place in the Master’s Student Paper Competition of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (Solid Mechanics, Design and Rehabilitation Engineering Category): Presented at the Grande Beach Resort, Naples, FL June 16-19, 2010
  • currently a Senior R&D Program Manager at Gala Therapeutics 

Sara Nomeland M.S. - August 2010
Image-based quantification workflow for coronary morphology: a tool for use in next-generation bifurcation stent design. 
  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Michigan Tech
  • Recipient of the 2009 Maurice L. Madden Biomedical Engineering Fellowship
  • currently a Regulatory Scientist at Cook Research Incorporated

Ronak Dholakia M.S. - December 2009
Numerical Modeling of Hemodynamics in the Thoracic Aorta and Alterations by Dacron Patch Treatment of Aortic Coarctation. 
  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Mumbai
  • completed PhD in the Cerebrovascular Research Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center
  • currently a Staff Research Engineer at MicroVention-Terumo

Andrew Williams M.S. - December 2008
Quantifying Hemodynamic Changes Caused by Stenting of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Using Realistic Computational Fluid Dynamics Models.
  • BS/MS student in Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University 
  • Participant for the 2007 Emerging Entrepreneurs in Biomedical Technology Workshop - Stanford University, October 5-6, 2007
  • currently a Lead Mechanical Engineer at GE Healthcare

Undergraduate Students

​Undergraduate Alumni
W. Eng (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2019 - Marquette University)

E. Hahn (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2019 - Marquette University)

M. Rodriguez Romero (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2016 - Marquette University)

R. Schroeder (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2015 - Marquette University)

D. Gutierrez (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2015 - Marquette University) 

K. Doyle (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2015 - Marquette University) 
  • Awarded NSF Fellowship for the 12th International Summer School on Biocomplexity and Biodesign: from Gene to System

W. Wang (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2014 - Marquette University)

M. Kamykowski (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2014 - Marquette University)

D. Polyak  (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2010 - Marquette University)

M. Helfrich (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2013 - Brown University)

P. Larsen (B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis)