
AHA, AIMBE and ASME Fellow
Professor and Department Chair, AHA, AIMBE and ASME Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cardio-Vascular Biomechanics
Educational Background:
Ph.D., Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (Jointly trained at University of California at San Diego)
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Field of Study:
Mechanical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Areas of Teaching Interest:
- Solid Mechanics
- Bioengineering
- Cardiovascular Biomechanics
- Mechanical Vibrations
Areas of Research Interest:
- Cardiovascular Biomechanics
- Left ventricular remodeling post-myocardial infarction or due to aging
- Vascular remodeling in response to mechanical stress
- Mechanism of artery buckling and tortuosity