Biomedical engineering (or bioengineering) is a branch of engineering that applies principles of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and other disciplines related to the design of systems and solutions for biomedical sciences. The purpose of this integration is mainly aimed at the technological, industrial, scientific, clinical, hospital fields.
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s continue with December. You can also read the previous article of November here. Week 13 Today is November 30th, Read more…
I started working as Bioengineering Application Developer for Mathematica in the Wolfram company. Several weeks ago I was contacted by the Numerical Computation group of Wolfram offering me a fixsed term internship to work on computational models for biological tissues. It is a division of the Research and Development department Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s continue with November. You can also read the previous article of October here. Week 9 October 31st, today is Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s continue with October. Week 4 It is Monday, Sep 26th, and a new week it is started. Read more…
During my stay in the KTH Solid Mechanics department I had the opportunity to visit the soft tissue mechanics laboratory and to try an uniaxial tensile test on tissue from a porcine aorta. I had the opportunity to participate in several experiments held by trainee Joey Wollfs. He is currently Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s start with September. I had the opportunity to go abroad to prepare my master’s thesis project. The Read more…
I finished my experience in the Summer School entitled “Computational Tissue Biomechanics: From in-vitro experiment to computational analysis“. The course introduces and applies state-of-the-art tools in the continuum mechanical analysis of biological tissues. It is designed for master students and PhD students having a decent background in mechanical engineering and Read more…
I am starting an internship at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, for a master’s thesis in biomechanics. KTH KTH (in swedish, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan) know as Royal Institute of Technology is a public research university in Stockholm, in Sweden. It currently carries out research in engineering Read more…
The introduction of CFD in the design and re-design phases of hospital environments allows us to estimate air speed, temperature and track the spread of pollutants / pathogens. In particular, it is possible to use these tools to optimize the layout of hospital instrumentation for hybrid ventilated operating rooms according Read more…
Cardiovascular diseases are the cause of numerous deaths. Among these, abdominal aortic aneurysms are very dangerous for which adequate techniques for diagnosis and prevention have not yet been developed. The implementation of numerical analyzes can help analyze the influence of geometric and material parameters on the risk of aneurysm rupture. Read more…
The characterization of the mechanical properties of the cell is of great importance for estimating its biological state and physiology. Among the different measurement techniques, through the microrheometer it is possible to characterize the viscoelastic properties. In this report we consider a measurement experiment of a paramagnetic bead microrheometer and Read more…
The equivalent circuit model for a parallel electrode impedance cytometer is analyzed together with Maxwell’s theory of homogenization of mixtures. It deals with both single shell and double shell cell modeling. The results show that even small errors in parameter estimation lead to variations in model predictions. Furthermore, the possibility Read more…
Mathematical modeling of diffusion mechanisms for drug delivery can be very useful for accelerating product development and for better understanding the mechanisms that control drug delivery from advanced delivery systems. The integration of Comsol’s numerical environment with programming in Matlab allows the development of customized and easily integrated solution models. Read more…
Glucose is essential for human life and its concentration in the blood is strictly regulated. Alterations in blood glucose are a sign of numerous diseases and several clinical tests are used for diagnosis. The IVGTT test is a clinical exam that analyzes two important parameters such as the efficacy of Read more…
Physiological reflexes are the basis of the organism’s survival. These reflexes allow, in a completely involuntary way, to maintain homeostasis. Variations in environmental variables or the appearance of a new signal induce a reflex response from the integration centers, aimed at restoring balance or avoiding dangerous situations. In the following Read more…