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 Advanced Thermofluidics Group[1] Arterial stenosis, transport of drugs from stents, haemodialysis, arterio-venous fistulae
Belgium Ghent University BioMMeda[2] Biomedical ultrasound research, medical devices, cardiovascular mechanics, (artificial) organs and biofluids
Canada University of Toronto Biomedical Simulation Lab[3] Hemodynamic factors in atherogenesis, stroke risk assessment, optimization of bypass graft surgery
Germany Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Biofluid Mechanics Lab[4] Blood pressure measurement, congenital heart disease, blood pumps
Germany RWTH Aachen Laboratory for Biomedical Fluid Mechanics[5] Flows in artificial organs, artificial heart valve prostheses, blood pumps
Israel Israel Institute of Technology The Technion Biofluids Laboratory[6] Respiratory flows, small-scale physiological flows using microfluidic techniques
Israel Ariel University The Ariel Biomechanics Center (ABmC) [7] Heart valves, medical devices
Italy Politecnico di Milano LaBS[8] Intracranial aneurysm, pediatric surgical corrections, fetal hemodynamics
Switzerland École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne LHTC[9] Wave propagation, cerebrospinal fluid mechanics, hemodynamical forces and vascular diseases
Switzerland University of Bern ARTORG Cardiovascular Engineering Group[10] Heart valves, complex vascular networks, advanced pumping systems
Switzerland University of Zurich The Interface Group[11] Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, integrated flow chambers for mechanobiology, biomedical applications
Turkey Koç University Pekkan Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory[12] Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, ontogenical hemodynamics
United Kingdom University College London MUSE[13] Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, cardiovascular engineering
United Kingdom Imperial College London The Xu Group[14] Cardiovascular diseases, Fluid–structure interaction, drug delivery
United Kingdom University of Sheffield CISTIB[15] Biomedical imaging, interventional planning, medical devices
United States Georgia Institute of Technology Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory[16] Biomechanics of vascular pathologies, medical devices
United States Georgia Institute of Technology Biofluids and Medical Device Research Group[17] Cardiac and valvular mechanics, aortic valve mechanobiology, prosthetic heart valve mechanics, pediatric cardiovascular engineering
United States Stony Brook University Biofluids Research Group[18] Heart valves, artificial heart, left ventricular assist device
United States University of Idaho NIML - Neurophysiological Imaging and Modeling Laboratory[19] 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[20] Cerebrospinal fluid flow, intrathecal drug delivery, intrathecal magnetic drug targeting, convection-enchanced 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 Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Laboratory[21] Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, medical devices, virtual surgery
United States The City College of New York The Wallace H. Coulter Laboratory for Cardiovascular Dynamics and Biomolecular Transport[22] Vascular diseases, mechanotransduction, glycocalyx
United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology Edelman Lab[23] Drug delivery, medical devices
United States University of Michigan Biofluid Mechanics Research Laboratory[24] Lung airway closure/re-opening, pulmonary surfactant delivery, artificial lung, ocular flows
United States University of Maryland Biofluid Dynamics Laboratory[25] Hemodynamics and hemopathology in the microcirculation, drop dynamics
United States Colorado State University Cardiovascular and Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory[26] Heart valve, heart development, Fluid–structure interaction
United States Tulane University Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory[27] 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 [28] Medical devices, Abdominal aortic aneurysm, Fluid–structure interaction
United States The George Washington University Biofluid Dynamics Laboratory [29] Arterial flows, intraglottal flows

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