Postdoctoral Fellows
PhD Students
Thesis title: Impacts of coarctation coexisting with other cardiovascular diseases on hemodynamics using patient-specific lumped parameter and Lattice Boltzmann modeling
From Sept. 2017 to Oct. 2021
Thesis title: Impacts of cardiovascular complications following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: quantification and systematic differentiation using clinical measurements and image-based patient-specific in silico modeling
From Jan. 2018 to Sept. 2022
Thesis title: Energy management strategies for hybrid electric vehicles with hybrid powertrain specific engines
From Jan. 2018 to Sept. 2022
MSc Students

Thesis title: Impact of hemodynamic parameters on a stenotic aortic valve: an in vitro study
From May. 2020 to Sept. 2022

Thesis title: Effect of transcatheter intervention on hemodynamics of coarctation of the aorta
From Sept. 2018 to Dec. 2020
Research Assistants
Undergraduate Students
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Benjamin Tomka, Research assistant, ME (Sept. 2022 – April 2023)
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Jashan Gill (LIFE SCI 3RP3 course, Life Sciences (Sept. 2022 – April 2023)
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Benjamin Tomka (NSERC-USRA), ME (May 2022 – August 2022)
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Kenan Liu, ME (May 2022 – August 2022)
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Abigail MacDonald, ME (May 2022 – August 2022)
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Xinchi Yan, ME (May 2022 – August 2022)
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Elyssa Proulx, ME (May 2022 – August 2022)
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Aiden Simpson, ME (May 2022 – August 2022)
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Siddaarth Varatharajan, ME (May 2022 – August 2022)
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Haotian Xu, ME (May 2022 – August 2022)
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Marina Manoraj, (Undergraduate thesis project, CHEM ENG 4Y04), Department of Chemical Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Lia Wieckowski, (Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Project, MECHENG 4M06A), Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Meet Patel, (Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Project, MECHENG 4M06A), Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Adryanna Atto, (Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Project, MECHENG 4M06A), Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Ryan Van Den Heuvel, (Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Project, MECHENG 4M06A), Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Sabrina De Stasio, Co-supervised with Dr. Goran Calic (DeGroote School of Business) for MBA clinic course (Jan. 2022 – April 2022)
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Siddharth Manda, Co-supervised with Dr. Goran Calic (DeGroote School of Business) for MBA clinic course (Jan. 2022 – April 2022)
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Benjamin Tomka, ME (Sep. 2020 – April 2022)
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Julia Susanne Bauer, ME (Apr. 2021 – April 2022)
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Alessia Di Nardo, (Mechanical & Biomed Engineering Capstone Project), Mechanical & Biomed Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Jeremy Colangelo, (Mechanical & Biomed Engineering Capstone Project), Mechanical & Biomed Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Natalie Won, (Mechanical & Biomed Engineering Capstone Project), Mechanical & Biomed Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Mosana Abraha, (Mechanical & Biomed Engineering Capstone Project), Mechanical & Biomed Engineering (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Alyssa Apilan, (Undergraduate thesis project; BIOLOGY 4C12), Department of Biology (Sep. 2021-April 2022)
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Zara Hasan, (Anatomy and Physiology course, HTHSCI 2F03/2FF3), Department of Health Sciences (Sep. 2021 – April 2022)
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Krishna Gandhi, (NSERC-USRA), ME (Apr. 2021 – Aug. 2021)
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Kailin Chu, (McMaster Engineering Research Experience Award), Co-supervised with Dr. Spencer Smith, CAS (Apr. 2021 – Aug. 2021)
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Mohammad Riaz, ME (Apr. 2021 – Aug. 2021)
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Giulia Di Nardo, ME (Apr. 2021 – Aug. 2021)
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Benjamin Tomka, (McMaster Engineering Research Experience Award), ME (May 2020 – Aug. 2020)
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Alison Henstock, (NSERC-USRA), ME (May 2020 - Aug. 2020)
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Matthew Speciale, (ISCI 4A12 Thesis), Co-supervised with Dr. Spencer Smith, Computing and Software (Sep. 2019 – Apr. 2020)
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Kevin Perera, ME (Sep. 2019 – Jan. 2020)
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Arthur Mendez, ME (Sep. 2019 – Jan. 2020)
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Tina Mahmoudi, (Independent Research Project course), ECE (Sep. 2019 – Apr. 2020)
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Shirley Barsoum, ME (Sep. 2019 – Apr. 2020)
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Tina Mahmoudi, ECE (Jun 2018 – Sep. 2019)
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Jeremy Wilson, ECE (Jan. 2019 – Sep. 2019)
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Aanshi Gandhi, (Independent Research Project course), Integrated Science, Biomedical Physics (Jan. 2019 – Apr. 2019)
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Melissa Baiocchi, ME (May 2017 – Dec. 2018)
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Mateusz Faltyn, Art and Science (Sep. 2018 – Dec. 2018)
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Noah Steinmann, (Independent Research Project course), ME (Sep. 2017 – Apr. 2018)
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Prasann Pandya, (Advanced Research Project Course), ECE (Sep. 2017 – Dec. 2017)
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Jacob Dudalski, ME (Jun 2017 – Aug. 2017)
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Abigail Veneman, ME (Jun 2017 – Aug. 2017)
Medical Students
1. Nadav Gasner, ME (Sep. 2020 – Oct. 2022)