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2022

  • Dr. Bluestein was appointed as Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York and joins the SUNY Distinguished Academy, which leverages the collective contributions of its members to build and support academic excellence within SUNY (December 2022).
  • Dr. Bluestein gave a plenary talk on the optimization of prosthetic cardiovascular devices and multiscale mechanobiology of thrombosis at Dassault Systemes' 8th International Symposium on the Living Heart and Virtual Twin for Humans in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Brandon Kovarovic, Salwa Anam, and Symon Reza also presented their latest work with the Living Heart Project (December 2022).
  • Dr. Brandon Kovarovic, Salwa Anam, Symon Reza, and Peineng Wang presented their latest research at the BMES Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas (October 2022).
  • Peineng Wang received the "Faculty Choice Best Oral Presentation Award" for his podium talk at Stony Brook BME's Research Day 2022 (August 2022).
  • Dr. Bluestein presented BFRG's work on the platelet multiscale model at the 19th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Austin, Texas (June 2022).
  •  Peineng Wang, Salwa Anam, and Symon Reza presented their research at the in-person Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (June 2022).
  • Dr. Bluestein received SBU's Center for Biotechnology Applied Research & Development (ARaD) award for bicuspid aortic valve-specific transcatheter valve development, in partnership with Polynova Cardiovascular (May 2022).
  • Ryan Helbock successfully defended his Master's Thesis on May 9th, presenting his thesis work title: "Design and Computational Optimization of a Novel Asymmetric Transcatheter Aortic Valve for Bicuspid Anatomy" (May 2022).
  •  Ishani Bansal presented her work on platelet flipping dynamics in microchannels at Stony Brook University's URECA Celebration (May 2022).
  •  Symon Reza presented his patient-specific CCA in TAVR research at the 48th Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC) held at Columbia University (April 2022).
  • Salwa Anam presented her BAV TAVR research at the Stony Brook Renaissance School of Medicine's 16th Annual Women in Medicine Research Day (April 2022).

2021

  • Dr. Bluestein was named as the 2021 recipient of the ASME Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal, which was awarded at the 2021 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference. More on this honor can be found at Stony Brook News (June 2021).
  • Kyle Baylous received the Provost's Award for Academic Excellence. He also represented the BME Class of 2021 as co-valedictorian! (May 2021).
  • Dr. Kovarovic received the Biomedical Engineering Department's 2021 Award for Excellence in Scholarly Activity at the Ph.D. level and Steven Crimarco received the Award for Academic Excellence at the M.S. level. Congratulations to both on securing 2 of the 4 departmental awards! (May 2021).

2020

2019

  • Ram Ghosh successfully defended his Ph.D. on August 6th presenting his dissertation work titled: "Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations to Evaluate Prosthetic and Diseased Aortic Valves’ Hemodynamics and Structural Mechanics" (August 2019).
  • Matteo Bianchi successfully defended his Ph.D. on February 14th presenting his dissertation work titled: "Numerical Modeling of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Patient-Specific Approach to Minimize Clinical Complications" (February 2019).
  • The PolyNova polymeric valve was featured on the NIBIB news website and on  the AIMBE Fellows website (February 2019).
  •  A paper published by Ram P. Ghosh was selected as one of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Editor's Choice papers for 2018 and featured in SBU BME news (January 2019).

2018

  • Our new NIH BRP U01 TAVR grant was featured in Times Beacon Record Newspapers  (December 2018).
  • Our new BRP U01 TAVR grant was featured in SBU News and on the InnovateLI website (November 2018).
  • The Biofluids Research Group was featured in CEAS News for receiving a new NIBIB BRP U01 grant, “Biomechanical Approaches and Technologies for Enhancing TAVR Outcomes"  (October 2018).
  • Matteo Bianchi was awarded for the best podium presentation and Brandon Kovarovic was awarded as the people's choice best poster presenter at 2018 BME Research Day (August 2018).
  • Philip Chiu successfully defended his Ph.D. on February 28th presenting his dissertation work titled: "Thromboresistance Optimization of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: Ventricular Assist Device and Total Artificial Heart" (February 2018).
  • Our collaboration with University of Vanderbilt was featured in NIBIB news: our Quantum project DTE methodology is adapted to alleviate the vexing problem of thrombosis for developing a first of its kind prototype of an implantable artificial kidney (February 2018).

2017

  • Prof. Bluestein presented the Biofluids Research Group project on Multiscale Modeling at the 1st Cheeloo Conference and represented the BFRG at the opening of the National Supercomputer Center in Jinan, China (December 2017).
  • Prof. Bluestein was elected as a Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Fellow, Class of 2017. He was recognized during a special session during the Annual BMES Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona (October 2017).
  • The Biofluids Research Group's multiscale modeling simulations were highlighted during a plenary lecture by Prof. George Karniadakis during the Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering Conference held at the University of Pittsburgh (April 2017).
  • Prof. Bluestein and Polynova Cardiovascular, Inc. were awarded a $224,969 NIH STTR Phase I grant for a proposal entitled "A Novel Polymeric Valve for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement" (April 2017).

2016

  • Jawaad Sheriff was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department (December 2016).
  • The Biofluids Research Group was featured in the Fall 2016 issue of the Stony Brook Magazine (December 2016).
  • Oren Rotman was awarded $50,000 REACH U01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for the project entitled "Targeted Anti-Thrombotic Drug Delivery Using Engineered Nano-Carriers" (November 2016).
  • Chao Gao successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Multiscale Particle-Based Modeling of Mechanotransduction Process in Flow-Induced Platelet Activation using Dissipative Particle Dynamics and Coarse Grained Molecular Dynamics" (June 2016).
  • Gil Marom and Oren Rotman received Postdoc Travel Awards from the Stony Brook University Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. The awards allow Gil and Oren to travel to CMBBE 2016 conference in Tel Aviv, Israel (May 2016).
  • Prof. Bluestein and the Biofluids Research Group was awarded a $3.6 million U01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, along with collaborators Prof. Yuefan Deng of the AMS Department and Dr. Marvin J. Slepian at the University of Arizona. The project, entitled "Multiscale Modeling of Blood Flow and Platelet Mediated Thrombosis", will join a select few projects funded by a NIH global cross-institutional multiscale modeling initiative (April 2016).
  • Maryam Ige was selected to receive the Provost's Award for Academic Excellence to recognize her classroom and research acheivements (April 2016).
  • Maryam Ige was a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence (April 2016).

2015

  • Na Zhang, a recent Ph.D. recipient working with Biofluids Research Group collaborator Yuefan Deng, won a silver medal in the Doctoral Showcase at the 2015 Supercomputing Conference for her high performance computing efforts in the multiscale platelet project (November 2015).
  • Maryam Ige, an undergraduate student in the Biofluids Research Group, was featured on the Stony Brook University website (November 2015).
  • The Biofluids Research Group's work, performed in collaboration with the Slepian group at the University of Arizona, was featured by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (October 2015).

2014

  • Filippo Piatti, exchange student from Politecnico di Milano who conducted part of his research with the Biofluids Research Group, won a Poster Award at the CAE International Conference, held in Verona, Italy (October 2014).
  • PolyNova, co-founded by Ted claiborne, Dr. Bluestein, and University of Arizona's Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, received $100,000 in seed funding from Accelerate Long Island for prosthetic heart valve technology developed in the Biofluids Research Group (June 2014).
  • Philip Chiu and Dr. Bluestein were featured on the Stony Brook University and Department of Medicine homepages for the ventricular assist device (VAD) study (May 2014).

2013

  • Chao Gao, Ph.D. student in the Biofluids Research Group, and Na Zhang, Ph.D. student in Dr. Deng's lab, were funded by Stony Brook's Institute for Advanced Computation Science (IACS) to present their work at the SuperComputing 2013 (SC13) annual conference held in Denver, Colorado (December 2013).
  • Ted Claiborne was featured in the BMES Member Spotlight for the month of December (December 2013).
  •  Filippo Piatti, exchange student from Politecnico di Milano who conducted part of his research with the Biofluids Research Group, was one of the Poster Award winners at the CAE International Conference, held in Verona, Italy (October 2013).
  • Philip Chiu was one of five students accepted into the first class of Stony Brook University's Scholars in BioMedical Sciences program, which encourages graduate students to engage in translational medicine (August 2013).
  • Philip Chiu's podium presentation received honorable mention in the Ph.D. Student Paper Competition at the 2013 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference< in Sunriver, Oregon (June 2013).

2012

  • Dr. Bluestein's Biofluids Lab was among several Department of Biomedical Engineering labs featured in a Stony Brook University press release on research publications which made the cover of their respective journals in 2012. The Biofluids Lab was the only one with 2 cover features.
  • Ted Claiborne successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled >"Optimization and Verification of a Novel Trileaflet Polymeric Prosthetic Heart Valve" (August 2012).
  • Ted Claiborne's podium presentation received 2nd place in the Ph.D. Student Paper Competition at the 2012 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference in Fajardo, Puerto Rico (June 2012).
  • Sagar Rambhia becomes an Intel Competition Semi-Finalist for his project entitled "Rupture Risk Assesment of Cardiovascular Pathologies: Patient-Based Fluid Structure Interaction Simulation Study (January 2012).

2011

  • Xuan Liang successfully defended his Masters thesis, entitled "Vulnerable Plaque Risk of Rupture Examined Via Patient Based Micro-CT and IVUS Fluid-Structure Interaction Studies" (December 2011).
  • Dinesh Peter successfully defended his Masters thesis, entitled "Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) for Evaluation of Biomedical Implant Devices for Novel Hypertension Treatment Therapy" (August 2011).
  • Sagar Rambhia, a junior at Jericho High School, was admitted to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to be held in Los Angeles, CA in May 2011.  Sagar will be presenting his work on abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), conducted in the Biofluids Laboratory (April 2011).
  • Dr. Bluestein's recently awarded NIH-NIBIB Quantum Phase II grant was highlighted in the Expert Review of Medical Devices (January 2011).

2010

  •  Dr. Bluestein was named "Man of the Year in Science" by The Village Times Herald (December 2010)
  • Dr. Bluestein was awarded a five-year, $7.5 million Phase II Quantum Grant by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to test and optimize cardiovascular device design in order to eliminate the need for anticoagulation therapy.  Collaborators include Dr. Marvin Slepian at the University of Arizona, SynCardia Systems, Inc., Micromed Cardiovascular, Inc., Medtronic-ATS Medical, Inc., and Innovia LLC.  Stony Brook co-investigators include Drs. Jolyon Jesty and Shmuel Einav (October 2010).
  • Jawaad Sheriff successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Shear-Induced Platelet Sensitization and the Development of an Activation Model" (September 2010).
  • Yared Alemu successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Numerical Modeling of Blood Flow in Prosthetic Heart Valves and Cardiovascular Pathologies" (May 2010).”
  •  Dr. Bluestein, in collaboration with Dr. Marvin Slepian of the University of Arizona, submitted a Phase II Quantum Grant proposal to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. This proposal aims to utilize the Device Thrombogenicity Emulator (DTE) technology to test and optimize the designs of prosthetic heart valves, ventricular assist devices, and the SynCardia temporary Cardiowest Total Artificial Heart (February 2010).
  • Dr. Bluestein was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows in Washington, DC (February 2010).
  • Yared Alemu and Jawaad Sheriff received Student Travel Awards at the 2009 BMES Annual Fall Conference in Pittsburgh, PA (October 2010).

2009

  • Dr. Bluestein joined MicroMed Cardiovascular’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and will provide industry expertise and guidance for the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the Modern DeBakey VAD (September 2009).
  • Michalis Xenos, Suraj Rambhia, Yared Alemu, and Dr. Bluestein were runners-up in the Mimics Innovation Awards 2009, with their paper entitled “Mimics Based Image Reconstruction Augments Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Pathologies:  A Study of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms“ (June 2009).

2008

  • Biofluids Laboratory participated in the 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference at Marco Island, FL, where Jawaad Sheriff received an honorable mention for his PhD competition podium presentation (June 2008).

2007

  • Lukasz Mosakowski in 2007 Siemens Science Competition Semifinals.
  • Wei Yin and David Rubenstein accepted positions as Assistant Professors in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University (2007).

2005

  • Jaimohan Ramachandran successfully defended his Masters thesis (2005).  He is currently working at GAC International in Corporate Product Development.

2004

  • Wei Yin successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Flow Induced Platelet Activation in Mechanical Heart Valves - in vitro, in vivo, and Numerical Studies.” She will now pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Medical College, Cornell University (2004).
  • Jonathan Birnbaum in 2004 Intel Science Talent Search Semifinals from a record 1652 applicants nationwide.

2003

  • BME-Stony Brook at the Summer Bioengineering Conference 2003, Key Biscayne, FL.
  •  Dr. Bluestein received the prestigious Established Investigator Award of the American Heart Association (AHA).
  • David Rubenstein was recognized for Undergraduate Research Excellence.
  • David Rubenstein was awarded the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater scholarship.