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I am Nitesh Nama, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. My research interests include using methods from continuum mechanics and applied mathematics to develop advanced computational capabilities for applications in biomechanics (cardiovascular disease progression, tissue growth and remodeling, etc.) and microfluidics (acousto-fluidics, micro-robotic systems, etc.)
Previously, I was an American Heart Association postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan. My postdoctoral research (with Prof. Alberto Figueroa and Prof. Jay Humphrey) involved developing advanced fluid-structure interaction models for biomechanical applications, with a special focus on investigating the progression of stiffening in large arteries in cases of hypertension. I have also been involved in a collaboration with Dr. Nicholas Burris to combine imaging and computational modalities for assessing the relationship of aortic wall abnormalities (aneurysms, dissection, etc.) with underlying biomechanical metrics (transmural/shear stresses etc.). My other research interests in biomechanics concern the development of stabilized advection-diffusion formulations for investigating mass transport in disease progression of thrombosis.
Prior to this, I obtained a PhD degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics with a concurrent Master's degree in Mathematics and a PhD Minor in Computational Science from Penn State University. My graduate research involved various interdisciplinary projects at the interface of engineering (primarily with Prof. Tony Huang) and mathematics (primarily with Prof. Francesco Costanzo). For my doctoral dissertation, I developed a mathematically rigorous temporal multiscale fluid-structure interaction formulation for micro-acousto-fluidics (i.e. fusion of acoustics and microfluidics). Together with Dr. Po-Hsun Huang, I have also been heavily involved in conceiving and developing sharp-edge based microfluidic platform for numerous lab-on-a-chip applications. Further, I have been working in close collaboration with Dr. Rune Barnkob and Prof. Christian Kähler at Universität des Bundeswehr, Munich to investigate the fundamental physics of surface acoustic wave devices.
Feel free to look around for more information on other research work that I have been involved with.
I am Nitesh Nama, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. My research interests include using methods from continuum mechanics and applied mathematics to develop advanced computational capabilities for applications in biomechanics (cardiovascular disease progression, tissue growth and remodeling, etc.) and microfluidics (acousto-fluidics, micro-robotic systems, etc.)
Previously, I was an American Heart Association postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan. My postdoctoral research (with Prof. Alberto Figueroa and Prof. Jay Humphrey) involved developing advanced fluid-structure interaction models for biomechanical applications, with a special focus on investigating the progression of stiffening in large arteries in cases of hypertension. I have also been involved in a collaboration with Dr. Nicholas Burris to combine imaging and computational modalities for assessing the relationship of aortic wall abnormalities (aneurysms, dissection, etc.) with underlying biomechanical metrics (transmural/shear stresses etc.). My other research interests in biomechanics concern the development of stabilized advection-diffusion formulations for investigating mass transport in disease progression of thrombosis.
Prior to this, I obtained a PhD degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics with a concurrent Master's degree in Mathematics and a PhD Minor in Computational Science from Penn State University. My graduate research involved various interdisciplinary projects at the interface of engineering (primarily with Prof. Tony Huang) and mathematics (primarily with Prof. Francesco Costanzo). For my doctoral dissertation, I developed a mathematically rigorous temporal multiscale fluid-structure interaction formulation for micro-acousto-fluidics (i.e. fusion of acoustics and microfluidics). Together with Dr. Po-Hsun Huang, I have also been heavily involved in conceiving and developing sharp-edge based microfluidic platform for numerous lab-on-a-chip applications. Further, I have been working in close collaboration with Dr. Rune Barnkob and Prof. Christian Kähler at Universität des Bundeswehr, Munich to investigate the fundamental physics of surface acoustic wave devices.
Feel free to look around for more information on other research work that I have been involved with.