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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: Turbulent flow behind aortic valve prostheses
DTSTART:20231114T120000
DTEND:20231114T130000
DTSTAMP:20260511T162545Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof Dominik Obrist\, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering
  Research Bern\nAbstract:  Blood flow through aortic valve prostheses is
  governed by the interaction between blood flow and valve structure. It co
 mprises complex phenomena such as flow separation\, vortex shedding\, reci
 rculation\, hydrodynamic instabilities\, and turbulence. We will present e
 xperimental and computational data to investigate how such flow phenomena 
 affect the performance of these prostheses and how they may reduce valve d
 urability or lead to thrombus formation. In particular\, we will study the
  character of turbulent flow behind aortic valves and discuss methods for 
 reducing the detrimental effects of valve turbulence.\n\n\nBiography: Domi
 nik Obrist is Professor of Cardiovascular Engineering at the ARTORG Center
  for Biomedical Engineering Research of the University of Bern and is co-f
 ounder of the start-up URODEA\, which invented the world’s first non-inv
 asive solution for urinary retention. He holds a degree in mechanical engi
 neering from ETH Zurich and earned his doctoral degree in 2000 at the Depa
 rtment of Applied Mathematics of the University of Washington. From 2000 t
 o 2005\, he worked for the supercomputer company Cray Inc. In 2005\, Domin
 ik Obrist returned to academia as a senior researcher at the Institute of 
 Fluid Dynamics of ETH Zurich\, where he established a research group for b
 iomedical fluid dynamics. His main research interests include the design o
 f heart valve prostheses and the development of novel technology for diagn
 osing and treating microvascular diseases
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