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Director

Hansen A. Mansy

Associate Professor

Research Interest: Vibrational and acoustic phenomena in biological systems; Acoustic models of soft tissues; Flow induced vibrations; Vibro-acoustic sensors; Electromechanical systems; Digital signal processing; Biostatistics.

Email: hansen.mansy@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1655
Office: ENG I, Room 308

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Medical Collaborator

Richard H. Sandler, MD

Dr. Sandler completed medical school and a Pediatrics residency at Michigan State University and a subspecialty fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Harvard Medical School. He is a professor at the UCF College of Medicine and a pediatric gastroenterologist in Orlando, Florida. His research focus includes development of novel medical diagnosis and patient monitoring tools using acoustics and vibrations.

Graduate Students

Md Khurshidul Azad

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering

Biomedical acoustics, Geometry and acoustics of airway trees

B.Sc (Mechanical Eng), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2009

Office: ENG I, Room 428
Email: khurshid@knights.ucf.edu

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Peshala Thibbotuwawa

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering

Computational fluid dynamics, Flow induced vibration, Sound generation in lung airways

M.Sc (Aerospace Eng), University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2017

B.Sc (Mechanical Eng), University of Moratuwa, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2013

Office: ENG I, Room 428
Email: peshala@knights.ucf.edu

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Tanvir Hassan

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering

Finite element modeling of heart and thoracic cavity

B.Sc (Mechanical Eng), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014

Office: ENG I, Room 428
Email: thassan@knights.ucf.edu

Undergraduate Students

Andrew Spiewak

B.Sc. Student, Mechanical Engineering / Biomechanical Technician

Non-invassive measurement of intracranial pressure, Producing a pulsatile pump for experimental purposes

Andrew Bomar

Medical Student

Physiological background of heart induced vibrations – works with Amirtaha

Chanelle Hunter

B.Sc. Student, Biomedical Science

Physiological background of heart induced vibrations – works with Amirtaha

Sierra Condo

B.Sc. Student, Biomediacal Sciences

Non-invasive measurement of tympanic membrane oscillations and electrical bio-measurements

Former Graduate Students

Amirtaha Taebi

Ph.D.

Ph.D. (Mechanical Eng), University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2018
M.Sc (Biomedical Eng), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 2013
B.Sc (Mechanical Eng), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2010

Email: taebi@knights.ucf.edu

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Fardin Khalili

Ph.D.

Ph.D (Mechanical Eng), , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2018, 
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2015 (Transferred to UCF) 
M.Sc (Mechanical Eng), Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 2014 
B.Sc (Mechanical Eng), Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran, 2012

Email: fardin@knights.ucf.edu

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Former Undergraduate Students

Andrea Miller
Brian Solar
Leslie Simms
Brandon McMurray
Philipe Najarro
Natalie Lopez
Alanna Raffaelli
Steven Perdomo
Antonio Miranda
John Muchovej
Brandon Henley
Corey Priewe
Timothy Subrahmanyam
Lucas de Almeida
Merna Beshai
Yair Bengio
Juan Menses
Mohammed Al Muqbel
Ernest Gourdet 
Sergio Marquina