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Alain Kassab

Alain Kassab

Professor and Biomedical Engineering Program Coordinator

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BIOGRAPHY

Alain Kassab is a Pegasus Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida. His research focuses on computational heat transfer, inverse problems, and biomedical applications of engineering. Kassab has contributed significantly to boundary element methods and has collaborated on multidisciplinary projects in medicine and energy systems. He is recognized for both his research achievements and his commitment to graduate education and mentoring.

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – University of Florida
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – University of Florida
  • B.S. in Engineering Sciences – University of Florida

RESEARCH

  • Computational heat transfer and fluid flow
  • Inverse problems
  • Boundary elements
  • Meshless methods
  • Bioengineering
  • Cardiovascular and congenital heart disease
  • Multiscale computational hemodynamics modeling

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ceballos, A., Prather, R., Divo, E., Kassab, A., and DeCampli, W., “A Patient-Specific Multi-Scale Model Analysis of the Hemodynamics Following the Hybrid Norwood Procedure for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: effects of the reverse Blalock-Taussig Shunt”, BMES Journal of Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, Published online Dec 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-018-00396-w.
  • Prather, R., Seligson, J., Ni, M., Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., and DeCampli, W., “Patient-Specific Multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics Assessment of Embolization Rates In the Hybrid Norwood: Effects of Size and Placement of the Reverse Blalock-Taussig Shunt,” Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2018, 96(7), pp. 690-700. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjpp-2018-0002.
  • Ni, W.,  Prather, R., Rodriguez, G., Quinn, R., Divo, E., Fogel, M., Kassab, A.J, and DeCampli, W., ” Computational Investigation of a Self-Powered Fontan Circulation”, BMES Journal of Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2018, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 202–216 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-018-0342-5.
  • Kuwazuru, O., Ode, K., Yamada, M.,  Divo, E., and Kassab, A., “Experimental and Boundary Element Method Study on the Effect of Stress on the Polarization Curve of Cast Aluminum Alloy in Sodium Chloride Solution,” Corrosion Science, 2018, Vol. 132, pp. 136-145.
  • Jia, Y., Qiao, Y., Maung, A., Argueta-Morales, I.R., Norfleet, J., Bai, Y., Divo, E., Kassab, A., and DeCampli, M., “Experimental Study of Anisotropic Stress/Strain Relationships of  Aortic and Pulmonary Artery Homografts and Synthetic Vascular Grafts ,” ASME  Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, October 2017, Vol. 139, pp 101003:1-6.
  • Prather, R., Ni, M., Kassab, A.J., Divo, E.A., Argueta, I.R., and DeCampli, W.M., “Multi-Scale Pulsatile CFD Modeling of Thrombus Transport in a Patient-Specific LVAD Implantation,  International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow,  2017, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 1022-1039.
  • Zwawi,M., Moslehy, F., Rose, C., Huayamve, V., Jones, B., Divo, E., Kassab, A., and Price “Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: A computational biomechanical model of the path of least energy for closed reduction,” Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2017, Vol. 35, No. 8, pp. 1799-1805.
  • Huayamave, V., Rose, C., Serra, S., Jones, B., Divo, E., Moslehy, F., Kassab, A.J., and Price, C.T., “A Patient-Specific Model of the Biomechanics of Hip Reduction for Neonatal Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: investigation of strategies for low to severe grades of DDH,” Journal of Biomechanics, 2015, Vol. 48, pp. 2026-2033. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.03.031
  • DeCampli, W.M., Secasanu, V., Argueta-Morales, I.R., Cox, K., Ionan, C., and Kassab, A.J., “External counterpulsation of a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt increases coronary blood flow in neonatal piglets, ” World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 2015, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 75-82.
  • Argueta-Morales, I.R., Tran, R., Ceballos, A., Osorio, R., Clark, W., Divo, E., Kassab, A.,  and DeCampli, W., Mathematical modeling of patient-specific ventricular assist device implantation to reduce particulate embolization rate to cerebral vessels, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2014, Vo. 136, No. 7, pp. 071008-1-8. DOI: 10.1115/1.4026498. [Pubmed ID] PMID: 24441718.

  • Gerace, S., Erhart, K., Kassab, A., and Divo, E., “A Model-Integrated Localized Collocation Meshless Method for Large Scale Three Dimensional Heat Transfer Problems,” Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2014, Vol. 45, pp. 2–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2014.01.01

  • Ceballos, A., Argueta-Morales, I.R., Divo, E., Osorio, R., Caldarone, C., Kassab, A., and DeCampli, W., “Computational Analysis of Hybrid Norwood Circulation with Distal Aortic Arch Obstruction and Reverse Blalock-Taussig Shunt,” Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2012, Vol. 94, No. 5, pp. 1540-1546. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.043 ).

  • UCF Trustee Chair, 2019
  • Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2019
  • University of Central Florida Pegasus Professor, 2017
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000
  • University Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2000
  • College of Engineering and Computer Science Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2000
  • Fellow of the Wessex Institute of Technology, 1999
  • MMAE Department, Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 1999
  • University of Central Florida Teaching Incentive Program (UCF-TIP) Award, 2017, 2011, 2006 and 2001
  • State University System of Florida Teaching Incentive Program (SUS-TIP) Award, 1994
  • University of Central Florida Research Incentive Award (UCF-RIA), 2014 and 2003

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