Director
Dr. Alain Kassab
Dr. Kassab is currently a Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace engineering Department at the University of Central Florida. His research interests include computational heat transfer and fluid flow, inverse problems, bioengineering, boundary elements, and optimization.
Ph.D. Students
Madisyn Messmore (BSME, MSBME, Ph.D., FA 2026)
Madisyn Messmore is currently a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Student in the Computational Mechanics Lab, studying hemodynamic analysis of Transposition of the Great Arteries. Her research interests include hemodynamics, congenital heart disease, human development, and computational fluid dynamics.
Thoai Nguyen (BSME, MSME, MBA, P.E, Ph.D., SP 2027)
Thoai is currently a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student. He has spent over 15 years designing medical devices, specializing in a broad range of surgical applications, including brain tumor removal, spine procedures, and Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) surgeries. His current interest is in tissue and bone modeling and simulation. His work continues to bridge the gap between engineering and medicine, advancing the capabilities of surgical devices and procedures.
M.S. Students
Jemual Shaylor (BSME, MSBME, M.D., SP 2025)
Undergraduate Students
David Castillo Arceo (BSME, FA 2024)
David Castillo Arceo is currently an undergraduate senior in Mechanical Engineering at UCF. He plans to continue research in the Computational Mechanics Lab for a Masters in Mechanical Engineering – Thermofluids. His research interests include internal flow analysis, pipe flow, left ventricular assist devices, and heat transfer.
Carolina Santos (BS Health Sciences, SP 2027)
Carolina Santos is pursuing a major in health sciences with a pre-medical track, and the ultimate goal is to attend medical school. Her medical interest is in neurosurgery. Additionally, her research interest is in LVADs.
Madison Lajter (BSME, SP 2027)
Amuhelang Mbizo (BS Health Sciences, SP 2027)
Mark Andre De Gracia (BSME)
Tiffanie Crumbie (BSEE)
Nicole Cornette (BSME)
Past Students
Ph.D.
Kyle Beggs (Ph.D., SU 2024), Dissertation Title: A Multiscale Meshless Method for Simulating Cardiovascular Flows
Ray Otto Prather (Ph.D., SP 2018), Dissertation Title: Multi-Scale Fluid-Structure
Interaction Model Analysis of Patient Specific Geometry for Optimization of LVAD
Outlflow Graft Implantation: an investigation aimed at reducing stroke risk
Marwan Hameed (Ph.D. FA 2019), Dissertation Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation of A Novel Hybrid Comprehensive Stage II Operation For Single Ventricle Palliation
Masters
Abubakar Dankano (MS, FA 2022), Thesis Title: Tailoring of the Left Ventricular Assist Device Cannula Implantation Using Coupled Multi-Scale Multi-Objective Patient Specific Optimization.
Blake Lozinski (MS, FA 2019), Thesis Title: Hybrid Multi-Objective Optimization of Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Graft Anastomosis Orientation to Minimize Stroke Rate
Roscelin Figueroa (MS)