Alumni
Alessandra Corvo
Ph.D. Student
Alessandra Corvo was a visiting PhD student in the lab in Fall 2024. Her home university was Ecole Mines St. Etienne, where she completed her PhD in 2026.
Alessandra's research focused on FEA of renal stenting.
Angela Straccia
Ph.D. Student
Angela Straccia was a PhD student in the lab from 2018-2024. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University.
As a PhD student, she used CFD simulations to better characterize the risk of stroke in patients with left ventricular assist devices.
Marissa Miramontes
Ph.D. Student
Marissa Miramontes was a PhD student in the lab from 2018-2021. She had a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of California San Diego.
In the lab, her research focused experiments examining on the effects of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) on the hemodynamics in the left ventricle.
Syed Faisal
Ph.D. Student
Syed Faisal was a PhD student in the lab from 2016-2022. He attained his BS in Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Warangal. His research focused on using CFD on idealized aneurysm geometries.
Laurel Marsh
Ph.D. Student
Laurel Marsh was a PhD student in the lab from 2015-2022. She studied flow alterations in the endovascularly treated cerebral aneurysm.
During her PhD, Laurel did a Fulbright, allowing her to work at STIMULATE.
Rodrigo Osuna Orozco
Ph.D. Student
Rodrigo Osuna Orozco was a PhD student in the lab from 2014 to 2021. He had a B.Sc. in physics from the University of New Mexico, and an M.Sc. in Earth Sciences from the University of California in San Diego.
Rodrigo worked experimentally in electrostatic actuation and control of coaxial flow atomization. His research also included efforts to explore the impact of shear induced migration and margination on thrombogenicity.
Kurt Sansom
Ph.D. Student
Kurt Sansom was a PhD student in the lab from 2014 to 2020. He received a BSE (2008) and MSE (2010) from the University of Alabama Huntsville in Mechanical Engineering.
His work in the lab included creating patient specific data for a doppler ultrasound simulator and developing experimental and computational comparisons with 4D flow MRI sequences.
Kee-Onn Fong
Postdoctoral Researcher
Kee Onn Fong joined the lab as a postdoctoral researcher in June 2021, after obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota where he studied preferential concentration and clustering of solid inertial particles in gas flows. In the lab, he worked on experiments in two-fluid atomization and droplets in turbulent air.
Fanette Chassagne
Postdoctoral Researcher
Fanette Chassagne was a postdoctoral researcher in the lab. Her research was focused on cardiovascular flows, using a combination of experimental and numerical approaches.
She earned a masters degree in Engineering and then PhD in Biomechanics at Mines Saint-Etienne, France.
Peter Dearborn Huck
Postdoctoral Researcher
Peter Dearborn Huck joined the Cardiovascular and Multiphase Flow Lab in February of 2018. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the �cole Normale Sup�rieure de Lyon, France in 2017 where he studied Lagrangian turbulent dispersion and mixing. His research interests include gas-assisted atomization, medical device development, and acoustic - fluid interaction.
Beyond research, Dr. Huck is passionate about teaching and in particular improving the visibility of science in the general public.
Nathanael Machicoane
Postdoctoral Researcher
Nathanael Machicoane is a postdoctoral researcher in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. His current interests focus on turbulent and multiphase flows. Currently he undertakes experimental work on gas-assisted liquid atomization. He joined Alberto Aliseda�s Multiphase & Cardiovascular Flow Lab in late summer 2016.
Originally from France, he earned a B.S./M.S. in Physics of out-of-equilibrium systems from Ecole Normale Sup�rieure de Lyon. He then obtained his PhD in 2014, working on heat transfer and transport of large particles in turbulence at the Physics Laboratory of Ecole Normale Sup�rieure de Lyon. Prior to joining UW, he studied inertial waves and turbulence in rotating fluids for 2 years as a postdoctoral researcher at the FAST laboratory of Paris-Sud University.
Venkat Keshav Chivukula
Postdoctoral Researcher
My exciting journey began halfway around the world in Mumbai, where I completed my bachelor's in mechanical engineering. I came to the University of Arizona to pursue my master's in mechanical engineering, which I completed in 2010. Throughout my master's education I was increasingly drawn towards applying the mechanical engineering concepts to biological applications, and this culminated in my pursuing a Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Iowa, where I researched novel methodologies to model blood cells at the micro-scale. I spent a year in Portland,OR at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) researching hemodynamics in cardiac development, before moving to the UW. I am currently involved in determining the influence of hemodynamics on efficacy of heart failure therapies, and am also working on investigating blood flow in intracranial aneurysms. Outside of the lab, I love going on hikes, long drives, cooking (and eating good food!), painting, reading, and having philosophical discussions.
Craig Hill
Postdoctoral Researcher
Craig joined UW and the lab in December 2015. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2015 investigating the interactions between complex topography and sediment transport and the impact they have on the performance and wake characteristics of axial flow marine renewable energy systems. Prior to graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, Craig received a BA in Geology from the University of St. Thomas, and worked as a Research Engineer at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in Minneapolis, MN from 2006-2012 on various projects ranging from physical model studies of hydraulic structures, fluvial geomorphology and stream stabilization/restoration studies, lab and full scale wind energy research, and modeling of hydrokinetic energy systems. Craig's current research utilizes both lab and field scale turbines and aims to improve the survivability and performance of marine energy systems using active control strategies, as well as continue to investigate the impact marine energy systems have on the environment.
Teymour Javaherchi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Teymour Javaherchi, is a full time instructor at Everett Community College, as well as a postdoctoral researcher in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research interests involve energy and fluid. Currently he is working on numerical simulation of tidal turbines, which convert the raw energy of tides (driven by the gravitational pull of the sun and moon on the oceans of the earth) to useful energy (mechanical power and electricity). He uses commercial software packages, such as FLUENT and Star CCM+, for doing a comprehensive numerical simulation of the flow behavior around the tidal turbine blades.
Teymour did his undergraduate in the Sharif-Aachen (SUT-AcUAS) cooperation program in Mechanical Engineering. He studied for three years at Sharif University in Iran and then completed his bachelor thesis at Aachen University of Applied Science in Germany with emphasis on understanding and measuring reflectance and transmission degree of solar panel surfaces. He continued his education in the Master of Science program at Aachen University of Technology (RWTH-Aachen) in Germany. During his studies there, he had the opportunity to go to the University of Pennsylvania and after one semester there he became intrigued with the work done by professor Aliseda at University of Washington and joined his research group at fall 2008.
Teymour's main goal is to make significant contributions in the production of clean energy for mankind through collaborative research on the fluid aspect of energy in order to improve the efficiency of current technology for renewable energy sources such as tidal energy.
Michael Barbour
Ph.D. Student
Mike completed his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Vermont in 2012. He joined the University of
Washington to do a PhD in fluid mechanics that Fall. His
research is focused on understanding the hemodynamics of blood
flowing in intracranial aneurysms, and in particular, he
performs numerical computations on virtual models of patient
blood vessels inside the skull (on or around the Circle of
Willis) to develop a predictive algorithm that determines the
success of endovascular treatment for intracranial saccular
aneurysms: coiling and/or stenting. He works within a
multidisciplinary collaboration between fluid mechanicians and
neurosurgeons that apply state of the art fluid mechanics
experiments, computational simulations and in vivo imaging (CT
rotational angiography and intravascular Doppler ultrasound)
to tackle this problem that has puzzled biomechanics and
medical experts for several decades. This effort is funded by
NIH (NINDS 5R01 HL115267) and has been published in multiple
manuscripts ([1],
[2],
[3]
Alicia Clark
Research Assistant
Alicia graduated from the Lafayette College with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2006. She joined the University of Washington as PhD student in 2010 and, within her first year in the Multiphase & Cardiovascular Flow Lab, she was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. In February 2016, she passed the PhD Candidancy Exam and is finishing her PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a planned defense in 2017.
Alicia's research focuses on the dynamics of microbubbles
injected into the human circulation. In particular, she
conducts experiments and analysis to understand the forces
that determine the trajectory of microbubbles in arteries and
veins, where they are subject to complex forces from the high
Reynolds number blood flow and the Bjerknes or radiation force
from an ultrasonic acoustic field. [1]
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Danny Sale
Research Assistant
Danny completed his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tennessee in 2009, and in 2010 he headed west to join the University of Washington and pursue a doctoral degree. In general, his research interests are in aerodynamics, structural dynamics, and numerical modeling of wind and hydrokinetic turbines. Danny also works as part of the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, and his research is focused on using numerical methods to predict turbine performance and structural loads. A large part of his research is also dedicated to developing the HARP_Opt code, which is an open source code used to design and optimize wind and hydrokinetic turbines..
Colin Bateson
Ph.D. Student
Colin joined the lab in June of 2008. He received a BS from the University of Virginia in Aerospace Engineering. While there he conducted research to characterize the material properties of gold thin films for MEMS applications. Currently, his research at UW focuses on studying the effect of air turbulence on water droplet behavior in clouds.
Chin Hei Ng
Research Assistant
Chin graduated from the University of Washington with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2006. He joined Martin Engineering afterward where he studied bulk material flow by utilizing computational tools, such as Discrete Element Modeling (DEM). In 2009, he joined the lab as a research assistant and continues his education in Mechanical Engineering.
Chin's research focuses on the atomization process, where applications range from spray coating to fuel injection. Currently, he is conducting experiments on both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids atomization.
Patrick McGah
Postdoctoral Researcher
Although Pat is originally from Kansas, he has been calling
Washington his home for over nine years. Pat has done research
on the numerical simulation of cardiovascular flows and the
fluid-structure interaction between the blood flow and blood
vessel walls with Professor Alberto Aliseda. His PhD focused
on Arterio-Venous Fistulae for Dialysis Access, using a
combination of 3D and Doppler Ultrasound to inform and
validate numerical simulations of the fluid and solid
mechanics in the complex vascular remodeling around AV
fistulae. For his Postdoctoral research, he is extending his
research portfolio into intracranial aneurysmal flows and
Central Venous Catheters, while also learning new experimental
techniques, such as PIV and PLIF, for the in-vitro study of
vascular phantoms of patient-specific anatomical models.
After completing a degree in mechanical engineering, at Gonzaga University in Spokane, he immediately ventured to the western side of the state for graduate studies. Pat recently completed a Master of Science degree and is continuing his education by pursuing a doctoral degree.
For his master's thesis, Pat studied under the guidance of
Professor James Riley. He used a
custom computational fluid dynamics code to simulate the
complex behavior of ferromagnetic fluids, or ferrofluids. In
particular, he studied unstable and transitioning flows driven
by thermo-magnetic and convective instabilities. These flows
have possible applications for convective heat transfer in
electronic devices.
Ryan Keedy
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Danny Bolleddula
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Akshay Basavaraj Bagi
Master Student
Akshay is a Masters student at UW. He did his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering in India. After that, he worked as an HVAC Engineer at W S Atkins Pvt Ltd for two years in Bangalore, India. He came to the USA for higher studies.
His research focus is understanding flow physics of various flow problems through CFD simulations. He is currently working on CFD simulations of flow over DOE-6 Marine Turbine and also on CFD simulation of flow around River Debris Diverting Platform (RDDP) which is also his topic for Masters Thesis. He also interned at Seattle City Light during the Summer of 2016. There he worked as an Engineering Intern in the Power Production Department and got hands on experience on various Hydropower projects. He is looking forward to continuing his research in the field of Renewable Energy and pursue Academic Career.
Taylor Hall
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Riley Gorder
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Cheryn Engebrecht
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Alberto Molina
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Greg Moreau & Marc Percie Du Sert
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Julie Serre
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Arthur Cerisola
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Maxime Tessier & Nicolas Tomasini
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Mario Beweret & Florian Riesemann
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Guillaume Flouriot & Aurelie Gosset
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