Lab updates
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Azmat Ullah successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Ullah!
Fatih Ucar joined the team as a PhD student.
The lab received a $100,000 American Heart Association Innovative Project Award for “Wireless Magnetic Hydrogel Cuff to Modulate In Ovo Mechanical Forces During Early Embryonic Vascular Development.”
Seymen İlke Kaykanat joined the team as a postdoctoral researcher.
Our lab moved to Columbus, Ohio, joining The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
2019 and earlier
Samane, Gokce, and Banu passed their PhD qualifying examinations. Congratulations to all three!
Surgeon collaborators discussed the lab’s patient-specific congenital heart shunt simulations in The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology.
Cansu Karakaya’s lead-author paper, “Asymmetry in Mechanosensitive Gene Expression during Aortic Arch Morphogenesis,” was published in Scientific Reports.
The lab participated in the CFD verification study “Real-World Variability in the Prediction of Intracranial Aneurysm Wall Shear Stress,” accepted by Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology.
The group attended the World Congress of Biomechanics in Dublin, presenting four talks and three posters and chairing a special session.
Dr. Muhammad Jamil received the Best Pediatric Moderated Poster Award at the EuroELSO meeting in Prague.
The lab’s framework for computational planning and analysis of congenital cardiovascular patch reconstruction was accepted by Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Congratulations to Samane Lashkarinia and the coauthors.
The lab announced a symposium on Biodegradable Materials and Stem Cells in Cardiac Surgery, scheduled for May 18, 2018.
The lab announced its Fontan ventricle assist device, iATVA, in a forthcoming Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery publication.
Cansu Karakaya successfully defended her thesis. Congratulations, Cansu!
A study of neonatal double-lumen cannula performance and blood damage was accepted by Artificial Organs.
The group submitted six abstracts to the World Congress of Biomechanics and announced its role cochairing a session on prenatal cardiovascular fluid mechanics and flow mechanobiology.
The lab contributed its perspective on the future of cardiovascular science and engineering to Forbes magazine’s centennial special edition.
“Hemodynamic Recovery Properties of the Torsioned Testicular Artery Lumen” was announced for publication in Scientific Reports.
The group delivered three invited talks, including a contribution to MicroCT School.
The lab received invitations to present at national pediatric cardiovascular surgery and cardiology meetings in Turkey and Japan.
Gokce Nur Turkmen and the group prepared a presentation on complex coronary artery bypass configurations for the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference.
The lab presented its recent work at a national pediatric cardiology meeting in Turkey, as part of invited contributions to meetings in Turkey and Japan.
A study comparing neonatal shunt surgeries and their effects on cerebral blood flow was accepted by Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology.
Dr. Pekkan gave a chalk talk at Institut Curie during the EMBO Young Investigator Programme meeting on morphogenesis.
Dr. Senol Piskin began a research visit to the University of Texas at San Antonio to collaborate with Prof. Ender Finol.
A study of twist buckling, caval offset, and energy loss in deformed Fontan pathways was accepted by the ASME Journal of Medical Devices.
The lab announced a newly published study in neurofluid dynamics.
The group attended the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics.
“Hemodynamics of Patient-Specific Aorta-Pulmonary Shunt Configurations” was accepted by the Journal of Biomechanics.
The lab contributed an invited talk on new research topics in bioinspired fluid mechanics at the METU Northern Cyprus Campus fluid mechanics workshop.
The group delivered two talks at the 14th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering.
“Mytilus galloprovincialis as a Smart Micro-Pump” was accepted by Biology Open.
The lab welcomed prospective visiting researchers through a new ERC initiative supporting research visits to ERC-funded teams.
Samir Donmazov announced his thesis defense, “Determination of Mechanical Properties of Blood Vessels and Surgical Conduits Using Nonlinear Optimization Techniques,” scheduled for July 18, 2016.
Gokce and Samane contributed two oral presentations on embryonic aortic arch mechanics and Fontan conduit buckling at the Summer Bioengineering meeting.
The group participated in the EMBO workshop on three-dimensional developmental imaging in Portugal.
The lab held its annual brainstorming meeting to explore new ideas in biomechanics.
A study of vortices generated during zebrafish larval suction feeding was announced for publication in Experiments in Fluids.
A biomedical startup led by Firat Atalay joined the Koç incubation accelerator; Dr. Senol Piskin received TÜBİTAK support for a research visit; and two abstracts were accepted for oral presentations at the Summer Bioengineering meeting.
Koç University highlighted research by Dr. Kerem Pekkan and Berk Yiğit.
Members of the group traveled to the US West Coast to present at the Caltech biofluids meeting.
Dr. Pekkan gave a guest lecture on advanced microscopy techniques for measuring blood flow in the University of Pittsburgh’s quantitative imaging class.
Erhan Emek received a Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship through the UK Newton Fund.
A study comparing the energy efficiency of cardiovascular networks across different circulation systems was accepted by the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Dr. Pekkan announced an invited seminar, “What Is New in Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics?”, at an aeronautical engineering department.
The group presented results from its ERC project through an invited talk and a poster at NAVBO’s Vascular Biology 2015 meeting.
Dr. Pekkan gave a talk on biomedical startups.
Selda Goktas presented the lab’s latest results on early embryonic aortic arch development at the BMES Annual Meeting in Tampa.
Hemodyn participated in Startup Istanbul.
The group announced its participation in a congenital heart disease meeting scheduled for November 14, 2015.
Fazil Emre Uslu presented his undergraduate research at the 11th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry in Santa Barbara.
The lab received TÜBİTAK funding to advance patient-specific surgical patches and materials for congenital heart reconstruction.
The group participated in a European Commission health funding information meeting.
The lab announced its Fall 2015 biomechanics course.
The lab highlighted patient-specific planning tools available through Hemodyn alongside developments in three-dimensional printing for pediatric hospitals.
The lab welcomed Cansu Karakaya, Fazil Uslu, and Samane Lashkari as incoming graduate students for Fall 2015.
Samir Donmez’s first lead-author manuscript was accepted by the Journal of Biomechanics.
Pekkan Lab members met for a group breakfast in Tarabya.
Berk Yigit’s first lead-author manuscript was accepted by the Journal of Biomechanics.
Our 2015 manuscripts on are just updated, please see publications page. February 2015
Dr. Selda Goktas presented the lab’s work on gene expression in early embryonic aortic arches at an EMBO and Molecular Biology Association winter retreat.
Stay tuned! Pediatric Surgical Planning Technology will be available to serve pediatric cardiovascular surgeons and cardilogists via hemodyn.org (currently under construction) January 2015
Team Hemodyn completed semester-long UTTP entrepreneurship training at Bilkent Cyberpark.
“Computational Modeling of Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Hemodynamics With Full Circle of Willis Anatomy” was accepted by Artificial Organs.
The lab presented at Istanbul Kültür University’s meeting on nanotechnology and tissue engineering.
Dr. Pekkan participated in an NIH review panel.
Berk Yigit joined our group and started his PhD, September 2014. Welcome Berk !
Team Biyomekanik-Hemodyn competed as a finalist in an Istanbul Technical University entrepreneurship boot camp.
A study characterizing great-artery geometry, flow mechanics, and wall shear stress in the prenatal mouse was accepted by PLOS ONE.
Samir Donmezov received a TÜBİTAK scholarship.
Experimental and computational studies of abdominal aortic aneurysm hemodynamics were accepted by the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering.
Samir Donmez received a Japanese–Turkish PhD student award.
Team Biyomekanik-Hemodyne won METU’s business plan competition, placing first among 1,250 competitors.
William Kowalski and Dr. Kerem Pekkan are contributing to this years American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting on November 2013
The lab announced its Google Scholar profile.
The lab offered an application fee waiver voucher to prospective PhD applicants at Carnegie Mellon University.
The group announced its contributions as an organizer, session chair, and presenter at the 2013 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting.
Kardio, a lab startup led by Senol Piskin and Sezin, was a finalist at IBM Global Entrepreneur SmartCamp.
Berk Yigit led the presentation of the group’s initial research on nontraditional circulation systems at the European Biomechanics meeting in Patras, Greece.
William Kowalski and coauthors’ paper on left atrial ligation and intracardiac flow in the chick embryo was accepted by Developmental Dynamics.
The lab announced a Fall 2013 Biofluid Mechanics course at Carnegie Mellon University, alongside Professional Issues in Biomedical Engineering.
The lab made a collaborative research visit and gave a talk at Kyoto University.
Our group presented at the ASME Summer Bioengineering and European Society of Biomechanics Meetings, September 2013
Congratulations for Dr.Prahlad Menon for defending his PhD thesis and becoming a faculty at CMU-SYSU Program, August 2013
A paper on neonatal cannula fluid dynamics became available online in Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
The group welcomed new PhD students Samir Donmez and Mazluma Balca.
Dr. Senol Piskin represented the lab at the 2013 OpenFOAM Workshop.
Dr. Pekkan gave a short talk at the EMBL Young Investigator meeting in Heidelberg, Germany.
The lab announced the 5th Istanbul Symposium on Bioengineering Approaches in Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine.
Dr. Pekkan announced a seminar at Middle East Technical University.
The lab announced a March 14 seminar at Sabancı University on cardiovascular fluid dynamics.
Prahlad Melon, received the Dowd Fellowship to study neonatal cannula jet flow dynamics, September 2011.
Congratulations Dr. Onur Dur for succesfully defending his PhD thesis, May 2011.
Dr. Tolga Coskun from Department of Vascular Surgery, Horst Schmidt Kliniken, Wiesbaden, Germany visited us (November 9-17, 2010) for intravascular surgical planning.
Onur Dur (PhD student) received Graduate Biomedical Engineering Research Award, May 2010 at 6th International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion, Children's Hospital of Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Graduate and undergraduate reseach opportunities are available in our lab for exciting projects as of January 2010. Please contact Dr.Kerem Pekkan ASAP.
Kerem Pekkan will be teaching 42441 Cardiovascular Mechanics next semester, link for syllabus , December 3, 2008
Our group had a nice presentation on fluid dynamics of micro-propulsion (for intravascular robots) at 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics in collaboration with Prof. Sitti group, December 1, 2008
Undated archive
These archived announcements do not have a complete month and year recorded.
- Dr. Pekkan serves at NIH panels
- Dr. Pekkan attended NSF - CAREER workshop at BMES 2014 as an invited lecturer
- Editorial appeared at European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery written by the leading pediatric cardiovascular surgeon Dr. de Leval (one of the founders of model congenital heart surgery) on our computational surgical planning studies
- Dr. Pekkan will serve as an Associate Editor for BMES Journal Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology and Artificial Organs from Fall 2013
- New Course Bioinspired Engineering Design will be offered as a mini Spring 2014
- William Kowalski received the best poster award for his invited Presentation at the McGowan Meeting.
- Invited Talk at Unibersity of Florida on Embryonic Biomechanics
- William Kowalski, Nick Teslovich and Onur Dur published their computational growth model applied to embryonic aortic arch development.
- A microscopy workshop for Pre-Kindergarden students is conducted by our group.
- Our unique three-dimensional, time-resolved particle image velocimetry system with both micro/macro measurement capability is installed in our lab and open to university wide use.
- Kerem Pekkan is a co-inventor of next-generation Fontan baffles for congenital heart defect surgeries US#7,811,244 issued Oct 12, 2010.
- William Kowalski (PhD student) and Nicholoas Teslowich (UG reseach student) presended two podium talks at the BMES 2010 annual meeting.
- Kerem Pekkan has been granted 2010 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation for his proposal "CAREER: Internal Biofluid Dynamics in Embryonic Cardiovascular Development, Morphomechanics and Comparative Ontogeny"
- Next semester (Spring 2010) Biofluids Course will have field trips to the Pittsburgh Aviary in addition to the Aquarium and workshops/visits. This course is an equal balance of cardiovascular fluid mechanics and biomimetic swimming/flying.
- Another outreach activity from our group. We were at ScienceTec at Carnegie Science Center with middle-school students (Pictures).
- Flow fileds in embryonic hearts are anlyzed using computational fluid dynamics at 3 early stages in collaboration with Prof.Fotis Sotiropoulos group (Sneak preview slides) at the APS/DFD 2009.
- Mikhail Lara and Onur Dur published in Artifical Organs
- Our group contributed to the ASME Summer Bioengineering Meeting and BMES 2009 Pittsburgh with five posters and two presentations.
- Mikail Lara presented his reseach work at the "Meeting of the Minds."
- Umit Danis successfully completed his MS thesis.
- Onur Dur received the best poster award at 4th CMU-Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Research Symposium.
- Mikail Lara won the competitive CMU-SURG grant and continues his undergraduate research studies
- Onur Dur presented his recent studies on Fontan hemodynamics at the BMES conference through a travel award from Biomedical Engineering Society
- Two important papers defining non-dimensional characteristic parameters and cardiac output sensitivity of surgical resistances accepted on single-ventricle hemodynamics (please visit publications).
- Yajuan Wang successfully passed her PhD qualification exam.
- Kerem Pekkan had a podcast interview posted at Regenerative Medicine Today
- Kerem Pekkan presented at Koc University, Turkiye
- Fetal aortic arch studies are presented at 16th European Biomechanics Conference, Lucerne.
- One day outreach activity is organized and conducted by our group with 10 Science Teachers (from suburban, rural and urban Pittsburgh schools) on Biomedical Engineering, Pictures
- Yajuan Wang attended Caltech Graduate Student Workshop and presented at ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference