Cardiovascular Fluid group

Welcome

Thank you very much for visiting our website of Cardiovascular Fluid Laboratory at University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). Ruihang Zhang is an assistant professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Department at UMD.

Blood flow in the human cardiovascular system is highly complicated in the human cardiovascular system. Abnormal hemodynamics is related to many severe diseases and has intrigued a growing of fluid dynamic researches over decades. However, due to the complexity of transient flow and fluid-structure interaction, many aspects of aortic hemodynamics have not been extensively understood. Quantitative experimental measurements of cardiovascular hemodynamics will help to improve our current understanding regarding pathology of certain heart diseases, assist with improved medical device design, and provide validation benchmarks for patient-specific computer simulations.

Currently, our group works on the experimental characterization of pulsatile flow under the various physiological phenomena and cardiovascular diseases & brain aneurysms. 3D printing and novel materials will be combined and utilized to help to fabricate related in-vitro experimental models. Future improvements of artificial models’ designs and the advanced flow diagnostic techniques can further enhance the accuracy and credibility of in-vitro flow researches.

We are always seeking highly self-motivated graduate (MS) and undergraduate students to join our group. See more about who we are, our current and past research projects, recent publications, and info about joining the lab.