Media & Interviews

“Developing an Organ and Tissue-Level Calibrated Human Lung Model: Living Lung Project” Simulia Video Interview Feature on YouTube, Dassault Systèmes (2026)

“UCR researchers advance “Living Lung Model” through simulation and experimentation,” as featured by UC Riverside News, Sara Salsgiver, (2026)

“What we now know about how smoking stiffens lungs: Experimental testing on human lungs could improve ventilators,” as featured by UC Riverside News, Jules Bernstein, (2026)

“Dyspnea matters: Normal oxygen levels may hide “silent suffocation”: Clinicians may be missing critical signs of breathing discomfort or distress, especially in ventilated patients” as featured by UC Riverside News, Iqwal Pittalwala, (2026)

“Breathing New Life into Lung Research with Simulation,” 3DS Blog Feature, Katie Corey, Dassault Systèmes (2026)

“"Women’s pelvic tissue tears during childbirth unstudied, until now: Grant enables study into mechanical properties of episiotomy cuts",” as featured by UC Riverside News, Jules Bernstein, (2025)

Book; quoted for our lung research “Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy”, in Chapter 10: Heavy Breathing, as featured by New York Times Best-Selling Author Mary Roach, Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2025)

“Educational Excellence: Mechanical Engineering’s Mona Eskandari traverses dual paths as a researcher and teacher,” as featured by Bourns College of Engineering News, (2024)

“Junior Faculty Honored for being Outstanding Teachers,” as featured by UC Riverside News, Jules Bernstein, (2024)

YouTube Interview, Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Celebration Ceremony, XCITE Studios feature (2024)

“Emerging Investigators Highlight,” as featured by American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 207(5), pp. xxii–xxiv, March 1 2023 issue.

“12 incredible UC research breakthroughs in 2022,” as featured by the UC Newsroom, Rana Freedman (2022)

“The Unintended Consequences of Using a Ventilator,” as featured by UC Riverside News, Jules Bernstein, (2022)

“Four UCR students win National Science Foundation Fellowships,” as featured by Inside UCR, Brigid Boll, (2022); Only two college of engineering awardees were both from bMECH lab

“Professor Mona Eskandari Awarded Prestigious Hellman Fellowship,” featured by UC Riverside News, Holly Ober, (2020)

“Virtual Humans: Clinical care is ripe for transformation - and a 3D human model could provide the spark,” Compass Magazine, Lindsey James (2021)

“A career in STEM is not limited to one gender alone,” International Women’s Day Feature, La Fondation Dassault Systèmes (2021)

“Academic Perspectives on the Merge of Medicine and Engineering,” 3DS REVEAL magazine, Issue #2 (2020)

“COVID-19 Highlights What We Have Yet to Learn About Lung Mechanics,” as featured by UC Riverside News, Holly Ober, (2020)

“Mechanical Engineering professor received teaching award,” as featured by UC Riverside News, Imran Ghori, (2020)

“Crimped or Straight? Lung Fiber Shape Influences Elasticity: The shape and architecture of collagen and elastin fibers can improve our understanding of lung diseases, including the one associated with vaping,” as featured by UC Riverside News, Holly Ober, (2019)

“Unforgettable UCR women in STEM,” as featured by official UC Riverside Campus YouTube, (2019)

“UC Riverside Research Could Eventually Lead to Advances in Pulmonary Healthcare,” as featured by UC Riverside News, Holly Ober, (2018)

“STEM Program Builds Ties Between Stanford and East Palo Alto Middle School: the innovative course and afterschool mentor program bring lessons from education, design, and engineering to a local school," as featured by Stanford Graduate School of Education, Tanner Vea, (2014)

“Alumna Perspective: Building an Essential Discipline at BASIS,” as featured by BASIS Silicon Valley, Chris Zeffreys, BASIS Independent Schools, (2014)

50th year University of Arizona Honors College featured Alumni Profile, (2013)

“Pizza, Palm Trees, Honors College: UA Raises Alumna’s Sights,” as featured in Arizona Magazine: The Magazine of the University of Arizona Alumni Association, Spring 2013 Edition, (2013)