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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Robin Shandas

Research Professor
Shandas.Robin@tchden.org
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Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Post-Doc Fluid Dynamics, California Institute of Technology, 1993-1994
  • Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 1993
  • M.Sc Biomedical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 1991
  • B.S.E.E. Electrical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987

Professional Recognition

  • National Institutes of Health RO1 Project Award (2001)
  • March of Dimes Investigator Award (2001)
  • Whitaker Bioengineering Grant Award (1998)
  • NIH (National Institute of Heart) Small Grant (RO3) Award (1996)
  • American Heart Association Grant in Aid Awards (1996,1999,2001)
  • Mentor for AHA post-Doctoral Fellowship Award (2000)
  • Mentor for Thorlidksen Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1999)
  • Children’s Hospital Professional Development Award (1996)
  • Summer Research Fellowship, Dept. of Bioengineering, Univ. of Trondheim, Norway (1991)
  • Full Scholarship, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (1983-1987)

Research Interests

  • Cardiovascular bio/fluid dynamics; medical ultrasonics and imaging; MEMS-based biosensors

Selected Publications

  • Degroff C, Birnbaum B, Shandas R, Orlando W, Hertzberg J: Computational simulations of the total cavo-pulmonary connection: insights in optimizing numerical solutions. Med Eng Phys. 2005 Mar;27(2):135-46.
  • MAZZARO LA, Almasi S, Seals DR, Shandas R, Gates PE: Aortic input impedance increases with age in healthy men and women, Hypertension, 2005;45:1-6.
  • ZHANG Y, Dunn M, Drexler ES, Wright JE, Slifka AJ, McCowan CN, Ivy DD, Shandas R:  Orthotropic hyperelasticity of the pulmonary arteries in rats with and without pulmonary hypertension:  a microstructural modeling approach, Ann. Biomed. Eng., 2005;35:1042-1052.
  • HUNTER K, LANNING C, Chen K-C, Ivy DD, Shandas R: Simulations of Congenital Septal Defect Closure and Reactivity Testing in Patient-Specific Models of the Pediatric Pulmonary Vasculature: A 3-D Numerical Study with Fluid-Structure Interaction, in press, J. Biomechanical Engineering, 2006.
  • ZHENG H, BARKER A, Shandas R:  Predicting backscatter characteristics from micron- and sub-micron scale ultrasound contrast agents using a size integration technique, in press, IEEE Transactions Ultrasonics and Ferrofrequency Control, 2006.
  • DYER K, LANNING C, DAS BB, Ivy DD, Shandas R:  Development and validation of a non-invasive color M-mode tissue Doppler imaging technique for measuring pulmonary artery compliance: in vitro and clinical studies, in press, J Am. Soc. Echocardiography, 2006.
  • DYER K, Pauliks LP, DAS BB, Shandas R, Ivy D, Shaffer EM, Valdes-Cruz LM. Use of Myocardial Performance Index in Pediatric Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, J Am. Soc. Echocardiography, 2006;19(1):21-27.
  • ZHENG H, MUKDADI O, Shandas R:  Computational and experimental backscatter characterization of sub-micron contrast agents for ultrasound based molecular imaging techniques, Physics Med Biol 2006;51(2):557-573.
  • Gall K, YAKACKI C, Liu Y, Shandas R, Anseth KA: Thermomechanics of the Shape Memory Effect in Polymers for Biomedical Applications, J. Biomedical Materials Research, 2005;73A:339-348.
  • ZHENG H, LIU L, WILLIAMS L, Hertzberg JR, Shandas R:  High resolution real time multi-component echo particle image velocimetry technique for opaque flow imaging, accepted pending minor revision, App. Phys. Letters, 2006.