Abbas Fakhari

Institute for Medicine and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
Vagelos Research Labs
3340 Smith Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-573-3025
Email: afakhari@seas.upenn.edu

Education

Postdoc, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2017

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, 2015

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, 2008

B.Sc., Physics, Zanjan University, 2006

Research Summary

I am working on numerical modeling and simulation of blood flow in distensible vessels. In particular, I am interested in understanding the blood flow dynamics when the vessel is cut (due to injury), and when the formation of clot or thrombus is imminent.