Our Mission:
Using multiscale dynamic imaging and biomechanics to learn how lung structures move, stretch, and transport gas during breathing and mechanical ventilation.
News
NSF I-Corps Grant
2024 AugustDan Meggo and Emmanuel Akor won an NSF I-Corps grant for $50k to develop a cost-effective mechanical ventilator for underserved communities.
American Thoracic Society
2024 MayDan Meggo presented a poster entitled Lung-Protective Ventilation Strategies Informed by Alveolar Recruitment Dynamics.
Dan was also awarded the Underrepresented Trainee Development Scholarship. Congrats!
Jacob Herrmann presented two posters entitled:
[1] Virtual Clinical Trial of Automated Inspired Oxygen Titration to Prevent Desaturation During Sudden Pathophysiological Disturbances
[2] Mechanical Ventilation Modality Influences Intratidal Gas and Blood Volume Dynamics: Experimental Demonstration of Dynamic Dual-Energy CT.
Engineering Research Open House
2024 AprilDan Meggo and Mihiret Redi both won awards for Best Graduate Student Poster in BME. Congrats!
Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport
2023 JuneDan Meggo presented a talk entitled Quantifying Temporal Dynamics Of Alveolar Recruitment During Mechanical Ventilation.
Jacob Herrmann presented a talk entitled Plasticity And Avalanche Failure In Computational Models Of Pulmonary Collagen-Elastin Fiber Networks.