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C. Alberto Figueroa, Ph.D.

Alberto

Engineering Research Associate

 

Mailing Address:

Stanford University
Department of Bioengineering
James H. Clark Center, Room E382
318 Campus Drive
Stanford, CA 94305-5431

 

Phone: (650) 736-1469

E-mail: cafa_at_stanford.edu

Personal Page: http://www.stanford.edu/~cafa

BACKGROUND

  • - Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2006)
  • - M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2001)
  • - M.S., Civil Engineering, Universidad de La Coruña, Spain (1998)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • - Computational methods to model blood flow in the cardiovascular system, including:
    1. Fluid-Solid Interaction techniques
    2. Boundary Conditions
    3. Image-based Modeling
  • - Fluid-Solid-Growth algorithms to describe stress-mediated growth and adaptation of vascular trees
  • - Computational methods for assessing aortic stent-graft migration

OUTSIDE INTERESTS

  • Languages
  • Traveling
  • Technology
  • Photography
  • Food
  • Nature
  • Basketball & soccer