Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering

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Monika Colombo

Title

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Primary affiliation

Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering Fluids and Energy
Monika Colombo

Areas of expertise

  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Image analysis
  • Additive Manufacturing (3D Print)
  • Statistical Analysis

Contact information

Telephone number
+45 87 15 16 64
Email address

Profile

Ciao! I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Aarhus University My interests are rooted in cardiovascular engineering and biomechanics, and I lead the research group of CARdiovascular ENGineering and Biofluids Applications (CAReENG). 

I collaborate with clinicians and other scientists to develop predictive models of cardiovascular diseases, through engineering computational and experimental methods. 

Before moving to Denmark, I studied in Milano (Italy) and worked in Houston (Houston Methodist Hospital), then back to Milano, Boston (MIT, USA), and ETZ Zurich (Switzerland).

I am a member of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) and the MPE Diversity and Inclusion Committe at AU.

I teach Fluid Mechanics at the Bachelor of Science and Biofluid Dynamics at the Master of Science.

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Current BSc, MSc and visiting PhD students

  • Kavin Vishnu, ”Computational investigation of the mucociliary clearance”, MSc Thesis (collaboration with Prof. Subburaj Karupppasamy, Aarhus University)

Alumni: Former BSc, MSc, PhD students, postdocs, and visiting scholars

  • Marta Zattoni, "Modeling aortic annuloplasty of porcine aortic roots", 2024 - Politecnico di Milano, Italy 
  • Edoardo Rossi, "Integrative modeling of TAVI procedure", 2024 - University of Pavia, Italy
  • Luca Bontempi, "Aortic annuloplasty: a fluid-structure interaction computational model", 2024 - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Mikkel Fogelberg Handberg & Søren Hanefeld Bækdal Clausen, ”Computational optimization of heat transfer systems”, 2024 - Aarhus University
  • Akos Banfalvi (MSc), "Digital twin analysis of aortic root flow disturbances following transcatheter implantation and 4D MRI", 2023 - Aarhus University
  • Anna Ramella (visiting PhD), "Validation of a fluid-structure interaction model of thoracic stent-graft implantation with 4D MRI", 2023 - Politecnico di Milano, Italy

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Monika Colombo