Current Trainees
Graduate Students
Brennan Vogl
PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
BS in Biomedical Engineering from Michigan Tech
Email: bjvogl@mtu.edu
Brennan is currently working on atrial, ventricular, and valvular flow assessment and congenital heart defects flow studies. Brennan’s work is experimental and computational. In his free time, Brennan enjoys cooking and downhill skiing.
Aditya Prasad Karmarkar
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BS in Mechanical Engineering from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
Email: akarmark@mtu.edu
Aditya is currently working on the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) project. His major role is in segmenting CT scans, generating 3D models, and performing computational flow analysis using ANSYS. He also helps in experimentation. In his free time, Aditya enjoys cooking and learning history.
Himja Tiwari
MS Student in Biomedical Engineering
Email: htiwari@mtu.edu
Himja is currently working on computational simulations of coronary aneurysm flow. In her free time, Himja enjoys swimming, table tennis, jogging and sketching.
Undergraduate Students
Emily Vitale
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
Email: ervitale@mtu.edu
Emily is currently working on on segmenting CT scans for blood flow analysis in LAAO patients with device related thrombosis. In her free time, Emily enjoys playing piano, volleyball, and reading.
Emily Hyatt
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
Email: ejhyatt@mtu.edu
Emily is currently working on the design and computational simulation of ectasia models. In her free time, she enjoys playing guitar, reading, volunteering, and recently started to learn how to downhill ski.
Grace Hoeppner
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
Email: gmhoeppn@mtu.edu
Grace is currently working on a hybrid atrial fibrillation ablation project in which real patient data is modeled and analyzed computationally. In her free time she enjoys spending time with family/friends and being outdoors! She is also a member of the Michigan Tech Women’s Soccer Team.
Ian Sousa
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
Email: idsousa@mtu.edu
Ian is currently investigating the hemodynamics of Kawasaki Disease contingent aneurysms of the coronary arteries in pediatric patients. He enjoys hunting, fishing, lifting, and producing music in his free time. Ian is a player on the Michigan Tech Football team.
Past Trainees
Alireza Asadbeygi
MS Student in Biomedical Engineering
Alireza ran numerical simulations for coronary aneurysms in Kawasaki disease. He enjoys swimming and running in his free time.
Rajat Ratnakar Gadhave
MS student in the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics department
Email: rgadhave@mtu.edu
Rajat was a graduate student who worked in the biofluids lab from Fall 2020 – Fall 2021. Rajat assisted in the design and manufacturing of a whole left heart model with a pulse duplicator testing system. Rajat also worked on projects involving in-vitro characterizations of surgical aortic valve and transcatheter aortic valve performance. Moreover, Rajat worked on creating patient-specific models from computed tomography scans. In his free time, Rajat enjoys exploring.
Shivam Tiwari
MS Student in Mechanical Engineering
BS in Mechanical Engineering
Email: shivamti@mtu.edu
Shivam worked on CFD and finite element simulations of cerebral vessels for sickle cell disease. In his free time, Shivam enjoys painting, singing, CAD modeling, performing simulations, and sketching.
Nick Niemi
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
Email: nniemi@mtu.edu
Nick worked on designing a novel transcatheter mitral valve device. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, biking, fishing, and hunting. Nick is a member of the Track/XC teams.
Alex MacLean
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
Email: abmaclea@mtu.edu
Alex worked on Finite Element Analysis as part of designing a novel transcatheter mitral valve device. In his free time, Alex enjoys snow skiing, snowmobiling, and hiking.