ABSTRACT Stroke is the second cause of death and major cause of disability worldwide. The most prevalent type of stroke is Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS), which occurs when a thrombus blocks a neck or intracranial artery. This blockage impairs perfusion to a portion of the brain causing ischemia, whic...

ABSTRACT Espresso extraction is a complex process involving water flow through a porous medium undergoing time-dependent geometric changes, solubilisation of hydrophilic substances, emulsification of insoluble coffee oils and suspension of coffee cell-wall fragments ("fines"). In this talk I will d...

ABSTRACT The use of high-order methods in computational fluid dynamics is becoming more and more widespread thanks to their desirable features such as low levels of numerical dissipation, intrinsic geometrical flexibility and fast convergence properties. However, it is well-known that the treatment...

ABSTRACT The media of the aorta consists primarily of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) embedded in a highly structured matrix of collagen fibrils and elastin lamellae. Thanks to their phenotypic plasticity [1], SMCs normally maintain a certain mechanical homeostasis through variations of their active ton...

Wednesday, February 7th, 2024. Time: 3 p.m. ABSTRACT Luis Javier Segura, Zebin Li, Chi Zhou, Hongyue Sun Droplet morphology and behavior substantially determine the quality of the Material Jetting (MJ) printed parts. However, obtaining consistent and stable droplet morphology and behavior is...

Thursday, September 28th, 2023. Time: 10 a.m. Hybrid - O.C. Zienkiewicz Conference Room, C1 Building, UPC Campus Nord, Barcelona See video on Youtube ABSTRACT A new formulation for the displacement-only partitioned equations of motion for linear structures is presented, which employs: the ...