BIOFLUID AND BIOTRANSPORT LABORATORY
AND
BIOINNOVATION
New NSF
Project Funded
"Multi-scale modeling of multiphase flows and fluid-structure interactions in the lung"
P.I. Donald P. Gaver
Jason Ryans, a fifth-year doctoral student, writes code to create novel computational models of the lung. The models help researchers better understand the mechanics of lung injury and how to develop better ventilator treatment strategies.
Donald Gaver, chair of biomedical engineering at Tulane University, has been named a 2015 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world"s largest general scientific society.
For 250,000 patients in the U.S. suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mechanical ventilation is a necessary part of treatment. But the life-saving treatment also can cause great damage to the lungs. Tulane researchers Donald Gaver and Will Glindmeyer are investigating a new strategy that could improve the outcomes for ARDS patients.