Skalak Award Honorable Mention for Paper on Vascular Remodeling During Pregnancy
Ana I. Vargas, PhD’25, bioengineering, BioE Associate Professor Chiara Bellini and MIE Associate Professor Rouzbeh Amini received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Skalak Award for their paper on “Vascular Remodeling During Late-Gestation Pregnancy: An In-Vitro Assessment of the Murine Ascending Thoracic Aorta.”
The Richard Skalak Award is presented annually by the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering to the most meritorious paper published in the previous year, recognizing outstanding contributions that combine mathematical/computational modeling with experimental results and integrate microscale/macroscale phenomena, honoring Richard Skalak’s legacy in biomechanics and engineering education.