Rouzbeh Amini
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Associate Professor,
Bioengineering
Research Focus
Biomechanics, mechanobiology, biotransport
Education
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2010
Professional Affiliations
- International Society for Eye Research (ISER)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Research Overview
Biomechanics, mechanobiology, biotransport
Selected Research Projects
- In-vivo Assessment of Human Iris Mechanical Properties
- Principal Investigator, BrightFocus Foundation
- Multiscale Model of Tricuspid Valve Repair Surgery
- Principal Investigator, American Heart Association
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Pant, AD; Gogte, P; Dorairaj, SK; Pathak-Ray, V; Amini, R*; (2018) “Increased Iris Stiffness in Patients with a History of Angle-Closure Glaucoma: An Image-based Inverse Modeling Analysis.” Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 59(10):4134-4142.
- Copploe, A; Vatani, M; Amini, R; Choi, J; Tavana, H; (2018) “Engineered Airway Models to Study Liquid Plug Splitting at Bifurcations: Effects of Orientation and Airway Size.” J Biomech Eng. 140(9):091012.
- Heidari Pahlavian, S; Oshinski, J; Zhong, X; Loth, F; Amini, R*; (2018) “Regional Quantification of Brain Tissue Strain Using Displacement-Encoding with Stimulated Echoes MRI.” J Biomech Eng.
140(8):081010. - Ham, T; Rezvanifar, SC; Thomas, VS; Amini, R*; (2018) “Using Hands-on Physical Computing Projects to Teach Computer Programming to Biomedical Engineering Students.” J Biomech Eng. 140(8):081007.
- Amini-Khoiy, K; Pant, AD; Amini, R*; (2018) “Quantification of Material Constants for a
Phenomenological Constitutive Model of Porcine Tricuspid Valve Leaflets for Simulation Applications.” J Biomech Eng. 140(9): 094503.
Jan 03, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Rouzbeh Amini
Rouzbeh Amini joins the Mechanical Engineering department in January 2020 as an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Bioengineering.