Rouzbeh Amini
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Contact
- r.amini@northeastern.edu
- 334 Snell Engineering
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- 508 ISEC
- 617.373.7688
Research Focus
Biomechanics, mechanobiology, biotransport
Education
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2010
Honors & Awards
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award
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
- Multi-scale Assessment of Biomechanical Alterations in Tricuspid Valves Following Pregnancy
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Nwotchouang, Blaise Simplice Talla, Eppelheimer, Maggie S., Pahlavian, Soroush Heidari, Barrow, Jack W., Barrow, Daniel L., Qiu, Deqiang, Allen, Philip A., Oshinski, John N., Amini, Rouzbeh, Loth, Francis (2021). Regional Brain Tissue Displacement and Strain is Elevated in Subjects with Chiari Malformation Type I Compared to Healthy Controls: A Study Using DENSE MRI. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, . 10.1007/S10439-020-02695-7
- Nwotchouang, Blaise Simplice Talla, Eppelheimer, Maggie S., Biswas, Dipankar, Pahlavian, Soroush Heidari, Zhong, Xiaodong, Oshinski, John N., Barrow, Daniel L., Amini, Rouzbeh, Loth, Francis (2021). Accuracy of cardiac‐induced brain motion measurement using displacement‐encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): A phantom study. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 85(3),1237-1247. 10.1002/MRM.28490
- Rashidi, Neda, Pant, Anup D., Salinas, Samuel D., Shah, Mickey, Thomas, Vineet S., Zhang, Ge, Dorairaj, Syril, Amini, Rouzbeh (2021). Iris stromal cell nuclei deform to more elongated shapes during pharmacologically-induced miosis and mydriasis. Experimental Eye Research, 202,108373. 10.1016/J.EXER.2020.108373
- Amini, Rouzbeh, Cyrus Rezvanifar, S. (2020). Self-Efficacy Versus Gender: Project-Based Active Learning Techniques in Biomedical Engineering Introductory Computer Programming Courses. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 142(11). 10.1115/1.4047924
- S.D. Salinas, M.M. Clark, R. Amini, The Effects of− 80° C Short-Term Storage on the Mechanical Response of Tricuspid Valve Leaflets, Journal of Biomechanics, 98, 2020, 109462
- V.S. Thomas, V. Lai, R. Amini, A Computational Multi-Scale Approach to Investigate Mechanically-Induced Changes in Tricuspid Valve Anterior Leaflet Microstructure, Acta Biomaterialia, 94, 2019, 524-535
- K. Amini Khoiy, K.T. Asgarian, F. Loth, R. Amini, Dilation of Tricuspid Valve Annulus Immediately After Rupture of Chordae Tendineae in Ex-Vivo Porcine Hearts, PLOS One, 13(11), 2018, e0206744
- A.D. Pant, P. Gogte, V. Pathak-Ray, S.K. Dorairaj, R. Amini Increased Iris Stiffness in Patients with a History of Angle-Closure Glaucoma: An Image-Based Inverse Modeling Analysis, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 59(10), 2018, 4134-4142
- S.H. Pahlavian, J. Oshinski, X. Zhong, F. Loth, R. Amini Regional Quantification of Brain Tissue Strain Using Displacement-Encoding with Stimulated Echoes Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 140(8), 2018
Jan 19, 2021
COE Alumnus, Now Professor Focuses in the Interdisciplinary Fields of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Rouzbeh Amini, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, jointly appointed in bioengineering, first came to Northeastern in the early 2000s pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He recalls his days as a graduate student at Northeastern fondly and didn’t imagine that he’d ever get the chance to come back to the university as […]
Nov 03, 2020
Understanding Biomechanical Changes in Heart Valves Following Pregnancy
MIE/BioE Associate Professor Rouzbeh Amini is researching “Multi-scale Assessment of Biomechanical Alterations in Tricuspid Valves Following Pregnancy” – a project awarded to him as an NSF CAREER Award in 2018.
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.