New dissertations within Engineering Health

Richard Soller, doctoral student in Biomedical engineering, is now defending his thesis on methods for characterizing and separating cells based on their acoustic properties, with particular focus on isolating rare cells from blood samples.

Defence: December 19

Read about the doctoral thesis in Lund University Research Portal: “Single-Cell Density Mapping and Acoustic Self-Organization in Microfluidic Systems”

Kunal Sharma, doctoral student in Biomedical engineering is defending his thesis about healing damaged tendon ruptures using advanced X-ray technology.

Defence December 5

Read about the doctoral thesis in Lund University Research Portal: ”Tendon Biomechanics: Characterizing hierarchical loading and mineralization during healing through advanced synchrotron techniques"

Lea Christierson, doctoral student in Children cardiology and Biomedical engineering, has been working with computer-simulated fluid flows in the heart, which could be used in the future to make more accurate diagnoses for patients with defects in the heart's various valves.

Defence: November 14

Read about the doctoral thesis in Lund University Research Portal: ”Modeling Mitral Valve Dynamics: From Experimental Validation to Patient-Specific Simulations”

Mostafa Abdollahpur, doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering, has examined different signal processing methods for electrocardiograms.

His new algorithms make it possible to extract information about arrhythmias and the impact of environmental factors such as air pollution without the need for new machines.

Defence: November 10

Read about the doctoral thesis in Lund University Research Portal: “ECG Signal Processing for Respiratory and Autonomic Modulation in Atrial Fibrillation and Environmental Exposure”