PhD candidate wins Best Paper at Australasia computational mechanics conference
CCRG PhD student Dhayananth Kanagarajan has been awarded the Best Research Paper at the Sixth Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACCM 2023). Held at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, ACCM is the flagship activity for the Computational Mechanics Community and provides an international forum for a wide range of topics in contemporary Computational Mechanics.
“For me the highlight was meeting researchers from across the region to learn more about advances in modelling and simulation techniques. These techniques are applied to solve complex problems in areas such as geomechanics, biomechanics, fluid dynamics, and manufacturing,” said Dhayananth.
Dhayananth presented his research on in silico modelling of arterial fluid dynamics during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), building on CCRG’s ongoing pulsatile studies.
“By evaluating cardiac unloading, end-organ perfusion, and mixing zone position, this research will help grow our understanding of pulsatile flow ECMO, a new innovation for the treatment of cardiogenic shock,” explains Dhayananth.
“I would like to thank all my supervisors at CCRG and Griffith University for their support and for the opportunity to attend ACCM. Thanks also to The Common Good, an initiative of The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation, for their ongoing support for our experimental studies.
Located on the grounds of Australia’s largest cardiothoracic hospital, CCRG is uniquely placed to integrate preclinical studies with engineering, including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), in the Innovative Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Lab (ICETLab). This collaborative approach facilitates the translation of new technologies from idea to implementation.
Learn more about pulsatile ECMO in the video below.
Read more about Dhayananth’s research here