Pascal Corso Email & Phone Number

Zurich, Switzerland

Working at the Swiss Data Science Center on a project involving machine learning methods on mouse brain lipid imaging data.

Responsible for the following research projects:# Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) study of the valve kinematics and blood flow motion for bioprosthetic aortic valves with different designs.# In vitro and in silico study of haemodynamic transition-to-turbulence downstream of stenotic, bioprosthetic and polymeric aortic valves (anisotropy in the kinetic energy and helicity, spectral and modal analysis, statistical description, reduced order modelling).# Design-based computational study of the detrimental leaflet motion, flow characteristics and disturbances of 3D-printed aortic valves (in collaboration with F. B. Coulter and M. G. C. Nestola).# Development of a computational and mathematical framework to identify leaflet and blood flow motion associated with calcification in bioprosthetic aortic valves (in collaboration with E. Tsolaki and I. K. Herrmann).Involved in the following projects:# Computational investigation of complex-shaped snow particle aerodynamics: drag prediction and wake characteristics (in collaboration with G. Tagliavini).# PASC MitrAccel: Accelerated FSI simulation of blood flow and mitral heart valve biomechanics. # SNF-DFG Carotis: Three-dimensional analysis of hemodynamic wall-parameters in the carotid bifurcation using computer-augmented 4D-flow-MRI.

Berne, Switzerland

Computational study of the fluid-structure interaction problem for bioprosthetic aortic valves - focus on leaflet motion tracking and on the interplay of leaflet kinematics and flow motion in the sinuses and in the ascending aorta.

# Characterisation of the influence of aortic valve stenosis and artificial heart valves on downstream disturbed blood flow.# In silico direct and large-eddy simulations of laminar-turbulent transitional blood flow with NEK5000 and OpenFOAM.# In vitro 3D-PTV measurements of haemodynamics in phantom models of aorta geometries with different valve configurations.# Comparison with time-resolved and three-dimensional flow MRI to validate in silico results and to enhance the in vivo quantification of turbulent loss and wall shear stress.# Supervision of master's theses and projects.# Teaching assistant for numerical hydraulics class.

# Mesh generation inside various artery geometries.# Numerical simulations of aneurysmal blood flow with and without multilayered Flow-Diverter stent.# Strategy for tracking particles (red blood cells and thrombus) within blood flow.# In vitro particle image velocimetry measurements in phantom models of arteries.# Supervision of master's theses.Collaborations: NUMECA International, Cardiatis SA

Internship topic:Development of an experimental protocol to measure thermal conductivity and diffusivity of the refractory lining of a casting ladle.Sujet de stage :Établissement d'un protocole permettant la détermination de la conductibilité et diffusivité thermique de la couche réfractaire d'une poche de coulée (expérimentations et analyse de résultats).

Doctor Of Sciences, Biomedical Flows And Engineering

Doctoral dissertation: Computational and experimental investigation of disturbed aortic flows - novel methods to assess flow abnormalities.

Bachelor Of Music - Bachelier Dans Le Domaine De La Musique, Piano

Master Of Sciences In Mechanical Engineering With A Specialised Field Of Study In Energy Production, Magna Cum Laude

Master's thesis: Study of the flow inside an intracranial aneurysm with and without Flow-Diverter stent - comparison between PIV.

Bachelor Of Engineering Sciences, Cum Laude

List of completed courses: Chemistry, computer science and programming, dynamics of mechanical systems and vibrations, electricity.

Certificat D'Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur - Général

Mathematics (8h/week) - Sciences (6h/week) - Ancient Greek (4h/week) - Dutch (4h/week)