
Dr Asimina Kazakidi
Reader
Biomedical Engineering
Area of Expertise
Dr Asimina (Melina) Kazakidi has an extended experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), focusing on complex biofluid mechanics problems and utilising a range of CFD methods, from finite volume and immersed boundary to spectral/hp element methods. She has specialized knowledge in all aspects of numerical simulation technology processes and communication of complex results. She is passionate about problem solving in the fields of cardiovascular hemodynamics, synthetic jet technology and robotic locomotion.
Prize And Awards
- Exploring the role of vascular perfusion in the development of deep tissue injury during transtibial prosthetic use
- Recipient
- 4/2023
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery (DTAS)
- Recipient
- 29/3/2023
- Biofluid flow effects in polymeric membranes for a range of applications in health and environmental sustainability: computational modelling and experimental evaluation
- Recipient
- 3/2023
- Research & Developemnt Fund
- Recipient
- 2023
- Academic Returners Support Scheme Funding
- Recipient
- 2023
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Recipient
- 2021
Publications
- Digital twin assisted surgery, concept, opportunities, and challenges
- Asciak Lisa, Kyeremeh Justicia, Luo Xichun, Kazakidi Asimina, Connolly Patricia, Picard Frederic, O'Neill Kevin, Tsaftaris Sotirios A, Stewart Grant D, Shu Wenmiao
- npj Digital Medicine Vol 8 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01413-0
- Near real-time estimation of blood loss and flow-pressure re-distribution during unilateral nephrectomy
- Cowley James, Kyeremeh Justicia, Stewart Grant D, Luo Xichun, Shu Wenmiao, Kazakidi Asimina
- Fluids Vol 9 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9090214
- #806 Predicting arteriovenous fistula success using ferumoxytol-enhanced MRI (Fe-MRI) and computational flow dynamics (CFD)
- Ker Robert, Hyde-Linaker George, Barrientos Pauline Hall, Kingsmore David, Kazakidi Asimina, Stoumpos Sokratis
- Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation Vol 39 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfae069.784
- Computational analysis of blood flow in healthy pulmonary arteries in comparison to repaired Tetralogy of Fallot results : a small cohort study
- Boumpouli Maria, Black Scott MacDonald, Kazakidi Asimina
- Fluids Vol 9 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9040085
- A mathematical model of blood loss during renal resection
- Cowley James, Luo Xichun, Stewart Grant D, Shu Wenmiao, Kazakidi Asimina
- Fluids Vol 8 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids8120316
- Reconstruction and validation of arterial geometries for computational fluid dynamics using multiple temporal frames of 4D flow-MRI magnitude Images
- Black Scott MacDonald, Maclean Craig, Hall Barrientos Pauline, Ritos Konstantinos, Kazakidi Asimina
- Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Vol 14, pp. 655-676 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-023-00679-x
Teaching
"Numerical Modelling in Biomedical Engineering", MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Semester 2
Research Interests
• biofluid mechanics
• computational fluid dynamics
• cardiovascular flows
• bio-inspired robotic locomotion
Professional Activities
- Health and Care Futures: thematic areas workshop
- Participant
- 30/5/2024
- Invited External PhD Examiner
- Examiner
- 5/2023
- Invited External PhD Examiner
- Examiner
- 8/2022
- Invited External PhD Examiner
- Examiner
- 4/2021
- Internal Examiner
- Examiner
- 10/2020
- Internal Examiner
- Examiner
- 3/2020
Projects
- Exploring the role of vascular perfusion in the development of deep tissue injury during transtibial prosthetic use
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2027
- Biofluid flow effects in polymeric membranes for a range of applications in health and environmental sustainability: computational modelling and experimental evaluation
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Papaioannou, E (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Popescu, Sava
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator) Popescu, Sava (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery (DTAS)
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Stewart, Grant D (Co-investigator) Tsaftaris, Sotiris (Co-investigator) O'Neil, Kevin (Co-investigator)
- EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technology (THT) Phase 2 grant (EP/X033686/1)
Award: ~£4M, fEC: ~£4.9M (1 of only 5 funded projects in the UK) - 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Principal Investigator)
- EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technology Phase 1 grant (EP/W004860/1)
Awarded: 2021. Award: £302.45K, fEC: £374.59K - 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2023
Contact
Dr
Asimina
Kazakidi
Reader
Biomedical Engineering
Email: asimina.kazakidi@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3228