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
- Academic Returners Support Scheme Funding
- Recipient
- 2023
- Research & Developemnt Fund
- Recipient
- 2023
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Recipient
- 2021
Publications
- 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
- Morphological characterisation of pediatric turner syndrome aortae : insights from a small cohort study
- Johnston Lauren, Allen Ruth, Mason Avril, Kazakidi Asimina
- Medical Engineering and Physics Vol 120 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2023.104045
- 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
- Calibration of patient-specific boundary conditions for coupled CFD models of the aorta derived from 4D flow-MRI
- MacDonald Black Scott, Maclean Craig, Hall Barrientos Pauline, Ritos Konstantinos, McQueen Alistair, Kazakidi Asimina
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1178483
- Patient-specific computational haemodynamics associated with the surgical creation of an arteriovenous fistula
- Hyde-Linaker George, Hall Barrientos Pauline, Stoumpos Sokratis, Kingsmore David Brian, Kazakidi Asimina
- Medical Engineering & Physics Vol 105 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2022.103814
- Characterization of flow dynamics in the pulmonary bifurcation of patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot : a computational approach
- Boumpouli Maria, Sauvage Emilie L, Capelli Claudio, Schievano Silvia, Kazakidi Asimina
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Vol 8, pp. 703717 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.703717
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
- 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
- Blood Flow Analysis of the Aortic Arch using Computational Fluid Dynamics in a Coupled 3D-0D Framework
- Speaker
- 27/2/2020
Projects
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Computational modelling of vascular networks
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Wisitponchai, Tanchanok (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
Contact
Dr
Asimina
Kazakidi
Reader
Biomedical Engineering
Email: asimina.kazakidi@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3228