Education and Training

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Bioengineering, the University of Utah, March 2000-2003

Assisted in the development of the finite element based deformable image registration system

known as Hyperelastic Warping.

Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, March 2000

Dissertation: Determination of arterial behavior through material testing, numerical and finite

element modeling

Tested porcine coronary artery tissue using intravascular ultrasound.

Developed a nonlinear, orthotropic material model for use with a commercial FEM package.

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, December 1995

Thesis: Finite element analysis of the coronary atheroma

Modeled age related development of the coronary artery based on population geometric data.

Modeled mitral valve fluid flow using Fluent.

Post-baccalaureate, University of Washington - Seattle, WA June – December 1991

Designed cochlear implant electrode trimmer.

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, November 1985

Biomedical Engineering Experience

Affiliate Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington

Seattle, WA June 2015 – present

Research Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington

Seattle, WA 2008 – June 2015

Functional measurements

Measured the deformations within the cell nucleus due to tissue level loading and compared these with changes in RNA synthesis (nucleus function).

Measured the change in cardiac function of the spontaneously hypertensive rat over the subjects entire lifespan through the analysis of clinical medical imaging and deformable image registration.

Finite element model development

Validated FEM based cardiac models through comparisons of strain fields determined by tagged MRI.

Developed bi-ventricular FEM model duplicating the interaction of ventricles over the cardiac cycle.

Incorporated LV and LV/RV models into dissimilar programs such as the 4D extended cardiac-torso (XCAT) imaging phantom and a JSIM based systemic circulatory model.

Developed finite element model of mammography for inclusion into the 4D XCAT phantom.

Developed, with graduate student, an image based material property optimization program.

Developed, with graduate student, a cardiac wall thickening growth model in the finite element program FEBio.

Research management and student mentoring

Principal investigator for several NIH R01 grants during which I was responsible for directing multiple investigators so specified research was completed on time and under budget.

Developed research aims, plans and budgets for several funded research proposals which combined numerical analysis, FEM and clinical medical imaging to determine normal and pathological cardiac function

Mentored and graduated a M.S. graduate student and a Ph.D. student.

Served as committee member for Ph.D. student at Purdue University.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah,

Salt Lake City, UT 2003-2007

Visiting Scholar, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2005-2007

Validated FEM based deformable image registration system against tagged MRI of the left ventricle and intravascular ultrasound images of the coronary arteries.

Implemented the Time-varying elastance active contraction material model in Nike3D finite element method (FEM) package allowing for the modeling of cardiac muscle contraction based on physiological parameters.

Engineering Skills

Expert proficiency using Nike3D, FEBio, Code-Saturne, ANSYS Workbench, Elmer finite element programs as well as TrueGrid, NetGen, Solome and Preview preprocessor programs.

Expert proficiency using ImageJ, ITK-Snap, Amide, Rhinoceros, MeshLAB image manipulation, segmentation and surface manipulation programs as well as using FreeCAD parametric solid modeling program.

Good proficiency using LS-Dyna, Abaqus, and Comsol finite element programs and LS-PrePost preprocessor program.

Good proficiency using MathCAD, Matlab, C++, C, and Fortran 95 mathematic analysis and coding.

Proficient with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

Summery

Have extensive geometry, model creation and analysis experience using parametric solid modeling programs as well as geometry creation based upon clinical medical imaging. Have extensive mesh creation experience using multiple pre-processing programs and have utilized a number of FEM analysis packages with particular emphasis on non-linear, large deformation analyses.

Other Scholarly Activity

Course Instructor - ME 478, Introduction to Finite Element Analysis, Fall Quarter, 2014.

Reviewer: ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Journal of Biomechanics, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Annals of Biomedical Engineering and

Medical Physics.

Active member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Work Experience

Acoustical Consultant, Towne, Richards and Chaudiere, Inc., Consultants in Sound and Vibration

Seattle, Washington 1985 – 1992

Interacted with clients, modeled HVAC based noise and vibration,

made interior and exterior noise and vibration measurements

Issued progress and final reports to clients.

Select Publications from 57 total publications and 4 book chapters.

1.Veress AI, Fung GSK, Lee T, Tsui BMW, Segars WP, and Gullberg GT. The Direct Incorporation of Perfusion Defect Information to Define Ischemia and Infarction in the Finite Element Model of the Left Ventricle. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (Accepted).

2.Henderson J, Shannon G, Veress AI and Neu CP. Direct Measurement of Intranuclear Strain Distributions and RNA Synthesis in Single Cells Embedded within Native Tissue. Biophysical Journal, 105(10):2252-61, 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.09.054.

3.Veress AI, Klein G, and Gullberg GT. A Comparison of Hyperelastic Warping of PET Images with Tagged MRI for the Analysis of Cardiac Deformation. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging. Article ID 728624, 14 pages, 2013.

4.Veress AI, Raymond GM, Gullberg GT, and Bassingthwaighte JBB. Left Ventricular Finite Element Model bounded by a Systemic Circulation Model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 135(5), 054502, 6 pages, Apr 24, 2013.

5.Veress AI, Segars WP, Tsui BMW, and Gullberg GT. Incorporation of a Left Ventricle Finite Element Model Defining Infarction into the XCAT Imaging Phantom. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 30(4):915-27, 2011.

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