Yaxin Wang, PhD

Dr. Wang’s research interests include hydraulic design and evaluation of impellers for developing left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), in vitro hemodynamic and hemocompatibility evaluation of LVADs in benchtop testing, drive system design with magnetic levitated bearings for developing miniature axial-flow blood pumps, design and evaluation of mock circulatory loops that can mimic the human cardiovascular system, and large-animal preclinical studies of these devices.

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Associate Investigator and Director, Innovative Device & Engineering Applications (IDEA)

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Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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RWTH-Aachen, Germany (Master of Science)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (PhD)

Honors, Awards and Memberships

John S. Dunn Endowed Chair in Innovative Device & Engineering Applications

Publications

Messarra, B. T., Wang, Y., Smith, P. A. et al. (2023). 3D-Printed silicone anatomic patient simulator to enhance training on cardiopulmonary bypass. J Extra Corpor Technol 55, 53–59. https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/2023005.

Kiang, S., Nissim, L., Tedesco, V. et al. (2022). Modeling a magnetic levitation bearing with CFD hemocompatibility optimization. In 2022 IEEE 20th Biennial Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC) (1–2). Denver, CO, USA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEFC55061.2022.9940768.

Broda, C. R., Smith, P. A., Wang, Y. et al. (2021). Construction and evaluation of a bio-engineered pump to enable subpulmonary support of the Fontan circulation: A proof-of-concept study. ASAIO J. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001617.

Bieritz, S. A., Alex Smith, P., Wang, Y. et al. (2021). Applicability of narrow groove theory in designing washout features for rotary blood pumps. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2021, 5419–5424. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630426.

Liu, S., Li, K., Wagner Florencio, L. et al. (2021). Gene therapy knockdown of Hippo signaling induces cardiomyocyte renewal in pigs after myocardial infarction. Sci Transl Med 13, eabd6892. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.abd6892.

Wang, Y., Smith, P. A., Handy, K. M. et al. (2020). In vivo hemodynamic evaluation of an implantable left ventricular assist device in a long-term anti-coagulation regimen. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2020, 2589–2593. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176569.

Wang, Y., Karnik, S., Smith, P. A. et al. (2020). Numerical and experimental approach to characterize a BLDC motor with different radial-gap to improve hemocompatibility performance. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2020, 2662–2666. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175989.

Smith, P. A., Wang, Y., Bieritz, S. A. et al. (2019). Design method using statistical models for miniature left ventricular assist device hydraulics. Ann Biomed Eng 47, 126–137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-018-02140-w.

LeMaire, S. A., Zhang, L., Luo, W. et al. (2018). Effect of ciprofloxacin on susceptibility to aortic dissection and rupture in mice. JAMA Surg 153, e181804. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1804.

Wang, Y., Conger, J. L., Handy, K. et al. (2018). In Vivo Hemodynamic Evaluation of CH-VAD in a Bovine Model for 14 Days. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2018, 4512–4515. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513110.

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