Department of Mechanical Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

 

Head:

      Professor Yoed Rabin

      Email: Rabin@cmu.edu

      Phone/Fax: (412) 268 2204

      Office: Scaife Hall 321 (Campus Map)

      Lab: Hamerschlag Hall B301D

      Thermal fluids education

      Personal information

      Selected publications

 

Research: 

Ø  Computerized training tools for cryosurgery

Ø  Wireless implantable temperature sensors

Ø  Computerized planning of cryosurgery

Ø  Experimental verification of bioheat transfer simulations

Ø  Ultrasound image reconstruction

Ø  Fracture formation around a cryosurgical probe

Ø  Thermo-mechanical stress in cryopreservation

Ø  Cryomacroscopy of vitrification and fracture formation

Ø  Cryomacroscopy of fracture formation in vitrified thin films of cryoprotectants

Ø  Hyperthermia using nanoparticles

Ø  Microfluidics techniques in cryopreservation

 

See glossary for more information and terminology.

 

Openings for graduate and undergraduate research

 

Current Research Associates:

·       Prof. Kenji Shimada (Carnegie Mellon University)

·       Prof. Garry Fedder (Carnegie Mellon University)

·       Prof. Jeyanandh Paramesh (Carnegie Mellon University)

·       Dr. Michael Taylor (Cell and Tissues Systems, Inc.)

·       Prof. Paul Steif (Carnegie Mellon University)

·       Prof. Aaron Fenster (Robarts Research Institute)

·       Dr. Ralph Miller (Allegheny General Hospital)

·       Dr. Joel B. Nelson (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

·       Dr. Stephen V. Jackman (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

·       Dr. Mitchell E. Tublin (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)