Samir N. Ghadiali
Phone: (610) 758-5168
Fax:  (610) 758-6224

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Appointed to Lehigh Faculty:  2003

Education:
Ph.D.: Biomedical Engineering, 2000, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
M.S.: Biomedical Engineering, 1998, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
B.S.: Chemical Engineering, 1994, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Related Experience - teaching, industrial, etc.:
Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2003 -  present
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001-2003
Research Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000 – 2001
Research/Process Engineer (Co-op), E.I. DuPont deNemours, Deepwater, NJ, 1992 – 1993

Research activities, consulting, patents, etc.:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Computational biofluid mechanics, finite element analysis of complex biological structures, fluid-structure interactions, surfactant dynamics, micro-scale transport phenomena, molecular dynamics, cell mechanics and rheology. Eustachian tube mechanics and middle ear disease, multi-scale modeling of microbiological systems, particle/pathogen transport in the pulmonary system.

Scientific and professional societies of which a member:
American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, (APS-DFD), 1999-present
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), 2001 - present
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000 – present
ASME Bioengineering Division, 2000 - present
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Student Chapter, 1992 – 1994

Honors and awards:
Lehigh University Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Post-doctoral Research Fellowship
Alpha Eta Mu Beta Engineering Honor Society
Louisiana Board of Regents Graduate Study Scholarship

Recent PhD and MS Thesis and/or Project Reports Supervised:
(contact department for copy)
2007 - Melodie Kent, MS Thesis, "The Biological Response of Alveolar Epithelial Cells to Statiac and Dynamic Mechanical Forces"
2007 - Amanda E. Warrick, MS Thesis, "Computational Modeling and Finite Element Analysis of Eustachian Tube Function of Healthy and Cleft Palate Patients"
2006 - Hannah L. Dailey, MS Thesis, "Fluid Structure Analysis of Microparticle Transport in Deformable Pulmonary Alvceoli"
2006 - Stephen D. Preite, MS Thesis, "Cellular Damage Due to the Repetitive Opening of Fluid-filled Lung Regions"