Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)
- Member of Interdepartmental Center PolitoBIOMed Lab - Biomedical Engineering Lab
Profile
Research interests
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Fellowships
- Executive Committee member - Capitolo Italiano della European Society of Biomechanics, Italia (2017-2021)
Editorial boards
- FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (2023-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE (2022-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2022-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- FLUIDS (2020-), Other editorial activities
Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico
- Ricercatore a t.d. - t.pieno (art. 24 c.3-a L. 240/10), presso Politecnico di MILANO (16/5/2018-27/12/2018)
- Titolare di contratto di ricerca, presso Politecnico di MILANO (1/2/2018-16/5/2018)
- Titolare di contratto di ricerca, presso Politecnico di MILANO (1/2/2017-31/1/2018)
- Ricercatore, presso Erasmus Medical Center (1/4/2014-1/1/2017)
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Biomedica. Componente
Teachings
PhD
- Biomeccanica dei fluidi e processamento di bioimmagini come ausilio per la diagnostica, il processo decisionale e la definizione di strategie chirurgiche cardiovascolari. A.A. 2022/23, BIOINGEGNERIA E SCIENZE MEDICO-CHIRURGICHE. Main teacher
- Biomeccanica dei fluidi e processamento di bioimmagini come ausilio per la diagnostica, il processo decisionale e la definizione di strategie chirurgiche cardiovascolari. A.A. 2020/21, BIOINGEGNERIA E SCIENZE MEDICO-CHIRURGICHE. Teaching assistant
Master of Science
- Innovations in cardiovascular and respiratory engineering. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Titolare del corso
- Biomeccanica e biodinamica sperimentale/Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare (modulo di Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Laboratory of Tissues and Physiological Processes' Models. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Titolare del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei solidi). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica e biodinamica sperimentale/Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare (modulo di Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Laboratory of Tissues and Physiological Processes' Models. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Titolare del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei solidi). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica e biodinamica sperimentale/Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare (modulo di Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Titolare del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei solidi). A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei fluidi). A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica dei solidi/Biomeccanica dei fluidi (modulo di Biomeccanica dei solidi). A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Biomeccanica e biodinamica sperimentale/Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare (modulo di Biomeccanica del sistema cardiovascolare). A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- New advances in alternative preclinical trials. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Medicina digitale - Intraprendenti. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Bioingegneria chimica/Bioingegneria meccanica (modulo di Bioingegneria meccanica). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Medicina digitale - Intraprendenti. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Ingegneria nelle terapie medico-chirurgiche. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Salute e Benessere - Talenti. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Other activities and projects related to teaching
Main teacher
2021-22, 2020-21 - "Biofluid mechanics (IA-PZ)"
Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
2018-19 - “Computational biomechanics laboratory”
Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Teaching assistant
2021-22 - "Biofluid mechanics & bioimage processing to support cardiovascular surgery strategies, diagnostics and decision making"
Ph.D. program in Bioengineering and Medical-Surgical Sciences, Politecnico di Torino / Università di Torino
2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20 - "Biofluid mechanics (AA-HZ) (QA-ZZ)"
Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20 - "Biosolid mechanics"
Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
2020-21 - "Salute e benessere"
Bechelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
2018-19 - "Design of prostheses and artifical organs"
Bechelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13 - "Biomechanics"
Bechelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2011-12, 2010-11 - "Biomechanical design"
Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Research
Research groups
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- RESET - REthinking femoral artery Stents for the trEatment of lower-limb peripheral arTery disease, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
PNRR – Mission 4 - PREDICT - Adverse cardiovascular events in coronary Plaques not undeRgoing pErcutaneous coronary intervention evaluateD with optIcal Coherence Tomography. The PREDICT machine-learning risk score, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - DIVOC - Dispositivo per la ventilazione non invasiva a basso consumo di ossigeno in assenza di contaminazione ambientale, (2021-2023) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
Regionally funded research - NITILIERA - Nitiliera - Creazione nuova filiera Nitinol, (2021-2023) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
Regionally funded research - Piattaforme Tecnologiche
Supervised PhD students
- Francesca Rossi. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Mariachiara Arminio. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
Research subject: Cardiovascular engineering tools, with a focus on novel in silico approaches
Cardiovascular Engineering Cardiovascular Engineering Cardiovascular Engineering - Graziana Maria Ragonese. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
- Sara Zambon. Programme in Bioingegneria E Scienze Medico-chirurgiche (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
Research subject: Tools for cardiovascular in silico medicine
Cardiovascular Engineering Cardiovascular Engineering Cardiovascular Engineering
Publications
Last years publications
PoliTO co-authors
Publications by type
Last years publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Carbonaro, Dario; Chiastra, Claudio; Bologna, Federico A.; Audenino, Alberto L.; ... (2024)
Determining the Mechanical Properties of Super-Elastic Nitinol Bone Staples Through an Integrated Experimental and Computational Calibration Approach. In: ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 52, pp. 682-694. ISSN 0090-6964
Contributo su Rivista - Carbonaro, Dario; Mezzadri, Francesco; Ferro, Nicola; DE NISCO, Giuseppe; Audenino, ... (2023)
Design of innovative self-expandable femoral stents using inverse homogenization topology optimization. In: COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING. ISSN 0045-7825
Contributo su Rivista - Carbonaro, Dario; Zambon, Sara; Corti, Anna; Gallo, Diego; Morbiducci, Umberto; ... (2023)
Impact of nickel–titanium super-elastic material properties on the mechanical performance of self-expandable transcatheter aortic valves. In: JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS, vol. 138. ISSN 1751-6161
Contributo su Rivista - Russo, Giulio; Pedicino, Daniela; Chiastra, Claudio; Vinci, Ramona; Rizzini, Maurizio ... (2023)
Coronary artery plaque rupture and erosion: Role of wall shear stress profiling and biological patterns in acute coronary syndromes. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol. 370, pp. 356-365. ISSN 0167-5273
Contributo su Rivista - Pirola, Selene; Arzani, Amirhossein; Chiastra, Claudio; Sturla, Francesco (2023)
Editorial: Image-based computational approaches for personalized cardiovascular medicine: improving clinical applicability and reliability through medical imaging and experimental data. In: FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, vol. 5. ISSN 2673-3129
Contributo su Rivista - Ghorbannia, Arash; Maadooliat, Mehdi; Woods, Ronald K; Audi, Said H; Tefft, Brandon J; ... (2023)
Aortic remodeling kinetics in response to coarctation-induced mechanical perturbations. In: BIOMEDICINES, vol. 11. ISSN 2227-9059
Contributo su Rivista - Candreva, Alessandro; Lodi Rizzini, Maurizio; Schweiger, Victor; Gallo, Diego; Montone, ... (2023)
Is spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) related to local anatomy and hemodynamics? An exploratory study. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol. 386, pp. 1-7. ISSN 0167-5273
Contributo su Rivista - Corti, Anna; Migliavacca, Francesco; Berceli, Scott A.; Chiastra, Claudio (2023)
Predicting 1-year in-stent restenosis in superficial femoral arteries through multiscale computational modelling. In: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE, vol. 20. ISSN 1742-5662
Contributo su Rivista - Carbonaro, D.; Lucchetti, A.; Audenino, A. L.; Gries, T.; Vaughan, T. J.; Chiastra, C. (2023)
Multi-objective design optimization of bioresorbable braided stents. In: COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE, vol. 242. ISSN 0169-2607
Contributo su Rivista - Chiastra, Claudio; Zuin, Marco; Rigatelli, Gianluca; D’Ascenzo, Fabrizio; De Ferrari, ... (2023)
Computational fluid dynamics as supporting technology for coronary artery disease diagnosis and treatment: an international survey. In: FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE, vol. 10. ISSN 2297-055X
Contributo su Rivista - DE NISCO, Giuseppe; Hartman, Eline M.; Mazzi, Valentina; Gallo, Diego; Chiastra, ... (2023)
Wall shear stress topological skeleton variability predicts plaque growth in human coronary arteries. In: European Symposium on Vascular Biomaterials (ESVB) 2023, Strasbourg, France, 19-22 April 2023
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - De Nisco, Giuseppe; Lodi Rizzini, Maurizio; Verardi, Roberto; Chiastra, Claudio; ... (2023)
Modelling blood flow in coronary arteries: Newtonian or shear-thinning non-Newtonian rheology?. In: COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE, vol. 242. ISSN 0169-2607
Contributo su Rivista - Carbonaro, Dario; Chiastra, Claudio; Bologna, Federico; Audenino, Alberto; Tezini, Mara (2023)
UNRAVELING THE BIOMECHANICS OF NITINOL BONE STAPLES: A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION. In: Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics, Torino, 18-19/09/2023
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Lefieux, Adrien; Bridio, Sara; Molony, David; Piccinelli, Marina; Chiastra, Claudio; ... (2022)
Semi-Automatic Reconstruction of Patient-Specific Stented Coronaries based on Data Assimilation and Computer Aided Design. In: CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 13, pp. 517-534. ISSN 1869-408X
Contributo su Rivista - Colombo, Monika; Corti, Anna; Gallo, Diego; Colombo, Andrea; Antognoli, Giacomo; ... (2022)
Superficial femoral artery stenting: Impact of stent design and overlapping on the local hemodynamics. In: COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, vol. 143. ISSN 0010-4825
Contributo su Rivista - Corti, Anna; Colombo, Monika; Rozowsky, Jared M; Casarin, Stefano; He, Yong; Carbonaro, ... (2022)
A predictive multiscale model of in-stent restenosis in femoral arteries: linking haemodynamics and gene expression with an agent-based model of cellular dynamics. In: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE, vol. 19. ISSN 1742-5689
Contributo su Rivista - Bernini, Martina; Colombo, Monika; Dunlop, Craig; Hellmuth, Rudolf; Chiastra, Claudio; ... (2022)
Oversizing of self-expanding Nitinol vascular stents - A biomechanical investigation in the superficial femoral artery. In: JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS, vol. 132. ISSN 1751-6161
Contributo su Rivista - Boldock, Luke; Inzoli, Amanda; Bonardelli, Silvia; Hsiao, Sarah; Marzo, Alberto; ... (2022)
Integrating particle tracking with computational fluid dynamics to assess haemodynamic perturbation by coronary artery stents. In: PLOS ONE, vol. 17. ISSN 1932-6203
Contributo su Rivista - Corti, Anna; Colombo, Monika; Migliavacca, Francesco; Berceli, Scott A.; Casarin, ... (2022)
Multiscale agent-based modeling of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: Effects of tissue damage and hemodynamics on cellular activity. In: COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, vol. 147. ISSN 0010-4825
Contributo su Rivista - DE NISCO, Giuseppe; Hartman, Eline; Mazzi, Valentina; Gallo, Diego; Chiastra, Claudio; ... (2022)
Wall shear stress topological skeleton variability predicts plaque growth in human coronary arteries. In: 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Porto (PT), 26 – 29 June 2022
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - DE NISCO, Giuseppe; Hartman, Eline; Mazzi, Valentina; Gallo, Diego; Chiastra, Claudio; ... (2022)
WALL SHEAR STRESS TOPOLOGICAL SKELETON VARIABILITY PREDICTS ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE GROWTH IN HUMAN CORONARY ARTERIES. In: Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference 2022, Eastern Shore, Maryland (USA), June 20-23, 2022, pp. 528-529. ISBN: 978-1-7351808-4-7
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Chiastra, C.; Mazzi, V.; Lodi Rizzini, M.; Calo', K.; Corti, A.; Acquasanta, A.; De ... (2022)
Coronary Artery Stenting Affects Wall Shear Stress Topological Skeleton. In: JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 144, pp. 1-11. ISSN 0148-0731
Contributo su Rivista - Rizzini, Maurizio Lodi; Candreva, Alessandro; Chiastra, Claudio; Mizukami, Takuya; ... (2022)
Wall Shear Stress Topological Skeleton Variability Predicts Myocardial Infarction. In: The European Symposium on Vascular Biomaterials 12th Edition 2021, Strasburgo, 04/11/2021-06/11/2021, pp. e39-e40. ISSN 1078-5884
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Candreva, Alessandro; Pagnoni, Mattia; Rizzini, Maurizio Lodi; Mizukami, Takuya; ... (2022)
Risk of myocardial infarction based on endothelial shear stress analysis using coronary angiography. In: ATHEROSCLEROSIS, vol. 342, pp. 28-35. ISSN 0021-9150
Contributo su Rivista - Candreva, Alessandro; De Nisco, Giuseppe; Lodi Rizzini, Maurizio; D’Ascenzo, Fabrizio; ... (2022)
Current and Future Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Coronary Artery Disease. In: REVIEWS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE, vol. 23. ISSN 1530-6550
Contributo su Rivista - Colombo, Monika; Corti, Anna; Mcginty, Sean; Migliavacca, Francesco; Chiastra, Claudio (2022)
Fluid dynamics and mass transport in lower limb vessels: Effects on restenosis. In: Modeling of Mass Transport Processes in Biological Media / Becker S., Kuznetsov A., de Monte F., Pontrelli G., Zhao D., S.L., Elsevier, pp. 215-258. ISBN: 9780323857413
Contributo in Volume - Lodi Rizzini, Maurizio; Candreva, Alessandro; Chiastra, Claudio; Gallinoro, Emanuele; ... (2022)
Modelling coronary flows: impact of differently measured inflow boundary conditions on vessel-specific computational hemodynamic profiles. In: COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE, vol. 221. ISSN 0169-2607
Contributo su Rivista - Mazzi, Valentina; De Nisco, Giuseppe; Calo, Karol; Chiastra, Claudio; Daemen, Joost; ... (2022)
Divergence of the normalized wall shear stress as an effective computational template of low-density lipoprotein polarization at the arterial blood-vessel wall interface. In: COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE, vol. 226. ISSN 0169-2607
Contributo su Rivista - Corti, Anna; Colombo, Monika; De Nisco, Giuseppe; Rodriguez Matas, Jose Felix; ... (2022)
Computational investigation of the role of low-density lipoprotein and oxygen transport in atherosclerotic arteries. In: Modeling of Mass Transport Processes in Biological Media / Becker S., Kuznetsov A., de Monte F., Pontrelli G., Zhao D., S.L., Elsevier, pp. 139-213. ISBN: 9780323857413
Contributo in Volume - DE NISCO, Giuseppe; Hartman, Eline M.; Mazzi, Valentina; Gallo, Diego; Chiastra, ... (2022)
The variability of wall shear stress topological skeleton predicts plaque growth in human coronary arteries. In: The 17th international symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease, Rotterdam, The Nederlands, April 2022
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Caridi, Giuseppe; Torta, Elena; Mazzi, Valentina; Chiastra, Claudio; Audenino, Alberto ... (2022)
Smartphone-based particle image velocimetry for cardiovascular flows applications: a focus on coronary arteries. In: FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 10. ISSN 2296-4185
Contributo su Rivista
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- MEANS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING PATIENTS FOR IMPROVED PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS. international Patent
Inventors: Claudio Chiastra Diego Gallo Maurizio Lodi Rizzini Umberto Morbiducci - MODELLAZIONE DI TEST RADIALE PER VALVOLE TRANSCATETERE.
Inventors: Alberto Audenino Dario Carbonaro Claudio Chiastra Diego Gallo Umberto Morbiducci