Mostafa Toloui

Education

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering - University of Minnesota.

• MSc., Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics - University of Minnesota.

• MSc., Bio-mechanical Engineering - Sharif University of Technology.

• BSc., Mechanical Engineering in Heat & Fluids - Isfahan University of Technology.

Research Expertise

• Experimental & Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

• Cardiovascular Mechanics

• Imaging:

  1. 2D & 3D Image Processing,

     1. Optical Sys. Design,

  2. Optical Flow Diagnostics Development

  3. Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) - High & Ultra High Field MR

• Wall-bounded Turbulence

• Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

• • Predictive Engineering: Statistical analysis and machine learning (ML)

1. Link to the gallery of my research projects.

2. Link to my google scholar profile.

Recent News

• My recent publication on interaction between turbulence and surface roughness flexibility is now available on journal of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science (2018): "Experimental investigation of turbulent flow over surfaces of rigid and flexible roughness".

• Our work on "Sub-millimetric 4D Flow MR in small intracerebral aneurysms at 7 Tesla with experimental verification in upscaled 3D printed replica" will be presented in ISMRM 2018 Meeting (June 16-21 2018), Paris expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, France.

• I will present our recent results on "Experimental investigation of turbulent flow-roughness interaction over surfaces of rigid and flexible roughness" at the APS-DFD Meeting 2017 in Denver, Colorado on Sunday, November 19, 2017. You can find the presentation here.

• I will be presenting the results of our first-of-its-kind ultra-high field (10.5 T) in-vivo MR 4D flow angiography in 29th SMRA Annual International Conference (Stellenbosch, South Africa October 3rd – 6th, 2017)--see the abstract.

• I will be attending Lillehei Symposium: Progress in Cardiovascular Care (Link) at the University of Minnesota (Sept. 7-8, 2017).

• First high-resolution MR 4D Flow at 7T on a ~5 mm intracerebral aneurysm experiment (see the preliminary results here Link).

• Our paper on Holographic PIV is published in the Measurement Science and Technology Journal (Link).

• Our Holographic PIV technique (US Patent), for 3D flow measurement with a wide range of applications from micro-fluidics to turbulent channel flows, is now available for commercialization through University of Minnesota, Office for Technology Commercialization (Link).

• I will give a talk at CMRR seminar 2016 series on December 5th.

• I will be Session Chair at the APS-DFD Meeting 2016 (Session A32: Rough Wall Turbulent Boundary Layers - I), Sunday November 20th, Portland, Oregon.

• I will present our recent results on "Comparison of turbulent flows over surfaces of rigid and flexible roughness" at the APS-DFD Meeting 2016.

• I will attend the 28th Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography Meeting,September 21 – 23, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

I am currently a senior scientist at Structural Heart Research & Innovation team (Heart Valve Therapy) of Medtronic, where I work on transcatheter heart valve design, technology and development.

Previously, I worked as a post-doctoral research associate at CMRR (Center for Magnetic Resonance Research), working on extending the MR 3D flow measurement capabilities benefiting from high magnetic field scanner facilities (7T and 10.5T). CMRR is the leading research institute pioneering in using high-field magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in the world.