CMTM Trainee Anastasia Gkousioudi receives Societal Impact Award

Congratulations to CMTM Trainee Anastasia Gkousioudi on receiving the College of Engineering Societal Impact Award for her work in the field of vascular mechanics and mechanobiology!

Advised by CMTM Director Yanhang Katherine Zhang, Anastasia’s Ph.D. thesis research made important contributions to the field of vascular mechanics and mechanobiology, earning her the award.  Her work focuses on:

1) understanding the compromised biomechanical function of elastic arteries under aging, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome,

2) investigating microstructural mechanisms that lead to the compromised arterial function in aging, and

3) exploring therapeutic effects of renal denervation on reversing arterial stiffening in hypertension.

Throughout her research, Anastasia has developed novel experimental-modeling research approaches that integrate biomechanical characterization, structure-based computational models, and advanced optical imaging, segmentation, and quantification.  Read the full article about Anastasia’s work and award on the ENG website by clicking the button below.