Alexander Augst
Postdoctoral Fellow
augst@deas.harvard.edu

Education

2004 –2005 Postdoctoral Research Associate, HST, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2003 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Dept. of Chem. Eng., Imperial College London, UK

1999 MEng, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Management, City University, London, UK

Research Focus

I am a biomedical engineer with a background in computational fluid dynamics models based on medical imaging applied to haemodynamics. My current interest is to couple engineering approaches with biological methods and imaging to elucidate cellular mechano-chemical processes in order to improve engineered tissue models and to assess these processes in vivo.

Publications

• A.D. Augst, B. Ariff, D.C. Barratt, A.D. Hughes, S.A. Thom and X.Y. Xu, “Application of Ultrasound-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics to Modelling Blood Flow in the Carotid Bifurcation”, in International Volumes on Medical Imaging Systems, World Scientific Publishing, in press
• A.D. Augst, D.C. Barratt, A.D. Hughes, S.A. Thom and X.Y. Xu, “Various issues relating to CFD simulations of carotid bifurcation flow based on models reconstructed from 3D ultrasound images”, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Part H, vol. 217, pp. 393-403, 2003
• A.D. Augst, D.C. Barratt, A.D. Hughes, F.P. Glor, S.A. Thom and X.Y. Xu, “Accuracy and reproducibility of CFD predicted wall shear stress using 3D ultrasound images”, Trans. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 125, pp. 218-222, 2003
• A.D. Augst, D.C. Barratt, A.D. Hughes, S.A. Thom and X.Y. Xu, “CFD model of a human carotid artery bifurcation reconstructed from 3D ultrasound data”, Hypertension, vol. 38 (4), PD08, 2001
• F.P. Glor, Q. Long, A.D. Hughes, A.D. Augst, B. Ariff, S.A. Thom, P.R. Verdonck and X.Y. Xu, “Reproducibility study of magnetic resonance based computational fluid dynamics prediction of carotid bifurcation flow”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 31, pp.142-151, 2003
• B. Ariff, A.V. Stanton, D.C. Barratt, A.D. Augst, F.P. Glor, N.R. Poulter, P.S. Sever, X.Y. Xu, A.D. Hughes, and S.A. Thom, “Comparison of the effects of antihypertensive treatment with angiotensin II blockade and beta blockade on carotid wall structure and haemodynamics: protocol and baseline demographics”, Journal of the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System, vol. 3, pp.116-122, 2002
• F.P. Glor, Q. Long, A.D. Hughes, A.D. Augst, B. Ariff, S.A. Thom, P. Verdonck and X.Y. Xu, “MR based CFD cardiovascular modelling: a reproducibility study on carotid blood flow”, Hypertension, vol. 40 (4), PD06, 2002