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 - 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 - 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; 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 - 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 - 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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 - 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; 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 - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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)
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