Lucas Timmins

Educational Background

- Developing computational frameworks to promote understanding of the development and progression of cardiovascular disease in the clinical setting
- Using computational models to design and optimize medical device design and treatment planning
- Promoting the confidence in patient-specific computational models via uncertainty quantification

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – 2024
Outstanding Postdoc Award, Emory University School of Medicine – 2015
Young Investigator Award, 8th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology & Cardiovascular Disease – 2013
Robert M. Nerem International Travel Award, Georgia Institute of Technology – 2012
Gandy-Diaz Teaching Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology – 2011
Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association – 2011-2013
Whitaker Program International Fellowship, Institute of International Education – 2007

Jiang, D., et al., "A Computational Framework to Optimize the Mechanical Behavior of Synthetic Vascular Grafts," Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2025.
Berggren, C.C., et al., "Influence of Material Parameter Variability on the Predicted Coronary Artery Biomechanical Environment via Uncertainty Quantification," Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2024.
Smith, K.A., et al., "Collagen Molecular Damage is a Hallmark of Early Atherosclerosis Development," Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, 2023.
Hurd, E.R., et al., "Flow-based Method Demonstrates Improved Accuracy for Calculating Wall Shear Stress in Arterial Flows from 4D Flow MRI Data," Journal of Biomechanics, 2023.
Cosgriff-Hernandez, E. and Timmins, L.H., "Model-directed Design of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds," ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2022.
Elliott, M.R., et al., "Establishment of an Automated Algorithm ... to Reconstruct the 3-D Deformed Stent Geometry," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2018.