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6 lectures on: The nature of blood flow in medical devices; Measuring blood velocity fields; Numerical modelling of haemolysis; Numerical models of thrombosis; Relevance of turbulence modelling in rotary blood pumps; Methods for simulating medical device

6 lectures on: Cardiac mechanics; Experimental approaches to investigate cardiac biomechanics; Modelling flow through the vasculature; Venous physiology and Guyton’s model of venous return; Lumped parameter modelling of the cardiovascular system; Interac

4 lectures on: Basic physiology (Blood/Heart/Vessels); The cardiovascular system - Physiology/Pathophysiology/Surgeries; Blood trauma, deceases, and anticoagulation; The surgeon perspective (artificial organs, in-silico medicine).

6 lectures on: Multiphase modelling of blood flow; Turbulence modelling considerations and requirements; Lagrangian particle tracking; Modeling of thrombus formation in artificial devices; The fluid dynamics of ECMO components (pumps and cannulae); Inter

3 lectures on: Berlin Heart’s advanced pediatric heart support systems; Regulatory issues with numerical simulations; Limitations of numerical simulations compared to in-vitro analyses.

6 lectures on: Computational fluid dynamics; Multi-scale, multi-physics simulations; Uncertainty quantification; Immersed boundary methods; Fluid-structure interaction methods; Application to modelling of cardiac valves.

4 lectures on: The need for simulation methods in medicine; Handling patient specific geometries; Modelling flow in rotating machines; Blood pump design.