Honors and Awards
- 2022 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Robert M. Nerem Medal for Education and Mentorship
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society
Selected Publications
Badal, R.M., Mahutga, R.R., Alford, P.W., and V.H. Barocas, “Microstructural remodeling under single fiber tensional homeostasis recreates distinctive ex vivo mechanical behavior of arteries,” Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 24(2):701-712, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s10237-025-01934-x
Bazzi, M.S., Wiputra, H., Wood, D.K., and V.H. Barocas, “Computational analysis of flow and transport suggests reduced oxygen levels within intracranial aneurysms, especially in individuals with sickle-cell disease,”Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 147(2):021006, 2025. DOI: 10.1115/1.4067323
Gacek, E., Ellingson, A.M., and V.H. Barocas, “Residual strain and joint pressurization maintain tension for on-joint lumbar facet capsular ligaments,” Journal of BIomechanical Engineering, 146(11):111005, 2024. DOI: 10.1115/1.4066091
Nikpasand, M., Middendorf, J.M., Ella, V.A., Jones, K.E., Ladd, B., Takahashi, T., Barocas, V.H., and A.M. Ellingson, “Automated MRI-based grading of the lumbar intervertebral disc and facet joints,” JOR-Spine, 7:e1353, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/jsp2.1353
Donahue, C.L., Badal, R.M., Younger, T.S., Guan, W., Tolkacheva, E.G., and V.H. Barocas (2024), “Atherosclerotic calcifications have a local effect on the peel behavior of human aortic media,” J. Biomech Eng., 146(6):061003.
Donahue, C.L., Westman, C.L., Faanes, B.L., Qureshi, A.M., Barocas, V.H., and V. Aggarwal (2024), “Finite element modeling with patient-specific geometry to predict clinical risks of percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation,” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 103(6):924-933. DOI: 10.1002/ccd.31016
*Flanary, S.M., *Peak, K.E., and V.H. Barocas, “A graphical approach to visualize and interpret biochemically coupled biomechanical models,” ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 146(5):054054, 2024. DOI: 10.1115/1.4064970.
Mahutga, R.R., Barocas, V.H., and P.W. Alford, “The non-affine network solver: a multiscale fiber network material model for finite-element analysis,” J. Mech. Behav. Biol. Mat., 144:105967, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.105967.
Flanary, S.M., Jo, S., Ravichandran, R., Alejandro, E.U., and V.H. Barocas, “A computational bridge between traction force microscopy and tissue contraction,” Journal of Applied Physics, 134:074901, 2023. DOI: 10.1063/5.0157507.
Flanary, S.M. and V.H. Barocas, “A structural bio-chemo-mechanical model for vascular smooth muscle cell traction force microscopy,” Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 22(4):1221-1238, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s10237-023-01713-6.