Kewei Li

Kewei Li

Graz University of Technology
Institute of Biomechanics
Stremayrgasse 16/2
8010 Graz, Austria

Phone: 0316-873-35504
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Biography

Education

  • 8/08 – 9/13:
 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics), University of Connecticut, Connecticut, United States
  • 9/05 – 6/08:
 M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
  • 9/01 – 6/05:
 B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Hunan, China

Professional Appointments

  • Since 2/14:
 Universitätsassistent, Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  • 11/13 – 1/14:
 R&D Intern, Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corp., Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  • 8/08 – 8/13:
 Graduate Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, United States
  • 9/05 – 6/08:
 Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Automation Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Research Experience

  • 11/13 – 1/14:
 R&D Intern at Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corp. Worldwide Headquarters in Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  • 8/08 – 8/13:
 Ph.D. Thesis project: Biomechanical Simulations of Transcatheter Aortic Valve, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, United States
  • 9/05 – 6/08:
 Master Thesis project: Stress analysis and wear simulation of spherical plain bearings with self-lubricating fabric liner, Department of Mechanical Automation Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Awards and Honors

  • Graduate Travel Award (for SBC 2013), University of Connecticut, 6/2013
  • Excellent B.Sc. Thesis Award, Xiangtan University, 6/2005
  • Fu Rong Wang Scholarship, Xiangtan University, 5/2005

Publications

K. Li, R.W. Ogden and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]

An exponential constitutive model excluding fibers under compression: application to extension–inflation of a residually stressed carotid artery.
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, in press.

W. Mao, K. Li and W. Sun

Fluid–Structure Interaction Study of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Dynamics Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics.
Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, in press.

K. Zuo, T. Pham, K. Li, C. Martin, Z. He and W. Sun

Characterization of biomechanical properties of aged human and ovine mitral valve chordae tendineae.
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, in press.

K Li and W. Sun

Simulated transcatheter aortic valve deformation: a parametric study on the impact of leaflet geometry on valve peak stress.
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, in press.

K. Li, R.W. Ogden and G.A. Holzapfel [pdf]

Computational method for excluding fibers under compression in modeling soft fibrous solids.
European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids, 57:178-193, 2016.

K. Li, Q. Wang, T. Pham and W. Sun [link]

Quantification of structural compliance of aged human and porcine aortic root tissues.
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 102:2365–2374, 2014.

E. Sirois, K. Li, J. Calderan, L. Ai and W. Sun [link]

Hemodynamic Impact of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Deployment Configuration.
Journal of Medicine Devices , 7:040922, 2013.

W. Sun, K. Li and E. Sirois [link]

Simulated elliptical bioprosthetic valve deformation: Implications for asymmetric transcatheter valve deployment.
Journal of Biomechanics, 43:3085-3090, 2010.

K. Li and W. Sun [link]

Simulated thin pericardial bioprosthetic valve leaflet deformation under static pressure-only loading conditions: implications for percutaneous valves.
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 38:2690-2701, 2010.

Patents

W. Sun, E. Sirois, T. Pham and K. Li [link]

Prosthetic heart valve.
WO Patent 2012161786, Nov 29, 2012.

Biographical Sketch

Kewei Li received his B.S. and M.S. degrees both in Mechanical Engineering from Xiangtan University (2005) and Shanghai University (2008), respectively. He investigated the structural responses of spherical plain bearing for his Master’s thesis. In 2008, he proposed the first Finite Element model of spherical plain bearing with detailed description of self-lubricating composite liner. After completing his Master's degree, Kewei started his Ph.D. research in Computational Biomechanics field at Dr. Wei Sun’s Tissue Mechanics Laboratory in University of Connecticut. In this research, Kewei developed the first computational model of transcatheter heart valve to quantify the effects of unique valve designs (for example, no stent deflection), leaflet thickness, and tissue compliance on structural response and deformation of transcatheter heart valve in both circular and elliptical configurations. Later on, he proposed a probabilistic computational scheme to evaluate the impact of leaflet geometry on the valve peak stress. Recently, Kewei worked on fluid-structure interaction simulations of transcatheter heart valve using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method. In 2013, he successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled "Biomechanical Simulations of Transcatheter Aortic Valve".

After finishing his Ph.D. degree, he worked as an R&D Intern in the Computational Biomechanics field at Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corp., Providence, Rhode Island.

He has co-authored numerous journal publications and one world patent on heart valve design. His research interests include cardiovascular solid mechanics, computational biomechanics and experimental methods for testing of soft tissues.