Manufacturing, Processing, and Characterization of Self-Expanding Metallic Stents: A Comprehensive Review

Prof. Omid Amili received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Tehran Polytechnic in 2003. After completing his master’s degree and gaining two years of industry experience, he obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, specializing in wall-bounded turbulence, from Monash University, Melbourne, in late 2012. He continued his research as a post-doctoral researcher in the Laboratory for Turbulence Research in Aerospace and Combustion (LTRAC) for two years, focusing on supersonic jet flows. In late 2015, he joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, as a research associate, working on unladen and particle-laden turbulence as well as biofluid flows. In December 2019, he joined the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Toledo as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Throughout his career, he has focused on developing hardware and software for flow diagnostics in complex settings. His research interests lie primarily in experimental fluid dynamics, with a particular emphasis on turbulence in single- and multi-phase flows, as well as particle–fluid dynamics in biofluid systems.

Prof. Mohamed Samir Hefzy served as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Administration of the College of Engineering (COE) at The University of Toledo (UT), Toledo, Ohio for 14 years from 2004 to 2018. He is a tenured Professor of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) and served as Graduate Program Director of the MIME department from 2000 to 2007, and again from 2018 to the present, and also was the first to hold that position during the 1994-95 academic year. Additionally, he serves as the Director of the COE Biomechanics and Assistive Technology Laboratory at UT. He has been on the faculty of The UT since 1987. He graduated from Cairo University, Egypt, with a BE (Honors) in Civil Engineering in 1972, and a BSc in Mathematics from Ain-Shams University in 1974. He earned his MS in Aerospace Engineering in 1977 and his Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics in 1981, both from The University of Cincinnati. He then received training as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for two years in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at The University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine. In 1983, he joined the faculty of Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan as their first engineering faculty. He then returned to the University of Cincinnati as a Research Assistant Professor in 1985. In December 2003, he was elevated to the Grade of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow.

Prof. Mohammad Elahinia currently serving as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, was most recently the Chair and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME). He serves as Director of the Dynamic and Smart Systems Laboratory at The University of Toledo. He has been on the faculty of UToledo since 2004. He graduated from Villanova University with an MS degree and from Virginia Tech with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering respectively in 2001 and 2004. His research interests are in smart and active materials. His current research is focused on additive manufacturing of functional materials such as shape memory alloys for aerospace and biomedical application. At UToledo, he has served as an investigator on several funded projects with a total budget of more than USD 15 million. These projects are funded by NSF, EPA, US Army, US DOT, Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Board of Regents, and The University of Toledo. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has received several awards, including the University of Toledo 2017 Outstanding Faculty Research Award, the 2010 ASME Adaptive Structures, and Material Systems Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award, the 2010 University of Toledo College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, Outstanding Young Faculty Research Award from University of Toledo in 2006 and Torgersen Graduate Research Excellence Award from Virginia Tech in 2004.