Dr. Elisa Lanzalaco received her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering (Biomaterials) in 2019 and her Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering (Biomechanics) in 2021 at the University of Palermo.
She completed her PhD through a fellowship co-funded by the University of Palermo and the Ri.MED Foundation, contributing to the BIOMITRAL project within Prof. A. D’Amore’s Tissue Engineering group. During her PhD, she conducted a five-month research stay at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (USA). Currently, she is a research fellow in Computational and Experimental Cardiovascular Biomechanics at the Ri.MED Foundation, within the Tissue Engineering Laboratory.
Dr. Lanzalaco specializes in integrating numerical simulations and experimental validation to study complex cardiovascular systems. She is an expert in finite element methods (FEM) using Abaqus and Abaqus-Python, developing scripts to automate and optimize simulations. She also has skills in 3D modeling, reverse engineering, and 3D printing, and contributed to the design of a custom-made pulse duplicator for cardiac valve testing during her time abroad.
Key skills:
• Numerical simulations: Abaqus, Abaqus-Python, ANSYS Fluent
• CAD modeling: SOLIDWORKS, Solid Edge
• Mechanical testing: uniaxial and biaxial tests
• Programming: MATLAB, Python
• Simulation and prototyping of biomechanical systems: Simulink
