Myriam Cilla Hernández
Centro Universitario de la Defensa (CUD)
Edificio Félix de Azara. Despacho nº 4
Tfno: 976 73 98 38
Email: mcilla@unizar.es
Certifications
· Accreditation certificate provided by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA):
1- Profesor titular de universidad (Since 2019)
2.- Profesor contratado doctor (Since 2013)
3.- Profesor ayudante doctor (Since 2013)
4.- Profesor de universidad privada (Since 2013)
.Venia Docenti. University of Saragossa (Spain). Since 2015
· Evaluation of teaching activity: Concession of a five-year period between the academic courses 2013-2014 and 2017-2018.
Main Fields of Research
- Bioengineering and biomechanic
- Finite Element Methods and Computational fluid dynamics
- Experimental methodologies to validate computational models
- Advanced numerical methods
- Constitutive models in nonlinear solid Mechanics
- Material behavior and mechanics of the deformable solids
- 2009 - 2013: Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Mechanics.
- 2011 - 2012: MSc in Applied Mechanics.
- 2009 - 2010: Diploma of Advanced Studies in Computational Mechanics.
- 2003 - 2008: (BSc+MSc) Industrial Engineering.
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Work Experience
Oct 2015-Onwards - Assistant Professor
Institution: Centro Universitario de la Defensa. Academia General Militar Zaragoza (Spain)
Brief description: Teaching "Computer-Aided Design & Enginnering Drawing" and "Strength of materials" at the Management Engineering degree & Research at the Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A). Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering (AMB) group. University of Zaragoza. Zaragoza (Spain).
Apr 2013-Sep 2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institution: Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration. Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery. Berlin (Germany)
Brief description: Oriented Learning (POL) Tutor: " Biomechanics" and "Anatomy and technology: Musculoskeletal System" at the Health Sciences degree.
Jan 2009-Feb 2013 Research Assistant
Institution: Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A). Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering (AMB) group. University of Zaragoza. Zaragoza (Spain)
Brief description: Teaching assitant: "Strength of materials" and "Mechanics of Deformable Solids" at the Mechanical Engineering degree, "Strength of materials" at the Electrical Engineering degree and "Strength of materials" at the Industrial Technologies degree.
Abroad Stays
Apr 2013-Sep 2015 Postdoctoral Research
Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration. Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery. Berlin (Germany)
Mar 2012-Jun 2012 Visiting Research Assistant
School of Medicine of Grenoble. Laboratory of Imaging Techniques and Modeling (TIMC). Grenoble (France)
Jan 2011-May 2011 Visiting Research Assistant
Trinity College Dublin. Trinity Centre for Bioengineering (TCBE). Dublin (Ireland)
Sep 2007-Jun 2008 Erasmus stay
Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering. Warsaw University of Technology (Poland).
Publications
Peer-reviewed Publications - Original articles
1.- Zimmermann E.A., Cilla M., Albiol L., Kavaser K., Andrea C., Julien C., Tiedemann K., Komarova S.V., Reinhardt D.P., Zalanski P. and Willie B.. Examining tissue composition, whole-bone morphology and mechanical behavior in Marfan Syndrome. Sent. 2020
2.- Peña J.A., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Biomechanical characterization and constitutive modeling og the layer-disected residual strains and mechanical properties of abdominal porcine aorta. Journal of Biomechanics. Accepted. 2020.
3.- Cilla M., Casales M., Peña E., Martínez M.A. and Malvè M. A Parametric Model for Studying the Aorta Hemodynamics by means of the Computational Fluid Dynamics. Journal of Biomechanics. 103: 109691, 2020.
4.- Cilla M., Corral, A.V., Peña J.A. and Peña E. Analysis of the accuracy on computing nominal stress in a biaxial test for arteries. Strain. 56 (1): e12331, 2019.
5.- Cilla M., Pérez-Rey I., Martínez M.A, Peña E. and Martínez J. On the Use of Machine Learning Techniques for the Mechanical Characterization of Soft Biological Tissues. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering. 34 (10): e3121, 2018.
6. Albiol L., Cilla M., Pflanz D., Kramer I., Kneissel M., Duda G.N., Willie B.M., Checa S. Sost Deficiency leads to reduced mechanical strains ath the tibia midshafts in strain-matched in-vivo loading experiments in mice. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 15(141): 20180012, 2018.
7. Cilla M., Borgian E., Martínez J., Duda G.N., Checa S. Machine learning techniques for the optimization of joint replacements: Application to a short-stem hip implant. PLoS ONE. 12(9):e0183755, 2017.
8. Cilla M., Checa S., Preininger B., Winkler T., Perka C., Duda G.N., Pumberger M. Femoral Head Necrosis: A Finite Element Analysis of Common and Novel Surgical Techniques. Clinical Biomechanics. 48:49-56, 2017.
9. Cilla M., Checa S., Duda G.N. Strain shielding inspired re-design of proximal femral stems for total hip arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedic research. In press, 2017.
10. Waffenschmidt T., Cilla M., Saéz P., Pérez M., Martínez M.A., Menzel A., Peña E. Towards the modelling of ageing and atherosclerosis effects in Math Eq mice aortic tissue. Journal of Biomechanics. 49(12): 2390–2397, 2016.
11. Cilla M., Pérez M., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Effect of diet and age on arterial stiffening due to atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- mice. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 44(7): 2202-2217, 2016.
12. Cilla M.,Borrás I., Peña E., Martínez M.A. and Malvè M. A parametric model for analysing atherosclerotic arteries: on the FSI coupling. International Journal of Heat and mass Transfer, 67: 29-38, 2015.
13. Cilla M.,Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Effect of transmural transport propertieson atheroma plaque formation and development. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 43(7):1516-30, 2015.
14. Araña M., Gavira J.J., Peña E., Gonzáles A., Abizanda G., Cilla M., Albiasu E., Aguado N., Casado M., González S., Soriano M., Moreno C., Merino J., García-Verdugo J.M., Diez J. Doblaré M., Pelacho B. and Prósper F. Epicardial delivery of collagen patches with adipose-derived stem cells in rat and minipig models of chronic myocardial infarction. Biomaterials, 35(1): 143-15, 2014.
15. Cilla M.,Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Mathematical modeling of atheroma plaque formation and development in coronary arteries. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 11(90): 20130866, 2013.
16. Cilla M.,Monterde D., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Does microcalcification increase the risk of rupture? Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 227:588-599, 2013.
17. Araña M., Peña E., Abizanda G., Cilla M., Ochoa I., Gavira J.J., Doblaré M., Pelacho B. and Prósper F. Preparation and characterization of collagen-based ADSC-carrier sheets for cardiovascular application. Acta Biomaterialia, 9: 6075-6083, 2013.
18. Cilla M.,Peña E., Martínez M.A. and Kelly D.J. Comparison of the vulnerability risk for positive versus negative atheroma plaque growth. Journal of Biomechanics, 46: 1248-1254, 2013.
19. Cilla M.,Martínez J., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Machine Learning Techniques as a Helpful Tool towards Determination of Plaque Vulnerability. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Enginering, 9(4):1155-61, 2012.
20. Cilla M.,Peña E. and Martínez M.A. 3D computational parametric analysis of eccentric atheroma plaque influence of axial and circumferential residual stresses. Biomechanical and Modeling Mechanobiology, 11(7):1001-13, 2012.
Peer-reviewed Publications - Other contributions
1.- Martínez J., Pérez-Rey I. and Cilla M. What are the possibilities of machine learning techniques on the mechanical characterization of biological tissues? International Journal of Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 6(1): 1-2, 2020.
1. Cilla M.,Peña E. and Martínez M.A.A 3D parametric study of eccentric atheroma plaque: influence of Geometrical factors and residual stress. Journal of Biomechanics, 45:S137, 2012.
2. Cilla M.,Pérez M.M., Peña E. and Martíinez M.A. Mechanical properties of atheroma plaque along the length of the aorta in ApoE (-/-) mice model. Journal of Biomechanics, 45:S18, 2012.
Peer-reviewed Books & Book chapters
1. Peña E., Cilla M., Latorreal A.T., Martínez M.A., Gómez A., Pettigrew R.I., Finet G. y Ohayon J. Biomechanics of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque: From Models to Patient. Chapter 16: Emergent Biomechanical parameters for prediction of coronary atherosclerotic plaque rupture. Elsevier. Editor: Jacques Ohayon, Gerard Finet and Roderic I. Pettigrew. X, 2020 (ISBN 9780128171950).
2. Cilla M., Martínez M.A. y Peña E. Biomechanics of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque: From Models to Patient. Chapter 15: Biomechanical modelling of arterial wall growth. Elsevier. Editor: Jacques Ohayon, Gerard Finet and Roderic I. Pettigrew. X, 2020 (ISBN 9780128171950).
3. Cilla M., Peña E., Martínez M.A. y Martínez J. Artificial intelligence in precision health: From concept to applications Chapter 12: Artificial Intelligence to predict atheroma plaque vulnerability. Elsevier. Editor: Debmalya Barh. 1:279-308, 2020 (ISBN 9780128171332).
4. Malvè M., Cilla M., Peña E. y Martínez M.A. Advances in biomechanics and tissue regeneration. Chapter 5: Impact of the Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling on the Human Vessel Hemodynamics. Elsevier. Editor: Mohamed H. Doweidar. 1: 79-93, 2019 (ISBN 978-0-12-816390-0).
5. Peña E., García A., Sáez P., Peña J.A., Cilla M. y Martínez M.A. Advances in biomechanics and tissue regeneration. Chapter 4: Mechanical and Micro-Structural Behavior of vascular Tissue. Elsevier. Editor: Mohamed H. Doweidar. 1: 63-78, 2019 (ISBN 978-0-12-816390-0).
6. Cilla M. Mechanical effects on the atheroma plaque growth and vulnerability. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. 2013. (ISBN-13: 978-3-659-40603-4. ISBN-10: 3659406031).
Peer-reviewed conference contributions
1. Laita N., Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Effect of hypertension on atheroma plaque formation and development: a mechanobiological model. 26th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB). Milán (Italy). Podium presentation.
2. Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Analysis of different mechanical stimulus to predict the location of atheroma plaques in patient-specific carotid. 26th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB). Milán (Italy). Podium presentation..
3. Cilla M., Martínez M.A., Peña E and Malvè M. A fluid dynamics pamametric study: Influence of geometrical factors on the aorta hemodynamics. 26th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB). Milán (Italy). Podium presentation.
4. Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Modelado mecanobiológico de la formación de placa de ateroma en arteria carótida de paciente específico. VIII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores del I3A. Zaragoza (Spain). Póster presentation.
5. Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Effect of wall expansion and hypertension on atheroma plaque formation and development: mechanobiological model. IX Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica (ESB). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). Podium presentation.
6. Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Modelling atheroma plaque growth on patient-specific geometries. Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMN). Guimaraes (Portugal). Podium presentation.
7. Ríos I., Oliván S., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. In silico-in vitro study of flow parameters in permeability of coronary endothelial cells. 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB). Viena (Austria). Podium presentation.
8. Hernández P., Cilla M., Mena A., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Mechanobiological modeling of atheroma plaque formation in carotid patient-specific geometries. 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB). Viena (Austria). Oral presentation.
9. Laita N., Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Effect of mechanics on atheroma plaque formation and development: mechanobiological model coupled with wall expansion and FSI. 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB). Viena (Austria). Podium presentation.
10. Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. Modelado mecanobiológico del crecimiento de placa de ateroma en arteria carótida. VIII Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica (ESB). Castellón de la Plana (España). Podium presentation.
11. Cilla M., Casales M., Malvè M. and Martínez M.A Fluid parametric model of the blood flow in the ascending aorta. Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) for in-silico Medicine. Saragossa (Spain). Poster presentation.
12. Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. On modelling patient-specific carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation. Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) for in-silico Medicine. Saragossa (Spain). Poster presentation.
13. Cilla M., Pérez-Rey I., Martínez M.A., Peña E. and Martinez J. A Machine Learning Tool for the Mechanical Characterization of Cardiovascular Tissues. 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM), New York (USA). Podium presentation.
14. Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. On modelling patient-specific carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation and development. 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM), New York (USA). Podium presentation.
15. Cilla M., Pérez-Rey I., Martínez M.A., Peña E. and Martinez J. Artificial Neural Networks to Characterize the Mechanical Response of Soft Biological Tissues. 8th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB), Dublin (Ireland). Poster presentation.
16. Hernández P., Cilla M., Martínez M.A. and Peña E. On modelling patient-specific carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation and development. 8th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB), Dublin (Ireland). Podium presentation.
17. Heyland M., Duda G.N., Urda A.L.,Cilla M. and Märdian S. Fracture risk for ipsilateral stemmed implants. 23rd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Seville (Spain). Podium presentation
18. Cilla M., Pérez M.M., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Hemodynamic analysis of mice aortas. Correlation with atheroma plaque appearance. 23rd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Seville (Spain). Podium presentation.
19. Heyland M., Duda G.N., Urda A.L.,Cilla M. and Märdian S. Analytical model prediction of interprostic fracture risk. Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie 2017 (DKOU2017). Berlin (Germany). Podium presentation.
20. Albiol-Sánchez L., Pflanz D., Cilla M., Kramer I., Kneissel M., Duda G.N., Zaslansky P., Willie B.M. and Checa S. Sost deficiency leads to a reduction in the mechanical strains induced within the mouse tibia. Orthopedic Research Society (ORS) 2017 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA (EEUU). Poster presentation.
21. Cilla M., Pérez M.M., Peña E and Martínez M.A. Effects of the atherosclerosis progression: Variation of mechanical properties along the length of mouse aorta. IV Congreso Nacional I+D en Defensa y Seguridad (DESEID2016). San Javier (Spain). Podium presentation.
22. Cilla M., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Mathematical model of atheroma plaque formation and development hypertension effect on the plaque growth. 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XXII) & 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM VI). Seoul (Korea). Flash presentation.
23. Märdian S., Duda G.N., Schwabe P., Moewis P.R., Cilla M., Heyland M. Fracture risk as a function of inter-prosthetic distance. Risk analysis in Finite Element Analysis. 22st Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Lyon (France). Podium presentation.
24. Cilla M., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Mathematical model of atheroma plaque formation and development hypertension effect on the plaque growth. 22st Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Lyon (France). Flash presentation.
25. Borgiani E., Checa S., Martínez J., Duda G.N. and Cilla M. Geometrical optimization of a short-stem hip implant for the reduction of proximal stress shielding. 21st Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Prague (Czech Republic), 2015. Podium presentation
26. Peña E., Cilla M. and Martínez M.A. Mechanobiology model of the atheroma plaque formation and development to study the effect of transmural transport properties. 21st Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Prague (Czech Republic), 2015. Poster presentation
27. Cilla M.,Duda G.N. and Checa S. Bone adaptation in young and elderly patients after short-stem hip implantation.7th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB). Boston (EEUU), 2014. Poster presentation
28. M. M Pérez. M. Cilla, E. Peña and M.A. Martínez. The role of age and diet in stiffening of ApoE mouse aorta.7th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB). Boston (EEUU), 2014. Poster presentation
29. Cilla M., Checa S. and Duda G.N.Periprosthetic mechanics after Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). Alterations in bone mechanical strains after long and short stem implantation: A Finite Element (FE) study. Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie 2013 (DKOU2013). Berlin (Germany). Podium presentation.
30. Cilla M.,Kelly D.J., Monterde D., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Advanced features to take into account to assess atheroma plaque vulnerability. 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Patras (Greece), 2013. Poster presentation
31. Peña E., Cilla M. and. Martínez M.A. Mathematical modeling of atheroma plaque formation and development. 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Patras (Greece), 2013. Podium presentation
32. Malvè M., Cilla M., Borrás I., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Parametric study of an atherosclerotic artery using fluid-structure interaction approach. 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Patras (Greece), 2013. Podium presentation
33. Cilla M.,Peña E. and Martínez M.A. On the time dependent mathematical model of atheroma plaque formation. II Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores I3A, Zaragoza, (Spain), 2013. Podium presentation
34. Cilla, M.,Pérez M.M., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Propiedades mecánicas de la aorta durante el proceso de formación de placa aterosclerótica en ratones ApoE(-/-). II Reunión del Capítulo Nacional de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica (ESB), Sevilla, (Spain), 2012. Podium presentation
35. Cilla M.,Martínez J., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Atheroma plaque vulnerability prediction using Machine Learning Techniques. XXIII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), Pekin, (China), 2012. Podium and poster presentation
36. Martínez M.A., Cilla M. and Peña E. A 3D parametric study of eccentric atheroma plaque: influence of Geometrical factors and residual stress. 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Lisbon (Portugal), 2012. Podium presentation
37. Cilla M.,Pérez M.M., Peña E. and Martíinez M.A. Mechanical properties of atheroma plaque along the length of the aorta in ApoE (-/-) mice model. 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Lisbon (Portugal), 2012. Podium presentation
38. Cilla M.,Monterde D., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. The microcalcification influence on the ateroma plaque vulnerability. I Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores I3A, Zaragoza, (Spain), 2012. Podium presentation
39. Cilla M.,Martínez J., Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Red Neuronal Artificial para la toma de decisiones en la vulnerabilidad de placa de ateroma. I Reunión del Capítulo Nacional de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica (ESB), Zaragoza, (Spain), 2011. Podium presentation
40. Cilla M.,Peña E. and Martínez M.A. Red Neuronal Artificial para la toma de decisiones en la vulnerabilidad de la placa de ateroma. Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CNME), Coimbra, (Portugal), 2011. Podium presentation
41. Cilla M.,Peña E., Martínez M.A. and Doblaré, M. 3D parametric study of the biomechanical factors in evaluating the risk of plaque rupture. 17th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom), 2010. Podium presentation
42. Cilla M.,Peña E., Martínez M.A. and Doblaré, M. Computational modelling of atheroma plaque: biomechanical factors in the risk of plaque rupture. IV European Congress on Computational Mechanics (ECCM IV): Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, Paris (France), 2010. Podium presentation
43. Cilla M.,Peña E., Martínez M.A. and Doblaré, M. Estudio paramétrico tridimensional de factores geométricos en la vulnerabilidad de la placa de atheroma. XXVII Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (CASEIB), Cádiz (Spain), 2009. Podium presentation.
Main Research Projects
Public funding
1. Desarrollo de un entorno numéricoexperimental para el estudio de evolución y vulnerabilidad de la placa de ateroma (PID2019-107517RB-I00). Financial Support: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Principal investigator: Estefanía Peña Baquedano and Miguel Ángel Martínez Barca. 2020-2023.
2. Estudio de la termorregulación corporal a través de la vasodilatación y la vasoconstricción de los vasos sanguíneos durante el desarrollo del ejercicio físico (UZCUD2017-TEC-03). Financial Support: Ministerio español de Defensa. Investigador principal: Myriam Cilla Hernández y Jorge Grasa Orús. Participant institutions:University of Saragossa (Spain) and Centro Universitario de la Defensa (CUD) Saragossa (España). 2017-2018
3. Patient-Specific Modelling of the Aortic valve replacement: Advance towards a Decision Support System. Financial Support: Proyecto intramural CIBER-BBN (Biomedical Research Networking center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine). Principal investigator: Mauro Malvè. Participant institutions: University of Saragossa (Spain), University of Valencia (Spain) and Public University of Navarre (Spain).2016-2017.
4. Prediction of drug diffusion on complex biomimetic environment. Financial Support: Proyecto intramural CIBER-BBN (Biomedical Research Networking center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine). Principal investigator: Sara Oliván García. 2016-2017.
5. In silico-in vitro analysis of atheromaplaque formation and development (DPI2016-76630-C2-1-R). Financial Support: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Principal investigator: Estefanía Peña Baquedano and Miguel Ángel Martínez Barca. 2017-2020.
6. Characterization of the microstructure of soft biological tissue samples by computerized microtomography (micro-CT) (CUD2015-03). Financial support: Centro Universitario de la Defensa. Spanish Ministry of Defense. Principal investigator: Myriam Cilla Hernández. 2016
7. Numerical analysis and optimization of drug-eluting intravascular devices. Application to stents and balloons design for treating atherosclerosis. DPI2013-44391. Financial Support: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Principal investigator: Miguel Ángel Martínez Barca & Estefanía Peña Baquedano. 2014-2016
8. Modelling and simulation of the aging of arteries due to the atherosclerosis. PRI-AIBDE-2011-1216. Financial Support: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Principal investigator: Estefanía Peña Baquedano. 2012-2014
9. Design of a computational tool to study fluid structure interaction problems in the cardiovascular field. CYCIT DPI2010-20746-C03-01. Financial Support: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Principal investigator: Miguel Ángel Martínez Barca. 2011-2013
10. Study of the anatomical, histological and mechanical characteristics of murine aorta during the atherosclerosis development. UZ2008-BIO-21. Financial Support: University of Zaragoza (Spain). Principal investigator: Marta Mª Pérez Rontomé. 2009
11. Design and development of a new prototype of an intravascular device (stent) with variable radial force for stenotic lesions of carotid arteries. CYCIT DPI2007-63254. Financial Support: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Principal investigator: Miguel Ángel Martínez Barca. 2007-2010
12. Characterization of cardiovascular disease by imaging techniques (Cardiovim). PSE-010000-2008-1. Singular Strategic Project Program. Financial Support: Spanish Minisry of Science and Technology. Principal investigator: Manuel Doblaré Castellano. 2008-2010
13. Biomaterials for cardiovascular therapies (Clevermat). PSS-010000-2008-1. Singular Strategic Project Program. Financial Support: Spanish Minisry of Science and Technology. Principal investigator: Manuel Doblaré Castellano. 2008-2010
Technology Transfer Projects
1. New heating and control technologies applied to appliances to improve User Experience (ARQUE). Financial support: State Program of R&D oriented towards the Challenges of the Society. Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. Principal Investigator: Miguel Ángel Martínez Barca. Participant insitutions: University of Saragossa (Spain) and BSH Electrodomésticos España S.A. (Spain). 2018-2021.
2. Towards the design of intelligent worktops for induction cookers. Financial support: BSH Electrodomésticos España S.A. Principal Investigator: Begoña Calvo Calzada. Participant insitutions: University of Saragossa (Spain) and BSH Electrodomésticos España S.A. (Spain). 2017-2018.
3. Advances in the design of intelligent containers for induction cookers. Industrial partner: BSH Electrodomésticos España S.A. 2016-2017.
4. Periprosthetic mechanics after implantation of a novel anatomical, uncemented hip prosthesis stem in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). Industrial partner: Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG. 2014-2015
5. Periprosthetic mechanics after Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). Industrial Partner: Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG. 2013-2015.