Awards

yESAO Exchange Program Award

The yESAO Exchange Award 2023 will be open on 1st December 2022! 
  • Who? ESAO junior member (yESAO members)
  • Deadline for application? 20th February 2023 
  • Funding? 750 € for each researcher
  • Duration? At least two weeks (one week at each institution)
  • Results publication? Yes, at the main ESAO congress in September 2023
  • Effort? Very less for so much fun! Just a short application (see below), a 5min presentation at the ESAO conference 2023 and a short final report (2 pages with Introduction, Materials & Methods, Results, Discussion/Outlook, Personal Experience) after your meeting
  • Please use the information in the official call to prepare your application
Aims of the yESAO-Exchange Program
  • experience training and research in different environments
  • improving your scientific knowledge
  • establish international / interdisciplinary cooperation
2022 Winners

“The influence of pumping parameters on haemolysis produced by positive displacement artificial hearts: a combined experimental and numerical study, 2022″

  • Joseph Bornoff, University of Bath, UK
  • Faisal Zaman, Scandinavian Real Heart AB, Sweden

Fabrication of graded polymer fibers for the use in the osteotendinous junction, 2022″

  • Gesine Hentschel, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
  • Nicolas Rivoallan, Université de Technologies de Compiègne, France
2021 Winners

Sensor System for Mobile and Physiologically Controlled Treatment Method for COPD Patients, 2021″

  • Ben Schürmann, RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • Mark Zander, ETH Zurich, Swiss

New hydrogels for liver organoids, 2021″

  • Sara Leal Marin, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
  • Mario Fernández Sanz, IIS Aragón, Spain
2020 Winners

“Intraventricular Flow Investigation during a Valveless Pulsatile Pump
Support for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2020”

  • Mojgan Ghodrati (Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
  • Andreas Escher (Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory, Institute for Imaging Science and Computational Modelling in Cardiovascular Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

“Evaluation of LVAD indices relating to clinically relevant hemodynamics and cardiovascular impairments simulated with a hybrid model, 2020″

  • Libera Fresiello (Clinical Cardiac Surgery Department – KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
  • Christoph Gross (Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
2019 Winners

Development and validation of a PCU-nonwoven-covered stent for a minimally invasive, long-term stable anastomosis, 2019″

  • Niklas Steuer (Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)
  • Marco Bieri (Product Development Group Zurich, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)

High-Resolution Printing of 3D Collagen based Composite Scaffolds for Improved Density and Structural Osteo-Implants, 2019″

  • Miguel Castilho (University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands & Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
  • Richard Moakes (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK & Healthcare Technologies Institute, Institute of Translational Medicine, Birmingham, UK)
2018 Winners

“Immobilization strategies with glycosaminoglycans- polymeric drug conjugate on biomaterials for anti-inflammatory purposes, 2018”

  • Hala Al-Khoury (Biomedical Materials Group, Halle, Germany)
  • Eva Espinosa-Cano (Biomaterial group, Madrid, Spain)
  • Please click here for the report of Hala and Eva

“Left ventricular volume measurement from a VAD cannula perspective, 2018”

  • Seraina Dual (Product Development Group ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Leonie Korn (Helmholtz-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik
    RWTH, Aachen, Germany)
  • Please click here for the report of Seraina and Leonie
Former Winners

“Hemodynamic and hydraulic properties of TCPCs in Fontan patients, 2017”

  • Kristin Hugenroth (Dept. of Cardiovascular Engineering, Aachen, Germany)
  • Anastasios Petrou (Product Development Group ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Please click here for the report of Kristin and Anastasios

“In vitro adipose tissue engineering using adipose derived stem cells and collagen-based scaffolds combined with hyaluronic acid, 2017”

  • Sanja Stojanovic (Department for Cell and Tissue Engineering and Department of Biology and Human  Genetics, Nis, Serbia)
  • Syamend Saeed (Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanic and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Berlin, Germany)
  • Please click here for the report of Sanja and Saeed

“Coaxially electrospun and directional solidified scaffolds for bone and vascular tissue engineering, 2016”

  • Alejandro Garcia Garcia (UTC bio-mechanics and bioengineering laboratory, Compiègne, France)
  • Fedaa AL Halabi (Institute for Multiphase Processes, Hannover, Germany)
  • Please click here for the report of Alejandro and Fedaa

“Computational modeling for surgical planning of arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis, 2016”

  • Michela Bozzetto (Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milano, Italy)
  • Floris Vanommeslaeghe (Ghent University Hospital, Belgium)
  • Please click here for the report of Michela and Floris

“Comparison and Improvement of cardiac and vascular mock-up components for flow visualization, 2016”

  • Martin Büsen (Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Aachen, Germany)
  • Philipp Aigner (Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria)

“Biological characterization of complex electrospun scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, 2015”

  • Timothée Baudequin (UTC bio-mechanics and bioengineering laboratory, Compiègne, France)
  • Marc Müller (Institute for Multiphase Processes, Hannover, Germany)

“Paediatric and adult blood in the response to mechanical shear stress, 2015”

  • Joeri Van Puyvelde (KU Leuven – Clinical Cardiac Surgery, Leuven, Belgium)
  • Ina Laura Pieper (University Swansea, United Kindom)

“Dynamics of artificial aortic valves: a combined experimental and numerical study, 2015”

  • Desiree Pott (Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Aachen, Germany)
  • Julien Sigüenza (Montpellier, France)

“Blood pressure measurement in LVAD recipients using a novel Ultrasonic Doppler Method, 2014”

  • Bente Thamsen (Charité Berlin – Biofluid Mechanics Lab, Berlin, Germany)
  • Marcus Granegger (Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria)

“New Investigation on Modeling and Simulation of Organ Perfusion Using Natural and Analogous Body Fluids, 2014”

  • Ali Poorkhalil (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
  • Hadi Tabesh (University of Tehran, Iran)