Charles A. Taylor

Administrative Appointments

• Chairman of the Board, Cardiovascular Simulation, Inc. (2007 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2008)
• R.H. Gallagher Young Investigator in Computational Mechanics Award, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (2003)
• Young Investigator in Computational Mechanics Award, International Association for Computational Mechanics (2002)
• James F. Clark Fellow, Stanford University (2001)

Professional Education

• Ph.D., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (1996)
• M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mathematics (1992)
• M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mechanical Engineering (1991)
• B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mechanical Engineering (1987)

Postdoctoral Advisees

Philippe Moireau, Shawn Shadden

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Bioengineering

Web Site Links

• Cardiovascular Biomechanics Research Lab

Research Interests

Cardiovascular Bioengineering, Simulation-Based Medical Planning, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Image-Based Geometric Modeling, Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.

Publications

• Circumferential and longitudinal cyclic strain of the human thoracic aorta: age-related changes. Morrison TM, Choi G, Zarins CK, Taylor CA "J Vasc Surg" 2009 ; 4 (49) : 1029-36
• Patient-Specific Modeling of Cardiovascular Mechanics. Taylor CA, Figueroa CA "Annu Rev Biomed Eng" 2009
• Methods for quantifying three-dimensional deformation of arteries due to pulsatile and nonpulsatile forces: implications for the design of stents and stent grafts. Choi G, Cheng CP, Wilson NM, Taylor CA "Ann Biomed Eng" 2009 ; 1 (37) : 14-33
• Endovascular device design in the future: transformation from trial and error to computational design. Zarins CK, Taylor CA "J Endovasc Ther" 2009 : (16 Suppl 1) : I12-21
• Automated Adaptive Cardiovascular Flow Simulations O. Sahni, K.E. Jansen, C.A. Taylor, M.S. Shephard "Engineering with Computers" 2009 ; 1 (25) : 25-36