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Alejandro Roldán-alzate

Alejandro Roldán Alzate

Mead Witter Associate Professor
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Professor Roldán-Alzate directs the UW Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics laboratory which focuses its research on fluid dynamics analysis of physiological and pathological flows using a combination of medical imaging, additive manufacturing and computational fluid dynamics. The main lines of research include: medical image-based patient-specific computational fluid dynamics, patient-specific surgical planning using medical images, 3D printing and computational fluid dynamics and hemodynamic analysis of cardiovascular pathologies using 4D flow MRI.

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Contact

3035, Mechanical Engineering Bldg
1513 University Ave
Madison, WI
p: (608) 262-1780

Professor Alejandro Roldán-Alzate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • PhD 2008, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
  • M.Eng. 2005, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
  • BS 2002, Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia – Universidad CES

  • Cardiovascular fluid dynamics
  • Medical imaging based computational fluid dynamics
  • Patient specific in vitro experiments
  • Patient specific virtual surgery
  • In vivo and In vitro 4D flow MRI
  • Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)

Affiliated Departments

  • 2013 ISMRM 21st Annual Meeting, Summa Cum Laude Merit Award
  • 2013 ISMRM 21st Annual Meeting, Summa Cum Laude Merit Award
  • 2012 ISMRM 20th Annual Meeting, Summa Cum Laude Merit Award
  • 2012 ISMRM 20th Annual Meeting, Summa Cum Laude Merit Award
  • 2011 Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, Lauterbur Award
  • 2010 American Thoracic Society, Merck travel award
  • 2009 Pittsburg International Lung Conference, Travel Award
  • 2005 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wang Distinguished Wisconsin Graduate Fellowship
  • 2003 Sociedad Antioqueña de Ingenieros y Arquitectos (Antioquian Society of Engineers and Architects), 'Luis de Greiff' Award Best engineering undergraduate thesis
  • 2003 XX Congreso Colombiano de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular (XX Colombian Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery), “Ramón Atalaya” Award
  • 2002 Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia-Universidad CES, Honored Undergraduate Thesis

  • Kozitza, C. J., Colebank, M. J., Gonzalez-Pereira, J. P., Chesler, N. C., Lamers, L., Roldán Alzate, A., & Witzenburg, C. M. (2024). Estimating pulmonary arterial remodeling via an animal-specific computational model of pulmonary artery stenosis. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 23(5), 1469-1490 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-024-01850-6
  • Shahid, L., Gonzalez-Pereira, J. P., Johnson, C., Bushman, W., & Roldán Alzate, A. (2024). Computational fluid dynamics of bladder voiding using 3D dynamic MRI. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 40(9) https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3850
  • Rice, J., Bushman, W., & Roldán Alzate, A. (2024). Validation of Dynamic 3D MRI for Urodynamics Assessment Using an Anatomically Realistic In Vitro Model of the Bladder. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 146(7) https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065110
  • Stellon, M. A., Rice, J. P., Gober, L. M., Hermsen, J. L., Anagnostopoulos, P. V., & Roldán Alzate, A. (2024). Four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates near normalization of aortic flow after the Ross procedure. JTCVS Techniques, 25, 117-119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.03.001
  • Stellon, M., Gober, L., Culver, M. A., Hermsen, J., Irrer, D., Witzenburg, C., Roldán Alzate, A., & Lamers, L. (2024). Surgically induced aortic coarctation in a neonatal porcine model allows for longitudinal assessment of cardiovascular changes. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 326(5), H1117-H1123 https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00087.2024
  • Gonzalez-Pereira, J. P., Johnson, C. J., Wells, S., Bushman, W., & Roldán Alzate, A. (2024). Technical feasibility of uro-dynamic MRI study of voiding biomechanics: a pilot study. International Urology and Nephrology, 56(3), 893-899 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-023-03823-7
  • Shamim, A. M., Panagiotopoulos, N., Spahic, A., Harris, D. T., Roldán Alzate, A., Wieben, O., Reeder, S. B., Oechtering, T. H., & Johnson, K. M. (2023). Fat mitigation strategies to improve image quality of radial 4D flow MRI in obese subjects. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 90(2), 444-457 https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29652
  • Huang, A., Roberts, G. S., Roldán Alzate, A., Wieben, O., Reeder, S. B., & Oechtering, T. H. (2023). Reference values for 4D flow magnetic resonance imaging of the portal venous system. Abdominal Radiology, 48(6), 2049-2059 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-023-03892-3
  • Geng, R., Zhang, Y., Rice, J., Muehler, M. R., Starekova, J., Rutkowski, D. R., Uboha, N. V., Pirasteh, A., Roldán Alzate, A., Guidon, A., & Hernando, D. (2023). Motion-robust, blood-suppressed, reduced-distortion diffusion MRI of the liver. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 89(3), 908-921 https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29531
  • Oechtering, T. H., Roberts, G. S., Panagiotopoulos, N., Wieben, O., Roldán Alzate, A., & Reeder, S. B. (2022). Abdominal applications of quantitative 4D flow MRI. Abdominal Radiology, 47(9), 3229-3250 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-021-03352-w

  • BME 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • BME 670 - Biology of Heart Disease and Regeneration (Fall 2025)
  • BME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • BME 799 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • BME 890 - Pre-dissertation Research (Fall 2025)
  • BME 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • BME 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • CRB 670 - Biology of Heart Disease and Regeneration (Fall 2025)
  • ME 489 - Honors in Research (Fall 2025)
  • ME 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Fall 2025)
  • ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • BME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • BME 799 - Advanced Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • BME 890 - Pre-dissertation Research (Summer 2025)
  • BME 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • BME 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • ME 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Summer 2025)
  • ME 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • ME 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • BME 505 - Biofluidics (Spring 2025)
  • ME 352 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects II (Spring 2025)
  • ME 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Spring 2025)
  • ME 505 - Biofluidics (Spring 2025)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • BME 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)
  • ME 351 - Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects I (Fall 2024)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • ME 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • ME 491 - Mechanical Engineering Projects I (Summer 2024)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • BME 505 - Biofluidics (Spring 2024)
  • ME 505 - Biofluidics (Spring 2024)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • ME 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)