Dr Liang Zhu
Associate Professor
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250
Office: Engineering 220
Phone: (410) 455-3332
Fax: (410) 455-1052
Email: zliang@umbc.edu
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Academic Preparation
B. S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, 1988
M. Phil., Mechanical Engineering, City University of New York, 1995
Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, City University of New York, 1995 |
Employment History
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, July 2004- Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, January 19, 1998 - June 2004 |
Research Areas
Development of a new bioheat equation for muscle tissue; effects of vascular geometry and blood perfusion on local heat transfer in microcirculation; experimental study of thermal regulation to local heat and cold stress using animal model; simulation of temperature field in tissue during hyperthermia and hypothermia treatment for various diseases; clinical computer-aided analysis of choroidal blood flow for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients.
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Courses Taught at UMBC ME
ENME321 Transport Processes
ENME432L Fluid and Energy Lab
ENME489H/813H Heat Transfer in Biological System
ENME631 Advances in Heat Conduction and Radiation
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Selected Publications
- Diao, C., Zhu, L., and Wang, H.. Transient behavior of cooling penetration in selective brain cooling and rewarming for brain ischemia or injury –Theoretical analyses. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 31:346-353, 2003.
- He, Q., Zhu, L., and Weinbaum, S.. Experimental approach to studying thermal equilibration along countercurrent blood vessels in isolated rat hind leg. Annuals of Biomedical Engineering . 31:659-666, 2003.
- Zhu, L., Xu, L.X., He, Q., and Weinbaum, S.. A new fundamental bioheat equation for muscle tissue, part II: temperature of SAV vessels. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering , 124:121-132, 2002
- He, Q., Zhu, L., Weinbaum, S., and Lemons, D.E.. Experimental measurements of temperature variations along paired vessels from 200 to 1000 µm in diameter in rat hind leg. ASME Journal of Biomedical Engineering , 124:656-661, 2002.
- Zhu, L., and Bommadevera, M.. Temperature difference between the body core and the arterial blood supplied to the brain during hyperthermia or hypothermia in humans. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechniobiology, 1(2):137-149, 2002
- Flower, R.F., von Kerczek, C., Zhu, L., Earnest, A., Eggleton, C., and Topoleski, L.D.T.. Theoretical investigation of the role of choriocapillaris blood flow in treatment of sub- foveal choroidal neovascularization associated with age-related macular degeneration. American Journal of Ophthalmology , 132:85-93, 2001.
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