Program
Session 1: Drug Delivery & Aerosols in the Nose & Lungs
(10:00 am to 12:00 pm US Central Time - 2hrs)
Keynote Speaker:
Prof Worth Longest (Virginia Commonwealth University) - Nasal sprays: Important new insights and discoveries
Invited Speakers:
Dr Ross Walenga (US FDA) - Nose-to-brain: Targeted drug delivery to the CNS via nasal sprays
Prof Guillherme Garcia (Marquette University) - Effect of nozzle position on nasal spray penetration beyond the nasal valve
Prof Jinxiang Xi (University of Massachusetts Lowell) - Nasal spray liquid film formation and translocation in adult and paediatric noses
Free Papers:
Mr Omid Abouali (Shiraz University) - CFD Simulation of Airflow and Microfibers deposition in two different human respiratory tracts
Mr Benjamin Li (North Carolina) - In silico study to enhance delivery efficiency of nanoscale nasal spray aerosols to the olfactory region
Mr Rabijit Dutta (Virginia Commonwealth University) - In vivo validation of an open-source complete-airway CFD model
Dr Jingliang Dong (RMIT University) - Vortex identification and its influence on particle exposure characteristics in a realistic human nasal airway
Networking/ Breakout Room (20mins)
Session 2: Clinical CFD in the Nose and Airway
(12:20 pm to 2:20 pm US Central Time - 2hrs)
Keynote Speaker:
Prof Kai Zhao (Ohio State University) - Nasal Obstruction: what are our noses sensing?
Invited Speakers:
Dr Hadrien Calmet (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) - Cough: Jet dynamics, droplet transport, and inhalability
Dr Alister Bates (Cincinnati Children's Hospital) - Obstructive sleep apnea in children: neuromuscular control and disease severity
Prof Dennis Frank-Ito (Duke) - Identifying greatest obstructive sites for surgical correction of nasal obstruction in cleft lip deformity
Free Papers:
Dr Chamindu Gunatilaka (Cincinnati Children's Hospital) - Calculating breathing effort in the neonatal airway based on imaging parameters
Dr Dennis J Schustermann (University of California) - CFD modeling of nasal nitric oxide levels in human subjects
Mr Fazil Apaydin (Ege University) - Investigation of septal deviation effects on nasal airflow on 3 subjects using CFD method
Dr Walter Koch (Graz University) - 3D models of the nose and the paranasal sinuses created with the Rhinodiagnost service before and after FESS
Mr Amro Hassaan (Queens University Hospital) - A systematic review of the role of computational flow dynamics in the assessment and management of OSA
Networking/ Breakout Room (20mins)
Session 3: Frontiers and New Research
(2:40 pm to 4:40 pm US Central Time - 2hrs)
Keynote Speaker:
Prof Goodarz Ahmadi (Clarkson University) - Computational Modeling of Particle Transport and Dispersion – Environmental and Biological Applications
Invited Speakers:
Prof Jessica Oakes (Northeastern University) - Image-guided computational models to better classify uncontrolled asthma
Dr Thierry Marchal (ANSYS) - Computer model of human respiratory tree: a research and industrial routine, a regulatory reality and a clinical promise
Prof Kazuhide Ito (Kyushu University) - Predicting inhalation exposure and airborne infection using a computer-simulated patient
Free Papers:
Prof Yu Feng (Oklahoma State University) - Aid airway obstruction diagnosis with CFD and convolutional neural networks
Dr Moritz Waldmann (RWTH Aachen University) - Towards in-situ visualization and virtual surgery in nasal cavities
Prof Kiao Inthavong (RMIT University) - Optimising aerosol delivery for maxillary sinus deposition in a post-FESS sinonasal cavity
Mrs Emilie Kolewe (University of Delaware) - Spacial deposition and larynx developmental analysis of 6-year-olds through CFD
Dr Mario Ruettgers (RWTH Aachen University) - Shape optimization for respiratory flows through reinforcement learning
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