Vijay Vedula

Vijay Vedula

Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering

The Vedula group is focused on developing computational tools to advance our understanding of cardiovascular disease and development and assist in designing medical devices and treatment planning.

They develop novel computational techniques for patient-specific modeling of cardiovascular function, applying core principles of mechanics and computing, including fluid and solid mechanics, combined with data-driven approaches, multiscale modeling, machine learning, optimization, and uncertainty quantification.

Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the world. About 1 in 3 deaths are attributed to cardiovascular disease. Every year, thousands of babies are born with a heart defect, and about 1 in 4 such births are critical. The Vedula group aims to improve the clinical management of cardiovascular disease using computational modeling. Collaborating with a team of cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons at the medical school (CUMC) in both adult and pediatric disciplines, Dr. Vedula’s group identifies unmet clinical needs and engineers solutions using innovative interdisciplinary strategies at the interface of computational mechanics, multiscale modeling, data science, and machine learning.

Vedula received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2015 and underwent postdoctoral training in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Physical Society, and American Heart Association.

Research Areas

  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mechanics
  • Biological Modeling
  • Biomechanics
  • Mechanobiology
  • Soft Tissue Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Modeling
  • Computational Sciences

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020 -
    • Postdoctoral research associate, Pediatrics, Stanford University, 2015 - 2019
    • Postdoctoral research associate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego, Feb 2015 - June 2015
    • Engineer, GE India Technology Center, Bangalore, India, Dec 2009 - Aug 2010
    • CFD Engineer, Tridiagonal Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India, Aug 2009 - Dec 2009
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    • American Physical Society
    • American Heart Association
  • Honors & Awards
    • Theodore von Karman Fellowship, RWTH Aachen University, 2018.
    • CHRI Grant & Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, 2016-2017.
    • NSF-sponsored Young Investigator & Travel Award, 5th Engineering Frontiers Conference on Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease, Orlando, Florida 2016.
    • Gordon L. and Beatrice C. Bowles Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2010.
    • IIT Kanpur Academic Excellence Award, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2009.
    • GE Foundation Scholar-Leader 2008.
  • Education
    • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
    • MTech, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
    • BTech, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Trichy, India