Biomechanics / Current research
Heart valve
biomechanics.
Modeling heart valve deformation to understand how soft biological tissues respond to complex loading.
Discuss this researchComputational mechanics · Machine learning
Understanding
soft materials.
I study how soft materials deform and fail, combining computational mechanics and machine learning with applications in heart valve biomechanics.
Explore my work
Nishan Parvez, PhDPostdoctoral Research Fellow
Currently studying heart valve biomechanics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Research areas
Selected work.
Heart valve
Machine learning / Constitutive modeling
Physics-preserving
machine learning.
Physics-preserving neural networks that connect fiber-scale behavior to efficient continuum simulations.
Read the paperFiber networks / Damage & fracture
Fiber networks
and fracture.
Exploring how microscopic connectivity shapes elasticity, crack growth, and the transition from brittle to ductile failure.
Read the paperFrom the research
Selected publications.
A physics preserving neural network based approach for constitutive modeling of isotropic fibrous materials
N. Parvez, J. Merson · Engineering with Computers
Crack Insensitivity and Brittle to Ductile Transition in Network Materials
N. Parvez, C. Picu · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Stiffening mechanisms in stochastic athermal fiber networks
N. Parvez, J. Merson, C. Picu · Physical Review E
More publications
- Crack Deflection and Toughening in Network Materials With Preferential Fiber Alignment — Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2025
- Failure mechanism in stochastic network materials: The competition between fiber and crosslink failure — International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2025
- Nonlinear behavior of stochastic athermal fiber networks with elastic–plastic fibers — Soft Matter, 2025
- Effect of connectivity on the elasticity of athermal network materials — Soft Matter, 2023
- Probing soft fibrous materials by indentation — Acta Biomaterialia, 2023