After
studying rockets, renewable energy, and appropriate technology to meet basic
needs for rural communities in her home state of Mississippi, Laurel
Marsh began a graduate program at the University of Washington. A short
summer project on renewable energy led to her joining the Multiphase and
Cardiovascular Flow lab. Here she determined the focus of her PhD dissertation:
studying flow alterations in endovascularly treated cerebral aneurysm. The
collaborative aspect of engineers working closely with neurosurgeons and
research scientists reminded her of the interdisciplinary work she was drawn to
while working on her undergraduate student rocketry design team. Excited to
probe further into these issues and explore new methods of studying
cerebrovascular flow, Laurel Marsh reached out to Prof. Dr.-ing. Dominique
Thévenin and Dr. -ing. Philipp Berg. After agreeing to host her, she applied
and was accepted to the U.S. Fulbright Student program. This will allow her to
work at STIMULATE for 10 months
before finishing her PhD program.
She will continue investigating flow alterations occurring after flow-diverting
stent and/or coil embolization device in cerebral aneurysms. She employs
Lagrangian particles, to both porous media and treatment-resolved simulations,
which further elucidate results gained by Eulerian metrics. While at STIMULATE, she will be working on
projects including stented aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and
other cerebrovascular flow scenarios. Tracer particles, fluid-structure
interaction (FSI), and fast-deploying virtual stents are just some of the
aspects she hopes to incorporate into these upcoming studies and her future
work.
(February 2021)
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