Amir Arzani, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as the 2026 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award Medalist from ASME. Arzani’s work was recognized “for pioneering scientific machine learning research in cardiovascular biomechanics, development of the innovative concept of wall shear stress topology in blood flow characterization, and development and dissemination of open-source educational material to support computational biomechanics research and student training.”
“My research focuses on developing new scientific machine learning approaches with a wide range of applications,” said Arzani. “In particular, my group is interested in applying these tools to data-driven cardiovascular flow modeling problems.”
This prestigious award recognizes young investigators who are committed to pursuing research in the field of Bioengineering and have demonstrated significant potential to make substantial contributions to the field. The award was established in 1985 and renamed to the Y.C Fung Early Career Award in 2017.
“It is a true honor to be the 2026 recipient of this very prestigious award. The list of prior year medalists includes pioneers and leaders in bioengineering and biomechanics,” said Arzani. “Y.C. Fung is the father of biomechanics and to be added to this list of recipients is a lifelong honor for me.”
Arzani will receive the award at the World Congress of Biomechanics in Vancouver this summer. You can find out more about Arzani and his research on the Computational Biomechanics Group Website.