Hi! I’m Felipe Álvarez-Barrientos, a PhD student at École Polytechnique working on the V|LF-Spiro3D project.
I started my academic path in civil engineering, but motivated by applications in new fields, I switched to biomechanics. I received my Master of Science in Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
During this time, I had the opportunity to visit twice the MΞDISIM team of the Inria Saclay île-de-France center, to work under the supervision of Martin Genet, who is now my PhD advisor. This collaboration resulted in a paper on micro-poro-mechanics.
Before starting my PhD, I spent two years as a high school teacher in Chile as part of the Teach for All network, followed by a position as a research engineer in cardiac electrophysiology.
Now, I’m excited to contribute to the V|LF-Spiro3D project, specifically in the area of biomechanical modeling. My research focuses on the estimation of pulmonary dynamics from magnetic resonance images, extending a previously developed poromechanical model.
The goal is to provide clinicians with improved diagnostic information about the regional behavior of the lung. What excites me about this project is how it brings together experts from different fields, promoting collaboration to achieve meaningful and useful goals.
