Mahmoud Ismail, M.Sc. (Hons)

Doctoral Candidate at LNM

Research Fields

Thesis

  • M. Ismail, Reduced Dimensional Modeling of the Entire Human Lung, 2014

Honors and Awards

  • STACOM 2012 (MICCAI 2012) prize for best paper in the modeling category, for paper entitled "CFD Challenge: Hemodynamic Simulation of a Patient-Specific Aortic Coarctation Model with Adjoint-Based Calibrated Windkessel Elements"
  • Master of Science with Honours, Elitnetzwerk Bayern (Elite Network of Bavaria), 2008.
  • Hariri Canadian University Excellence Scholarship (for 2005 and 2006).
  • Hariri Canadian University President’s Honor List (Fall 2003 - Spring 2006).

Publications

  • Mahmoud Ismai, Lena Yoshihara, Christian Roth, Andrew Comerford, Wolfgang A. Wall, A comprehensive model of entire human lung incorporating inter-acinar dependencies: Application to spontaneous breathing and mechanical ventilation. in preparation, 2013.
  • Mahmoud Ismail, Volker Gravemeier, Andrew Comerford, Wolfgang A. Wall, A stable approach for coupling multidimensional cardiovascular and pulmonary networks based on a novel pressure-flowrate or pressure-only Neumann boundary condition formulation. . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 2013, in press. DOI
  • Mahmoud Ismail, Andrew Comerford and Wolfgang A. Wall, Coupled and reduced dimensional modelling of respiratory mechanics during spotaneous breathing. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 29 (2013), 1285–1305. DOI
  • Mahmoud Ismail, Michael W. Gee and Wolfgang A. Wall, CFD challenge: Hemodynamic simulation of a patient-specific aortic coarctation model with adjoint-based calibrated windkessel elements, Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart. Imaging and Modelling Challenges, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7746 (2013), 44-52. DOI
  • Mahmoud Ismail, Michael W. Gee and Wolfgang A. Wall, Adjoint-based inverse analysis of windkessel parameters of patient-specific vascular models. Journal of Computational Physics,  2012, in press. DOI
  • Volker Gravemeier, Andrew Comerford, Lena Yoshihara, Mahmoud Ismail and Wolfgang A. Wall, A novel formulation for Neumann inflow boundary conditions in biomechanics. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 28 (2012), 560-573. DOI

Book Chapters

  • Lena Yoshihara, Mahmoud Ismail, and Wolfgang A. Wall, Bridging Scales in Respiratory Mechanics, in: Computer Models in Biomechanics: From Nano to Macro,  Gerhard A. Holzapfel and Ellen Kuhl, Springer, 395-407, 2013. DOI

Conference Proceedings

  • Mahmoud Ismail, Michael Gee, Wolfgang A. Wall, CFD Challenge: Hemodynamic Simulation of a Patient-Specific Aortic Coarctation Model with Adjoint-Based Calibrated Windkessel Elements, in: STACOM'12-MICCAI, Nice, France, Oct 5, 2012.
  • Mahmoud Ismail, Volker Gravemeier, Andrew Comerford, Wolfgang A. Wall, Neumann Boundary Conditions in 3D-0D Coupled Biofluid Networks, in: First European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) Young Investigators Conference (YIC), Aveiro, Portugal, April 24-27, 2012.
  • Wolfgang A. Wall, Michael W. Gee, Andreas Maier, Ulrich Küttler and Mahmoud Ismail, Advanced computational modeling in cardiovascular biomechanics and disease, in: Second African Conference on Computational Mechanics (AfriCOMP11), Cape Town, ZA, January 5-8, 2011.
  • Mahmoud Ismail, Michael W. Gee, Andrew Comerford and Wolfgang A. Wall, Calibrating reduced dimensional models for 3D patient specific fluid-structure interaction simulations, in: Fifth European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECCOMAS CFD 2011), Lisbon, Portugal, June 14-17, 2010.

Conference Presentations

  • Mahmoud Ismail*, Michael Gee, Wolfgang A. Wall, CFD Challenge: Hemodynamic Simulation of a Patient-Specific Aortic Coarctation Model with Adjoint-Based Calibrated Windkessel Elements, in: STACOM'12-MICCAI, Nice, France, October 5, 2012.
  • Mahmoud Ismail*, Volker Gravemeier, Andrew Comerford, Wolfgang A. Wall, A computational method coupling 3D and reduce-D models based on Neumann boundary conditions for biomechanical problems, in: 6th European Conference on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS2012), Vienna, Austria, Sep 10-14, 2012.
  • Mahmoud Ismail, Wolfgang A. Wall, Michael W. Gee*, Adjoint-based Inverse Analysis of Windkessel Parameters for Patient-Specific Vascular Models, in: 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM10), July 2012, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Mahmoud Ismail*, Volker Gravemeier, Andrew Comerford, Wolfgang A. Wall, Neumann Boundary Conditions in 3D-0D Coupled Biofluid Networks, in: First European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) Young Investigators Conference (YIC), Aveiro, Portugal, April 24-27, 2012.
  • Wofgang A. Wall*, Andrew Comerford, Mahmoud Ismail, Sophie Rausch, Lena Wiechert, Bridging scales in respiratory biomechanics, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Symposium on Computer Models in Biomechanics: from Nano to Macro, Stanford, USA, Aug 29 - Sep 02, 2011.
  • Wolfgang A. Wall*, Andrew Comerford, Christian J. Cyron, Michael W. Gee, Volker Gravemeier, Mahmoud Ismail, Ulrich Küttler, Kei Müller, Sophie Rausch, Lena Wiechert (2011): Multifield / Multiscale Problems and Methods in Computational Biomechanics, 82nd Annual Scientific Conference of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Graz, Austria, Apr 18 - 21, 2011.
  • Mahmoud Ismail*, Andrew Comerford, Volker Gravemeier, and Wolfgang A. Wall, Multi-dimensional modeling of human lungs during spontaneous breathing and mechanical ventilation. Final Meeting of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on Protective Artificial Respiration (PAR), Munich, Germany, March 1-2, 2012.
  • Mahmoud Ismail*, Andrew Comerford and Wolfgang A. Wall, Coupled and inverse methods in complete lung modeling of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation, The 16th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems (FEF2011), Munich, Germany, March 23-25, 2011.
  • Mahmoud Ismail*, Michael W. Gee and Wolfgang A. Wall, Inverse analysis of physiological boundary conditions in 3D patient specific fluid-structure-interaction vasculature problems using adjoint methods, The 8th Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC8), Bad Reichenhall, Germany, September 13-16, 2010.
  • Mahmoud Ismail*, Michael W. Gee, Andrew Comerford and Wolfgang A. Wall, Calibraing reduced dimensional models for 3D patient specific fluid-structure interaction simulations, in: Fifth European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECCOMAS CFD), Lisbon, Portugal, June 14-17, 2010.

Conference Posters

  • Mahmoud Ismail, Lena Yoshihar, Christian Roth, and Wolfgang A. Wall, A comprehensive Lung Model for Studying the Effects of Different Ventilation Regimes on Lung Mechanics and Gas Exchange, in: BMES Anual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA, Sep 25-28, 2013.

  • Wolfgang A. Wall, Mahmoud Ismail, Christian Roth, Lena Yoshihara, The Effect of Interdependence on Ventilation and Parenchymal Strains in Computational Lung Models, in: BMES Anual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Oct 24-27, 2012.
  • Wolfgang A. Wall, Mahmoud Ismail, Andreas Maier, Michael W. Gee, Adjoint Based Calibration of Coupled Simulation Approaches of Patient-Specific Vascular Models, in: ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineerig Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, USA, June 20-23, 2012.
  • Mahmoud Ismail, Michael W. Gee and Wolfgang A. Wall, A tool for tuning windkessel models in 3D patient-specific fluid-structure interaction vascular networks using an adjoint method. The 6th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease. Rotterdam, Netherlands, 14-15 April, 2011.