Dr. Mahendra Kavdia
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Office: ENGR 223
Phone: (479) 575-2850
E-mail: mkavdia@uark.edu
WWW: http://comp.uark.edu/~mkavdia
Education
- B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
- M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Positions Available
Lab Technician/Research Technician
Teaching and Research
Systems biology; Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems;
Biotransport; Signal Transduction;
Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress;
Nitric oxide, Reactive Oxygen and Reactive Nitrogen Species;
Endothelial Cell Dysfunction; Blood Substitutes;
Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Age-related Vascular Complications
NEW UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE COURSES DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT
BENG4203/5263: Biomedical Engineering Principles: (Fall 04, 05, 06, 07)
BENG5203: Mathematical Modeling of Physiological Systems: (Spring 06, 07)
BENG 4233/5273: Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering: (Spring 08)
BENG 500V: Advanced Biomedical Engineering: (Fall 06)
Biographical Information
Selected Publications
Since 2006
Kavdia M, and Popel AS. Venular endothelium derived no can affect paired arteriole: a computational model. American Journal of Physiology. 290(2): H716-H723. 2006.
Kavdia M. A computational model for free radical transport in the microcirculation. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 8: 1103-1111. 2006. (Invited)
Marwali MR, Hu CP, Mohandas B, Dandapat A, Deonikar P, Chen J, Cawich I, Sawamura T, Kavdia M and Mehta JL. Modulation of ADP-induced platelet activation by aspirin and pravastatin-Role of LOX-1, nitric oxide, oxidative stress and inside-out integrin signaling. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 322(3):1324-1332. 2007.
Kavdia M and Richardson WJ. A Computational Model of Biochemical Interaction of NO and Reactive Oxygen Species in the Microcirculation. 8th world congress for microcirculation. In Proceedings of the 8th World Congress for Microcirculation 95-100. 2007.
Chávez MD, Lakshamanan N and Kavdia M. Impact of superoxide dismutase on nitric oxide and peroxynitrite levels in the microcirculation - A computational model. Proceeding of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology.1022-1026, Oct, 2007.
Bhise N and Kavdia M. Design of a bioreactor to study the role of red blood cells in the transport of nitric oxide in the microcirculation. Discovery. 8(2): 29-40, 2007.
Richardson WJ and Kavdia M. A computational model for analysis of uncoupled NO synthase on nitric oxide and superoxide interaction in microcirculation. Discovery. 8(3): 67-76, 2007.
Kavdia M. Protection against free radicals by microencapsulation. “The Bioartificial Endocrine Pancreas (BAEP)”, edited by Jean-Pierre Hallé, Paul de Vos and Lawrence Rosenberg. Invited book chapter. In press.
Abraham KJ, Chintakuntla R, Kavdia M, Yoon H and Varadan VK. Design and Development of Nanowire Integrated Microelectrode Arrays for Lab-on-a-Chip Devices IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. Submitted, May 2007.



