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Dr.-Ing. Melika Mohammadkhah
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Technische Universität Berlin
Institut für Mechanik
FG Strukturmechanik und Strukturberechnung
Raum M 245
Str. d. 17. Juni 135
D - 10623 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)30/ 314-21490
Email: melika.mohammadkhah@tu-berlin.de
| About | |||
| Degrees | Years of education | Educational Institute | Thesis title |
| B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering | 2005-2009 | Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran | Designing and Manufacturing of Digital Podoscope |
| B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering | 2007-2011 | Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran | Numerical Analysis of Fiber-Metal-Laminates (FMLs) Under Low Velocity Impact |
| M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering | 2009-2011 | Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran | Three Dimensional Electromechanical Modeling of Muscle Architecture |
| Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (biomechanics) | 2013-2017 | Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | Tension and compression stress strain asymmetry in passive skeletal muscle. |
| Academic experiences | ||
| Year | | Educational Institute |
| Nov2017-present | Lecturer (Introduction to Biomechanics) and postdoctoral researcher | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and transport system Technische Universität Berlin, Germany |
| Sep 2014-Dec 2014 & Sep 2015-Dec 2015 & Sep 2016-Dec 2016 | Teaching assistant: Mechanics of Machines | Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
| Feb 2014-April 2014 & Feb 2015-April 2015 & Feb 2016-April 2016 | Teaching assistant: Numerical Methods | Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
| Nov 2013-Dec 2013 & Feb 2015-April 2015 & Feb 2016-April 2016 | Teaching assistant: Statics and Dynamics: | Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering |
| Sep 2016-Dec 2016 | Compression Instron test Lab demonstrator: Advanced materials | Trinity College Dublin , Ireland |
| Jan 2016-April 2016 | Strain gauge Lab demonstrator: Mechanics of solids | Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
| Nov 2016-Dec 2016 | Module project instructor: Introduction to professional engineering | Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
Research interests
- Soft and hard tissue biomechanics
- Stress analysis in biological tissues
- Experimental biomechanics (immunohistochemistry, histology, microscopy, mechanical testing)
- Mechanical modelling of soft tissues and Simulation
- Bone regeneration
Publications and Conference Proceedings
- Mohammadkhah, M., Marinkovic, D., Zehn, M. and Checa, S. "A review on Computer modeling of bone piezoelectricity and ist application to bone Adaptation and regeneration². J. Bone, 17, 2019, pp 544-555.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K., "Collagen fibril organization in chicken and porcine skeletal muscle perimysium under tension and compression”, J. The Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials (JMBBM), 77, 2018, pp 734-744.
- Latorre, M., Mohammadkhah, M., Simms, C.K., Montans, F.J., “A continuum model for tension-compression asymmetry in skeletal muscle”, J. The Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials (JMBBM), 77, 2018, pp 455-460.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Simms, C.K., Murphy, P., “Visualisation of Collagen in fixed skeletal muscle tissue using fluorescently tagged Collagen binding protein CNA35”, J. The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (JMBBM), 66, 2017, pp 37-44.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K., " The in vitro passive elastic response of chicken pectoralis muscle to applied tensile and compressive deformation”, J. The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (JMBBM) 62, 2016, pp 468-480.
- Haghi Kashani, M., Sadighi, M., Mohammadkhah, M. and Hamid Shahsavari Alavijeh. "Investigation of Scaling Effects on Fiber Metal Laminates under Tensile and Flexural Loading" J. Materials: Design and applications (IMechE2013), 229, 2015, pp.189-201.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Hennessy, N., Simms, C.K. “Does reorganisation of muscle connective tissue structure address tension/compression asymmetry observed in skeletal muscle passive response?”, Accepted abstract for podium presentation in 8th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2018), Dublin, Ireland, July 2018.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K. “The relationship between skeletal muscle stress-strain response and microstructure through a microstructural-geometrical muscle model”, Accepted abstract for podium presentation in 23rd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2017), Seville, Spain, July 2017.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K. “Collagen fibril organisation in perimysium skeletal muscle under tension and compression”, Oral presentation, 23rd Bioengineering in Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 2017
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K. “On The Relationship Between Stress-Strain Response And Tissue Microstructure In Skeletal Muscle”, podium presentation in 22nd Congress of the European society of Biomechanics (ESB 2016), Lyon, France, July 2016.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K. “Investigating Tension/Compression Asymmetry in Skeletal Muscle”, Oral presentation, 22nd Bioengineering in Ireland, Galway, Ireland, January 2016.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K. “Microstructure and mechanical behavior in passive skeletal muscle”, Poster presentation, in 21st Congress of the European society of Biomechanics (ESB 2015), Prague, Czech republic, July 2015.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K. “The relationship between elastic passive macro mechanical behaviour and microstructure of chicken skeletal muscle”, Oral presentation, 21st Bioengineering in Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland, January 2015.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Murphy, P., Simms, C.K. “Passive skeletal muscle form and function: Engineering insights from zoology”, Poster & oral presentation, 20th Bioengineering in Ireland, Limerick, Ireland, January 2014.
- Mohammadkhah, M., Tabatabaei Ghomsheh, F.,Rostami, M. "Three Dimensional Electromechanical Modelling of Muscle Architecture", oral presentation & in proceeding of the 10th international symposium of computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering (CMBBE 2012), Berlin, Germany, April 2012,Proc. (60MOTN2-pp .920-925), Published by ARUP; ISBN: 978-0-9562121-5-3.