Dalin Tang

 

Education:

1983-1988: Ph.D (8/1988), M.A.(5/1985), in Applied Mathematics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Minor: Computer Science
1977-1981: B.A. (1981) in Applied Mathematics
Southeast University

 

Employment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honors, awards, recognitions.

9/2002-present: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering

9/2003-9/2005: John E. Sinclair Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

7/2000-present: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Professor of Applied Mathematics

7/1994-6/2000: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics

8/1988-6/1994: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics

8/1984-8/1988: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching Assistant in Mathematics Department

2003-2006:  John E. Sinclair Professor of Mathematics, WPI.
2006:   Best Paper Selection, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Year Book 2006:  Tang, Yang, Zheng, Woodard, Sicard,  Saffitz, and Yuan, 3D MRI-Based Multi-Component FSI Models for Atherosclerotic Plaques, a 3-D FSI model, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 32(7): 947-960, 2004.
2007:   Best paper award, 2007 IEEE/ICME  International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Tal Geva, Pedro J. del Nido, Patient-Specific Virtual Surgery for Right Ventricle Volume Reduction and Patch Design Using MRI-Based 3D FSI RV/LV/Patch Models, pp. 158-163,  2007.
2007:   Research presentation to United States Congress representatives on Capitol Hill at the annual Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) exhibition, representing  American Mathematical Society.
2008:   Featured article of the month (Feb 2008) by the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication, Tang, Yang, Mondal, Liu, Canton, Hatsukami,   Yuan, A Negative Correlation between Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression and Plaque Wall Stress: In Vivo MRI-Based 2D/3D FSI Models, J. Biomechanics,  Vol 41/4 pp 727-736.
2008:   Kalenian Award, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2008.
2010:   NIH/NIBIB Website Featuring our research: E- Advance - Modeling Mechanical Stress in Vulnerable Plaques to Reduce Strokes, http://www.nibib.nih.gov/HealthEdu/eAdvances/26Feb10.
2010:   WPI Trustee’s award for Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship
2011:   Elected Fellow, American Heart Association

2012: Feathered Article on ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Haofei Liu, et al.,  Dalin Tang,   Using In Vivo Cine and 3D Multi-Contrast MRI to Determine Human Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery Material Properties and Circumferential Shrinkage Rate and Their Impact on Stress/Strain Predictions, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, J Biomech Eng. 2012 Jan;134(1):011008., Editor’s choice, NIH MSID: 349395.  PMID: 22482663.  Citation:  7.

2014:   ASME Certificate of Appreciation of Outstanding Service to Journal of Biomechanical Engineering as an Associate Editor

2014:   Editor-in-Chief, MCB

2015:   ICCES Fellow.

2016:   Elected ASME Fellow.

 

Research Interests:

 

 

 

Research Projects:

Computational Biomathematics and Bioengineering, Cardiovascular Modeling, Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression and Rupture,
Human Heart Modeling for Clinical Surgery Optimization;
Computational Fluid Dynamics,
Blood Flow, Biofluids, Biosolids, oxygen consumption,
Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Methods,
Scientific Computing, Nonlinear Analysis and PDE.

Image-Based Computational Modeling for Carotid/Coronary Plaque Rupture and Stroke.

3D MRI-Based Modeling for Computer-Aided Right Ventricle Remodeling Surgery

 

Professional Memberships:

ASME (Fellow), AHA (Fellow) BMES, USACM, AMS, Sigma Xi

 

 

Funded Research and Educational Projects:

1.      WPI Research Development Council (RDC) (1989), "Mathematical Studies of Peristaltic Motions," PI: Dalin Tang; Granted summer support of 1989.

2.      National Science Foundation (1990), "Projects in Fluid Dynamics and in Time Series Analysis," PI: S. Rankin; Co-PIs: F. Dias, D. Tang, W. Farr, M. Guo. Funded for equipment

3.      WPI Research Development Council (RDC) (1990), "Mathematical Studies of Peristaltic Motions (part 2)," PI: Dalin Tang.

4.      National Science Foundation (July 1992--August 1995), "Mathematical and Experimental Studies of Pulsatile Flow in Free Moving Elastic Tubes," PI: Dalin Tang, Co-PI: Peder Pedersen (WPI ECE Dept).

5.      Davis Foundation and WPI Center for Curricular Innovation and Educational Development, (5/1993-5/1995), "Increasing Productivity with Better Quality: Small Group Cooperative Learning for Large Classes," PI: Dalin Tang, Co-PIs: Paul Davis, Arthur Heinricher.

6.      Davis Foundation and WPI Center for Curricular Innovation and Educational Development (8/1995-8/1996), "Improving the Quality of Instruction in Calculus," PI: Susan Ganter, Co-PIs: Dalin Tang, Paul Davis, A. Heinricher.

7.      Whitaker Foundation (09/1995-02/1999), "Computational and Experimental Studies of Blood Flow in Collapsible Carotid Arteries with Stenoses," PI: Dalin Tang, Co-Investigator: D.N. Ku (GT).

8.      Davis Foundation Project.(6/1/96--5/31/97), WPI Center for Curricular Innovation and Educational Development, "Productivity through the Sustainable Use of PLA's in First-Year Calculus," PI: Joseph Fehribach, Co-PI: K. Lurie, B. Servatius, D. Tang.

9.      WPI Office of Academic Affairs (6/1/96--5/30/97), "Academic Study Skills, Successful Start for Freshmen, Lower Attrition Rate, Higher Retention Rate.," PI: Ansu Bagchi, Co-PI: Bill Farr, J. Goulet, D. Tang, P. W. Davis.

10.  National Science Foundation (7/1/96-6/30/00), "Mathematical and Experimental Studies of Blood Flow in Collapsible Carotid Arteries with Stenoses," PI: Dalin Tang, Co-PI: D. N. Ku (Ph.D and MD, Regent's Professor, Georgia Tech).

11.  National Science Foundation (07/1/98--06/30/00), "Supplemental Funding to Purchase an Alpha Computer," PI: Dalin Tang.

12.  National Science Foundation (9/1/98-8/31/01), "Acquisition of a High-Performance Computer for Mathematical Sciences Applications," PI: Homer Walker, Co-PIs: D. Tang et al.

13.  Whitaker Foundation (5/1/99-10/30/00), "Dynamic Wall Properties and a Two-Component Stenosis Model for Blood Flow in Collapsible Carotid Arteries," PI: Dalin Tang.

14.  IBM (7/01/99-6/30/02), "Acquiring a parallel Computer with 64 processors," PI: Homer Walker, co-PIs: Dalin Tang, Arthur Heinricher et al.

15.  NSF (07/2001-08/2001), "The First China-U.S. Young Investigator Workshop on Biomechanics," PI: Cheng Chu (Georgia Institute of Technology), Co-applicants: Tang et al.

16.  Davis Foundation/WPI Academic Affairs (4/1/2001-12/31/2001), "Insight Advisors: Implementing Academic Success Skills," PI: Dalin Tang.

17.  WPI Academic Affairs (6/2001-5/2003), "Insight Advisors: Implementing Academic Success Skills," PI: Dalin Tang.

18.  WPI Academic Affairs (6/2002-5/2003), "Develop and Conduct TA/PLA Workshops in Math Department," PI: Dalin Tang, Participating Faculty: Peter Christopher, Bill Farr, John Goulet, Arthur Heinricher, Joe Petruccelli.

19.  Charles E. Culpeper Foundation (1/1/02-06/30/03), "Identification of Rapture-Prone Coronary Artery Plaques with Magnetic Resonance Imaging," PI: Jie Zheng, Co-Investigator: Dalin Tang et al.

20.  WPI Educational Development Council (07/01/2003-6/30/2004), "Department-Based TA/PLA Training Program with Actual Teaching Duties and Material," PI: Dalin Tang, Co-PIs: Joseph Petruccelli, Judith Miller.

21.  WPI EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (7/2004-6/2005), Introducing Projects in MA2051 with Better TA/PLA Training and Active Student Project Participations; PI: Dalin Tang, Co-PI: Arthur Heinricher; Funded (internal funds).

22.  NSF Computational Math/Biomedical Engineering (9/15/01-8/31/05), "Experiment-Based 3-D Computational Studies of Blood Flow in Stenotic Carotid Arteries with Dynamic Wall Properties," PI: Dalin Tang, Co-PI: Homer Walker.

23.  NIH/NIBIB, 5 R01 EB004759-01 (9/2004-6/2009, PI: Tang)
MRI-Based Computational Modeling for Carotid Plaque Rupture and Stroke. PI: Dalin Tang; Co-PI: Sotak; Hoffman;
Consortium: Washington University. PI for subcontract: Pamela Woodard; Co-Investigators: Saffitz; Sicard; Zheng; Pilgram; Yuan; Yang; Kobayashi.

24.  Kalenian Award, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2008 (6/2008-12/2009). Image-Based Computational Mechanical Analysis and Indexing for Cardiovascular Diseases, From Invention to Commercialization, PI: Dalin Tang.

25.  NSF/NIGMS    DMS-0540684,  03/15/06-02/28/12, $1,847,537, PI: Dalin Tang, Multi-Physics Modeling and Meshless Methods for Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression, Consortium: University of Washington.  PI for subcontract:  Chun Yuan, Co-PI: Walker, Petruccelli, Yuan; Co-investigator: Yang; Kobayashi, Atluri.

26.  Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC)  (07/01/05-07/31/06), Image-Based Computational Mechanical Analysis and Indexing for Cardiovascular Diseases, PIs: Dalin Tang, Mike Manning.

27.  NIH/NIBIB, 2R01EB004759-05, 02/01/2010-11/30/2015, funded $1,409,656, PI, Tang, Zheng), In Vivo IVUS Image-Based Modeling for Human Coronary Plaque Assessment

28.  NIH/NHLBI,  1 R01 HL089269-01A2, (06/01/2009-05/31/2016, $2,070,684 Awarded), 3D MRI-Based Modeling for Computer-Aided Right Ventricle Remodeling Surgery, Multiple PI: Pedro del Nido, Tal Geva (Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital); Dalin Tang, PI for WPI Consortium.

29.  NIH/NIBIB,  1 R13 EB018724-01 (07/01/2014-06/30/2015), Vulnerable Plaques: Data, Modeling, Predictions and Clinical Applications, PI: Dalin Tang, funded.

30.  NSF/DMS, DMS-1337943 (08/01/2013-07/31/2016), MRI: Acquisition of a High-Performance Computing System for Research, Education, and Training, PI: Homer Walker, Co-PI:  Sara Olson, Marcus Sarkis, Dalin Tang Burt Tilly.