DrMalachy O'Rourke
Lecturer/Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0002-1972-2009 (opens in a new tab)
- Lecturer/Assistant ProfessorSchool of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- 01 716 1950
- University College Dublin, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Engineering Building Belfield Dublin 4
RESEARCH INTERESTS
CARDIOVASCULAR BIOMECHANICS
• Mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease: physiological in-vitro modelling, hemodynamic analysis, heart valve repair and replacement
• Vena cava hemodynamics: physiological in-vitro modelling
• Congenital heart disease: Tetralogy of Fallot and Coarctation of Aorta
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm: wall shear stress and its role in the initiation, growth of the aneurysm and thrombus deposition
AERODYNAMICS
• Low speed aerodynamic drag reduction: optimising vehicle geometry to reduce aerodynamic drag
• Mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease: physiological in-vitro modelling, hemodynamic analysis, heart valve repair and replacement
• Vena cava hemodynamics: physiological in-vitro modelling
• Congenital heart disease: Tetralogy of Fallot and Coarctation of Aorta
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm: wall shear stress and its role in the initiation, growth of the aneurysm and thrombus deposition
AERODYNAMICS
• Low speed aerodynamic drag reduction: optimising vehicle geometry to reduce aerodynamic drag
GRANTS
- GRANTValidation of Patient-Specific Heart Attack Prediction ModelsIrish Research Council (IRC)1 Dec 2023 - 30 Nov 2027People funded by this grant:
- O'Rourke M
- GRANTParticle image velocimetry for precise 3D measurement of flow and aerosolsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)4 Jul 2023 - 3 Jul 2025People funded by this grant:
- O'Rourke M
- GRANTA preclinically validated solution to enable treatment of >90% of patients with Tricuspid RegurgitationEnterprise Ireland (EI)1 Mar 2023 - 28 Feb 2026People funded by this grant:
- O'Rourke M
- GRANTIs the cyclic nature of wall shear stress rather than its magnitude the prevailing factor in endothelial cell detachment and dysfunction?Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Oct 2014 - 30 Sep 2018People funded by this grant:
- O'Rourke M
- GRANTHemordynamics of Intracranial AneurysmsIrish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (Ircset)1 Oct 2005 - 30 Oct 2008People funded by this grant:
- O'Rourke M
- GRANTPrediction of Fluid and Material Deformation of the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Candidate: Sinead KellyIrish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (Ircset)1 Oct 2004 - 30 Sep 2007People funded by this grant:
- O'Rourke M
- GRANTInvestigation of Blood Flow Through Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Towards Reliable Rupture PredictionHealth Research Board (HRB)1 Oct 2003 - 30 Sep 2006People funded by this grant:
- O'Rourke M
- GRANTDevelopment of computational fluid dynamics code for transonic flow predictionEnterprise Ireland (EI)1 Oct 2000 - 30 Sep 2002People funded by this grant:
- O'Rourke M