Research Area
Numerical simulation of fluid-structure-particle interaction in the respiratory system

PhD Candidate
2013-Present

Carlos is interested in modeling respiratory flow phenomena using numerical techniques. The challenges inherent to simulating the full respiratory system stem from size of the computational domain: turbulent flow in the upper respiratory tract beginning in the nasal cavity to transitional flow in the lower respiratory tract. Carlos is particularly interested in fluid transport in the lower respiratory regions by using the immersed boundary method to couple the Stoke-like flow of mucus (a layered Newtonian/non-Newtonian fluid) to cilia structural forces.

Carlos has also been involved in other aspects of research on the respiratory system with the Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Division at the UC Davis Medical Center since 2014. He is developing a dry powder insufflator device along side collaborators at the Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine to study asthma in a novel mouse model. Additionally, he has been collaborating with the School of Veterinary Medicine to use a dry powder insufflator for wildlife rehabilitation efforts.