John K. Li Address: 617 Bowser Road,   Piscataway, NJ 08854 Room: 110, Biomedical Engineering Building Phone: 732-445-2554 Email: jli@biomed.rutgers.edu   The Cardiovascular Engineering Laboratory is dedicated to understanding cardiovascular system fundamentals and developing new tools for diagnosis and therapy in cardiovascular disease. Current research projects are on cardiovascular mechanics, computer modeling, biosensors and instrumentation, controlled drug delivery, cardiac and intravascular ultrasound, vascular graft and stent, and hemodynamics of hypertension, myocardial ischemia and stroke.

Recent Papers: 1.   Matonick J P, and J. K-J. Li “A New Nonuniform Piecewise Linear Viscoelastic Model of the Aorta with Propagation Characteristics" Cardiovasc. Eng. Internat. J., 1:37-48 (2001). 2.   Du FY, X.-L. Chen, G. Drzewiecki, J. K-J. Li, and J. Kedem, "Hypervolemia Improves Global and Local Function and Efficiency in Postischemic Myocardium" Clin. Expt. Pharmacol. and Physiol 28:630-636 (2001). 3.   Li, J.K-J, "The Arterial Circulation: Physical Principles and Clinical Applications". Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. ISBN 0-89603-633-2 (2000).