David N. Ku

David N. Ku is the Lawrence P. Huang Endowed Chair for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Regents' Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds appointments in the School of Mechanical Engineering (Woodruff School) within the College of Engineering. His research focuses on biofluid mechanics, medical device innovation, and translational technology, with emphasis on thrombosis mechanisms and vascular diseases.

Education: M.D. from Emory University (1984); Ph.D. and M.S. from Georgia Tech (1983, 1982); B.A. from Harvard University (1978).

Research interests include unsteady fluid dynamics in vascular systems, nanoparticle medical devices for thrombosis prevention, and porous thrombus applications for hemostasis. His work bridges bioengineering with entrepreneurship, teaching product development at the Business School and collaborating with Emory University, Paris Tech-Mines, and ETH Zurich.

Key awards include the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellowship, DLA Piper Inventor of the Year, and NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. His research is funded by NIH, NSF, and industry partners.

Labs/Teams: Leads a lab using microfluidics and computational mechanics for vascular disease solutions. Collaborates on technologies to address post-partum hemorrhage and traumatic bleeding.