Aarushi Bhargava

Aarushi Bhargava is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with affiliations in Mechanical Engineering. She leads the Sonic Interactions with Materials (SonIMate) Mechanics group, focusing on ultrasound-material interactions for non-invasive therapies and drug delivery. Her work integrates wave physics, biomechanics, and fluid dynamics, using analytical, computational, and experimental methods.

Education: PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech (2020), BS and MS in Physics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (2015).

Research interests include biomedical ultrasound, acoustic cavitation, programmable smart materials, and microdevice development. Her group explores applications in thrombolysis, histotripsy, and targeted drug delivery.

Awards include the 2022 Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship, multiple ASME and SPIE awards, and Virginia Tech fellowships. Her research has been published in journals like Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, and Physics in Medicine & Biology.

Teaching includes Biomedical Engineering Design (BME 200), Biomechanics (BME 315), and advanced research courses (BME 890). She advises graduate students and supervises interdisciplinary projects in her lab.