Sanjiv Gunasekera

Sanjiv Gunasekera serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Monash University, affiliated with the Victorian Heart Institute (VHI). His work bridges mechanical engineering principles with cardiovascular clinical applications through advanced computational modeling.

Research focuses on fluid-structure interactions in biomedical systems, particularly cavitation dynamics in engineered flows and hemodynamic analysis of vascular pathologies. Key specialties include dissolved gas effects in cavitating flows, computational modeling of arteriovenous fistulas, stent hemodynamics, and aneurysm rupture prediction. Current methodologies integrate high-fidelity CFD with experimental validation to address precision medicine challenges in cardiovascular care.

Recent publications demonstrate strong thematic alignment between mechanical fluid dynamics and clinical cardiovascular engineering, with 2024-2025 work emphasizing patient-specific modeling for vascular access optimization and cavitation control in medical devices. Research consistently targets translational outcomes for improving surgical planning and diagnostic tools.

As Chief Investigator for the 2024-2025 project "Bringing personalised aneurysm rupture predictions to the patient - precision medicine," Gunasekera leads a multidisciplinary team developing computational frameworks for individualized cardiovascular risk assessment, collaborating with clinicians and imaging specialists to bridge engineering models with clinical decision-making.