The Power of Models and Simulation Tools in Biomedical and Biochemical Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there has been a flourishing of digital tools, which are inevitably affecting the engineering profession as well. It is evident that modeling and simulation instruments are being employed with increasing regularity for the purpose of developing and optimizing devices and processes. This is a matter that cuts across several branches of engineering and therefore requires a multidisciplinary approach. In chemical engineering, the availability of process simulators and equipment models is driving the development of new processes in response to growing health and environmental concerns based on the “one health” paradigm. Concurrently, such instruments can facilitate the optimization of existing processes to align them with new directives and market challenges. This argument may also be applied to the field of biomedical engineering, in which processes and equipment are reimagined as organs and compartments of humans or other living beings.

This Special Issue will focus on the recent developments of models and simulation tools in the fields of biomedical and biochemical engineering.  

The journal will be accepting contributions (both original articles and reviews) mainly centered on the following topics: 

• Computational simulation of sustainable processes;
• Bioreactor modeling;
• Modeling and optimization of the production of biofuels and bio-based products;
• Bioprocesses intensification;
• Membranes and biotechnology applications in biochemical and biomedical engineering;
• Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models;
• Artificial organs modeling, simulation and optimization.

Dr. Antonio D’Ambrosio
Dr. Nicole Guazzelli
Dr. Leone Mazzeo
Guest Editors

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