Simulating the Human Gut: A novel fibrous-bed bio-reactor
A computational model of an in-situ fibrous-bed hydrogel bioreactor for simulating the gut microbiome, alongside a review of the bi-directional interactions between rosuvastatin and gut microbiota. Co-authored with Tina Gunasekara.
Bioreactor Report
Final report, OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Part B, RMIT University. 79 pages. Oxygen diffusion through stratified hydrogel layers solved by a Crank-Nicholson scheme with an upwind discretisation and a bacterial consumption term, written in MATLAB. Supervised by Dr Srinivas Mettu, Dr Namita Choudhury and Dr Qiang Sun. Open in full
Bioreactor Summary
Poster summary: objectives, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, the bi-directional statin and microbiome interactions, the numerical method, and the findings. Open in full
EnGenius Certificate — Top 5, Capstone
Certificate of Recognition for a top-5 shortlisted project in the Chemical Engineering category at Virtual EnGenius 2020, awarded by the Executive Dean, School of Engineering. Open in full