Dipl.-Ing. Roland Graefe

Projects: ReinVAD, Hydraulic Design of rotary Ventricular Assist Devices, Exmetra, Numerical flow simulation

Tel.: +49 241 80 85650

 E-mail: graefe(at)hia.rwth-aachen.de

Academic studies

2002-2009 Diploma in Mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen and at ETH Lausanne (Switzerland)

Major focus: Fundamentals of mechanical engineering

Publications

Boehning F, Timms DL, Amaral F, Oliveira L, Graefe R, Hsu PL, Schmitz-Rode T, Steinseifer U. Evaluation of Hydraulic Radial Forces on the Impeller by the Volute in a Centrifugal Rotary Blood Pump. Artif Organs. 2011, 35, 818-825.

Borchardt R, Schlanstein P, Arens J, Graefe R, Schreiber F, Schmitz-Rode T, Steinseifer U. Description of a flow optimized oxygenator with integrated pulsatile pump. Artif Organs. 2010, 34, 904-910.

Graefe R, Borchardt R, Arens J, Schlanstein P, Schmitz-Rode T, Steinseifer U. Improving oxygenator performance using computational simulation and flow field based parameters. Artif Organs. 2010, 34, 930-936.

Graefe R, Timms D, Boehning F, Schmitz-Rode T, Steinseifer U. Investigation of the Influence of Volute Design on Journal Bearing Bias Force using CFD. Artif Organs. 2010, 34, 760-765.

Timms D, Schulte-Eistrup S, Boening F, Kraemer M, Frischi A, Graefe R, Kaufmann T, Schmitz-Rode T, Steinseifer U, Koerfer R. Improved Suspension and Physiological Characteristics of the BOCAD LVAD. Int J Artif Organs. 2009;32(7): 424-424.