Fabrizio Crascì graduated with honors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Palermo, specializing in the Biomechanics and Medical Devices curriculum. During his studies, he participated in the Erasmus program at École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, where he spent six months gaining international research experience.

His thesis focused on the numerical analysis of the bicaval transcatheter system for the treatment of severe tricuspid insufficiency, with a specific simulation of the first TricValve implantation performed in Italy.

Fabrizio was awarded a PhD scholarship by IRCCS ISMETT. His research centers on the development of virtual reality tools and finite element analysis of electrospun heart valves, in collaboration with Xeltis as part of the H2020 SimInSitu project.

He also completed a six-month research period at University College London under the supervision of Claudio Capelli, where he worked on integrating in silico flow simulation results into virtual reality models

Expertise

• Finite-element analysis (Abaqus)

• Computational fluid dynamics (Fluent)

• Virtual reality (MetaQuest, HP)

• Unity