Home Bio Publications Research Teaching Group More

 

Anne M. Robertson

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Pittsburgh

annerob@engr.pitt.edu

office: 412-624-9775

 

 RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Robertson is a member of the Graduate Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She is active in research and teaching in continuum mechanics with particular emphasis on (i) constitutive modeling of soft biological tissues (ii) Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics and (iii) cerebral vascular disease. 

EDUCATION

U.C. President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Chemical Engineering, U. C. Berkeley
Research Advisor:.  S. J. Muller 		1992-1994
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, U. C. Berkeley
Research Advisor: Professor P. M. Naghdi
Thesis title:  On Viscous Flow in Curved Pipes of Variable Cross Section 		1992
M.S.  Mechanical Engineering, U. C. Berkeley 1987
B.S.   Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University 1983

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor Dept. Mech. Eng.U. of Pittsburgh Sept 2001-present
Faculty Researcher, Department of Energy (DOE-NETL) Feb. 2000-present
Visiting Professor, Bernoulli Center at the Swiss Federal Institute of  Technology (EPFL)                July 2-16, 2003
Visiting Professor  Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon June 7-27, 2003
Visiting Professor, University of Paderborn , Paderborn , Germany May,Aug. 2003
Assistant Professor, Department of Mech. Eng. , U. of Pittsburgh 1995-present

Visiting Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

 June, 2001
Visiting Professor, University of Pisa , Pisa , Italy May, 2001
Professore Visitatore, Faculty of Engineering, University of Naples II, Caserta May, 2000
Professore Visitatore, Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento , Italy June 8-14, 1997
Professore Visitatore, European Community Project for Foreign Visitors August,1996
Professore Visitatore, Italian Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, U.of Ferrara , Italy June-July,1996
Professore Visitatore, U. of Ferrara , Italy May,1995
President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept.Chem. Eng. , U.C. Berkeley 1992-1994
Visiting Assistant Engineer, Dept. Civil Eng. , U.C. Berkeley Fall 1993
Graduate Student Researcher, Dept. Mech. Eng. , U.C. Berkeley 1986-1992
Graduate Student Instructor, Dept.Mech.Eng.,U.C. Berkeley  1985-1990
Associate Engineer, American Pharmaseal, Glendale , CA Summer 1982

HONORS AND AWARDS

Bicentennial Alumni Faculty Chair, University of Pittsburgh

2001-200

Hewlett International Faculty Grant, University of Pittsburgh

2001 

Letter of Commendation by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
                              for positive impact on students, University of Pittsburgh

2000

Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Research Grant Awardee

1997-2000                    

The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship

1992-1994

Soroptomist Founder Region Fellowship

1989-1990

Allen D. Wilson Memorial Scholarship

1988-1989

University of California Graduate Opportunity Fellowship

1986-1988

Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

1987

General Electric Foundation Award

ORGANIZATION of SCHOOLS and MEETINGS

  • Co-organizer International School on Biomathematics, Bioengineering and   Clinical Aspects of Blood Flow,  Mathematical
    Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, CA, July 24-Aug. 10, 2002
  • Scientific Committee Member, Conference: Contemporary Challenges in Fluid Mechanics, Capo Miseno , Italy , June 2001.
  • Co-organizer, First University of Pittsburgh, Conference in Fluid Mechanics (August, 1998)
  • Program Committee Member, 1994 ASME S.F. Bay Area Technical Conference

SELECTED UNIVERSITY of PITTSBURGH COMMITTEES and SERVICE

  • Member University  Research Council (URC) (2001-2004, sabbatical leave 2002-2003)
  • Reviewer, the Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, University of Pittsburgh
  • Member, Search Committee, Chair of the Department of Bioengineering (Spring 2003- Fall 2003)
  • Member, Search Committee, Assistant Dean, School of Engineering (Fall 1999- Spring 2000)
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, three faculty positions (Fall 1997-Summer 1998)
  • Diversity Committee, Member (Feb. 1999-present)
  • Faculty Advisor, Society of Women Engineers (Fall 1999-present)

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • A.M. Robertson, On the Attainability of Steady Viscometric Flows, Topics in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics, Quaderni di Matematica, 10, p.219-245, 2003.
  • B.J. Chung, A. M. Robertson and D. G. Peters, The Numerical Design of a Parallel Plate Flow Chamber for Investigation of Endothelial Response to Shear Stress, Computers and Structures, 81, p.535-546, 2003.
  • V. Coscia and A.M. Robertson, Existence and Uniqueness of Steady, Fully Developed Flows of Second Order Fluids in Curved Pipes, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 6(11),p.1055-1071, 2001 (authors listed alphabetically).
  • I.V. Haljasmaa, A.M. Robertson, and G. P. Galdi, On the Effect of Apex Geometry on Wall Shear Stress and Pressure in Two-Dimensional Models of Arterial Bifurcations, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 3(11),p.499-520, 2001.
  • W. Jitchote and A. M. Robertson, Flow of Second Order Fluids in Curved Pipes, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 90,p. 91-116, 2000.
  • P. Li, R. Horowitz, L. Alvarez, J. Frankel and A. M. Roberston, An AHS Link Layer Controller for Traffic Flow Stabilization, Transportation Research, Part C: Emerging Technologies,  5, p.11-37,1997.
  • A.M. Robertson, Flow of Incompressible Viscous Fluids Through Curved Pipes of Non-Uniform Cross-Section, Intl. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids.22, p. 771-798, 1996
  • A.M. Robertson, Flow of Incompressible Viscous Fluids Through Curved Pipes of Non-Uniform Cross-Section, Intl. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids.22, p. 771-798, 1996
  • R. K. Bhatnagar, K. R. Rajagopal, A. M. Robertson, Flow of a Non-Newtonian Fluid Between Intersecting Planes, One of Which is Moving, Rheologica Acta, 35, p.520-522, 1996 (authors listed alphabetically).

SELECTED UNREFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

SELECTED ABSTRACTS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • R. Wulandana, A. M. Robertson, Effects of pressure distribution on profiles of saccular aneurysms, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES),  Nashville, Tennessee from October 2-4, 2003(Abstract). 
  • B.-J. Chung, A. M. Robertson, A Novel Flow Chamber to Evaluate Endothelial Cell Response to Flow at Arterial Bifurcations,  Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES),  Nashville, Tennessee from October 2-4, 2003(Abstract).
  • A.M. Robertson, Use of A Cosserat Theory for Modeling Arterial Flow, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES),  Nashville, Tennessee from October 2-4, 2003(Abstract).
  • A. M. Robertson and R. Wulandana, A Multi-Mechanism Constitutive Equation for Modeling the Development of Cerebral Aneurysms, Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium on Aortic Valve Sparing Surgery, Charlotte, NC, September 26-28, 2003 (Abstract).
  • B-J. Chung and A. M. Robertson, The Numerical Design of a Parallel Plate Flow Chamber for Investigation of Endothelial Cell Response to Shear Stress, Proceedings of the Second M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 17 - 20, 2003 (Abstract).
  • R. Wulandana and A. M. Robertson, A Model of Early Stage Aneurysm Development Based on an Inelastic Multi-Mechanism Constitutive Model. Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Snowbird, Utah, June 27 - July 1, 2001 (Paper).
  • A.M. Robertson, I. Haljasmaa, G. P. Galdi,  On the Effect of Apex Geometry on Wall Shear Stress and Pressure in a 2-D Arterial Bifurcation, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 45, p 13,2000 (Abstract).
  • R. P. Warzinski, R. J. Lynn, A. M. Robertson,I.V. Haljasmaa, Development of a High-Pressure Water Tunnel Facility for Ocean C02 Storage Experimentation,  220th ACS National Meeting,    CO2 Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Washington, DC, August 20-24, 2000, 45(4), p809-813 (paper).
  • R. Wulandana and A. M. Robertson, Use of a Multi-Mechanism Constitutive Model for Inflation of Cerebral Arteries, Proceedings of The First Joint BMES/EMBS Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 13-16, 1999, p.235 (Paper).
  • A. M. Robertson,W. Jitchote, S. Chanchawichak, “Flows of Viscoelastic Fluids in Curved Pipes: The Effect of Non-Zero Second Normal Stress Difference on Flow in Curved Pipes”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 43, p2133,1998 (Abstract).
  • A.M.  Robertson, G.  Li, ``An Alternative Method for Characterizing Entry Length in Pipes’’, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 42, p2251,1997 (Abstract).
  • P. Li, R. Horowitz, L. Alvarez, J. Frankel and A. M. Robertson, Traffic Flow Stabilization,  Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, p. 144-149, Seattle, WA, June 1995 (Paper).