
Nikoo Soltan Mohammadzadeh
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
I am a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering (biomedical discipline). My research involves characterizing the pressure and flow dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid in the spine with applications to spinal injuries and disorders. My broader research interests include injury biomechanics (particularly the study of injury mechanisms), quantitative imaging (CT, MRI), and systems-level physiological modelling.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2025 Scholarship Dr Stranks Postgraduate Travelling Fellowship University of Adelaide Australia - 2024 Scholarship NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral University of Adelaide Australia - 2024 Scholarship Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship University of Adelaide Australia - 2022 Scholarship NSERC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement University of British Columbia/University of Adelaide Canada - 2021 Scholarship Affiliated Fellowships - Master's University of British Columbia Canada - 2020 Scholarship NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's University of British Columbia Canada - 2015 Scholarship President's First and Best Scholarship University of Saskatchewan Canada - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2024 - 2027 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy 2020 - 2023 University of British Columbia Canada Master of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) 2015 - 2020 University of Saskatchewan Canada Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Soltan, N., Svensson, M. Y., Jones, C. F., Cripton, P. A., & Siegmund, G. P. (2025). In Vivo Pressure Responses of the Cervical Cerebrospinal Fluid in a Porcine Model of Extension and Flexion Whiplash Exposures. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 53(5), 1165-1179.
Scopus2 Europe PMC12023 Soltan, N., Siegmund, G. P., Cripton, P. A., & Jones, C. F. (2023). Geometric and Inertial Properties of the Pig Head and Brain in an Anatomical Coordinate System. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 51(11), 2544-2553.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12019 Soltan, N., Kawalilak, C. E., Cooper, D. M., Kontulainen, S. A., & Johnston, J. D. (2019). Cortical porosity assessment in the distal radius: A comparison of HR-pQCT measures with Synchrotron-Radiation micro-CT-based measures. Bone, 120, 439-445.
Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC32019 Soltan, N., Ning, L., Mohabatpour, F., Papagerakis, P., & Chen, X. (2019). Printability and Cell Viability in Bioprinting Alginate Dialdehyde-Gelatin Scaffolds. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 5(6), 2976-2987.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2023 Soltan, N., Svensson, M. Y., Jones, C. F., Cripton, P. A., & Siegmund, G. P. (2023). Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in an In Vivo Porcine Model During Simulated Whiplash Loading of Different Severities. In Conference proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, IRCOBI (pp. 591-593). 2021 Soltan, N., Cripton, P., Svensson, M., Siegmund, G., & Soltan Mohammadzadeh, N. (2021). Validating a Device for Whiplash Motion Simulation in a Porcine Model. In 16th Annual Injury Biomechanics Symposium. Columbus, Ohio. -
Theses
Year Citation 2023 Soltan Mohammadzadeh, N. (2023). Cervical cerebrospinal fluid pressure in an in-vivo porcine model of simulated whiplash loading. (Master's Thesis).
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