Promila Dhar

  • Teaching Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Biomechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
M.S. (Hons), Biophysics, Panjab University Chandigarh
B.S. (Hons), Biophysics, Panjab University Chandigarh

Awards

Women of the Year (SWE_IIT) Society of Women Engineers-Illinois Institute of Technology 2022-23.

Thomas Jacobius Award for Excellence in Teaching by IPRO Team, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2021

Bauer Family Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2019

Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Teaching, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2019

Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Teaching, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2017

Publications

BOOKS

Biotechnology 101 for Engineers by Promila Dhar, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2022

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Lazich, A. Chang, S. Watson, P. Dhar, R.S. Madhurapantula, M. Hammes. (2015). Morphometric and histological parameters in veins of diabetic patients undergoing brachiocephalic fistula placement. Hemodialysis Int. 19(4): 490-498.

M.S. Hammes, S. Watson, F. L. Coe, F. Ahmed, E. Beltran, P. Dhar. (2015). Asymmetric dimethylarginine and whole blood viscosity in renal failure. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. 59(3).245-55.

M. Boghosian, K. Cassel, M. Hammes, B. Funaki, S. Kim, X. Qian, X. Wang, P. Dhar, J. Hines. (2014)
Hemodynamics in the Cephalic Vein of Brachiocephalic Fistula. Med Eng Phys.36 (7): 822-30.

P. Dhar, M. Eadon, P. Hallak, R.A. Munoz & M. Hammes. (2012). Whole blood viscosity: Effect of hemodialysis treatment and implications for access patency and vascular disease.
Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. (2012).51 (4): 265–275.

Chen H, Kaminski MD, Caviness PL, Liu X, Dhar P, Torno M, R. AJ. (2007). Magnetic Separation of micro-spheres from viscous biological fluids. Phys Med Biol. 52(4): 1185-96.

Expertise

Biorheology and Vascular Mechanics

Promila Dhar

Contact Information

312.567.5096 312.567.5770 WH 301b