University Scholarship
Publications and Grants

Zhijie Wang

zwang14@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0001-9551-516X

Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, 2025-Present
    Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US
  • Assistant Professor, 2016-2025
    Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, US

  • PhD, 2004-2008
    Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, US

  • American Heart Association Inc
    American Heart Association Inc, Dallas, TX, US
  • American Physiological Society
    American Physiological Society, Bethesda, MD, US
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NY, NY, US
  • Biomedical Engineering Society
    Biomedical Engineering Society, Landover, MD, US

Profile updated October 8, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Angiogenic Potential of Endothelial Cells in Response to the Stiffness and Anisotropy of Right Ventricle Mimetic Scaffolds
Yuecheng Wang; Michael Nguyen-Truong; Raghavan Chinnadurai; Peiman Hematti; William R. Wagner; Zhijie Wang
Bioengineering, 2026, journal article
Anisotropy Biomechanics Endothelial cells Tissue engineering
Recent Advances in Tissue-Engineered Cardiac Scaffolds—The Progress and Gap in Mimicking Native Myocardium Mechanical Behaviors
Somayeh Baghersad; Abinaya Sathish Kumar; Matt J. Kipper; Ketul Popat; Zhijie Wang
Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2023, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 33
Bioengineering Biomechanics Cardiology Tissue engineering
The Interventricular Septum Is Biomechanically Distinct from the Ventricular Free Walls
Michael Nguyen-Truong; Wenqiang Liu; Courtney Doherty; Kristen LeBar; Kevin M. Labus; Christian M. Puttlitz; Jeremiah Easley; Eric Monnet; Adam Chicco; Zhijie Wang
Bioengineering, 2021, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 16
Biomechanics Cardiology
Mechanical Considerations of Electrospun Scaffolds for Myocardial Tissue and Regenerative Engineering
Michael Nguyen-Truong; Yan Vivian Li; Zhijie Wang
Bioengineering, 2020, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 53
Biomechanics Electrospinning Regenerative medicine Tissue engineering
Current Understanding of the Biomechanics of Ventricular Tissues in Heart Failure
Wenqiang Liu; Zhijie Wang
Bioengineering, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 35
Biomechanics Biomedical engineering Cardiovascular system Heart failure