Utsab Acharya

About

Graduate Research Assistant at The Vision Laboratory, University of Mississippi (Aug 2025 – Present)

• Investigating ocular biomechanics related to myopia progression, focusing on peripapillary sclera and optic nerve head (ONH) deformation.
• Developing Finite Element (FE) models using SolidWorks, ABAQUS, Gmsh, FEBio Studio/Solver.
• Performing Inverse Finite Element Analysis (Inverse-FEA) to estimate mechanical properties of ocular tissues like PPS and ONH.
• Ongoing projects in computational modeling, biomechanics, and data analysis using Python and MATLAB.

Education

• Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Mississippi, USA (2025-Present)
• MS Physics, University of Mississippi, USA (2025)
• MSc Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2017)
• BSc Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2013)

Skills

• Inverse Finite Element Analysis: Mechanical properties of Peripapillary Sclera
• Finite Element Analysis: ABAQUS, FEBio, SolidWorks, Gmsh
• Programming & Data Analysis: Python, MATLAB, SQL
• Biomedical & Computational Tools: Ultrasound, Signal Processing, Tissue Mechanics
• General: Scientific Writing, Project Management, Presentations

Curriculum Vitae

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