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Education

  • Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2021 
  • M.S., Johns Hopkins University, 2019 
  • B.E., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 2015

Teaching Interests

Professor Menon's teaching focuses on core and elective mechanical engineering subjects at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He teaches Computing Techniques, which is a core undergraduate class, and Biofluid Mechanics and Biotransport, which are elective undergraduate and graduate level classes. He emphasizes the integration of theoretical concepts with practical applications, fostering analytical and problem-solving skills. His instruction actively engages students in research-oriented and hands-on learning, through projects and research papers.

Research Interests

Professor Menon’s broad research interests include fluid mechanics, computational modeling, and data-driven methods. His research aims to advance interdisciplinary technology in a wide range of healthcare, engineering and energy applications. Fluid dynamics is central to some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in these domains – such as personalized treatments for cardiovascular disease, extracting renewable energy from flowing water and wind, and developing bio-mimetic flying and swimming robots. Menon’s work tackles these challenges by uncovering new physics and combining high-performance computing with data-enabled techniques.

Recent Publications

  • K. Menon, J. Seo, R. Fukazawa, S. Ogawa, A.M. Kahn, J.C. Burns and A.L. Marsden, “Predictors of myocardial ischemia in patients with Kawasaki Disease: Insights from patient-specific simulations of coronary hemodynamics,” Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, 16, 1099-1109, 2023. 
  • K. Menon, M.O. Khan, Z.A. Sexton, J. Richter, K. Nieman and A.L. Marsden, “Personalized coronary and myocardial blood flow models incorporating CT perfusion imaging and synthetic vascular trees,” npj Imaging, 1,
  • 9, 2024.
  • J Richter, J Nitzler, L Pegolotti, K Menon, J Biehler, WA Wall, ..., Bayesian Windkessel calibration using optimized zero-dimensional surrogate models, Philosophical Transactions A 383 (2292), 20240223, 2025
  • K Menon, J Richter, MR Pfaller, J Pham, EM Mathew, KE Harold, NC Dorn, ..., svZeroDSolver: A modular package for lumped-parameter cardiovascular simulations, Journal of Open Source Software 10 (109), 7595, 2025
  • K Menon, A Zanoni, MO Khan, G Geraci, K Nieman, DE Schiavazzi, ..., Personalized and uncertainty-aware coronary hemodynamics simulations: From Bayesian estimation to improved multi-fidelity uncertainty quantification, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 271, 108951, 2025