2022 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON)

Ricardo L. Armentano has an outstanding trajectory in the cardiovascular engineering field–both in the theoretical principles and in the application to clinics – justified through his two Ph.D one in Physiological Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (1994) and the other one in Physics Sciences (Biomechanics) at the University of Paris (1999) as well as his two post Ph.D studies, one in the Department of Physiology of the College of Medicine at the University of the Republic of Uruguay with the Professor Ph.D Ricardo Vellutti as scholar of the Fondo Clemente Estable CONICYT in the Quantitative Physiology area (2002-2003) and the other through a scholarship (bourse senior the La Ville de Paris) to develop Predictive Models of Cardiovascular Risk under the direction of professor Ph.D Alain Simon at the Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou and the University of Paris V Descartes (2008-2009). His areas of specialization are Biomechanics and Vascular Hemodynamics (Laboratoire de Biorhéologie et d’Hydrodynamique Physico Chimique, CNRS, Université Denis Diderot. Paris VII. France) and Data Science, Signal Processing and Biological Systems Modeling INSERM Unité de Recherches Biomathématiques et Bioestatistiques, Université Denis Diderot. Paris VII. France) in this theme he was personal adviser of Ph.D Rene Favaloro (1992-1999). He created a new line of thought in the biomedical engineering which has consolidated him as leader in the field in Latin America. He devoted to model cardiovascular hemodynamics in healthy subjects and in many types of cardio metabolic illnesses. The technological developments derived from his Ph.D thesis works have given place to prestigious methods of cardiovascular diagnosis which are used in centers of vascular exploration in Latin America as well as at the European Hospital George Pompidou, Paris where he carried out his second post Ph.D studies.
As scientist, among his more than 200 extended works, his work with greatest impact H-index 30 was the inspiring motor for two USPTO patents which gave place to 8 Ph.D. thesis works. This particular paper over arterial mechanics appeared among the 20 most quoted publications in the history of the specialty. This brought him international prestige in the field of cardiovascular hemodynamics and arterial hypertension participating in the editorial board of various journals of international bio medics, as well as scientific evaluator in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Arab Emirates, EEUU, Europe, Australia, India and China. His researches in the front area of techno-space between medicine and engineering allow him to be
a pioneer in the teaching of Cardiovascular Quantitative Physiology at the College of Medicine, University of the Republic obtaining the award Nova by CUIIDARTE in the category of “Public interest” given by the National Agency of Research and Innovation and the Commerce and Services Chamber, Uruguay Chamber of Information Technologies, ART Program of PNUD, Union of Exporters and Uruguay XXI (2012). He was distinguished IEEE R9 Eminent Engineer in 2019. He was IEEE EMBS Distinguished –lecturer 2019-2021 and he is the clinical link of the Technical Committee on Cardiopulmonary Systems and engineer based on the physiology, of the same institute (IEEE).
As educator he conceived, started up and directed 3 grade complete careers in Bio medical engineering -Bio engineering, and at post-grade level, a master of two years in the same field of knowledge. At the University of Buenos Aires, he developed the first summer international school in Bio Mechanic Modeling and in Mecanobiology as well as the first thoroughly virtual version. He was recognized as the first scientist biographer Leonardo Da Vinci in Italian IN-GENIO High studies Italy-Argentina Centre of UBA and Italian Embassy in Argentina.