Education
- Post-doctoral Fellow. Oxford University, UK. 2008 – 2010.
- PhD in Bioengineering. NUS, Singapore. 2004 – 2008.
- (B.Eng + M.Eng) in Biomedical Engineering. Politecnico di Milano (Italy). 1997 – 2002.
Professional experience
- Associate Professor. NUS, Singapore. 2019 – present
- Senior Lecturer. NUS, Singapore. 2016 – 2019
- Fellow, College of Alice and Peter Tan, NUS 2013 – 2019
- Lecturer, NUS. Singapore. 2011 – 2016
- Research Fellow. NUS, Singapore. 2010 – 2011
Research Interest
Pedagogical research
- Application of blended learning environments (flipped classroom) to engineering education
- Developing software for learning analytics
- Dramatization in education
Scientific research
My main research interest is the development and use of computational models of biological systems at different scales. I have been involved in modelling the function of the heart and the gastrointestinal system in health and disease. Focus areas include:
- Modelling protein kinetics of ion channels
- Biophysical models of the cellular electrical activity that underlies contraction of the heart and the stomach
- Cellular coupling and whole organ electrophysiology
- Development of efficient C++ code for solving large scale finite elements problems in computational biology (see here)
Teaching
- BN2201: Quantitative physiology for bioengineers
- BN2102: Bioengineering data analysis
- BN2103: Bioengineering design workshop
- BN5205: Computational biomechanics
- UTC1408: Technology and Human Progress
Selected Awards & Honours
- AY2017-2018: Engineering Educator Award Honour Roll
- AY2016-2017: University Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA)
- AY2015-2016: University Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA)
- AY2015-2016: Engineering Educator Award
- AY2014-2015: Faculty of Engineering Honours List (Teaching)
- AY2013-2014: University Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA)
- AY2013-2014: Faculty of Engineering Honours List (Teaching)
- AY2012-2013: Faculty of Engineering Honours List (Teaching)
- 2004 and 2007: NUS President Graduate Fellowship
Selected Journal Publications
- [Pedagogical] Corrias, A. Catering to Engineering students: A flipped classroom case study. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2015, 5(3), 150-163. Read
- Corrias, A., Buist, M.L. A quantitative cellular description of gastric slow wave activity. American Journal of Physiology 2008, Apr;294(4):G898-995. Pubmed
- Cooper J, Corrias A., Gavaghan D, Noble D, Considerations for the use of cellular electrophysiology models within cardiac tissue simulations. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 2011 107(1):74-80 Pubmed
- Corrias, A., Giles W, Rodriguez B. Ionic mechanisms of electrophysiological properties and repolarization abnormalities in rabbit Purkinje fibers. American Journal of Physiology 2011, May;300(5): H1806-13. Pubmed
- Corrias, A., Pathmanathan, P., Gavaghan, D., Buist M.L. Modelling tissue electrophysiology with multiple cell types: applications of the extended bidomain framework. Integrative Biology 2012. 4(2):192-201. Pubmed
- Corrias, A., Buist, M.L. A Quantitative Model of Gastric Smooth Muscle Cellular Activation. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 2007, Sep;35(9):1595-607. Pubmed
- Pueyo, E., Corrias, A., Virag, L., Jost, N., Szel, T., Varro, A., Szentandrassy, N., Nanasi, P.P., Burrage, K. and Rodriguez, B. A Multiscale Investigation of Repolarization Variability and Its Role in Cardiac Arrhythmogenesis. Biophysical Journal 2011, 101(12):2892:2905. Pubmed
- [Pedagogical] Corrias, A. Lightening up Mathematics-intensive classes: A case study using a flipped classroom approach. CDTL Brief, 17 (1), pp. 10-13. Read
Book Chapter
- Corrias, A, Du, P. and Buist ML. Modelling tissue electrophysiology in the GI tract: past, present and future. In New Advances in Gastrointestinal Motility Research. 2013. Springer Netherlands (pp 167-195) Link
My work was also presented at several international conferences.