Dr. Heim is a professor of the Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France. He received his PhD in Biomechanical Engineering from the Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France and his Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering from ENSAM ParisTech, Paris, France. Dr. Heim has 1 year of professional experience as an R&D engineer at SIEMENS, 3 years as a Sales Administration Coordinator

at SOMFY GmbH, 4 years as a faculty member at the Université de Strasbourg, 13 years as a research assistant and associate professor at the Université de Haute Alsace, and 4 years as a full professor at the Université de Hayte Alsace. Dr. Heim has over 60 international publications in biomedical and textile journals. His research fields are heart valves, stents, endografts, and cardiovascular devices.