Bioengineering and biomaterials in ventricular assist devices Often associated with artificial hearts Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) are blood pumps that can provide circulatory assistance to the left ventricle the right ventricle or both biventricular. Bioengineering and Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices details constructive details of VADs and the biomaterials used in their development and support. This advanced text is aimed at advanced students researchers and practicing engineers conducting work on VADs and will be of interest to a broad interdisciplinary group including on bioengineers materials engineers chemical engineers mechanical engineers electrical engineers and others VAD design Aron J.P. Andrade Gustavo C. Andrade Juliana Leme Bruno U. Silva Electromechanical actuators Breno Y.T. Nishida and Rogerio L. de Souza Cardiovascular system simulators Jeison W.G. Fonseca Breno Y.T. Nishida and Gustavo C. Andrade Control Systems Tarcisio F. Leão and Bruno J. Santos Supervisory and intelligent systems Diolino J. Santos Marcelo Barboza and José Ricardo Souza Sobrinho Safety and Security André Cavalheiro Hemocompatibility hemolysis cell viability Wesley Fotoran Computational hemodynamics Luben Cabezas Gomez Rachel Lobosco and Guilherme B. Lopes Junior Biofunctional materials Rosa C.L. de Sá Ceramic materials Fernando Ortega Tribology in ceramic biomaterials Rodrigo L. Stoeterau Surface engineering of biomaterials by plasma electrolytic oxidation Nilson C. Cruz Additive manufacturing for VAD Adriana Del Monaco and Evandro Drigo Laser additive manufacturing for the realization of new material concepts Wilhelm Pfleging Biosensors Bruno J. Santos and Henrique S. Nogueira Optics and VADs Isac K. Fujita and Sergio Y. Araki.