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Fall 2013 Lab Outing

On October 8, 2013   /   Lab Event, News  

Lab BBQ to kick off the Fall 2013 Semester! The Pediatric Injury Biomechanics Lab kicked off the Fall 2013 semester with a BBQ at Dr. Brittany Coat’s House! Undergraduate lab members John Muhs, Sam Feinman, Justin Jones and Kiffer Creveling joined the group this year. Alex Williams was given a farewell card by lab members to congratulate him on his new engineering position at Bard Inc. Lab members, friends, and family enjoyed good food, drinks and hospitality by Dr. Coats and her husband.

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9th Annual Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference

On September 21, 2013   /   News, Presentations, Student Achievements  

Congratulations to Jami Saffioti, Greg Scott, and Dan Shedd who were accepted to present their work at the 9th Annual Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference held in Salt Lake City, UT on Saturday, September 7th, 2013. Three students from the Pediatric Injury Biomechanics lab attended and presented research posters at the 9th Annual Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference on September 7th 2013. Greg Scott presented his poster titled “Micro-scale Finite Element Model of the Pia Arachnoid Complex in Shear: A Parametric Evaluation”. Greg was awarded “Runner-up” for his presentation at UBEC 2013. Jami Saffioti presented her poster titled “Age Dependent And Anisotropic […]

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Christopher (Kiffer) Creveling

On August 26, 2013   /   Student Spotlight  

Program: BS, University of Utah, Mechanical Engineering, Physics Minor Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT Previous degrees/Institutions: Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, to be completed in Spring 2014 Research Interests/Project: Characterization of material properties of biological tissue Honors/Awards: Herschede Engineering Graduate Scholarship 2013-2014 Kennecott Scholar, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 National Tau Beta Pi Scholarship, 2012-2013 National Sigma Chi Scholarship, 2012-2013 Clair Coleman Mechanical Engineering Scholarship, 2010-2011 Clyde Christensen Mechanical Engineering Scholarship, 2009-2010 University of Utah Leadership Scholarship, 2009-2011 University of Utah Greek Council Scholarship 2009-2010 Tau Beta Pi Activities Coordinator, 2012-2013 ASUU Engineering Assembly, 2011–2012, 2012-2013 National Society of Leadership & Success Membership […]

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Congratulations to Dan for passing the qualifying exam!

On April 15, 2013   /   Student Achievements  

  Last week, Dan Shedd passed the oral qualifying PhD exam. Dan presented his knowledge on subjects such as Strengths of Materials, Biomechanics, and Finite Elements. Congratulations Dan!

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ASME SBC2013

On March 11, 2013   /   News, Presentations, Student Achievements  

ASME 2013 Summer Bioengineering Conference Congratulations Jami Saffioti for being accepted to present her work at the ASME 2013 Summer Bioengineering Conference to be held in Sunriver, OR on June 26-29, 2013. Jami will be presenting “Age Dependent And Anisotropic Material Properties Of Immature Porcine Sclera” during the poster session.

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SWE renews support for Saffioti

On February 11, 2013   /   News, Student Achievements  
Jami Saffioti

The Society of Women Engineers has reviewed the scholarship applications and awarded Jami Saffioti the Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship for the 2013-2014 Academic Year. This is the second year Jami has received the scholarship and will continue to use it to pay for differential tuition, text books, student insurance and her daily coffee fix.  Congratulations Jami!

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