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Kendall McMillian

On July 15, 2014   /   Student Spotlight  

Name: Kendall McMillan Hometown: Alpine, UT Previous Degrees, Institutions: USMC – Calibration tech, BS Mechanical Engineering spring 2017 Research Interests/Project:  Characterizing deformation of the eye during rapid head rotation using a custom built cyclic device and image processing. Honors/Awards: Sgt. USMC, 2007-2012 Interests outside of Research: Hiking, kayaking, running, animals, fixing things in my ancient house, landscaping/home improvement projects. Tell us something about yourself that otherwise we wouldn’t know or guess: I spent five years in the Marine Corps as a calibration tech and HAZMAT NCO. I have moved over 20 times in the last few years and have lived overseas in japan. […]

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World Congress of Biomechanics 2014

On July 12, 2014   /   Lab Event, Presentations  

  Members of the Developmental Head Injury Biomechanics group presented their work at the recent World Congress of Biomechanics in Boston, MA. Held every 4 years, this conference attracts biomechanical engineers and scientists from around the world. Dr. Coats chaired a session on head injury biomechanics, as well as presented her and Greg Scott’s work related to the anatomy and biomechanics of the pia-arachnoid complex. Dan Shedd presented his research on vision behavior following blast exposure and Jami Saffioti presented her work investigating changes in sclera material properties with post-mortem time and in different storage conditions.  Jourdan Colter was a finalist for the […]

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Jourdan Colter finalist at World Congress of Biomechanics

On July 11, 2014   /   News, Presentations, Student Achievements  

Congratulations to Jourdan for becoming a finalist in the BS poster competition at the World Congress of Biomechanics held July 6-11 in Boston. She presented her research titled Dynamic Moduli of Immature Ovine Vitreous using Advanced Rheology Techniques. This project was in conjunction with work from a previous Master’s student, Patrick Moran. This is Jourdan’s first conference submission and she is the lead author on a publication resulting from this work.  Jourdan will be a MS student in the lab starting Fall 2014.

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Congratulations Shaun Evans!

On July 3, 2014   /   Lab Event, News, Student Achievements  

Congratulations to Shaun Evans who passed his thesis exam on Jun 27, 2014. His thesis, Injury Mechanisms of Abusive Head Trauma, consisted of a compilation of three studies evaluating mechanisms of brain and eye injury from infant shaking. A second congratulations is deserved as his wife gave birth to their baby girl, Hazel, later that night. Best of luck in your future endeavors Shaun!

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