The lab was very excited to host a workshop for the high school women involved in the Hi-GEAR (Girls Engineering Abilities Realized) Camp run by the College of Engineering. The camp introduces students to engineering and computer science through hands-on learning projects. We had the women design artificial eyes to mimic the mechanical properties of real...
Continue readingLab Welcomes Sean Liston to the lab
Sean Liston, an upcoming Sophomore at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, is spending a few months in the Pediatric Injury Biomechanics Lab to do summer research at the University of Utah. Sean will be characterizing longevity and optical properties of hydrogels designed for ocular drug delivery. Welcome back to Utah Sean!...
Continue readingLab Welcomes Erica Cabaluna to the lab
Erica Cabaluna, an upcoming Senior at San Diego State University, is spending a month in the pediatric injury biomechanics lab as part of the Graduate Preparation Institute program at the University of Utah. Erica will be improving the design on an existing material testing device in our lab. Welcome to Utah Erica!...
Continue readingSummer Lab Outing
Students in Dr. Coats Developmental Head Injury Biomechanics lab celebrated the end of the academic year by having BBQ chicken with family and friends. Thanks again for hosting Dr. Coats!...
Continue readingJourdan Gets Accepted into the Lassonde Venture Development Program
Congratulations to Jourdan Colter for getting accepted into the Lassonde Institute’s new Venture Development program. This program puts graduate students on a team with University of Utah faculty inventors and assists them in getting their products to the market. Selection to the program is competitive and most of the awardees are MBAs or JDs. Jourdan...
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