Nik Benko successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation in Mechanical Engineering in front of his graduate committee as well as family and friends on zoom. His dissertation, Mechanical Characterization of the Brain-Skull Interface with Applications to Predictions of Axonal Injury, takes the first step in identifying morphological and mechanical differences in the pia-arachnoid complex of the brain to help better understand and model traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Congratulations on all your hard work!
Best of luck Nik!
Nik presenting his dissertation work to the public on Tuesday, October 20th, 2020.