Faculty
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Brittany Coats, PhD |
Graduate Students
PhD Students
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Robert ‘Mitch’ Metcalf – Mechanical Engineering Email: r.metcalf@utah.edu Research: Skull fracture mechanics of pediatric bone Interests: Family, Pilates, Scuba Diving |
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Yousef Alsanea – Mechanical Engineering Email: yousef.alsanea@utah.edu Research: Effect of skull thickness variability on skull fracture patterns Interests: Boxing, Running, Fishing, My Bird (Pippin) |
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Rachel Buckley – Mechanical Engineering Email: rachel.klink@utah.edu Research: Molecular and microstructural damage to the retinal vasculature from tensile and tractional loading Interests: Backpacking, Hiking, Travel, Food, Sunshine |
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Sarah Strzalka – Mechanical Engineering Email: sarah.strzalka@utah.edu Research: Mechanical and molecular damage at the brain-skull interface following inertial head trauma Interests: Hiking, Travel, Football, Coffee! |
Masters Students
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Aidan Wallace – Mechanical Engineering Email: AidanJ.Wallace@utah.edu Research: Modeling TBI-induced vascular damage effects on brain mechanics Interests: Snowboarding, Fishing, Lacrosse |
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Rachel Harris – Mechanical Engineering Email: rachel.harris@utah.edu Research: Modeling the effect of vitreous liquefaction on vitreoretinal traction forces Interests: Hiking, Tennis, Pickleball, Skiing |
Research Engineers
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Christopher ‘Kiffer’ Creveling, Ph.D. Email: kiffer.creveling@gmail.com Research: Mechanical characterization of the vitreoretinal interface |
Undergraduate Students
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James Utton – Mechanical Engineering Email: james.utton@utah.edu Research: Machine-learning model to detect damage in Retinal Vasculature Interests: Hiking, Tennis, Skiing |
Alumni
- Leonard Marin, Ph.D. Microstructural Damage Progression of Arachnoid Trabeculae in Repetitive Head Trauma.
- Joseph Phillips, Ph.D. Microstructure and mechanics of the vitreoretinal interface.
- Emma Luke, Ph.D. Collagen hybridizing peptide: diagnostic and drug delivery potential in traumatic brain injury.
- Kyle O’Sullivan, M.S. Computational modeling to improve the biocompatibility and longevity of brain-computer interfaces.
- Nathan Bartlett, B.S. Three-dimensional analysis of skull fracture patterns.