A collaboration between biomechanics, robotics, biology, and electrical engineering has led to the proposed development of a smart helmet to reduce risk of concussion. The helmet would offer active (instead of passive) impact protection and offer a unique warning system that could reduce head angular accelerations from impact. Ed Yeates and KSL recently spotlighted the project. Funding...
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Congratulations to Greg Scott for getting his final publication accepted into Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, one of the premiere modeling journals in our field. The whopping 19-page journal publication titled Utilizing multiple scale models to improve predictions of extra-axial hemorrhage in the immature piglet is an outstanding effort that describes the development and validation of...
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Congratulations to our very own Kiffer Creveling who was recently named the College of Engineering’s Outstanding TA for 2015. Such a great testament to his dedication to undergraduate education. Very well deserving. Congratulations Kiffer!! Find the full article on the College of Engineering website: Kiffer Creveling Outstanding TA...
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Congratulations to Greg Scott on the acceptance of his publication entitled Microstructural Characterization of the Pia-Arachnoid Complex Using Optical Coherence tomography. This research quantified the distribution of arachnoid trabeculae across the surface of the immature porcine brain....
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Congratulations to Jourdan Colter, Jami Saffioti, Alex Williams, and Patrick Moran for publishing their collaborative effort titled, “Age-related changes in dynamic moduli of ovine vitreous.” The rapid degradation and low mechanical stiffness of vitreous makes it challenging to capture high rate properties quickly without interference from inertial and time-related artifacts. Our recent publication describes and validates an...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Nnaoma Agwu, an upcoming Junior at Santa Clara University, is spending a month in the pediatric injury biomechanics lab as part of the Graduate Preparation Institute program at the University of Utah. Nnaoma will be characterizing the relaxation modulus of soft contact lenses as a comparison to some hydrogel equivalents tested earlier in our...
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Many congratulation to Jami Saffioti, PhD and Greg Scott, MS for graduating! Jami defended her PhD dissertation, “Characterization of Pediatric Ocular Material Properties for Implementation into Finite Element Modeling” on June 2, 2014. Greg defended his MS thesis, “Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Pia-Arachnoid Complex” on June 4, 2014. It was an intense push...
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