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...
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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!...
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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!...
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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!...
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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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Dr. Coats and Dan Shedd attended the 2015 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Conference, which was held May 3rd– 7th in Denver. This conference attracts researchers and clinicians in ophthalmology from across the country and the globe. Dan presented his research in a podium presentation titled “Visual Dysfunction following Low...
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Jourdan Colter presented her research this Wednesday in an industry and academic collaborative seminar co-hosted by ANSYS, Inc. and Dr. Coats. Jourdan’s talk titled, “Medical Simulation & Modeling” gave a great overview of her thesis project with Jade Therapeutics Inc. The event had both academic and industry representatives speaking about the role of simulation and modeling...
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Much thanks to the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) at the University of Utah for sponsoring two of our undergraduates! Mckenna Drysdale presented her research at the annual undergraduate research symposium on measuring the material properties of a novel hydrogel designed for ocular drug delivery. Boston Terry presented his work creating voxel-based analysis methods for...
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Dr. Susan Margulies came to the University of Utah as an invited speaker in the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Distinguished Seminar series. The Developmental Head Injury Biomechanics Lab was delighted to give her a tour of our facilities and ongoing projects. Dr. Margulies was Dr. Coats’ graduate adviser at the University of Pennsylvania where she...
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Students in Dr. Coats Developmental Head Injury lab, Dr. Czabaj’s composites lab, and Dr. Spear’s multiscale modeling lab celebrated the end of the year by having honey baked ham with family and friends. Thanks again for hosting Dr. Coats! ...
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