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ASME 2013 Summer Bioengineering Conference Congratulations Jami Saffioti for being accepted to present her work at the ASME 2013 Summer Bioengineering Conference to be held in Sunriver, OR on June 26-29, 2013. Jami will be presenting “Age Dependent And Anisotropic Material Properties Of Immature Porcine Sclera” during the poster session....
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The Society of Women Engineers has reviewed the scholarship applications and awarded Jami Saffioti the Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship for the 2013-2014 Academic Year. This is the second year Jami has received the scholarship and will continue to use it to pay for differential tuition, text books, student insurance and...
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11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Congratulations Jami Saffioti, Greg Scott, and Dan Shedd for being accepted to present their work at the 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering to be held in Salt Lake City, UT on April 3-7, 2013. ...
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Lab BBQ to kick off the Fall 2012 Semester! The Pediatric Injury Biomechanics Lab kicked off the Fall 2012 semester with a BBQ at Citycreek Canyon! New lab members Dan Shedd and Greg Scott joined the group this semester. Lab members, friends, and family enjoyed good food, competitive games such as ladder...
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Following a seminar titled Pediatric Ocular Mechanics: The Elephant in the Room, the Utah Commandery of Knights Templar presented a check to the Pediatric Injury Biomechanics Lab on behalf of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation. The check will support research characterizing the material properties of pediatric ocular tissues. It’s our hope that these data...
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Patrick Moran successfully defended his Master’s thesis today. His thesis, Characterization of the vitreoretinal interface and vitreous in the porcine eye as it changes with age, set the foundation for identifying age related changes in structure and mechanical properties of the eye. Patrick has accepted a position in the professional development program at T.D. Williamson...
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The Department of Defense Vision Research Program has awarded the lab a $1 million dollar grant to investigate long term ocular injury from blast exposure! The interdisciplinary 4-year project will investigate ocular trauma using clinical evaluations and experimental animal models. The project will support 2 graduate students for 4 years. We are very excited to...
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Pediatric Ophthalmologist and collaborator Gil Binenbaum, MD at the University of Pennsylvania was recently awarded a seed grant from the UPENN Vision Research Center to investigate changes in pediatric intraocular pressure with scleral depression. The University of Utah Pediatric Injury Biomechanics lab will design and manufacture the computer controlled depressor in order to assist...
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The Society of Women Engineers has awarded Jami Saffioti the Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship for the 2012-2013 Academic Year. The scholarship committee reviewed over 1,500 applications and awarded only 7 Memorial Scholarships in the United States! Awards were given to female candidates in engineering who demonstrate “outstanding academic achievement as well as strong engineering...
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Alex Williams was awarded the award for Best Speech at the 2012 Bioengineering Senior Research Symposium. The award was given for delivering the best 5 minute presentation on the Senior Design projects. Visual aid quality, speaker performance, delivery, and quality of content were all criteria to receive this award....
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