Congratulations to Elizabeth (Lizzie) Su for a successful UROP research experience and presentation! Lizzie used convolutional neural networks to predict injury prior to standard methods of detection. Results found that injury could be detected earlier than standard optical coherence tomography imaging. She is currently working on a variety of parameters to improve predictions with the...
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Dr. Brittany Coats, Nik Benko and Joseph Phillips attended the 2021 SB3C conference virtually to present research from our lab to other bioengineers around the world. The conference was held virtually in the SB3C2021 Gather.Town Conference World. Nik gave a presentation on real-time reduced order model for estimating brain strain from head impact kinematics. Joseph presented his preliminary work imaging and manipulating...
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Kiffer Creveling 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, Characterization and Modeling of Vitreoretinal Adhesion in the Eye, takes the first step in identifying human morphological and mechanical differences in age- and region-related vitreoretinal adhesion, understanding the microstructure, and modeling of...
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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...
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Dr. Brittany Coats, Jiawei Yan, and Mitch Metcalf attended the 2020 SB3C conference virtually to present research from our lab to other bioengineers around the world. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference switched to being virtual. Jiawei gave a presentation on his work evaluating the effect of bone thickness on skull fracture in infants. Mitch presented on the anisotropic...
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Jiawei Yan successfully defended his Master’s thesis in Mechanical Engineering in front of his graduate committee as well as family and friends via zoom. His thesis, The Effect of Environmental and Anatomical Variabilities on Skull Fracture in Infants, takes the first step in identifying morphological and mechanical differences in infant skull fracture patterns. Congratulations on all your hard...
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Congratulations to Kendall McMillian for your new position at ICU Medical. Best of luck in your future endeavors Kendall!...
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Dr. Brittany Coats, Nik Benko, Kiffer Creveling, Mitch Metcalf, Joseph Phillips, and Yousef Alsanea attended the 2019 SB3C conference in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania to present research from our lab to other bioengineers around the world. Nik gave a podium presentation on his work measuring the mechanical properties of the brain-skull interface. Mitch also gave a podium presentation on his...
Continue readingMatt Byrne successfully defended his Master’s thesis in Mechanical Engineering in front of his graduate committee as well as family and friends. His thesis, Morphology and Mechanics of Retinal Vasculature in Abusive Head Trauma, takes the first step in identifying morphological and mechanical differences in preterm and adult retinal vasculature. Congratulations on all your hard work! Best of luck...
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Christopher Creveling and Dr. Brittany Coats attended the 2018 ARVO conference in Honolulu, Hawaii to present research from our lab to other ophthalmologists around the world. Christopher’s gave a podium presentation (only offered to ~11% of abstract submissions!) on his work measuring the strength of adhesion between the vitreous and retina in different ages and in different...
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