Degree Program: B. S. Biomedical Engineering with minor in Chemistry Department: College of Engineering, College of Science Hometown: Mytishchi (a city near Moscow) Research Interests: Biomechanics (especially in sport industry) and Biomaterials Favorite way to spend time away from school: Watching hockey. Favorite place to eat in Salt Lake: Mr Shabu The thing you...
Continue readingNew paper on rate dependence of collagen denaturation in vessel failure
Congrats to Will and Noah for recent acceptance of their paper “Strain-induced collagen denaturation is rate dependent in failure of cerebral arteries” at Acta Biomaterialia! This research shows that the extent of collagen molecule damage decreases with strain rate when vessels are stretched to failure. Collaborators include Matt Converse and Michael Yu....
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Soon-to-be Dr. Greg Boiczyk passed his PhD dissertation defense with flying colors today! His dissertation is entitled “Mechanics of Porcine Brain Tissue: Effects of Strain Rate, Region, and Anisotropy,” providing valuable mechanical data on the mechanical response of Gottingen minipig brain tissue. ...
Continue readingCongrats to Noah for passing his PhD defense!
Soon-to-be Dr. Noah Pearson successfully defended his dissertation, titled “High Strain Rate Damage in Cerebral Arteries: A Molecular and Mechanical Analysis”!...
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Degree Program: Bachelor of Science Department: Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Sandy, UT Research Interests: Biomechanics, mathematical modeling of mechanical systems Honors / Awards: Eccles Scholar Favorite way to spend time away from school: Swimming, ping pong, and jigsaw puzzles Favorite place to eat in Salt Lake: Arempas Thing you love most about Salt Lake: Exploring...
Continue readingNew paper on Gottingen minipig brain tissue
Congratulations to Greg on the recent publication of his paper “Rate- and Region-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Gottingen Minipig Brain Tissue in Simple Shear and Unconfined Compression” in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering! See the publications page to access it....
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Degree Program: PhD Department: Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Hamedan, Iran Research Interests: Traumatic Brain Injury, Soft Tissue Biomechanics, Biofluid Mechanics Favorite way to spend leisure time: Spending time with my family, playing/watching soccer, and hiking Favorite place to eat in Salt Lake: Wasatch Brew Pub Things you love most about Salt Lake: Blue clear sky, mountains, beautiful nature...
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Degree Program: Bachelor of Science Department: Mechanical Engineering Hometown: South Korea Research Interests: Biomechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Robotics Favorite way to spend time away from school: Bowling and 3D printing Favorite place to eat in Salt Lake: Asia Palace Thing you love most about Salt Lake: Never ending construction cycle...
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A new proposal entitled “Tissue Damage Progression in Repeated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury” has been funded by the NSF. The new project, including Brittany Coats of the Utah Head Trauma Lab and Michele Marino of the University of Rome, Tor Vergata, will characterize damage to pia-arachnoid complex tissues resulting from repeated loading and study the influence...
Continue readingPaper reporting model for rate dependent cerebral vasculature published
Congratulations to Noah for getting his paper entitled “A strain-rate dependent constitutive model for Göttingen minipig cerebral arteries” published in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering! This paper shows that Göttingen minipig cerebral arteries are rate dependent and proposes a model for use in computational models of head injury that account for the vasculature. See the publications...
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