Blast Injury – Page 2 – Laboratory of Head Injury and Vessel Biomechanics

Dr. Brennan receives DOD grant

March 6, 2014March 6, 2014

Dr. Monson is a co-investigator on a DOD CDMRP grant recently awarded to Dr. KC Brennan. The project is entitled “Dissecting the Roles of Brain Injury and Combat-Related Stress in Post-Traumatic Headache” and will run from 2014-2017. Congratulations, KC!...

Nan-Wei wins 1st prize for his poster!

September 12, 2013September 12, 2013

Congratulations to Nan-Wei for his first place finish in the poster contest at the Utah Bioengineering Conference this last weekend (Sep 7)! His poster was entitled “Mechanics of Blast Loading on an Isolated Blood Vessel: A Finite Element Approach.”...

Figure from Stewart’s paper selected as journal cover image

September 4, 2013September 4, 2013

Figure 3 from Stewart’s blast paper has been selected as the cover image for the October 2013 issue of Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Congratulations, Stewart!...

Paper reporting cerebrovascular injury in blast accepted for publication

April 1, 2013April 1, 2013

Congratulations to Stewart and Dave for acceptance of their paper entitled Distribution of blood-brain barrier disruption in primary blast injury for publication in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering!...

Nan-Wei’s abstract accepted for presentation at CMBBE 2013

February 1, 2013February 1, 2013

Nan-Wei’s abstract has been accepted for podium presentation at the 11th Annual International Symposium for Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering here in Salt Lake City (April 3-6, 2013). Dr. Monson is a contributing author. Abstract title: Blood vessel response under various blast loadings: finite element simulation on a simplified cylinder. Link to...

2012 COE Research Report Features Our Group

August 18, 2012August 18, 2012

Check out the nice feature on our research group in the latest College of Engineering Research Report (click image at right to view)....

Stewart presents at NNS 2012

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012

Congrats to Stewart on successful presentation of his poster at NNS 2012 in Phoenix!...

Dr. Coats receives DOD grant

May 2, 2012May 2, 2012

Dr. Monson is a co-investigator on a DOD Vision Research Program grant recently awarded to Dr. Brittany Coats. The project will investigate long term vision loss as a result of blast exposure and will run from 2012-2015. Congratulations, Brittany!...

Stewart’s abstract accepted for presentation at NNS 2012

May 1, 2012May 1, 2012

Stewart’s abstract has been accepted for presentation at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in Phoenix (July 22-25, 2012). Contributing authors include Jordan, Dave, and Dr. Monson. Stewart was also awarded a $500 travel grant to help cover his expenses. Nice work, Stewart! Abstract title: Morphology and distribution of focal hemorrhage following primary blast injury. Link...

Dr. Monson to present in BIOEN 3091

December 15, 2011December 15, 2011

Dr. Monson will present “Cerebrovascular Biomechanics in Traumatic Brain Injury” in Current Research in BME (BIOEN 3091) on Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012, in WEB 2230....