Congrats to Dave and Jake for their nice paper “Subfailure overstretch induces persistent changes in the passive mechanical response of cerebral arteries,” published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology....
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Jay defends M.S. thesis
Congratulations to Huijae for successfully defending his M.S. thesis entitled “Characterization of Brain Surface Strains During Controlled Cortical Impact”!...
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Contract with Henry Jackson Foundation finalized
The lab has finalized a contract with the Henry Jackson Foundation, through collaboration with the Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute, to investigate the high-rate properties of rat cerebral arteries. Findings will be used to develop of a model of blast brain injury....
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Kevin defends M.S. thesis
Congrats to Kevin for successfully defending his MS thesis entitled “Age-Related Changes in the Mechanical Properties of Arteries”!...
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Paper reporting umbilical artery mechanical properties to be published
Congratulations to Kevin for acceptance of his paper entitled Umbilical cord artery mechanical properties at various gestational ages for publication in the American Journal of Perinatology!...
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Seed Grant Funded
The lab has been awarded a 1-year seed grant from the University of Utah to develop a large animal model allowing investigation of changes in cerebral blood vessels following trauma. Collaborators include the Kurt Albertine lab in the School of Medicine....
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Presenters at World Congress of Biomechanics
Congrats to Dave Bell, Nan-Wei Liu, Matt Converse, and Kevin Nye who will present at the World Congress of Biomechanics in Boston July 6-11, 2014!...
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Dr. Brennan receives DOD grant
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!...
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Nan-Wei wins 1st prize for his poster!
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.”...
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Figure from Stewart’s paper selected as journal cover image
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!...
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