The Bentil Group

Past Announcements

May 2022

  • Sam joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

April 2022

  • Katherine presented her work at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), which was held virtually. Click here to read more.

March 2022

  • March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme for the 2021 to 2023 campaign is More Than My Brain Injury.
    Learn more…

January 2022

  • Ryan joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

September 2021

  • Hai and Megan join The Bentil Group as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!
  • Dr. Bentil delivered an invited lecture at The Ohio State University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar. Read more…

August 2021

  • Dr. Bentil delivered an invited presentation (virtual) at the 2021 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). Learn more about MHSRS…

June 2021

  • Ling passed her final oral defense for her Ph.D. degree. Congratulations, Dr. Ling Zhang! Wishing you much success on your next adventure!
  • Oluwaponmile passed her final oral defense for her Ph.D. degree. Congratulations, Dr. Oluwaponmile Afuwape! Wishing you much success on your next adventure!

May 2021

April 2021

  • Katherine presented her work at Iowa State University’s Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creative Expression (SoURCE). Click here to read more.

March 2021

February 2021

  • Dr. Bentil delivered an invited lecture (virtual) at Washington University in Saint Louis’ Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Seminar. Read more…

January 2021

  • Dr. Bentil was featured in a news article sharing her experiences as a fellow for the 2020 Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP). Click here to read more.
  • Katherine joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

December 2020

  • Oluwaponmile passed her preliminary exam. Congratulations!

September 2020

  • Jenny presented her research at the 2020 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) Conference. Click here to read more.

August 2020

  • Rachel joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

June 2020

  • Ling presented her research at the 2020 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C). Click here to read more.

May 2020

  • Annastacia completed her Master’s degree. Congratulations!

April 2020

  • Sarah presented her work at Iowa State University’s Honors Poster Session (UHPS). Click here to read more.
  • Josh, Cassidy, and Ian presented their work at Iowa State University’s Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creative Expression (SoURCE). Click here to read more.

March 2020

  • Dr. Bentil was selected as a fellow for the 2020 Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP). Click here to read more.
  • Dr. Bentil hosted the 2020 Midwest Graduate Student SEM Symposium at Iowa State University. Click here to read more.
  • Annastacia successfully defended her Master’s thesis. Congratulations!
  • Congratulations, Ling, on making the cover of the Cyclone Engineering Research newsletter! Click here to read more.
  • March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme for the 2018 to 2020 campaign is Change Your Mind.
    Learn more…

February 2020

  • Cassidy wins an internal grant from the First-Year Honors Mentor Program to study the impact of shock waves on neural cell viability. Congratulations!
  • Josh wins an internal grant from the First-Year Honors Mentor Program to study the influence of brain tissue hydration on speckle adhesion. Congratulations!
  • Ian wins an internal grant from the First-Year Honors Mentor Program to study conditions affecting cavitation bubble properties. Congratulations!
  • Carter joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

January 2020

  • Cassidy, Josh, and Ian join The Bentil Group as undergraduate research assistants through the First-Year Honors Mentor Program. Welcome!

December 2019

  • Dr. Bentil attended and presented at the 8th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues, in Waikoloa Beach, HI.

October 2019

  • Ling presented her research at the Society of Engineering Science’s (SES) Technical Meeting. Click here to read more.

September 2019

  • Jenny presented her work at Iowa State University’s 11th Annual Neuroscience Research Day. Click here to read more.
  • Dr. Bentil delivered an invited lecture at University of Iowa’s Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar. Click here to read more.

August 2019

  • Congratulations on your paper acceptance, Annastacia, Ling, Sarah, and Jack! Click here to read the paper.
  • Dr. Bentil delivered an invited presentation at Iowa State University’s Neuroscience retreat.

June 2019

  • Dr. Bentil attended and presented at the 2019 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), in Seven Springs, PA.
  • Jenny and Ling hosted activities for children at the STEM InCYte Summer Day Camp. Read more…
  • Annastacia and Ling presented their research at the Society for Experimental Mechanics’ (SEM) Annual Conference and Exposition. Click here to read more.
  • Ling received a travel award to present her work at SEM, held in Reno, Nevada. Congratulations!

May 2019

  • Congratulations, Ling, on making the cover of the Dimensions newsletter! Click here to read more.
  • Congratulations on your paper acceptance, Annastacia, Ling, Sarah, and Jack! Click here to read the paper.
  • Dr. Bentil attended and presented at the 16th Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM), in Ann Arbor, MI.
  • Ling passed her preliminary exam. Congratulations!
  • Abigail presented her work at Iowa State University’s Honors Poster Session (UHPS). Click here to read more.

April 2019

  • Congratulations on your paper acceptance, Ling and Jack! Click here to read the paper.
  • Dr. Bentil is a co-author on a paper involving brain mimetic hydrogels. This paper is part of the Biomaterials for Mechanobiology special issue. Click here to read the paper.
  • Lucas presented his work with Sarah at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), which was hosted by Kennesaw State University. Click here to read more.
  • Marcelo, Megan, and Lucas presented their work at Iowa State University’s Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creative Expression (SoURCE). Click here to read more.

March 2019

  • March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme for the 2018 to 2020 campaign is Change Your Mind.
    Learn more…
  • Anna Buchholz organizes an outreach activity at the 3rd Annual STEM Fest. Read more…
  • Ling presented her brain surrogate work at Iowa State University’s Soft Matter Colloquium.
  • Dr. Bentil delivered an invited lecture at Lehigh University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Seminar. Read more…

February 2019

  • Jenny joins The Bentil Group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!
  • Sebastien joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!
  • Abigail wins an internal grant from the First-Year Honors Mentor Program to study soft tissue deformation from multiple angles, using a single camera. Congratulations!

January 2019

  • Anna Buchholz organizes outreach activities at a 5th grade classroom and the First Lego League State Championships. Read more…
  • Abigail joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant through the First-Year Honors Mentor Program. Welcome!

December 2018

  • Tim completed his Master’s degree. Congratulations!

November 2018

  • Annastacia presented her undergraduate research at ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE). She also received a travel award to present her work. Congratulations! Read more…
  • Tim successfully defended his Master’s thesis. Congratulations!
  • Natalie joins The Bentil Group as a McNair Scholar. Welcome!

October 2018

  • Oluwaponmile joins The Bentil Group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!
  • Dominic joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

September 2018

  • Dr. Bentil presented her research at the 10th Annual Neuroscience Research Day, held at Iowa State University.
  • Marcelo and Anna join The Bentil Group as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!

August 2018

  • Dr. Bentil joins Iowa State University’s Neuroscience Interdepartmental Graduate Program, as a faculty member.

May 2018

  • Tim presented his research at the 14th Annual Injury Biomechanics Symposium. Read more…
  • Lucas joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!
  • Dr. Bentil presented her research at the 8th Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference. Read more…

March 2018

  • Tim’s abstract has been selected for an oral presentation at the 14th Annual Injury Biomechanics Symposium. He also received a travel award to present his work. Congratulations!
  • Dr. Sirivolu presented his research at ISU Research Day. Read more…
  • Dr. Bentil’s paper on improving the biocompatibility of neural electrodes was accepted for publication. Read more…

January 2018

  • Megan joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

Nov 2017

  • Jeremy, Sarah, and Brad join The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!

Oct 2017

  • Dr. Dushyanth Sirivolu joins The Bentil Group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome!

Sep 2017

  • Shen joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

Aug 2017

  • Ling joins The Bentil Group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!

Jul 2017

  • Dr. Bentil receives a research grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust. Read more…

Apr 2017

  • Sarah presented her research at UHPS. Read more…
  • Tim presented his research at GPSRC. Read more…
  • Garth and Sarah presented their research at the Undergraduate Symposium. Read more…

Mar 2017

  • Tim will present his research at Iowa State University’s Graduate and Professional Students’ Research Conference (GPSRC) in April 2017.
  • Garth and Sarah will present their research at the 2017 Iowa State University Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creative Expression in April 2017.

Feb 2017

  • Dr. Bentil delivered an invited lecture at the 8th annual James K. Knowles Lectures and Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium. Read more…
  • Sarah wins an internal grant from the First-Year Honors Mentor Program to study speckle patterns in soft tissue. Congratulations!
  • Garth was accepted into the Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) Program for 2017. Congratulations!
  • Sahar joins The Bentil Group as a Ph.D. student until July 2017. Welcome!
  • Annastacia joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!

Jan 2017

  • Tim and Akshay join The Bentil Group as M.S. students. Welcome!
  • Garth joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!
  • Sarah joins The Bentil Group as an undergraduate research assistant, through the First-Year Honors Mentor Program. Welcome!

Dec 2016

  • Tariq joins The Bentil Group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!

Nov 2016

  • Claire and Jeff join The Bentil Group as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!

Aug 2016

  • New website is up!
  • Now accepting Postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students.