The Bentil Group

Soft Tissue and Biomaterial Mechanics

Ling Zhang was featured on the cover of the Dimensions newsletter. Click here to read…

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Anna Buchholz, an undergraduate research assistant from the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, discusses the…

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Tim J. Beavers, a Masters student in the Mechanical Engineering Department introduces BruISer. BruISer is…

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The brain is neither a solid nor a liquid. The mechanical response of the brain…

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The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust awarded Dr. Bentil a grant to support her research.…

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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 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.
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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!

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