The Bentil Group

Soft Tissue and Biomaterial Mechanics

Current Members

Sections
Principal Investigator
Lab Manager/Technician
Postdoctoral Scholars
Ph.D. Researchers
M.S. Researchers
Undergraduate Students & Researchers

Principal Investigator

Sarah A. Bentil, Ph.D.

Director of The Bentil Group

Lab Manager/Technician

William J. Jackson (Jack)

Postdoctoral Scholars

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Graduate Students

PH.D. RESEARCHERS

Jenny Marsh

Simulations and Experiments

Laura Zinnel

Simulations and Experiments

M.S. RESEARCHERS

Katherine Ray

Experiments

Dulce Resendiz

Experiments

Undergraduate Students & Researchers

Hannah Loftus

Experiments

Sam Whitlock

Experiments

March 2023

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme for the 2021 to 2023 campaign is More Than My Brain Injury.
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January 2023

Dulce joins The Bentil Group as a Concurrent B.S./M.S. student and McNair Scholar. Welcome!
Katherine joins The Bentil Group as a Concurrent B.S./M.S. student. Welcome!

November 2022

Dr. Bentil serves as a panelist to provide input to the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB).
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September 2022

Dr. Bentil received the 2022 Early Achievement in Research Award from Iowa State University's College of Engineering. Read more...

August 2022

Laura joins The Bentil Group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!
Hannah and Julia join The Bentil Group as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!

July 2022

Dr. Bentil delivered an invited presentation (virtual) at the 22nd Biennial Conference of the American Physical Society (APS) Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (SCCM). Learn more about APS SCCM...

June 2022

Dr. Bentil received the 2022 Springer/Nature Publishing Young Investigator Lecture Award by the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM). Read more...

May 2022

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

March 2022

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

Congratulations on your paper acceptance, Ling and Jack! Click here to read the paper.
Jenny passed her preliminary exam. Congratulations!

March 2021

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme for the 2021 to 2023 campaign is More Than My Brain Injury.
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Congratulations on your review paper acceptance, Jenny! Click here to read the review paper.

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.
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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!

Past Announcements

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