Past Announcements – The Bentil Group

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.
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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!

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

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!

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.
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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!

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