The Bentil Group

A lab that CARES (i.e. Characterizing And REsearching Soft materials)!

Sarah Hansen presented her research at the Spring 2020 Iowa State University Honors Poster Session…

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University Honors Poster Session (UHPS): Spring 2020Read more

Josh Holtzleiter, Cassidy Carolyn, and Ian Dalton presented their research at the Spring 2020 Iowa…

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Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creative Expression (SoURCE): Spring 2020Read more

March 2024

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme for the 2024 campaign is My Brain Injury Journey.
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Carley joins The Bentil Group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!

February 2024

January 2024

Caden and Phuong join The Bentil Group as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!

October 2023

Congratulations on your review paper acceptance, Laura! Click here to read the paper.

September 2023

Luke and Connor join The Bentil Group as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!

July 2023

June 2023

Jenny passed her final oral defense for her Ph.D. degree. Congratulations, Dr. Jenny Marsh! Wishing you much success on your next adventure!

April 2023

Dulce presented her work at the the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), which was hosted by University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Click here to read more.
Dulce presented her work at Iowa State University's Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creative Expression (SoURCE). Click here to read more.
Dulce presented her work at Iowa State University's Annual McNair Research Symposium. Click here to read more.

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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Laura is selected to receive a prestigious fellowship with Iowa State University's National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Dependable Data Driven Discovery Program. Congratulations! Learn more...
Dr. Bentil was included in the list of women that use digital image correlation (DIC) in their research by Correlated Solutions in celebration of Women's History Month. Learn more...

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...

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