Four Scholars with SCI Ties Named Finalists in Bioengineering Student Paper Competition

Three Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute students under faculty member Jeffrey A. Weiss were selected as finalists in the student paper competition at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference, and a fourth finalist is a recently defended Ph.D. graduate under affiliate faculty member Lucas Timmins. The four biomedical engineering students were […]

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SCI’s Bidone Helps Lead $8.5M Leducq Network for Vascular Breakthroughs

Tamara Bidone, a faculty member in the University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute and an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is part of an international team of researchers awarded $8.5 million to develop treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD)—a common and potentially fatal condition where not enough blood flows to the limbs. […]

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New Faculty Member Karli Gillette Returns ‘Home’ to SCI to Develop Cardiac Digital Twins

After earning two of her three degrees at the University of Utah, native Salt Laker Karli Gillette returned in summer 2024 as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a member of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute. Read how her personal experiences—including a mild heart condition diagnosis at age 16—led […]

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$2M NIH Grant Renewal Will Bring FEBio Open-Source Software into its 20th Year

Jeffrey Weiss, a University of Utah professor of biomedical engineering and faculty member in the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, and Gerard Ateshian, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University, received a $2 million grant to continue to improve Finite Elements for Biomechanics (FEBio), open-source software supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2008. […]

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Mendoza, Weiss receive $2.6 million grant to study biomechanics of lung tumors

Michelle Mendoza, PhD, researcher at Huntsman Cancer Institute and associate professor of oncological sciences at the University of Utah (the U) and Jeffrey Weiss, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering and faculty member in the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the U, are the recipients of a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of […]

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