Professional Service

• National Institutes of Health - BINP. proposal review (9 proposals). 10/17/2023 - 10/18/2023
• Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. paper review (2 papers). 07/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review (1 paper). 07/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. paper review (1 paper). 07/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
• Department of Veterans Affairs. proposal review (4 proposals). 05/22/2023 - 05/22/2023
• Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference. abstract review (6 abstracts). abstract review. 02/08/2023 - 02/28/2023
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 01/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. paper review (2 papers). 01/04/2023 - 06/30/2023
• Frontiers in Cardiology. paper review (2 papers). 01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023
• Heliyon. paper review (1 paper). 01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review (1 paper). 01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023
• Acta Biomaterialia. paper review (2 papers). 01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023
• National Institutes of Health - Director's New Innovator Award Program. proposal review (8 proposals). 11/09/2022 - 12/09/2022
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 11/06/2022 - 11/06/2022
• Department of Veterans Affairs. grant review panelist (5 proposals). 11/01/2022 - 12/01/2022
• Frontiers in Physiology - Vascular Physiology. paper review. 10/22/2022 - 10/22/2022
• Clinical Biomechanics. paper review. 07/27/2022 - 07/27/2022
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 07/11/2022 - 07/11/2022
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 07/02/2022 - 07/02/2022
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 06/18/2022 - 06/18/2022
• Annals of Biomedical Engineering. paper review. 06/12/2022 - 06/12/2022
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 06/02/2022 - 06/02/2022
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 05/22/2022 - 05/22/2022
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review. 05/18/2022 - 05/18/2022
• Department of Veterans Affairs. grant review panelist (3 proposals). 04/19/2022 - 05/19/2022
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 04/16/2022 - 04/16/2022
• Bench-2-Bedside Competition. judge (3 projects). 04/01/2022 - 04/01/2022
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 03/31/2022 - 03/31/2022
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review. 03/22/2022 - 03/22/2022
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review. 03/16/2022 - 03/16/2022
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. paper review. 03/15/2022 - 03/15/2022
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review. 03/14/2022 - 03/14/2022
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. paper review (1 paper). 02/01/2022 - 02/01/2022
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 02/01/2022 - 02/01/2022
• Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference. abstract review (8 abstracts). 02/01/2022 - 02/01/2022
• Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. paper review (1 paper). 12/01/2021 - 12/01/2021
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. proposal review (1 proposal). 12/01/2021 - 12/01/2021
• National Institutes of Health - Director's New Innovator Award Program. proposal review (8 proposals). 12/01/2021 - 12/01/2021
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 12/01/2021 - 12/01/2021
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review (1 paper). 11/01/2021 - 11/01/2021
• Department of Veterans Affairs. grant review panelist (4 proposals). 11/01/2021 - 11/01/2021
• Wellcome Trust. proposal review (1 proposal). 10/01/2021 - 10/01/2021
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 10/01/2021 - 10/01/2021
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review (1 paper). 10/01/2021 - 10/01/2021
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review (1 paper). 09/01/2021 - 09/01/2021
• Annals of Biomedical Engineering. paper review (1 paper). 09/01/2021 - 09/01/2021
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review (1 paper). 08/01/2021 - 08/01/2021
• Acta Biomaterialia. paper review (1 paper). 07/01/2021 - 07/01/2021
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 07/01/2021 - 07/01/2021
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 06/01/2021 - 06/01/2021
• Annals of Biomedical Engineering. paper review (1 paper). 06/01/2021 - 06/01/2021
• Acta Biomaterialia. paper review (1 paper). 06/01/2021 - 06/01/2021
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. paper review (1 paper). 05/01/2021 - 05/01/2021
• Department of Veterans Affairs. grant review panelist (4 proposals). 05/01/2021 - 05/01/2021
• Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. paper review (1 paper). 05/01/2021 - 05/01/2021
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 05/01/2021 - 05/01/2021
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (3 papers). 03/01/2021 - 03/01/2021
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. paper review (1 paper). 03/01/2021 - 03/01/2021
• Journal of Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 01/2021 - 01/2021
• Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme. Outer Board Assessor (2 applications). 01/2021 - 01/2021
• Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference. abstract review (11 abstracts). 01/2021 - 01/2021
• Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. paper review (1 paper). 12/2020 - 12/2020
• Government of Ireland Postgraduate Fellowship Programme. Outer Board Assessor (2 application). 12/2020 - 12/2020
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. proposal review (1 proposal). 11/2020 - 11/2020
• Frontiers in Biomechanics. paper review (1 paper). 11/01/2020 - 11/01/2020
• Department of Veterans Affairs. grant review panelist (4 proposals). 10/2020 - 11/2020
• Acta Biomaterialia. Paper review (1 paper). 08/2020 - 08/2020
• Bench-2-Bedside Competition. judge (1 project). 08/2020 - 08/2020
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review (1 paper). 08/2020 - 08/2020
• Experimental Mechanics. paper review (1 paper). 08/2020 - 08/2020
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 08/2020 - 08/2020
• Acta Biomaterialia. Paper Review (1 paper). 06/2020 - 06/2020
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. paper review (2 papers). 05/2020 - 06/2020
• National Institutes of Health. grant review panelist (9 proposals). 05/2020 - 06/2020
• Department of Veterans Affairs. grant review panelist (3 proposals). 04/2020 - 05/2020
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . paper review (2 papers). 03/2020 - 05/2020
• Experimental Mechanics. paper review (1 paper). 03/2020 - 03/2020
• Journal of Biomechanics . paper review (1 paper). 02/2020 - 02/2020
• Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference. Abstract review (8 abstracts). 02/01/2020 - 02/15/2020
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review (3 papers). 01/2020 - 04/2020
• National Institutes of Health. Grant review panelist; Brain Injury and Neurovascular Pathologies Study Section (9 proposals). 01/2020 - 02/2020
• Journal of Biomechanics . Paper review (1 paper). 12/2019 - 12/2019
• Biomolecules. Paper review (1 paper). 11/2019 - 11/2019
• Department of Veterans Affairs. Grant review panelist; Neurobiology C (4 proposals). 10/2019 - 11/2019
• Frontiers in Biomechanics . Paper review (2 papers). 08/2019 - 09/2019
• Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. Paper review (1 paper). 08/2019 - 08/2019
• Department of Veterans Affairs. Grant review panelist; Cardiovascular Studies-B (1 proposal). 05/2019 - 06/2019
• Department of Veterans Affairs. Grant review panelist; Neurobiology C (6 proposals). 04/2019 - 05/2019
• Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. Paper review (1 paper). 04/2019 - 04/2019
• Acta Biomaterialia. Paper Review (1 papers). 04/01/2019 - 04/20/2019
• Nature Communications. Paper review (1 paper). 03/2019 - 03/2019
• Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme. Outer Board Assessor (2 applications). 02/01/2019 - 02/28/2019
• Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference. Abstract review (15 abstracts). 02/01/2019 - 02/09/2019
• Journal of Biomechanics . Paper review (3 papers). 01/2019 - 06/2019
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Paper review (3 papers). 01/2019 - 04/2019
• World Congress on Biomechanics. Session Chair: ASME BED PhD Student Paper Competition – Sports Biomechanics. 07/2018 - 07/2018
• World Congress on Biomechanics. ASME BED MS Student Poster Session Judge. 07/2018 - 07/2018
• Department of Veterans Affairs, Neurobiology C. Proposal Review (5 proposals). 05/2018 - 05/2018
• Acta Biomaterialia. Paper Review (3 papers). 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
• Journal of Visualized Experiments. Paper Review (1 paper). 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. Paper Review (1 paper). 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Paper Review (2 papers). 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
• Frontiers Neurology. Paper Review (1 paper). 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
• Clinical Biomechanics. Paper Review (1 paper). 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
• Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Paper Review (1 paper). 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
• Journal of Biomechanics. Paper review (2 papers). 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
• Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference. Abstract review (25 abstracts). 02/2015 - 02/2015
• International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering . paper review. 11/04/2014 - 12/31/2014
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. paper review. 10/07/2014 - 12/31/2014
• Annals of Biomedical Engineering. paper review (2 papers). 09/01/2014 - 12/31/2014
• World Congress of Biomechanics. Poster Judge. 07/08/2014 - 07/12/2014
• World Congress of Biomechanics. Session Chair: Brain Injury Mechanics. 07/08/2014 - 07/08/2014
• National Science Foundation. Grant Review Panelist; Morphogenesis and Neural Tissue, Panel P141626. 06/12/2014 - 06/12/2014
• Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. paper review. 06/03/2014 - 12/31/2014
• Neuroscience Letters. paper review (2 papers). 03/04/2014 - 12/31/2014
• Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. paper review. 02/04/2014 - 12/31/2014
• Neurosurgery. paper review. 02/04/2014 - 12/31/2014
• National Institutes of Health, Developmental Brain Disorders Study Section. Grant Review. 02/2014 - 02/2014
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering . paper review. 01/07/2014 - 12/31/2014
• Journal of Biomechanics. paper review (3 papers). 01/07/2014 - 12/31/2014
• Frontiers in Biomechanics. Review Editor. 01/2014 - present
• World Congress on Biomechanics. abstract review (20 abstracts). 01/2014 - 01/2014
• Neurosurgery. Paper Review. 11/2013 - 12/31/2013
• World Congress of Biomechanics. Session Chair: Brain Injury Mechanics. 10/2013 - 07/2014
• Brain Research. Paper Review. 10/2013 - 12/2013
• Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience . Paper Review. 08/2013 - 12/31/2013
• ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Conference Paper Review. 08/2013 - 08/2013
• Acta Biomaterialia. Paper Review. 07/2013 - 12/2013
• Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology . Paper Review. 07/2013 - 12/2013
• Brain Pathology. Paper Review. 06/2013 - 12/2013
• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. Paper Review. 06/2013 - 12/2013
• National Institutes of Health, Developmental Brain Disorders Study Section. Grant Review. 06/2013 - 06/2013
• Department of Defense; US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Grant Review. 06/2013 - 06/2013
• Frontiers in Biomechanics. Review Editor. 05/2013 - 12/2013
• Frontiers in Biomechanics. Paper Review (4 papers). 05/2013 - 12/2013
• Proceedings of the IMechE Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine . Paper Review. 04/2013 - 12/2013
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Paper Review (4 papers). 02/2013 - 12/2013
• Medical Engineering & Physics . Paper Review. 01/2013 - 12/2013
• 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. Program Committee; Session Chair: Brain and CNS. 01/2013 - 04/2013

Honors & Awards

• Top Power Pitch Award, 2022 Imaging Elevated Symposium. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, 10/01/2022
• Top 15% Teaching Award (Fall 2020). College of Engineering, 08/15/2021
• Top 15% Teaching Award (Fall 2018). College of Engineering, 03/11/2019
• Faculty Recognition Award. Center for Disability Services, University of Utah, 05/2013

Internal Service

• Faculty Success Committee. Chair, 08/15/2023 - present. Department service.
• Center for Medical Innovation Liaison. 08/15/2023 - present. Department service.
• Associate Chair (Interim). 08/15/2023 - 12/31/2023. Department service.
• Academic Senate Personnel and Elections Committee. Chair, 07/01/2023 - present. University service.
• poster judge - Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (3 posters). 02/10/2023 - 02/10/2023. University service.
• poster judge - undergraduate research symposium (3 poster). 12/02/2022 - 12/02/2022. University service.
• Wearables Search Committee. 08/31/2022 - 03/31/2023. Department service.
• Industrial and Alumni Outreach Committee. Member, 08/15/2021 - 08/15/2022. Department service.
• space committee. 08/2020 - 08/15/2021. Department service.
• safety committee. 08/2020 - 08/15/2021. Department service.
• Academic Senate Personnel and Elections Committee, Member. 08/26/2019 - 06/30/2023. University service.
• Healthcare Search Committee. 08/31/2018 - 05/01/2019. Department service.
• Executive Committee. 08/27/2018 - 12/31/2023. Department service.
• Solid Mechanics Group Chair. 08/2018 - 07/31/2023. Department service.
• Mechanics of novel materials and structures search committee. chair, 11/04/2014 - 03/03/2015. Department service.
• Engineering Scholars Program . Faculty presenter, 10/14/2014 - 10/14/2014. College service.
• Academic Standards Committee. 08/14/2014 - 12/2015. Department service.
• Judge for Senior Design Projects. 11/2013 - 11/2013. Department service.
• Judge for Senior Design Projects. 11/2013 - 11/2013. Department service.
• University Research Committee Grant Review. 09/2013 - 09/2013. University service.
• Solid Mechanics Search Committee. 08/2013 - 03/2014. Department service.

Outreach

• Engineering Day Presenter. 11/01/2023 - 11/01/2023
• Hi-GEAR Camp Presenter. 06/01/2023 - 06/01/2023
• Engineering Day Presenter. 11/19/2022 - 11/19/2022
• Presentation to American Preparatory Academy, West Valley City, UT on mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, blood vessel damage and injury. 11/01/2022 - 11/01/2022
• Engineering Day Presenter. 10/01/2021 - 10/01/2021
• Volunteer engineering specialist; One Refugee. 02/2018 - 02/01/2021