Principal Investigator
Lucas (Luke) Timmins
lucas.timmins@utah.edu
(he/him)
Post-doc, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Univ. School of Medicine, 2010-2016
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M Univ., 2010
Whitaker International Fellowship, Pathology, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2007
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M Univ., 2005
Hometown: Port Neches, TX
Hobbies: golfing, backpacking, skiing, smoking meats, brewing beer
Graduate Students
Caleb Berggren
caleb.berggren@utah.edu
Ph.D. candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Utah
M.S., Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2014
Hometown: Blair, NE
Project: Prognostic Value of Plaque Stress to Identify Rapid Coronary Artery Disease Progression
Hobbies: spending time with my wife, friends and family, soccer, snowboarding, video games, discussing/learning about how the world works
Elliott Hurd
elliott.hurd@utah.edu
(he/him)
Ph.D. candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Utah
B.S., Bioengineering, Univ. of Utah, 2017
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Project: Comprehensive Analysis of In Vivo Hemodynamics with 4D Flow CMR Imaging
Hobbies: hiking, DnD, reading, video games
David Jiang
david.jiang@utah.edu
(he/him)
Ph.D. candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Utah
B.S./M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Utah, 2020
Hometown: Orem, UT
Project: Establishment of Robust Computational Frameworks to Evaluate the Biomechanics of Coronary Vascular Devices
Hobbies: video games, DIY, foodie
Yifan (Jack) Wang
jack.wang@utah.edu
(he/him)
Ph.D. candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Utah
Post-baccalaureate Fellowship, Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, 2017-2019
B.S., Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon Univ., 2017
Hometown: Shijiazhuang, China
Project: Image-based Computational Framework to Evaluate In Vivo Material Properties of Coronary Arteries
Hobbies: photography, running, cycling, hiking, soccer
Undergraduate Students
Yasmine Abuelhija
u1366070@utah.edu
(she/her)
B.S. candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Orange County, CA
Project: Validation of automated carotid artery image segmentation
Hobbies: music, sports, photography, friends and family
Garrett McClellan
u1169896@utah.edu
(he/him)
B.S. candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Utah
Hometown: Park City, UT
Project: Optimization of Computation Framework and User Interface to Analyze 4D Flow Cardiac MRI Data
Hobbies: Skiing/Snowboarding, Dirt Biking/Mountain Biking, Climbing, Longboarding down campus, team sports, learning new skills, spending time with friends and family
Alumni
William (Billy) Jeon
Summer 2017, Summer Program for Undergraduate Research
B.S., Bioengineering, Rice University, 2018
Erika Kvalem-Soto
2017-2018
B.E., Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2018
Michael Keyser
2019-2021
B.S, Electrical and Computing Engineering, Applied Mathematics, University of Utah (in progress)
