Principal Investigator
Lucas (Luke) Timmins
lucas.timmins@utah.edu
(he/his)
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/his)
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/his)
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
Kelly Smith
kelly.a.smith@utah.edu
(she/her)
Ph.D. candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Utah
B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering, Tulane Univ., 2013
Hometown: Dayton, OH
Project: Evaluation of Hemodynamic Induced Alterations in the ECM Organization During Atherogenesis
Hobbies: knitting, cooking, fostering animals
Yifan (Jack) Wang
jack.wang@utah.edu
(he/his)
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
Michael Keyser
u1081888@utah.edu
(he/his)
B.S. candidate, Applied Mathematics and Computer Engineering
Hometown: Logan, UT
Project: Investigating Curvature Induced Circumferential Drift to Improve the 3D Reconstruction of a Deployed Stent
Hobbies: skiing, climbing, hiking, soccer
Alex Stevens
u1163337@utah.edu
(he/his)
B.S. candidate, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Utah
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Project: Evaluating the Relationship Between Collagen Molecular Damage and Age in the Vasculature
Hobbies: cars, skateboarding
Alumni
William (Billy) Jeon
Summer 2017, Summer Program for Undergraduate Research
B.S., Bioengineering, Rice Univ., 2018
Erika Kvalem-Soto
2017-2018
B.E., Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2018
