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Mechanical Engineering
SMASH Lab
Smart Materials and Shock Lab

Lab Members

Dr. Jeff Hill

May 17, 2024 12:17 PM
Associate Professor
jeff.hill@byu.edu
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We are always interested in working with motivated graduate and undergraduate students who enjoy hands-on, applied mechanical engineering research. Lab members gain experience in computation, modeling, and experimentation while contributing to collaborative research projects.
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Harrison Denning

MS Student
Resonant Structures · Tensegrity · Shock
Joined the lab in 2021
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Bond Headlee

PhD Student
Tensegrity · Robotics
Joined the lab in 2024
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Joe Moore

MS Student
Shape Memory Alloys · Focused Ultrasound
Joined the lab in 2024
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Caleb Swain

MS Student
Tensegrity · Biomechanics
Joined the lab in 2023
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Thayne Wagner

MS Student
Shock · Pyroshock
Joined the lab in 2025
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Austin Brown

MS Mechanical Engineering
arbrown@byu.edu

Austin's research was in modeling and simulating tensegrity structures with continuous cables.
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Ammon Gallart

MS Mechanical Engineering
gammone@byu.edu

Master's student who developed METS (Multi-stiffness Tensegrity System).
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Brett Layer

MSMBA
blayer@byu.edu

Brett's research was in tensegrity applications, especially tensegrity robotics.
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