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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
dr.jeff.hill@byu.edu
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Harrison Denning

BS Mechanical Engineering
harrybt2@byu.edu

Harrison is a Master's student working in tensegrity and shock.
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Ammon Gallart

MS Mechanical Engineering
gammone@byu.edu

Masters student currently working on developing METS (Multi-stiffness Tensegrity System).
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Bond Headlee

PhD Mechanical Engineering
head314@byu.edu

PhD Student designing a robotic tensegrity elephant trunk. He also designed the graphic user interface for the KC3 Tensegrity Simulation.
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Joe Moore

MS Mechanical Engineering
jmoore54@byu.edu

I am a master's student studying mechanical engineering with an emphasis in biomedical engineering. I love to ski, camp, hike, mountain bike, play sports, eat good food, and most of all enjoy life!
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Caleb Swain

MS Mechanical Engineering
ccs3715@byu.edu

Caleb is a part of the Elbow Brace Project. His career interests involve prosthetic limbs and exosuits.
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Thayne Wagner

MS Mechanical Engineering


Thayne's research is focused on shock and vibration. He is the lead engineer on the lab's gas gun.
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Craig Holm

BS Mechanical Engineering
ch2279@byu.edu

I am from Pocatello, Idaho and am in my second year of undergraduate study. I am studying mechanical engineering with a minor in manufacturing.
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Brett Layer

MSMBA
blayer@byu.edu

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

MS Mechanical Engineering
arbrown@byu.edu

Austin's research is in modeling and simulating tensegrity structures with continuous cables.
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