Brittany Coats

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Brittany Coats is an American biomechanical engineer whose research is centered on head injuries, especially in infants. [1] [2] She is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, and the director of the Utah Head Trauma Lab. [3]

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Education and career

Coats majored in mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, graduating in 2000. She completed a Ph.D. in bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, [4] supervised by Susan Margulies, [5] before returning to the University of Utah as a faculty member. [4]

Recognition

In 2021, Coats was elected as an ASME Fellow. [6]

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References

  1. "Just fundamental mechanics and infant skull fractures", Just Science, Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, retrieved 2023-10-17
  2. "Understanding brain injury" (PDF), The University of Utah College of Engineering Research Report, p. 4, 2015, retrieved 2023-10-17
  3. Faculty, University of Utah, Department of Mechanical Engineering, retrieved 2023-10-17
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  5. Margulies, Susan Sheps (October 19, 2020), Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2023-10-17
  6. All fellows (PDF), ASME, retrieved 2023-10-17