Brett Burton - Graduate Student, Ph.D.

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Background

I was accepted into the bioengineering Ph.D program at the University of Utah in Fall 2008. Prior to my acceptance I had received a B.S. in bioengineering from the U as well as associate degrees in electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering from the College of Southern Idaho in 2005.

Current Responsibilities

I work with a small team of engineers and computer scientists to help fine-tune and maintain the Biomesh3D and SCIRun projects. These tools are then used to observe the electrophysiological effects of cardiac partial thickness ischemia on body surface potentials. Currently, my models focus on solving the forward problem (predicting body surface potentials given known heart surface potentials); however, the end goal is to create a robust, finite element model to solve the inverse problem (predict the location and size of a cardiac ischemic zone given a known body surface potential).

Research Interests

• Cardiac Modeling and Physiology
• Bioelectric Signal Analysis
• Cardiac Disease: Detection and Treatment