Eleanor Anderson-Zych received the Computational Acoustics Early Career Presenter Award at the 6 th joint meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Japanese Society for Acoustics for presenting Synergistic effects of material parameters and pressure wave characteristics on pulsed high-powered microwave induced cavitation injury Eleanor is part of the Johnsen Group  at the University of Michigan. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is characterized by altered brain functi

Is it possible that the training of elite soldiers can cause brain injuries that accumulate over time? The following article brings attention to this important question. A Green Beret Went on a Shooting Rampage. Is the Army at Fault? by Dave Philipps January 12, 2026 Special Operations troops train relentlessly, jumping from planes, firing shoulder-fired rockets and setting off explosives. The years of training exposes them to so many weapons blasts and knocks to the head tha

Dr. Ross D. Zafonte testified to congress in February of 2024 about treatment of blast TBI in special operators. Here's an interview from March of 2025 where he discusses a variety of TBI topics with Chris Irwin, a retired SEAL and the Navy Seal Foundation’s Communications Director. The discussion of blast TBI starts at 34:30 of the way through.

Civilian firearms fired at indoor ranges may expose a shooter's brain to damaging blast waves. This New York Times article by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Dave Philipps and Jeremy White shows blast overpressures recorded at an indoor range and raises questions about their safety. Target Shooting Could Be Causing Brain Injuries. We Measured the Danger. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Dave Philipps and Jeremy White Cinematography by Zach Caldwell and Jonah Markowitz Nov. 3, 2025 Discussions in

Researchers from Team Wendy attended PASS 2025 in Bruges, Belgium to present their work on testing military helmets under rotation see coverage in Police Magazine Paper Title: A Novel Helmet Testing Apparatus for Assessing Rotational Head Kinematics and Its Applications in Military Helmet Design Authors: Shuting Kou, Jaden Romero, Aravind Sundaramurthy, Ryan Doris, Ron Szalkowski https://doi.org/10.52202/081621-0046 https://www.proceedings.com/081621-0046.html

doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2028 The FDA’s February 2021 authorisation of the Q-Collar was a huge boost to company growth. A careful reading of regulatory documents, however, reveals that FDA scientists were well aware that the evidence base hadn’t demonstrated clinical effectiveness—but they approved it anyway.

Team Wendy has partnered with PANTHER from the start. Check out this video to learn the basics of ballistic helmet testing.

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PANTHER researchers shared their work at the Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida.

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Move over Glasgow Coma Score! A new framework for the characterization of acute TBI has been proposed for the acute stage of injury FOUR...

Jeneel was awarded the the 2nd best student paper at the IEEE Inertial Conference in Germany, May 4-7 2025. The award is for the paper...

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International Forum on Blast Injury Countermeasures Panther's Prof. Carlsen will attend to present her novel computational modeling...

Researchers from PANTHER and sister program TIGER were privileged to be included in Technology Operational Experimentation Exercise...