Biography
Dr. Terry received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from BYU, an M.S. in Engineering Systems from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado. Following his M.S. degree, he spent 9 years as both a software and mechanical engineer in the medical device research and development industry. After his time in industry, he spent 10 years as an Assistant and then Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at BYU.
Research
Our lab studies how gastrointestinal tissues behave mechanically and uses that knowledge to design ingestible and minimally invasive devices for sensing, localization, delivery, and access. Our work connects tissue characterization, device mechanics, and translational testing in the GI tract. Please click here to visit the research website and to learn more about applying to do research with Dr. Terry.
Twitter page:
https://twitter.com/TerryResearch
Professional Citizenship
- Board Member, Journal of Progress in Biomedical Engineering (2024 - Present)
- Editor, Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2020 - Present)
- Committee/Council Member, Scientific Program Committee of DMD2026 (2025 - 2026)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Advanced Science (Wiley) (2026 - 2026)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Progress in Biomedical Engineering (2025 - 2025)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Science Advances (2025 - 2025)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Progress in Biomedical Engineering (2025 - 2025)
- Committee/Council Member, Scientific Program Committee of DMD2025 (2024 - 2025)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Progress in Biomedical Engineering (2025 - 2025)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Progress in Biomedical Engineering (2025 - 2025)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Progress in Biomedical Engineering (2025 - 2025)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Sensor Letters (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Progress in Biomedical Engineering (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, ASME Journal of Medical Devices (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Sensor Letters (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Acta Biomaterialia (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Acta Biomaterialia (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Design of Medical Devices Conference 2024 (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Acta Biomaterialia (2024 - 2024)
- Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, Department of Defense (2023 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (2024 - 2024)
- Media Interview, Science Advances (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Nature Electronics (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Robotica (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cambridge University Press (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Elsevier (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Nature Electronics (2023 - 2023)