Skull Scare
Cranial trauma research puts TSA agents on edge
Friday, June 23, 2023
A model skull with a large metal "patch" on it

Photo by Elizabeth Mamros.

TSA agents at the Pittsburgh airport got a scare recently, when Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Mamros ’23G sent her research — which aims to create customizable trauma fixation hardware that will hold bones together while they heal — through the scanner. “I told him, ‘It’s part of my research… Don’t worry, it’s not real!’” Now back at the place of its origin, UNH’s , “Skully” helps Mamros and other researchers create strong, lightweight solutions to help fractured skulls heal.

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