Fracture and Fatigue of Skeletal Tissues
Stress and fatigue fracture mechanics site

Claire Acevedo’s background and expertise is at the interface between mechanical behavior of materials, biology and experimental high-energy x-ray physics. Her research goals are directed toward understanding the mechanisms of deformation and fracture, and the biological responses at multiple length-scales (from molecular to macroscales). From her PhD study at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), she worked on the influence of residual strains on fatigue resistance of metallic connections using high-energy neutron diffraction instruments. During her postdoc studies at UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, her research has centered upon the hierarchical organization and deformations of collagen and mineral nanocomponents to create specific macroscale mechanical properties and resistance to fracture. In biomechanics, she is developing an understanding of the role that osteocyte-mediated remodeling plays in affecting bone quality and how it can be degraded with bone fragility diseases.

Research My research focuses on fatigue and fracture mechanics, biomechanics, bone, tissue engineering, synchrotron based techniques, multi-scale approaches and biomaterials

Teaching Spring 2018: Strength of Materials (ME EN 3300)

Yoshihiro (Yoshi) Obata is a Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student who joined the Fracture and Fatigue of Skeletal Tissues Lab in 2019. He graduated from North Carolina State University with a BS in Aerospace Engineering. During this time, Yoshi interned at NASA Langley Research Center where he developed a passion for  fracture mechanics research. At the U, he works primarily with synchrotron radiation micro-computed tomography (SRuCT) datasets to understand how changes in bone quality and bone fragility are related. His other interests include climbing, running, biking, and listening to music.

Email: yoshihiro.obata@utah.edu

 

Mike is studying bone through image data such as μCT and microscopy. He is interested in the application of data science to help understand, and draw conclusions about the data he is working with.

Email: u0626735@utah.edu

William Woolley graduated back in France in a Master of “Training, Biology, Nutrition, and Health,” and then he obtained a second master’s degree in “Bioengineering of Tissue and Implants”. He joined the University of Utah in 2019, first as an intern, then he stayed to pursuing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. His interest is about assessing the effect of bone quality on the mechanical properties of bone. He is working on the effect of high fracture risk diseases, such as diabetes, on the collagen. 

Email: woolley.william@gmail.com