Education

• PhD, Civil Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
• Postdoc, Materials Science / Mechanical Engineering , University of California Berkeley / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Postdoc, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco

Research Summary

Our research at the Fracture and Fatigue of Skeletal Tissues Lab is bridging the gap between fracture mechanics, material characterization and biology. We investigate the hierarchical structure, function mechanisms and deformation/fracture mechanisms of skeletal tissues using advanced x-ray synchrotron instrumentations designed to capture behavior at multiple dimensions, as well as macroscale mechanical testing (strength, toughness and fatigue tests).

Selected Works

• Acevedo C, Sylvia M, Schaible E, Graham JL, Stanhope KL, Metz LN, Gludovatz B, Schwartz AV, Ritchie RO, Alliston TN, Havel PJ & Fields AJ (2018). Contributions of Material Properties and Structure to Increased Bone Fragility for a Given Bone Mass in the UCD-T2DM Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Vol. 33, 1066-1075. Published, 06/2018.
• Acevedo C, Stadelmann VA, Pioletti DP, Alliston T & Ritchie RO (2018). Fatigue as the missing link between bone fragility and fracture. Nature biomedical engineering. Vol. 2, 62-71. Published, 01/2018.