Claire Acevedo portrait
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professional Service

  • Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS). Abstract Reviewer. 09/2021 - present
  • Bone. Role: Reviewer. N=1. 02/2021 - 02/2021
  • ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Role: Reviewer. N=2. 09/2020 - 09/2020
  • Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS). Abstract Reviewer. 09/2020 - 09/2020
  • Extreme Mechanics Letters. Role: Reviewer. N=1. 08/2020 - 08/2020
  • Journal Materials Research Technology. Role: Reviewer. N=2. 08/2020 - 08/2020
  • Bone. Role: Reviewer. N=1. 07/2020 - 07/2020
  • The Anatomical Record. Role: Reviewer. N = 2. 06/2020 - 06/2020
  • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. Role: Reviewer. n =1 . 03/2020 - 03/2020
  • Orthopaedic Research Society meeting. Session Chair - Biomaterials for Bone Regeneration. 02/11/2020 - 02/11/2020
  • The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS). Session chair (n=2). 02/2020 - 02/2020
  • Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS). Abstract reviewer. 09/2019 - present
  • ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Reviewer (n=4). 01/2019 - 12/2019
  • Scientific Report (Nature). Reviewer (n=2). 01/2019 - 12/2019

Honors & Awards

  • NIH Exploratory/Developmental R21 Award. NIH R21 Award, 06/2021
  • CAREER Award. NSF , 02/2021
  • Engineering nominee for the Johnson & Johnson 2018 Women in STEM2D . University of Utah, 09/2018

Internal Service

  • Graduate Student Committee . 09/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Honor Faculty Advisor. 09/2020 - 08/2021. Department service.
  • Honors Policy Board . Member, 09/2020 - 08/2021. University service.
  • Solid Mechanics Group. 01/2019 - present. Department service.
  • Distinguished Seminar Committee. 01/2019 - 12/2019. Department service.

Outreach

  • K-12 dance class around bioengineering and skeletal functions in collaboration with the Tanner Dance (2021-present). 06/2021 - present
  • Hi-Gear Camp Workshop- Summers . 05/2019 - 07/2022

In the Media

  • NIH R21 Award at University of Utah . 09/2021. https://www.coe.utah.edu/2021/09/23/acevedo-receiv...
  • NSF Career Award at University of Utah . 06/2021. https://www.coe.utah.edu/2021/10/08/eight-2021-nsf...
  • At the University of Utah: “Reaching the breaking point” for Fatigue as the Missing Link between Bone Fragility and Fracture, Nature Biomedical Engineering, vol. 2, 2018, pp. 62-71 - other press releases associated with this one: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-rethink-elderly-bones.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180123171440.htm https://www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/does-the-metal-fatigue-principle-apply-toelderly- bones/ https://audioboom.com/posts/6616081-cracked-the-case-a-new-university-of-utah-studysuggests- elderly-bones-are-more-likely-to-break. 01/2018. https://unews.utah.edu/reaching-the-breaking-point...
  • At University of California San Francisco “Diabetes makes bones less bendable, more prone to fracture” for Contributions of Material Properties and Structure to Bone Fragility in the UCDT2DM Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes, JBMR, 2018. 01/2018. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2018/01/409701/diabetes-...