Prof. Donnelly presented a talk entitled, “Multiscale mechanical and compositional characterization of bone tissue in health and disease” at the Nanobruecken 2015 nanomechanics workshop at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany.
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Xu awarded ELI Undergraduate Research Award
Xiangyun (Joyce) Xu was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for her proposal entitled, “Characterization of tissue composition in Type II diabetic human bone.” The ELI grant provides support for living and research expenses for her research in the lab this summer. Congratulations Joyce!
Donnelly receives NSF CAREER award
Eve Donnelly was awarded a grant through the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program entitled “CAREER: Role of Variations in Tissue Material Properties in Bone Fracture Behavior.” This work is expected to identify and predict how the changes in bone tissue composition that occur in osteoporosis will affect bone fracture behavior. More information is available via Cornell and NSF.
Lab sledding day in Cornell Plantations
Lloyd AA, Wang ZX, Donnelly E. Multiscale Contribution of Bone Tissue Material Property Heterogeneity to Trabecular Bone Mechanical Behavior. J Biomech Eng. 2015.
Abstract
Heterogeneity of material properties is an important potential contributor to bone fracture resistance because of its putative contribution to toughness, but establishing the contribution of heterogeneity to fracture risk is still in an incipient stage. Experimental studies have demonstrated changes in distributions of compositional and nanomechanical properties with fragility fracture history, disease, and pharmacologic treatment. Computational studies have demonstrated that models with heterogeneous material properties predict apparent stiffness moderately better than homogeneous models and show greater energy dissipation. Collectively, these results suggest that microscale material heterogeneity affects not only microscale mechanics but also structural performance at larger length scales.
PMID:25383615
Diaz awarded ELI Undergraduate Research Award
David Diaz was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for his proposal entitled, “Assessment of bone tissue composition in a mouse model of Type II diabetes.” The ELI grant provides support for research expenses for his research in the lab this fall. Congratulations David!
Lloyd receives 2014 ASBMR Young Investigator Award
The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research has awarded PhD student Ashley Lloyd a 2014 Young Investigator Award for her abstract “Cortical Tissue from Postmenopausal Women with Atypical Fractures Shows Reduced Heterogeneity in Nanomechanical Properties.” She will accept the award at the ASBMR Annual Meeting in Houston, TX September 11-15 2014.
Lloyd selected to participate in EFF/ASBMR Eighth Fellows Forum on Metabolic Bone Diseases
PhD student Ashley Lloyd was selected to participate in the Endocrine Fellows Foundation/American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Eighth Fellows Forum on Metabolic Bone Diseases. She will attend the forum prior to the 2014 ASBMR annual meeting at the at the Hilton Americas Houston, Houston, TX, September 10-11, 2014.
Congratulations to MSE Class of 2014!
On Sunday, May 25 we celebrated Cornell’s 2014 Commencement. Congratulations to to the MSE Class of 2014 and especially to Donnelly Lab graduating seniors Michelle Chin and Vinny Wang!
Diaz wins ELI Undergraduate Research Award
David Diaz was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for his proposal entitled, “Assessment of bone tissue composition in a mouse model of Type II diabetes.” The ELI grant provides support for research expenses for his research in the lab this summer. Congratulations David!
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