Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Montana State University. Mechanics of materials and polymer science.
Bozeman, MT
Joined July 2021
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Backed by a three-year $700,000 grant from the @NSF, MSU researchers are turning their expertise to an age-old medical problem: the weakening of bone that can lead to painful and disabling fractures among seniors and those with certain bone diseases.
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ALT MSU mechanical engineering researchers Ghazal Vahidi, left, Lewis Cox and Chelsea Heveran are shown in the iCAL lab on Dec. 14, 2021.
Lewis Cox retweeted
Happy to share our newest article in Bone. We used AFM and confocal laser scanning microscopy to assess perilacunar modulus gradation. Congrats @science_rux , @QazaalVahidi, @amirdrb13 , @LewCo406
Let's try this thread thing. 1/n
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This week we are pleased to begin working with Prof. Rong Long @RongLong8 (CU) on our collaborative NSF grant, "Mechanics of Structural Toughening in Sutured Composites."
Lewis Cox retweeted
We used AFM to map cortical bone modulus for labeled and non-labeled osteocyte lacunae, 5 mo and 22 mo mice. Perilacunar modulus shows a peak modulus within several hundred nm of lacunar wall. This peak was lower for labeled lacunae at both ages. Proud of @science_rux and team.
Perilacunar bone tissue exhibits sub-micrometer modulus gradation which depends on the recency of osteocyte bone formation biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv