Kevin F. Hoffseth

Kevin Hoffseth headshotAssistant Professor

Address:

143 E. B. Doran Bldg, LSU Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4505

Email Address:

khoffseth1@lsu.edu

Office Phone:

Phone: 225-578-1057

Research Interests

  • Deformation and Failure in Bone
  • Regenerated Bone Quality
  • Biomedical and Biological Image Processing
  • Soybean Quality
  • Mechanics of Biological and Biomedical Materials
  • Structural Analysis of Biological and Biomedical Materials

Educational Background

  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara
  • Ph.D Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara

Selected Publications

Hoffseth, K., Simkin, J…. and Sammarco, M., “A New Approach to Analyzing Regenerated Bone Quality in the Mouse Digit Amputation Model using Semi-automatic Processing of microCT Data.” Bone, 144, p.115776 (2020).

 Ly, F.S., Proctor, A., Hoffseth, K., Yang, H.T. and Hansma, P.K. “Significant correlation of bone material strength index as measured by the OsteoProbe with Vickers and Rockwell hardness”. Review of Scientific Instruments, 91(8), p.084102 (2020).

Hoffseth, K., Randall, C., Chandrasekar, S., Hansma, P., Yang, H.T. "Analyzing the effect of hydration on the wedge indentation fracture behavior of cortical bone." Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 69, 318-326 (2017).

Lescun, T.B., Hoffseth, K., Yang, H.T., Hansma, P.K., Kopeikin, H.S., Chandrasekar, S. "Effect of various testing conditions on results for a handheld reference point indentation instrument in horses." American Journal of Veterinary Research, 77(1), 39-49 (2016).

Hoffseth, K., Randall, C., Hansma, P., & Yang, H. T. “Study of indentation of a sample equine bone using finite element simulation and single cycle reference point indentation” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 42, 282-291 (2015).

Randall, C., Bridges, D., Guerri, R., Nogues, X., Puig, L., Torres, E.,… Hoffseth, K., ... & Hansma, P. K.  “Applications of a new handheld reference point indentation instrument measuring bone material strength” Journal of Medical Devices, 7(4), 041005 (2013).

 

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