Medical Engineering
MEng (HB1V), BEng (HBD8), MEng (HB18), BEng (HBC8)
There are 82 members of academic staff teaching within the School of Engineering and Materials Science. Below are the organisers of the specialist Medical Engineering modules:
Module Organisers
| Name | Position / Expertise | Modules |
Dr Federico Carpi | Reader in Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials Biomedical and bioinspired mechatronic devices based on smart materials; polymer artificial muscles; electrical and magnetic systems for non-invasive diagnostics. | DEN5301 DEN6007 |
Dr Tina Chowdhury PhD, PGCAP | Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Science Biomarkers and inflammation, mechanotherapies and biophysical agents, tissue engineering & regenerative medicine, musculoskeletal science | MAT311 MAT4003 |
Dr Peter Dabnichki BSc, MSc, PhD | Senior Lecturer Biomechanics, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Medical Systems, Biological Systems, Intelligent systems | DEN5301 |
Dr Himadri Gupta | Lecturer in Biomaterials | DEN6311 MAT4004 |
Prof Martin Knight B.Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D. | Professor of Mechanobiology, Director of Public Engagement Articular cartilage, arthritis, medical engineering, medical implants, tissue engineering, biomaterials, biomechanics, primary cilia, public science communication, outreach | DEN430 MAT4003 |
Dr Alvaro Mata | Reader in Biomedical Engineering & Biomaterials and Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships Institute of Bioengineering Biomimetic materials, static and dynamic self-assembling systems, peptide-based and hybrid biomaterials, micro and nanofabrication, BioMEMS, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine | MAT4004 |
Dr Jens-Dominik Mueller Dipl-Ing, MSc, PhD | Senior Lecturer in Bio-Fluids, MSc Course Director Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Biofluids, Shape Optimisation, Adjoint methods, Mesh adaptation | DEN5300 |
Dr Pavel Novak MSc(Eng)(Slovakia), PhD | Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials Nanoscale electrophysiology and biophysics, scanning ion conductance microscopy, nanopipettes and nanoelectrodes, nanoparticle-cell interactions | DEN324 |
Dr Hazel Screen BEng MRes PhD(Lond) CEng | Reader in Biomedical Eng & Deputy Director of Taught Programmes Connective tissue mechanics, microscale and nanoscale mechanical properties, mechanotransduction and tissue engineering, tissue diseases and overuse injuries. | DEN412 DEN6007 DEN6311 |
Dr M Hasan Shaheed BSc MSc(Dhaka) PhD(Sheff) MIEE MIEEE | Lecturer in Control and Robotics Robotics, Medical Robotics, Nonlinear Systems, System Identification, Modelling, Optimisation, Biologically inspired and AI baed modelling techniques, Control both model-based and AI-based. Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biomedical Signal Processing using AI, Cancer Prognosis and Classification using AI, System Biology. | DEN408 |
Prof Julia Shelton BA(Cantab) PhD(Lond) | Prof of Biomechanical Eng & Dean for Taught Progs (Faculty of Science & Eng) Wear of total hip replacements, surface coatings, particle analysis, orthopaedic systems, tissue engineering, tendon mechanics | DEN324 |
Mr Adam Sutcliffe MEng, MA | Senior Lecturer in Design Nurturing ideas within people, Inspiring innovation, Designing. Managing the design process, Public speaking, Practical problem solving, Creative problem solving, Design led problem solving, Design engineering, Product design, Innovation Design Engineering, Asking Why? and How? and generally answering those types of questions as well. | MAT4002 |
Prof Pankaj Vadgama MB, BS, BSc, PhD, FRCPath, CChem, FRSC, CPhys, FInst, FIM, CSci | Professor and Director of IRC in Biomedical Materials Biosensors, interfaces, polymers, membranes | MAT5222 |
Dr Ranjan Vepa BTech(IITMadras) MASc(Wat) PhD(Stan) | Lecturer in Avionics Simulation, control engineering, aeroelasticity, smart structures, flow control, biomimetic robotics, biomedical control systems | DEN408 |
Prof Wen Wang BSc(USTC) PhD(Lond) | Professor of Biomedical Eng & Dean for Research (Faculty of Science & Eng) Vascular endothelial mechanics, flow and solute transport in extracellular matrices, microcirculation, arterial haemodynamics, cell & tissue mechanics | DEN5300 |
Dr Haixue Yan PhD | Academic Fellow Ceramics Processing and Characterizations, Spark Plasma Sintering, Nano, Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics | MAT4002 |
Prof Joost de Bruijn PhD | Professor of Biomaterials Hard tissue replacement, bone tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, synthetic osteoinductive materials, bioreactor systems for adult stem cell expansion | MAT311 |