Prof Hazel Screen
BEng MRes PhD(Lond) CEng, FIMechE, MIPEM
Research Group Members
Some of our group together with Professor Martin Knight's group on an away day to "Go Ape" - Summer 2016
Research Assistants
 GROSSEMY, Simon |  STEWART, Chloe | KHATIB, Nidal |
Current PhD Projects
| Thesis Title |
|---|
| Development of an arterial organ-chip to study the role of primary cilia in atherosclerosis |
| Development of an Organ-chip Model to examine Muscle Degeneration |
| Development of organ-chip models of the growth plate with mechanical stimulation |
| Development of Parallel Mechanisms Based Wearable Exoskeleton System for Lower Limb |
| Exploring tendon health and disease with tendon-on-a-chip models |
| Novel Models of Tendinopathy on a Chip |
| organ chip model development- - integrating mechanobiology |
| Synthesis of polymeric/pyrolytic carbons composite heart valves |
| The interfascicular matrix niche ? novel approaches to identify the aetiology of tendinopathy |
Past PhD Projects
| Thesis Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Investigating the influence of synovium on cartilage response to inflammatory stimuli using predictive invitro models. | 2024 |
| Factors Impacting Tissue Compliance in the Human Left Atrium and its Effect on Radiofrequency Ablation Success | 2023 |
| Investigating Human Achilles Tendon Biomechanics Using Novel Ultrasound Imaging | 2022 |
| Modulating tendon micromechanics for injury prevention or management | 2022 |
| Investigating the Role of Elastin in Tendon Function | 2019 |
| Mechanical and biochemical guidance of hMSC developmental trajectories monitored by cytoskeletal morphometrics | 2019 |
| Advanced Polymeric Materials for Tendon Repair | 2018 |
| The role of primary cilia in tendinopathy | 2018 |
| Micro-patterning of peptide-based biomaterials | 2017 |
| Prognosis and classification of multi-category diseases using biological data | 2017 |
| The Effects of Loading Frequency on Tenocyte Matabolism | 2017 |
| A novel fibre composite system to investigate tenocyte metabolism under physiological and pathological loading conditions. | 2016 |
| Micro-structure reorganisation of the aortic heart valve under a biaxial loading condition | 2016 |
| A Biomechanical Characterisation of Eccentric and Concentric Loading of the Triceps Surae Complex | 2013 |
| Structure-Function Relationships in the Aortic Valve | 2012 |
| The Influence of Microstructure on the Mechanical Behaviours of Tendons | 2010 |