FEIT Research Project Database

Projects - Biomedical Engineering

• A versatile framework for simulating the structure and dynamics of cytoskeletal networks
  Ellie Hajizadeh,
• Acoustic engineering: microfabrication of acoustic waveguides for non-contact microscale assembly
  David Collins,
• Active matter: a multiscale simulation method for advanced swimmers
  Ellie Hajizadeh,
• Advanced 3D bioprinting: cell micromanipulation across hierarchical length scales
  David Collins,
• Advanced epileptic seizure warning methods
  David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt
• Advancing biofabrication technology through the development of improved bioinks
  Daniel Heath, Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao
• Advancing stem cell manufacturing and tissue engineering using decellularised materials
  Daniel Heath, Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor
• AI solving the mysteries in the microbial world
  Saman Halgamuge,
• Biofabrication and matrix mechanobiology of cartilage tissue models
  Kathryn Stok,
• Biophysics of cell adhesion: discovering how nanoscale features impact the cell response
  Daniel Heath, Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Ray Dagastine
• Biopolymers 4.0: Machine-learning-accelerated multiscale computational biopolymer design and experimental development of an archetypical intraocular device
  Ellie Hajizadeh,
• Brain mapping with MRI: brain atlases with multiple topographic features
  Andrew Zalesky,
• Can we use marine based sulphated polysaccharides to create new biomimetic material technologies
  Brooke Farrugia,
• Cancer data analytics with Deep Neural Networks
  Saman Halgamuge,
• Cardiac cell mechanobiology
  Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal,
• Central representation of electroacoustic stimuli: modelling hearing with electrical and acoustic hearing
  David Grayden,
• Closed loop brain–machine interfaces
  Sam John, David Grayden
• Computational modelling of calcium signalling in heart growth
  Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal,
• Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks
  Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
• Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals
  David Grayden, Mark Cook, Sam John, David Ackland
• Creating next-generation coatings for biomedical devices that lead to improved healing
  Daniel Heath, Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao
• Creating subject-specific mathematical models to understand the brain
  David Grayden, Philippa Karoly, Mark Cook
• Data and image analysis of arthritis progression
  Kathryn Stok, Catherine Davey
• Digital image processing of arthritis progression
  Kathryn Stok,
• Efficient and effective adaptive radiotherapy
  Leigh Johnston,
• Energy harvesting and storage devices utilising piezoelectricity
  Amanda Ellis,
• Engineering stem cell derived cardiac tissue for drug screening of mitochondrial diseases
  Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal,
• Exploring the interaction between extracellular matrix molecules that modulate tissue turnover
  Brooke Farrugia,
• Foot deformities in children with cerebral palsy
  David Ackland,
• Genome-scale metabolic engineering: targeting host–parasite interactions
  Edmund Crampin,
• Hydrogels for efficient 3D printing of hierarchical biomimetic structures
  Andrea O'Connor, Brooke Farrugia
• Individualised cochlear implant sound coding: Optimised algorithms for better hearing
  David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt, Demi Gao
• Integration in biofabrication: biomaterial strategies for seamless tissue repair
  Andrea O'Connor,
• Lab-on-a-chip, organ-on-a-chip and disease-on-a-chip technologies
  David Collins, Vini Gautam
• Machine learning prediction of biological ageing of the brain and body
  Andrew Zalesky,
• Mechanical response of subchondral bone to fatigue loading
  Fatemeh Malekipour, Peter Lee
• Microscopy image segmentation using machine and deep learning
  Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal,
• Minimally invasive endovascular neural stimulation
  David Grayden, Sam John, Anthony Burkitt, Mark Cook
• Mitochondria form and function in the diabetic heart
  Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal,
• Modelling cell–nanoparticle interactions for nanomedicine
  Edmund Crampin, Stuart Johnston, Matt Faria
• Modelling emergent behaviour in engineered cell populations
  Edmund Crampin, Stuart Johnston, Matt Faria
• Multiscale computational nanofluidics
  Ellie Hajizadeh,
• Nano-scaffolds for neuroengineering
  Vini Gautam,
• Nanoengineering materials to combat antimicrobial resistance
  Andrea O'Connor, Daniel Heath
• Network communication in the brain
  Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
• Novel algorithms for brain computer interfaces
  Sam John, David Grayden
• Novel electrodes for brain computer interfaces
  Sam John, David Grayden
• Novel mechanisms for continuous micro/nanoparticle manipulation
  David Collins,
• Novel neural stimulation technologies
  Sam John, David Grayden
• Novel techniques for intelligent monitoring of fetal health
  Marimuthu Palaniswami, Emerson Keenan
• Personalised optimisation of cochlear implants
  Demi Gao, David Grayden
• Programmable mechanical metamaterials for soft robotics
  Ellie Hajizadeh,
• Radiomics for cancer diagnosis and patient outcome prediction
  Leigh Johnston,
• Stentrode Brain Machine Interfaces: decoding movement and movement intent using a stentrode
  Sam John, David Grayden
• Stentrode stimulation: current steering with the stentrode for treatment of refractory epilepsy
  Sam John, David Grayden
• Stentrode stimulation: feasibility of an endovascular stimulation for monitoring excitability of brain networks
  Sam John, David Grayden
• Stentrode stimulation: long term safety and efficacy of stentrode stimulation of the brain
  Sam John, David Grayden
• Structure-function coupling in the connectome
  Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
• Study of brain organoids to understand dementia
  Vini Gautam,
• The virtual heart cell project
  Edmund Crampin, Vijay Rajagopal, Michael Pan
• Time-lapsed imaging of arthritis progression
  Kathryn Stok, Catherine Davey
• Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation for depression
  Andrew Zalesky, Dr Robin Cash
• Understanding cortical processing: Neuronal activity and learning in recurrently connected networks
  David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt
• Use of Deep Learning computational methods to characterise cancer burden in PET imaging
  Leigh Johnston,
• Vision restoration with retinal prosthetics: Understanding the impact of retinal degeneration on electrical stimulation efficacy
  David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt
• Whole cell modelling: design tools for synthetic biology
  Edmund Crampin, Peter Gawthrop, Michael Pan