Biomaterials Presidents Award
07 May 2012
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe has been awarded the 2012 President’s Prize of the UK Biomaterials Society which "aims to recognise outstanding contributions to the UK Biomaterials field." The prize will be presented to Professor Edirisinghe at the society's annual convention on the 27th of June 2012, when he will deliver the President's Prize lecture on his research, titled 'Bioinspired Advanced Processing and Forming'. For further details see:
www.uksb.org.uk/conference.html
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2012 National Student Survey
17 January 2012
Have Your Say! The 2012 National Student Survey seeks your views this term
National Student Survey
Have Your Say!
Final-year undergraduate students are encouraged to complete the 2012 National Student Survey (NSS) which is being run this term.
The NSS provides valuable information to departments to help improve the student experience. Its feedback has previously helped inform:
* the introduction of UCL-wide service standards on assessment and feedback on marked work;
* improvements to pastoral care for students including the enhanced Personal Tutor arrangements;
* improvements to learning resources, with results fed back to the Library, Information Services Division and Estates and Facilities Division;
* local action taken by faculties and departments to address student concerns.
Results of previous surveys can be found on the UCL Academic Support web-site NSS page (documents password protected for UCL students and staff).
Students are asked to complete the survey by Ipsos MORI, the opinion poll organisation. It consists of 23 questions to be answered using a scale from 1 (the lowest) to 5 (the highest) and you also have the chance to comment on your experience, both positive and negative. You can also use a non-applicable response for any questions which do not apply to you.
Please give your views on your experience at UCL of teaching, academic support, learning resources and other academic matters by participating in the survey.
It should take no more than five minutes to complete.
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Particle generating bubbles discovered
16 January 2012
In the February 2012 issue of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface (JRSI), the research of Oguzhan Gunduz (of Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey) who is reading for his PhD in the department (sponsored by the Islamic Development Bank), uncovers the spontaneous generation of uniform size (500nm) particles from micro-bubbles, supported by direct evidence from high speed camera images. These particle generating bubbles (PGBs) offer new exciting possibilities for drug delivery, the particle size can be further reduced to much less than 100nm and research is already underway to establish this. For more information see link below, to watch high speed camera images click data supplement in link below:
rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/search?fulltext=gunduz&submit=yes&andorexactfulltext=and&x=0&y=0.
The research carried out under the encapsulation activity in the department marks five years of and on-going collaboration between Mohan Edirisinghe, Eleanor Stride (now at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Oxford University) and Zeeshan Ahmad (now at the School of Pharmacy at Portsmouth University). In this JRSI paper, collaboration is extended to Professor Candan Tamerler of the University of Washington (USA). The encapsulation research activity, largely supported by EPSRC (five grants since 2006) has to-date resulted in 46 journal papers (8 times in JRSI, and in 29 different journals) between Stride & Edirisinghe.
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Research Symposium: Biomaterials, Particles, Bubbles, Capsules & Fibres for Healthcare
09 January 2012
Following on from our previous symposia (held in March 2007, November 2008 and April 2010) of the Encapsulation research activity, we are pleased to announce the 4th in the series, supported by external sponsors.
The event will be held here on 18th April 2012 click here for programme.
Participation is free, but will be by pre-registration and limited to 60 places on a first come first served basis. Those who wish to reserve a space please email: m.edirisinghe@ucl.ac.uk
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International conference on the Mathematics of Medical Devices and Surgical Procedures
12 December 2011
in September 2012
Mathematics is playing an ever increasing role in the area of health and medicine, through the use of modelling, statistics, and virtual simulations.
These mathematical tools are becoming invaluable in testing the feasibility of surgical procedures and medical devices prior to clinical trials.
Furthermore, there is a very realistic possibility over the next twenty years that computer models coupled to patient-specific imaging will be used in real time in the clinical environment to directly advise on treatment strategies. The aim of this conference is to bring together the diverse community of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, clinicians involved in using applied sciences and mathematics to develop and use medical devices to discuss both the latest research and the needs of the clinical community and patients.
The topics that will be discussed will broadly include cardiovascular devices, medical imaging, ophthalmology, cell biology, disease transmission, orthopaedic, advanced simulations, as well as health in ageing. The conference programme will include keynote speakers drawn from both clinical and mathematical communities, along with contributed presentations and poster sessions. The programme will also include breakout sessions in certain topics as well as refreshment breaks for informal discussions.
Social events include a drinks reception and a conference dinner.
An international conference is being organised at University College London, largely drawn from the expertise of engineers and mathematicans, is planned for September 17-19th 2012. The information of the meeting is given in the link below.
www.ima.org.uk/conferences/conferences_calendar/maths_of_medical_devices_&_surgical_procedures.cfm
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UCL participates in international collegium to find novel solutions for the CCS industry
03 November 2011
University College London participates in international collegium to find novel solutions for the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) industry
Mr. Zeeshan Riaz from department of Mechanical Engineering, UCL along with 18 other young PhD or post-doctoral researchers from as far as China, Australia, Korea and US were brought to the University of Southampton, UK to participate in 8 weeks The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust (The LRET) research Collegium to collaborate on finding potential solutions to the technical and socio-political challenges currently impeding the global expansion of Carbon Capture and Sequestration activities.
full details here.
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The LRET Research Workshop 2011
27 September 2011
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In an initiative organised by The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust (The LRET), leading academic researchers from around the world gathered in London on 6-7 September to identify future research challenges in areas of global importance.^top
Suwan N. Jayasinghe of the BioPhysics Group is highlighted in a special feature in Science.
19 July 2011
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Suwan N. Jayasinghe of the BioPhysics Group is highlighted in a special feature in Science. ^top
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