Seminars
Wednesday 18th April 2007
(Morris Lecture Theatre, Robin Brook Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield)
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Programme:
- 5-5.20pm "New horizons in microscopy’" Dr Andy Bushby -Reader - School of Engineering and Materials Science
- 5.20-5.30pm Discussion
- 5.30-5.50pm "Pressure Ulcers - a bridge too far for Superman !" Prof Dan Bader - Asst. Director of IRC in Biomed. Materials / Prof of Medical Eng.
- 5.50-6pm Discussion
- 6-7pm Refreshments in Robin Brook Centre, 1st Floor Foyer
Speakers:
Dr Andy Bushby gained his PhD at QMUL on the fracture mechanics of fibre cement composites. This was followed by post-doctoral work on the mechanical behaviour of structural ceramics including fatigue and creep at 1400ºC. Further post-doctoral work at the University of Sydney focused on the deformation and fracture behaviour of ceramics using advanced microscopy techniques and introduced him to the emerging technology of nanoindentation testing. Returning to QMUL in 1995 he established the nano-mechanics laboratory and became involved with the development of international standards for nanoindentation. His research in recent years has concentrated on the deformation behaviour of materials at small length scales and ranges from the fundamental physics of deformation to the micro-mechanics of biological tissue.
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Professor Dan Bader studied Physics at Liverpool University, followed by a MSc and PhD in Medical Physics and Engineering. He moved to the Oxford University, where his research focused on engineering aspects of pressure sore prevention. In 1989, he was appointed lecturer in biomaterials at QMUL and subsequently became a core staff member of the IRC in Biomedical Materials. His current appointments are Professor of Medical Engineering in the Department of Engineering and, since 2000, Part-Time Professor in Soft Tissue Remodelling at the Eindhoven University of Technology. In the last 5 years, he has been involved in grants/awards exceeding £3 million. His research interests include biomechanical conditioning of cell-seeded constructs, multilevel biomechanics in health and disease, conditioning strategies for tissue engineered repair and the prevention of soft tissue damage. He has published over 120 refereed scientific papers and edited three books.
Email: d.l.bader@qmul.ac.uk
