Research Seminars

Multidisciplinary research into bone mechanobiology during normal physiology, disease and to develop bone tissue regeneration strategies

Strategies for articular cartilage regnereation

Advances in Skeletal Fluorescence Imaging

Ken Kozloff, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA

Making EMG recordings during fMRI work: experiences from fundamental and applied studies of the motor system

Natasha M. Maurits Professor of Clinical Neuroengineering University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Measuring Cortical Evoked Potentials in Cochlear Implant Users

Dr. Myles Mc Laughlin, Neural Engineering Group, Trinity College Dublin
Hearing and Speech Laboratory, University of California Irvine

Measurement, Regulation, and Consequences of the Local Mechanical Environment during Skeletal Healing

Elise F Morgan,Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Orthopaedic SurgeryBoston University and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Biomechanical stimulus for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications in musculo-skeletal tissues
Dominique P. Pioletti, Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, EPFL, Lausanne-Switzerland

An Improved Framework for the Inverse Analysis of Skeletal Muscle Tissue InVivo
Kevin Moerman, Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin

Computational investigations of variability in mechanobiologicalsimulations of tissue differentiation

Hanifeh Khayyeri, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin

Research Seminars 2011

Controlling the Hydrogel and Stem Cell Interface for Tissue Engineering Applications
Jason A. Burdick, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Measuring the mechanical properties of brain for impact simulation
Dr John D. Finan, Columbia University

Microcrack distributions in bone: effects of stress and bone mineral density
Gerardo Presbitero, Trinity College Dublin

Two projects in cartilage tissue engineering: computational modeling of implant integration, and a bipotent medium for both bone and cartilage tissue engineering
Diane R. Wagner, Assistant Professor, The University of Notre Dame

Adaptation and Remodelling of Vascular Wall in Hypertension
Professor KozaburoHayashi
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan

Improving Cochlear Implant Performance in Noise & Using Auditory Evoked Potentials to Study Electric Acoustic Integration in Cochlear Implant Subjects
Dr. Myles McLaughlin, Marie Curie International Fellow, Trinity Centre for Bioengineering & University of California, Irvine

A Mathematical Microscope for the Observation of Neural System Transmitters
Dr. Rosalyn Moran, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London

Wolff's Pretty Good Guess: What Exactly Are The Design Criteria For Bone?
Clifford M. Les, Ph.D., DVM, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

Research Seminars 2010

New Insights and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Biomechanics
Professor Hans Gregersen, Aalborg Hospital Science and Innovation Centre, in Denmark

Experimental Design and outcomes from Deep Brain Implantable microstimulation system
Dr Daniel Harnack,  Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Dynamic Fibrous Scaffolds for Engineering Dense Connective Tissues
Prof Robert Mauck, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Interpreting Neural Activity from Surface EEG Recordings
Dr. Kevin Whittingstall, Dept. of Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Tubingen, Germany

Smarter, Cheaper, Simpler Medical Robots
Conor Walsh, Division of Health Sciences and Technology Harvard-MIT, Boston, USA

Allogeneic cell therapy:  the impact of the engineering environment on cells during processing
Dr. Ryan McCoy, RCSI

Mechanoregulation of joint morphogenesis.
Karen Roddy, Dept. of Zoology.

Stochastic failure modeling of total hip replacement.
Pavel Galibarov.

Insect behavior, complex worlds from simple systems.
Dr. Alice Witney, Department of Physiology.

Medical  imaging at the University of Cape Town – addressing public health threats in South Africa.
Tania Douglas, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town

Flagellar Swimming and Medical Applications.
Dr. Gabor KOSA, Computer Vision Laboratory, Electrical Engineering, ETH, Zurich

Macro-Micro Scale Interactions Associated with Motility and Nutrient Absorption in the Small Intestine analyzed with Lattice-Boltzmann Models.James G. Brasseur, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, & Mathematics, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University, USA