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Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

Professor RK Wilcox

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email:r.k.wilcox@leeds.ac.uk
tel:+44 (0)113 3437980
room:School of Mechanical Engineering 442a

Position

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Academic Background

Qualifications 

PhD - Leeds
MEng (1st class) - Oxford

Research activities

Personal research interests lie primarily in the following areas:

Research Institute Membership

Research students

Professor Wilcox is currently supervising the following research student(s):

STUDENT THESIS TITLE
Lee Etchels Optimisation of long stem fixation methods for periprosthetic femoral fracture treatment
Caroline Gough The biology of the functional spinal unit
Corinne Hanlon Modelling the longer term effects of spinal burst fracture repair using vertebroplasty
Wei Jiang Wear measurement of polyethylene components in total knee replacement
Junyan Li Integrated computational biomechanics/biotribological modelling of natural hip joints
Bethany Luxmoore Computational simulation of the intervertebral disc
Jonathan Mak Optimisation of fixation methods for periprosthetic fractures
Daniel Rollins Specimen-specific micro-mechanical finite element models for the analysis of vertebral structures at the trabecular level
Sebastien Sikora Experimental and computational study of the behaviour of trabecular bone-cement interfaces
Fernando Zapata Cornelio Characterisation and modelling of long bone fracture behaviour

Selected publications

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Wilcox RK; Jones AC Finite Element Modelling of the Lumbar Spine for the Analysis of Vertebroplasty in: 7th International Symposium in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. Accepted.
Stops AJ; Wilcox RK; Jin Z An analytical calculation of the fluid load support fraction in a biphasic material: an alternative technique.. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, vol. 14, pp.172-179. 2012.LINK
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Abd Latif MJ; Jin Z; Wilcox RK Biomechanical characterisation of ovine spinal facet joint cartilage. Journal of Biomechanics, 2012.
Abd Latif MJ; Jin Z; Wilcox RK Biomechanical characterisation of ovine spinal facet joint cartilage. Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 45, pp.1346-1352. 2012.DOI
Stops A; Wilcox R; Jin Z Computational modelling of the natural hip: a review of finite element and multibody simulations.. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, vol. 15, pp.963-979. 2012.LINK
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Miles DE; Mitchell E; Kapur N; Wilcox RK; Aggeli A Design of self-assembling peptide/glycosaminoglycan hydrogels for spinal therapies in: JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, vol. 6, pp.40-40. 2012.LINK

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