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A rapid industrial test for new hip replacement designs

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A  five-year project, focused on improving precision of hip replacement device design and surgical practice, has resulted in a virtual test being used in the industrial product development process. In recent years there has been a move towards analysing hip replacement devices under adverse mechanical conditions, in order to establish their robustness to the wide...

White Rose Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group (BiTEG) annual meeting 2020

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This year the White Rose Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group (BiTEG) annual meeting was hosted by the University of Leeds as an online virtual event on Thursday 17th December 2020. Originally established as a collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York, the group has grown to include researchers from across the region. The...

Postgraduate researcher Lekha Koria rewarded for medical technology research

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Lekha Koria was rewarded for academic excellence in her research into ankle osteoarthritis, winning the MERCIA award from the Engineers Trust. The award is given to postgraduate students working in the field of medical engineering who can demonstrate how engineering techniques could advance medical treatment. The Engineers Trust is the charitable trust of the Worshipful...

Dr Alison Jones awarded RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship for 2020-2021

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Congratulations to Alison Jones who has been award one of the seven fellowships to further her research on "Engineering tools for analysis of impingement in the human hip joint". Background to the award The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced seven outstanding engineering researchers as recipients of its prestigious Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships. They will...

Faculty Partnership Awards 2020

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The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Partnership Awards is an annual event to give recognition and thanks to staff and students in the Faculty. The awards are part of the larger Leeds Partnership Awards, organised by Leeds University Union. At Leeds we value our academic community, and actively involve all staff and students in working...

IMechE honours exceptional engineers at annual dinner

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Seven engineers representing all generations have been honoured by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Prestige and Vision Awards 2019 at the Institution’s Annual Dinner, which took place on 21 November, at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum. Institute graduate Megan Hadley and her collaborators received the Thomas Hawksley Gold Medal for their research into hip replacement materials....

New online MedTech courses available on Future Learn

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The University of Leeds have launched five new free online learning courses focusing on medtech. These are available to anyone and can be completed as a series or as standalone units. The courses will start on 30th September and run for a period of 8 weeks, and are then repeated until May 2020. The modules...

Boosting health technology innovation

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M ore than three million citizens across the Leeds City Region are set to benefit as senior leaders from the healthtech industry - including the University of Leeds - announce a new partnership. Partners including the regional enterprise partnership, the NHS, local authorities, and four other universities in the region today signed a memorandum of...

Call for project definitions: Technology (proof of concept) and clinical evidence projects

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Medical Technologies in the Leeds City Region: Driving economic growth, improving health and care – Strength in Places Fund In July 2018, an expression of interest led by Professor John Fisher was submitted on Medical Technologies in the Leeds City Region: Driving economic growth, improving health and care to UK Research & Innovation’s Strength in...

Business of Science Leadership Award 2019

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First awarded in 2017, the Business of Science Leadership Award is a national award, paying tribute to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding business leadership in an area of science and innovation.  The judges make a “Special Recognition” award to an individual who has demonstrated excellence to the business of science within the geographical proximity...