Academic staff

  • Dr Mazdak Ghajari

    Mazdak Ghajari

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    Dr Mazdak Ghajari Senior Lecturer

    Research interests

    Injury Biomechanics
    Computational Mechanics
    Traumatic Brain Injury
    Helmet Performance and Design

Research staff

  • Dr Xiancheng Yu

    Xiancheng Yu

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    Dr Xiancheng Yu Research Associate

    Research interests

    Biomechanics of Blast Traumatic Brain Injury
    New helmet test methods
    Computational Modelling of high rate phenomena

  • Ms Claire Baker

    Claire Baker

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    Ms Claire Baker PhD student

    Research interests

    Autotriage in road traffic collisions

    Multibody dynamics modelling

  • Dr Florence Leong

    Florence Leong

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    Dr Florence Leong Research Associate

    Research interests

    Computational modelling of tissue biomechanics
    Surgical robotics

PhD students

  • Mr Alasdair Mackay

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    Mr Alasdair Mackay PhD student

    Research interests

    Brain injury biomechanics
    Helmet performance and design
    Computational modelling of fast jet ejection sequences

  • Ms Claire Baker

    Claire Baker

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    Ms Claire Baker PhD student

    Research interests

    Autotriage in road traffic collisions

    Multibody dynamics modelling

  • Ms Emily Yik Kwan Chan

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    Ms Emily Yik Kwan Chan PhD student

    Research interests

    Head trauma biomechanics
    Surrogate modelling
    Machine learning

  • Ms Yanyu Li

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    Ms Yanyu Li PhD student

    Research interests

    Traumatic Brain Injury
    Biomechanics
    Finite element modelling
    Multi-body dynamics

     

Master and undergraduate students

  • Itziar de Pedro Sarasola

    Itziar

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    Itziar de Pedro Sarasola MEng in Design Engineering

    Interests

    Human-centered design engineering
    Robotics and physical computing
    Biomechanics of traumatic brain injury

  • Nikolaus Wischmann

    Nikolaus Wischmann

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    Nikolaus Wischmann MRes in Neurotechnology

    Interests

    Multibody dynamics modelling
    Computational modelling of Traumatic Brain Injury
    Statistical Analysis of injury biomarkers

Alumni (research staff)

  • Dr Petros Siegkas

    Petros Siegkas

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    Dr Petros Siegkas Research Associate

    Research interests

    Traumatic Brain Injury

    Protective Equipment

  • Dr Siamak Khosroshahi

    Siamak Khosroshahi

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    Dr Siamak Khosroshahi Research Associate

    Research interests

    Multiscale computational modelling of vascular injury

    Design of personal protective equipment

Alumni (PhD students)

  • Dr Adriana M. Azor

    Adriana Azor

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    Dr Adriana M. Azor PhD Student

    Research interests

    Blast traumatic brain injury

    Neuroimaging analysis methods for subject-level analysis

  • Andrea Bracali

    Andrea Bracali

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    Andrea Bracali Visiting PhD student from University of Florence

    Research interests

    Data analysis

    Deep learning and neural networks

    Finite element analysis

    passive safety for motorcyclists

  • Dr Fady F. Abayazid

    Fady Abayazid

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    Dr Fady F. Abayazid

    Research interests

    Energy Absorbing Systems
    Personal Protective Equipment
    Biomechanics of Cervical Spine Injury
    Biomechanics of Brain Injury
    Finite Element Simulations (Dynamics)
    Mechanics of Polymers

  • Dr Karl (Gus) Zimmerman

    Gus Zimmerman

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    Dr Karl (Gus) Zimmerman PhD student (primary affiliation: Computational, Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (C3NL))

    Research interests

    Biomechanics of traumatic brain injury in sporting collisions

  • Dr Harry Duckworth

    Harry Duckworth

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    Dr Harry Duckworth PhD Student

    Research interests

    Computational modelling of traumatic vascular injury

    Finite element analysis

    Smoothed particle hydrodynamics

  • Dr Hazel May

    Hazel May

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    Dr Hazel May PhD student

    Research interests

    Biomechanics of traumatic brain injury

    Animal models of traumatic brain injury

    Blast traumatic brain injury

  • Dr Richard Pangonis

    Richard Pangonis

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    Dr Richard Pangonis PhD student

    Research interests

    High rate mechanical testing of brain tissue

    Blast traumatic brain injury

  • Dr Xiancheng Yu

    Xiancheng Yu

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    Dr Xiancheng Yu PhD student

    Research interests

    Biomechanics of Blast Traumatic Brain Injury

    Computational Modelling of high rate phenomena

Alumni (Master and Undergraduate Students)

  • Pasinee Posirisuk

    Pasinee Posirisuk

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    Pasinee Posirisuk MEng in Design Engineering

    Interests

    Head impact kinematics in e-scooter falls

    Multibody dynamics modelling