UCL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOENGINEERING

Ongoing Research

• Rubber selection for long-term implantation
• Investigating the hermeticity of microelectronic packages for implantation
• Spinal cord injury and electrical stimulation for rehabilitation and health: SLARSI, Julie Hill (Footprints in the Snow), FES Cycling . A video on the First International FES sports day is also available to view online or to download.

Funded projects

• The development of neural prosthesis to increase the quality of life of people affected by vestibular disorders: CLONS.
• A novel electrode book for multi-functional restoration after spinal cord injury
• Neuwalk: pioneering novel neuroprosthetic concepts to restore motor functions after severe spinal cord injury and Parkinson’s disease
• Restoring bladder control using Micro-channel electrode neural interfaces

PhD projects

• Selective Stimulation of Quadriceps as a Biomechanical Means to Improve Efficiency and Power Output of FES Cycling
• Investigating the application of PEEK to implanted electronic devices
• Neutralisation of myoelectric interference from recorded nerve signals using models of the electrode impedance
• Minimal IC Sealing Methods for Small Implanted Devices

MSc projects

• External Controller for Dog Bladder Fullness Monitor (DBFM)

Undergraduate projects

• Clinical impedance meter
• History of Electrotherapy
• Building and testing an electrical stimulator

List of Medical Physics projects offered to undergraduate students

Internship projects

• Study of the Long-Term Drift of Active Book Humidity Sensors at Constant Relative Humidity

Personal account of the experience gained while doing an internship in the IDG