October 2015
• Prof. William Parnell (University of Manchester) visited Tissue Mechanics Lab for 5 days.
• Tissue Mechanics Lab had two days training session on Hysitron Nanoindentation system funded by IMPEE small equipment grant.
• New PhD candidate, Antonio Candito, joined the group from Bologna. Welcome, Antonio!
September 2015
• Our group co-organised the 2015 BSSM (British Society of Strain Measurement) conference at Heriot-Watt.
• Tissue Mechanics Lab had two days training session on Hysitron Nanoindentation system funded by IMPEE small equipment grant.
July 2015
• Group presented our research at WCSMO-11.
• Tissue Mechanics Laboratory hosted Engineering Headstart Event (for groups of 15-16 yo pupils).
• Group members (Javier, Ben, Jessica, Swati and Frank) presented their research at the 2015 IMPEE conferences.
May 2015
• Group presented our research at POEMS workshop (UCL) and Physics of Life workshop (Bristol).
April 2015
• Five UG project students presented their research at annual Mech Eng project presentation days.
March 2015
• Cogratulations to Judith on passing the first year viva. Well done, Judith.
January 2015
• New PhD candidate, Ms Jessica Barkhuisen, joined the group. Welcome, Jess!
December 2014
• Javier Palacio and Ben Esfandiar presented their research at PMPM workshop.
October 2014
• Javier Palacio presented his research on modelling prostate mechanics at CMBBE 2014.
• Group member attended the EPSRC Engineering Grand Challenges Workshop in Edinburgh.
September 2014
• Dr. Enrico Dall'Ara from University of Sheffield visited our lab and gave an invited seminar at EPS.
• Congratulations to Ben Esfandiar who won 'the best Poster award' at EPS PRG Conference 2014!
June 2014
• Congratulations to Javier Palacio who won 'the best presentation award' at IMPEE ECR Conference 2014!
• Group members (Solenn Le Pense, Behnam Esfandiar, Frank Yntema and Javier Palacio) gave talks in IMPEE ECR Conference
• Judith Abolle presented her research in World Forum of Young Scientists, Baku, Azerbaijan
May 2014
• Congratulations to Judith Abolle, who has been invited to attend World Forum of Young Scientists in Baku, Azerbaijan!
March 2014
• Congratulations to Graeme Churchill who won 'best presentation prize' at Mechanical Engineering Presentation Day!
January 2014
• Dr. Pankaj Pankaj from University of Edinburgh visited us and gave an invited seminar at EPS
• Welcome Dr. Solenn Le Pense to our group!
• Welcome PhD candidate Behnam Esfandiar to our group!
December 2013
• Javier Palacio presented his recent work on prostate mechanics and diagnostics at MOBT2013
November 2013
• Dr. Chen gave an invited seminar at School of Life Science, HWU
• Dr. Chen was invited to attend 'International Symposium at Frontier Research Institute' and gave an invited seminar at School of Engineering, Osaka University
• Our research and recently funded project were highlighted in the university newsletter.
September 2013
• Prof. Peter Hoskins visited us and gave an invited seminar at EPS
• Congratulations to Javier Palacio who won 'the best poster award' at EPS Poster Competition 2013!
August 2013
• Welcome research students (Akmyrat Myradov, Nikhil Singh, Graeme Churchill, Martin George, Bartlomiej Kornacki) to our group!
June 2013
• Welcome PhD candidate Frank Yntema to our group!
February 2013
• Welcome PhD candidate Javier Palacio to our group!
January 2013
• Prof. Damien Lacroix visited us and gave an invited seminar at EPS
• Welcome undergraduate Varun Varadharajan to our group!
October 2012
• One international PhD studentship available (updated)
• PhD scholarship available for UK/EU Students
September 2012
• Dr. Chen was invited to visit Prof. Juergen Siepmann and INSERM 1008 in Lille, France
• Welcome undergraduates Giovanni Pesare and Kayleigh Rix to our group!
• Dr. Chen participated in the EPSRC Math-in-Healthcare Sandpit
June 2012
• Another full PhD studentship available (EPSRC project)
• One full PhD studentship available
March 2012
• Two PhD tuition-waivers available now! (updated)
