Facilities

The MBE group is based in the recently refurbished and very well-equipped Medical Engineering labs in the Robert Blackburn building. Our facilities include:

Advance Imaging for 3D model generation including a microCT scanner and 3D digitiser.

Biomaterials Test Laboratory to determine the material properties and characteristics of biological and biomedical materials, including a nano-indentation and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, differenbtial scanning calorimeter - and dedicated material preparation suite.

Biomechanical Test Laboratory including tension/compression testing and fatigue test machines, laser speckle interferometry, and data-loggers for both static and dynamic strain gauge analysis.

Software Laboratory providing access to a wide range of software, e.g. image processing and visualisation, 3D CAD modelling, finite element analysis, kinematic simulation, and model development software.
 

In addition we have access to other facilities elsewhere in the University, including:

High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster.

HIVE - Hull Immersive Visualization Environment Suite (with interactive 3D visualisation facilities including an auditorium with back-projected stereoscopic work wall and 14 camera motion tracking system, portable 3D projectors and VR helmets).

Sport, Health and Exercise Science Laboratories (with exercise physiology facilities, isokinetic dynamometer, Neurocom dynamic balance system, gait analysis, motion tracking, force plates etc).

Plus access to the University's NMR and microscopy suite (SEM, TEM and confocal microscopy), and advanced engineering facilities (CAD/CAM, CNC and rapid-prototyping machines, and mechanical & electronic workshops).