Research

Current projects (and funders) include:

• the effect of changes in the musculoskeletal system on gait and postural control (OSPREY)
• robotic modelling and control of human posture
• the role of skull flexibility in feeding (BBSRC)
• understanding sutures and craniosynostosis
• investigation into the development of the trabeculae in the human pelvis
• computer modelling of the developing human femur
• modelling of tissue differentiation and adaptation in scaffolds and around orthopaedic implants (EPSRC)
• the effect of changes in the musculoskeletal system on bone health and implications for osteoporosis (OSPREY)
• modelling the osteocyte network and its control on mechanotransduction (EPSRC)
• development of a mathematical model of the BMU remodelling cycle
• voxel-based finite element analysis of bone
• multi-layered abstractions for partial differential equations (EPSRC)
• novel asynchronous algorithms and software for large sparse systems (EPSRC)
• development of a second generation traceho-oesophageal fistula speech valve (Dept of Health) 

Recently completed projects include:

• predicting the risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms
• modelling the the biomechanics and evolution of tetrapod skulls (BBSRC)
• investigation into the mechanical function of the primate craniofacial skeleton (BBSRC)
• the effect of MMPs on the biomechanical properties of aneurysm wall tissue (MRC)
• the biomechanics of primate facial architecture (Leverhulme Trust)