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Abdellatif Abdelgaied

Abdel Abdelgaied

Senior Lecturer

School of Science & Technology

Staff Group(s)
Engineering

Role

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering

Career overview

  • Over 10 years’ experience in the medical devices field working on new product development, evaluation and optimisation of different medical devices
  • Work in collaboration with industry to develop clinically relevant experimental and computational test methods for the preclinical mechanical, biomechanics, and wear evaluation of different novel medical devices
  • Work in collaboration with industry to evaluate and optimise the performance of different medical devices on the market
  • Aim to advance engineering solutions to the arthritis problem and enhance the performance and durability of different medical devices

Research areas

  • Experimental and computational test methods for different medical devices, biomaterials, soft tissues and tissue scaffolds
  • Contact mechanics and tribology of medical devices, biomaterials, soft tissues and tissue scaffolds
  • Design, evaluation and optimisation of different medical devices
  • Smart materials and 3D printing of tissue scaffolds and medical devices

External activity

  • CH/150/04 Surgical Implants – Bone and Joint Replacements BSI Committee member