Research Projects — Biomedical Engineering
A control systems approach for understanding human locomotion
Team: Marcus Pandy, Iven Mareels, Yi-Chung Lin, Anthony Schache
Anticipation of epileptic seizures using electrical probing of the cortex
Team: David Grayden, Jonathan Manton, Dean Freestone, Radwa Badawy
Bio-inspired speech analysis: Specialised information processing of vocalisations in the auditory brainstem
Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt, Fabiano Baroni
Biomechanics of the hamstring muscles during sprinting
Team: Marcus Pandy, Anthony Schache, David Ackland
Cell phone applications for clinical diagnostic use by front-line health workers in developing countries
Team: Ahsan Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami
Computational Genomics
Team: Justin Zobel, Bryan Beresford-Smith, Thomas Conway
Computational modelling of in vivo contact stresses in the equine fetlock joint
Team: Marcus Pandy, Dr Simon Harrison (now with CSIRO)
Computational models of airway tone in healthy and diseased states of lungs
Team: Emmanuel Koumoundouros, Iven Mareels
Computational problems in glaucoma diagnosis, monitoring and understanding
Team: Andrew Turpin, Jonathan Denniss
Computer aided diagnosis of melanoma
Team: Mohammad Aldeen
Designing the next generation of hydrogel-based scaffold materials
Team: Greg Qiao, Anton Blencowe, Geoff, Stevens, Katharina Ladewig
Diagnosis of foetal heart defects using ECG and Doppler ultrasound
Team: Ahsan Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami
Effect of androgens on muscle, bone and fat in men
Team: Marcus Pandy, Anthony Schache
Electrocardiographic markers associated with fatal heart diseases and cardiac safety
Team: Ahsan Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami
Enhancing dissolution of harmful minerals in the body
Team: John Provis, Annie Yan, Frank Caruso, Suhandy Winata
Finite element analysis modelling of third metacarpal bone in vivo stresses
Team: Marcus Pandy, Dr Simon Harrison (now with CSIRO)
Flexible honeycomb films for biotechnology applications
Team: Greg Qiao, Paul Gurr
Formation of supramolecular structures for the synthesis of highly elastic networks
Team: Greg Qiao, Anton Blencowe
High-speed, three-dimensional, x-ray fluoroscopy for accurate measurement of human joint motion
Team: Marcus Pandy, Justin Fernandez
Individualised cochlear implant sound coding: Optimised algorithms for better hearing
Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt, Andrea Varsavsky, William Kentler
Investigating evidence of neuronal control system dynamics in multimodal functional magnetic resonance imaging
Team: Leigh Johnston, Iven Mareels, David Grayden
Low cost phonogram for foetal well-being
Team: Ahsan Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami
Modelling and simulation of human locomotion
Team: Marcus Pandy, Yi-Chung Lin
New algorithms for screening cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in diabetic patients
Team: Ahsan Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami
New image processing methods for screening glaucoma in diabetic patients
Team: Ahsan Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami
Non-invasive assessment of hip fracture risk in elderly people
Team: Marcus Pandy, Mariana Kersh
Optimisation of signal processing and electrical stimulation algorithms for the abatement of epileptic seizures
Team: David Grayden, Dragan Nesic, Dean Freestone, Anthony Burkitt
Patellofemoral arthritis: Efficacy of physiotherapy and understanding the role of joint stress
Team: Marcus Pandy, Kay Crossley, Anthony Schache
Patient-specific computational tools for diagnosing and treating gait disorders in children with cerebral palsy
Team: Marcus Pandy, Yi-Chung Lin
Patient-specific computational tools for evaluating functional performance of total knee replacements in vivo
Team: Marcus Pandy, Kay Crossley, David Ackland, Rao Kotagiri
Pattern recognition algorithms for the analysis of metagenomes
Team: Saman Halgamuge, Isaam Saeed, Suhinthan Maheswararajah
Physical chemistry of protein misfolding and amyloid formation
Team: David Dunstan
Polymeric scaffolds for soft tissue engineering
Team: Greg Qiao, Geoff Stevens, Andrea O'Connor, Katharina Ladewig
Porosity and fracture risk
Team: Marcus Pandy, Mariana Kersh
Quantification of stored red blood cell deformability
Team: Shane Usher, Peter Scales
Regulation of cartilage biosynthetic behaviour by physical stimuli
Team: David Ackland, Marcus Pandy
Smart devices for ubiquitous health monitoring
Team: Jayavardhana Gubbi Lakshminarasimha, Marimuthu Palaniswami, Jayavardhana Gubbi, Ahsan Khandoker, Slaven Marusic
Subject-specific computational models for accurate evaluation of muscle function in human locomotion
Team: Anthony Schache, Marcus Pandy
Kay Crossley
System identification of microstructure in the brain using magnetic resonance imaging
Team: Leigh Johnston, Peter Farrell, Iven Mareels, Mark Morelande, Bill Moran
The mechanisms of cortical folding in brain development
Team: Leigh Johnston
Tissue engineering of soft tissues
Team: Andrea O'Connor, Andrea O’Connor, Geoff Stevens, Sally Gras, Katharina Ladewig, Michelle de Silva, Phong Tran, Terry Hartnett
Ultrathin, biocompatible and biodegradable hydrogel films for corneal endothelium regeneration
Team: Greg Qiao, Anton Blencowe, Geoff Stevens
Understanding cortical processing: Neuronal activity and learning in recurrently connected networks
Team: David Grayden, Jonathan Manton, Anthony Burkitt, Fabiano Baroni, Levin Kuhlmann
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