School of Engineering and Materials Science Medical Engineering
Undergraduate Degree Programmes: • HB18 MEng Medical Engineering • HB1V MEng Medical Engineering with Industrial Experience • HBC8 BEng Medical Engineering • HBD8 BEng Medical Engineering with Industrial Experience
Medical Engineering
The School of Engineering and Materials Science The School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) has a long standing reputation for excellent teaching and research involving international collaboration with industrial, clinical and university partners. Queen Mary has been teaching engineering for over 100 years and was one of the first universities to establish a Medical Engineering degree in the year 2000. SEMS has a population of over 1,000 students and an annual intake of approximately 350 students on to a range of engineering and materials science degrees. SEMS is proud of its teaching and all of our degrees are ranked as either the best in London or within the top five (2014 National Student Survey) and Queen Mary itself has recently been recognised as one of the top 100 universities in the world (2014 QS World Ranking). Furthermore, SEMS is proud and excited to announce that we are investing ÂŁ25million to develop additional laboratory spaces which will include dedicated teaching areas exclusively for the use of our undergraduate students.
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Medical Engineering at Queen Mary Medical Engineering involves the development of engineering technology for the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury. The Medical Engineering degree at Queen Mary is one of the largest in the country at approximately 50 new students each year. Consequently, we have staff specialising in Medical Engineering as well as staff in the related degrees of Medical Materials and Dental Materials. This enables the degree to cover a broad range of medical engineering subjects reflecting the specialist knowledge of the academic staff. In particular, staff at Queen Mary are world leaders in the following areas which feature heavily in the Medical Engineering undergraduate degrees: • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine • Orthopaedic Implants • Biomechanics: from whole body to single cell • Diagnostic Systems and Instrumentation • Advanced Drug Delivery Methods • Biomaterials and Artificial Bioscaffolds The Medical Engineering degree at SEMS is accredited by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (iMechE) which means that students can progress to Charted Engineer status. Over 90 per cent of students on this degree said that staff are good at explaining things (2014 National Student Survey).
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Degree Structure
Medical Engineering at Queen Mary is offered as either a three year BEng or a four year MEng and both are available with industrial experience. During the first two years of the degree, you will gain a solid foundation in the principles of engineering by studying core engineering modules alongside two modules which are specialist to Medical Engineering. In Year 3 and Year 4, you will specialise in a greater number of modules specific to Medical Engineering. Year 4 allows you to pick all of the modules you will study which means you can tailor your studies to match your career aspirations. A description of each module, and what it entails, can be found on our website under 'Structure'. In order to fully support our first year students, who are new to university study, we have developed a new module called 'Transferable Skills for Engineers and Materials'. This module is designed to help students adapt to the challenges and requirements of reading for a degree.
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The modules shown in bold are the specialist Medical Engineering modules
Year 1
Clinical Problems in Biomedical Engineering and Materials Clinical Solutions in Biomedical Engineering and Materials Engineering Materials in Design Engineering Design Methods Mechanics of Fluids 1 Mathematical Techniques for Engineers Engineering Design Methods Engineering Mechanics: Statics Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics Transferable Skills for Engineers and Materials
Year 2
Fluid Mechanics of the Cardiovascular System Control Systems Analysis and Design Management of Design Design for Manufacturing Dynamic Models of Engineering Systems Engineering Instrumentation Design for Manufacturing Solid Mechanics Options: Medical Physiology Neuromuscular Bioelectricity and Biomechanics
Year 3
Individual Medical Engineering Research Project Implant Design Computer Aided Engineering for Solids and Fluids Options: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Tissue Mechanics Principles and Application of Medical Imaging Robotics Materials Selection in Design
Year 4
Optional Industrial Experience
Year 5
Research and Design Medical Engineering Team Project Options: Surgical Techniques and Safety Clinical Measurements Kinesiology Bioengineering in Urology Medical Ethics, Law and Regulatory Practice in Bioengineering Science of Biocompatibility Biofluids and Solute Transport Foundations of Intellectual Property Law and Management Computational Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics Introduction to Law for Science and Engineering Queen Mary University of London 4
How you will learn
A variety of teaching methods are employed in SEMS, including lectures, small tutorials, laboratory practicals, Problem-Based Learning activities and project work. Core engineering subjects are taken by students from all of our engineering degrees whilst the specialist modules are taught to smaller groups of Medical Engineering students. Assessment is continuous throughout your degree, with written reports, projects, presentations, group work and exams in the summer semester. You can revise for your exams using QMplus which is the University's online learning environment. QMplus allows you to access videos of your lectures and any associated handouts.
Research Projects In the third year, you will undertake an individual research project which will get you involved with the cutting edge research taking place at SEMS. It is an opportunity for you to apply the skills and techniques learnt from previous years’ studies and to focus on your particular area of interest. You will work on your own, but will get support, guidance and advice from your project supervisor, other members of staff, researchers and technicians. Examples of recent individual research projects include: • Developing new materials to serve as artificial bioscaffolds • Examining the potential of pulsed ultrasound for cartilage regeneration • Modelling blood flow patterns in cerebral aneurysms We aim is for students to produce projects that are of sufficient quality to be presented at international conferences or published in peer-review journals.
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Design Projects In the fourth year, you will undertake a major design project. This offers you a challenging and realistic assignment, helping you prepare for the real world in professional engineering. You will manage your own project in association with academic supervisors and industrialists and clinicians. The following are examples of previous group design projects: • Development of a tool for the repair of shoulder tendons • Improved ankle replacement implant • Bioreactor for cartilage tissue engineering • Characterisation of a new vascular access graft for haemodialysis patients • Repair system for torn menisci • High precision tooling for knee replacement This project is not only a stimulating and immensely enjoyable part of the degree, but is also highly valued by employers.
Facilities SEMS has excellent laboratory and computational facilities which include, amongst others, several Cell and Tissue Labs, a Student Workshop and a Hip Wear Simulator. SEMS are excited to be spending £25 million on developing a new undergraduate Experimental and Testing Area which is to be completed in September 2015. The new facilities will encompass four specialist areas and will be fitted with bespoke equipment designed with the needs of our students in mind. We are also spending an additional £500,000 on new apparatus.
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Employability
Industrial Experience All our BEng and MEng degrees are available with an industrial experience component in which you will take a relevant work placement for one year. Students on these degrees will normally spend the year in industry after their second year of a BEng degree or third year of an MEng degree. The industrial experience year is not assessed as part of the students degree but is instead operated on a pass/fail basis. Students receive 120 credits for the year. There are many benefits to participating in a year of industrial experience, not only in the practical experience you will gain but also the professional contacts you will make. The year working in industry will significantly help you to develop your communication, problem solving and team working skills. It will also give you invaluable experience to use when applying for professional positions after graduation and the year in industry counts toward the requirements of applying to be a chartered engineer. Many employers will automatically offer a place on their graduate schemes to students who participated on year placements with them. SEMS has excellent links with industry which are essential for all our "with industrial experience" degrees. Students are not guaranteed an industrial placement and will have to be proactive in finding a suitable placement. However, we have a dedicated member of staff who will provide support in locating a placement with our extensive industrial links. There is an active Industrial Liaison forum, which has a direct impact on our degrees by encouraging employers to sponsor and support the students and to provide real design case studies to engage the students throughout the curriculum. Recent case studies that have been taught and assessed were delivered by Bridgestone, DePuy, Apatech, Artis, Corus, BAE, DSTL and Rolls Royce.
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Careers For Medical Engineering students at Queen Mary, career prospects are excellent. The healthcare industry is one of the world’s biggest industrial sectors, and it grows every year, providing exciting opportunities in research and development and patient care. The thorough grounding in basic engineering coupled with other subjects, provides our graduates with considerable employment and career flexibility. As an engineer you will develop numerous transferable skills, such as problem solving capabilities, which will be of huge value whatever career path you choose to take. The 2014 Destinations Survey confirmed that 85 per cent of our graduates were in employment and/or study six months after graduation. Queen Mary Mechanical Engineering graduates have a strong earning power, with an average salary of £24,000 six months after graduation.
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Staff teaching on your degree There are over 70 members of academic staff within SEMS. Below are specialist Medical Engineering staff: Dr Helena Azevedo Peptides, Biomolecular engineering, Chemistry and biology of hyaluronan, Macromolecular self-assembly, Phage display, Targeted drug delivery
Dr Pavel Novak Nanoscale electrophysiology and biophysics, scanning ion conductance microscopy, nanopipettes and nanoelectrodes
Dr Federico Carpi Biomedical and bioinspired mechatronic devices based on smart materials; polymer artificial muscles.
Dr Hazel Screen Connective tissue mechanics, microscale and nanoscale mechanical properties, mechanotransduction.
Dr Tina Chowdhury Biomarkers and inflammation, mechanotherapies and biophysical agents, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Mr Raza Shah Engineering design and product development through the application of engineering and applied science and technology.
Dr Joost De Bruijn Biomaterials, Hard tissue replacement, bone tissue engineering, regenerative medicine.
Dr M Hasan Shaheed Robotics, Medical Robotics, Nonlinear Systems, System Identification, Modelling, Optimisation, Biologically inspired and modelling techniques.
Dr Peter Dabnichki Biomechanics, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Medical Systems, Biological Systems, Intelligent systems Dr Nuria Gavara Cellular biophysics, Mechanobiology of stem cells, Cell biomarkers, Cell mechanics in pathological conditions, Atomic Force Microscopy Dr Himadri Gupta Biomaterials , Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Nanostructured Materials, nanoscale deformation mechanisms Dr Karin Hing Bioresponsive scaffolds for regenerative medicine. Dynamic physiological and biomechanical responses scaffolds Professor Martin Knight Mechanobiology, biomechanics, Mechanotransduction, primary cilia, cytoskeletal dynamics, Confocal microscopy. Dr Alvaro Mata Biomimetic materials, static and dynamic self-assembling systems, peptide-based and hybrid biomaterials, micro and nanofabrication. Dr Jens-Dominik Mueller Simulation of vascular flows. Fluidstructure interaction simulation for cardiac flows Sensitivity analysis of biomedical flows 9 Queen Mary University of London
Professor Julia Shelton Wear of total hip replacements, surface coatings, particle analysis, orthopaedic systems, tissue engineering, tendon mechanics. Mr Adam Sutcliffe Design, manufacturing processes, CAD, future of design, industrial, product and service design solutions. Dr Yi Sui Numerical methods, multiscale modelling, multiphase flow, contact line dynamics, oil/gas transport, biofluids, blood flow, capsule/cell dynamics. Professor Gleb Sukhorukov Micro- and Nanoencapsulation, Drug Delivery systems, encapsulated sensors, intracellular delivery, External triggered microcages Dr Pankaj Vadgama Biosensors, interfaces, polymers, membranes. Dr Ranjan Vepa Simulation, control engineering, aeroelasticity, smart structures, flow control.
Why Study Medical • Largest UK Medical Engineering degree The Medical Engineering undergraduate degree is one of the largest and most well established in the country. • Accredited Degree The Medical Engineering degree at Queen Mary is one of the largest and most well established in the country and is accredited by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers which enables graduates to progress to Chartered Engineering status. • Specialist Medical Engineering modules The degree offers a broad spectrum of stimulating medical engineering modules throughout the degree. • Experimental and Computational Facilities Students utilise a range of excellent laboratory facilities for experimental and computational practicals and project work. • Research Projects Individual 3rd year research projects provide a fantastic opportunity for students to participate in the internationally leading medical engineering research taking place at Queen Mary. • Design Projects The 4th year group design project enables students to work on a real medical engineering design problem in association with industrial and clinical partners. • Staff Students are taught by enthusiastic, approachable and friendly staff, with internationally recognised expertise in many specialist areas of medical engineering. • Career Prospects Our graduates are highly valued by employers providing exciting medical engineering job opportunities and excellent employability in a range of careers. • Student Satisfaction All our students are individually nurtured and encouraged to fulfill their true potential. This is reflected in SEMS' excellent ranking in the recent National Student Survey where 92 per cent of students said staff were good at explaining things. • Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary is not only listed as one of the top 100 universities in the world (2014 QS World Ranking), but also has a long standing reputation for academic excellence with a friendly, diverse and multicultural campus situated in the heart of London. • Member of the Russell Group Queen Mary is one of only 24 universities who make up the prestigious Russell Group. This Group represents the leading universities in the UK. Employers specifically target Russell Group universities because of the calibre of these institutions' graduates. Queen Mary University of London 10
For further information contact: School of Engineering and Materials Science Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 8736 email: sems-ugadmissions@qmul.ac.uk This brochure is intended as a summary guide for your reference. Please visit out website for full details on our degrees www.sems.qmul.ac.uk
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