School of Engineering and Materials ScienceMedical 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

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The School of Engineering and Materials ScienceThe School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) has a long standing reputation for excellent teaching andresearch involving international collaboration with industrial,clinical and university partners. Queen Mary has beenteaching engineering for over 100 years and was one of the first universities to establish a Medical Engineeringdegree in the year 2000. SEMS has a population of over1,000 students and an annual intake of approximately 350students on to a range of engineering and materials sciencedegrees.

SEMS is proud of its teaching and all of our degrees areranked as either the best in London or within the top five(2014 National Student Survey) and Queen Mary itself hasrecently been recognised as one of the top 100 universitiesin the world (2014 QS World Ranking). Furthermore, SEMSis proud and excited to announce that we are investing£25million to develop additional laboratory spaces which will include dedicated teaching areas exclusively for the use of our undergraduate students.

Medical Engineering

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Medical Engineering at Queen MaryMedical Engineering involves the development of engineeringtechnology for the diagnosis and treatment of disease andinjury. The Medical Engineering degree at Queen Mary is one of the largest in the country at approximately 50 newstudents each year. Consequently, we have staff specialisingin Medical Engineering as well as staff in the related degreesof Medical Materials and Dental Materials. This enables thedegree to cover a broad range of medical engineeringsubjects reflecting the specialist knowledge of the academicstaff. In particular, staff at Queen Mary are world leaders inthe following areas which feature heavily in the MedicalEngineering 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 bythe Institute of Mechanical Engineers (iMechE) which meansthat students can progress to Charted Engineer status. Over90 per cent of students on this degree said that staff aregood at explaining things (2014 National Student Survey).

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Degree Structure

Medical Engineering at Queen Mary is offered as either athree year BEng or a four year MEng and both are availablewith industrial experience. During the first two years of thedegree, you will gain a solid foundation in the principles ofengineering by studying core engineering modules alongsidetwo modules which are specialist to Medical Engineering. InYear 3 and Year 4, you will specialise in a greater number ofmodules specific to Medical Engineering. Year 4 allows youto pick all of the modules you will study which means youcan tailor your studies to match your career aspirations. Adescription of each module, and what it entails, can befound on our website under 'Structure'.

In order to fully support our first year students, who are newto university study, we have developed a new module called'Transferable Skills for Engineers and Materials'. This moduleis designed to help students adapt to the challenges andrequirements of reading for a degree.

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Year 1 Clinical Problems in Biomedical Engineering and MaterialsClinical Solutions in Biomedical Engineering and MaterialsEngineering Materials in DesignEngineering Design MethodsMechanics of Fluids 1Mathematical Techniques for EngineersEngineering Design MethodsEngineering Mechanics: StaticsEngineering Mechanics: DynamicsTransferable Skills for Engineers and Materials

Year 2 Fluid Mechanics of the Cardiovascular SystemControl Systems Analysis and DesignManagement of DesignDesign for ManufacturingDynamic Models of Engineering SystemsEngineering InstrumentationDesign for ManufacturingSolid MechanicsOptions:Medical PhysiologyNeuromuscular Bioelectricity and Biomechanics

Year 3 Individual Medical Engineering Research ProjectImplant DesignComputer Aided Engineering for Solids and FluidsOptions:Tissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineTissue MechanicsPrinciples and Application of Medical ImagingRoboticsMaterials Selection in Design

Year 4 Optional Industrial Experience

Year 5 Research and Design Medical Engineering Team ProjectOptions:Surgical Techniques and SafetyClinical MeasurementsKinesiologyBioengineering in UrologyMedical Ethics, Law and Regulatory Practice in BioengineeringScience of BiocompatibilityBiofluids and Solute TransportFoundations of Intellectual Property Law and ManagementComputational EngineeringComputational Fluid DynamicsIntroduction to Law for Science and Engineering

The modules shown in bold are the specialist Medical Engineering modules

How you will learn

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A variety of teaching methods are employed in SEMS,including lectures, small tutorials, laboratory practicals,Problem-Based Learning activities and project work. Coreengineering subjects are taken by students from all of ourengineering degrees whilst the specialist modules are taughtto smaller groups of Medical Engineering students.

Assessment is continuous throughout your degree, withwritten reports, projects, presentations, group work andexams in the summer semester. You can revise for yourexams using QMplus which is the University's onlinelearning environment. QMplus allows you to access videos of your lectures and any associated handouts.

Research ProjectsIn the third year, you will undertake an individual researchproject which will get you involved with the cutting edgeresearch 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. Youwill work on your own, but will get support, guidance andadvice 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 cartilageregeneration

• Modelling blood flow patterns in cerebral aneurysms

We aim is for students to produce projects that are of sufficient quality to be presented at internationalconferences or published in peer-review journals.

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Design ProjectsIn 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 professionalengineering. You will manage your own project in associationwith academic supervisors and industrialists and clinicians.

The following are examples of previous group designprojects:

• 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 immenselyenjoyable part of the degree, but is also highly valued by employers.

FacilitiesSEMS has excellent laboratory and computational facilitieswhich 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 developinga 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 withbespoke equipment designed with the needs of our studentsin mind. We are also spending an additional £500,000 onnew apparatus.

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Employability

Industrial ExperienceAll our BEng and MEng degrees are available with anindustrial experience component in which you will take arelevant work placement for one year. Students on thesedegrees will normally spend the year in industry after theirsecond year of a BEng degree or third year of an MEngdegree. The industrial experience year is not assessed aspart of the students degree but is instead operated on apass/fail basis. Students receive 120 credits for the year.

There are many benefits to participating in a year ofindustrial experience, not only in the practical experienceyou will gain but also the professional contacts you willmake. The year working in industry will significantly help youto develop your communication, problem solving and teamworking skills. It will also give you invaluable experience touse when applying for professional positions after graduationand the year in industry counts toward the requirements ofapplying to be a chartered engineer. Many employers willautomatically offer a place on their graduate schemes tostudents who participated on year placements with them.

SEMS has excellent links with industry which are essentialfor all our "with industrial experience" degrees. Students arenot guaranteed an industrial placement and will have to beproactive in finding a suitable placement. However, we havea dedicated member of staff who will provide support inlocating a placement with our extensive industrial links.There is an active Industrial Liaison forum, which has adirect impact on our degrees by encouraging employers to sponsor and support the students and to provide realdesign case studies to engage the students throughout thecurriculum. Recent case studies that have been taught andassessed were delivered by Bridgestone, DePuy, Apatech,Artis, Corus, BAE, DSTL and Rolls Royce.

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CareersFor Medical Engineering students at Queen Mary, careerprospects are excellent. The healthcare industry is one ofthe world’s biggest industrial sectors, and it grows every year,providing exciting opportunities in research and developmentand patient care. The thorough grounding in basic engineeringcoupled with other subjects, provides our graduates withconsiderable employment and career flexibility. As anengineer you will develop numerous transferable skills, suchas problem solving capabilities, which will be of huge valuewhatever career path you choose to take.

The 2014 Destinations Survey confirmed that 85 per cent ofour graduates were in employment and/or study six monthsafter graduation. Queen Mary Mechanical Engineeringgraduates have a strong earning power, with an averagesalary of £24,000 six months after graduation.

Staff teaching on yourdegree

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There are over 70 members of academic staff within SEMS. Below arespecialist Medical Engineering staff:Dr Helena AzevedoPeptides, Biomolecular engineering,Chemistry and biology of hyaluronan,Macromolecular self-assembly, Phagedisplay, Targeted drug delivery

Dr Federico CarpiBiomedical and bioinspired mechatronicdevices based on smart materials;polymer artificial muscles.

Dr Tina ChowdhuryBiomarkers and inflammation,mechanotherapies and biophysicalagents, tissue engineering andregenerative medicine

Dr Joost De BruijnBiomaterials, Hard tissue replacement,bone tissue engineering, regenerativemedicine.

Dr Peter DabnichkiBiomechanics, Mathematical andComputer Modelling, Medical Systems,Biological Systems, Intelligent systems

Dr Nuria GavaraCellular biophysics, Mechanobiology ofstem cells, Cell biomarkers, Cellmechanics in pathological conditions,Atomic Force Microscopy

Dr Himadri GuptaBiomaterials , Biomedical Materials andEngineering, Nanostructured Materials,nanoscale deformation mechanisms

Dr Karin HingBioresponsive scaffolds for regenerativemedicine. Dynamic physiological andbiomechanical responses scaffolds

Professor Martin KnightMechanobiology, biomechanics,Mechanotransduction, primary cilia,cytoskeletal dynamics, Confocalmicroscopy.

Dr Alvaro MataBiomimetic materials, static and dynamicself-assembling systems, peptide-basedand hybrid biomaterials, micro andnanofabrication.

Dr Jens-Dominik MuellerSimulation of vascular flows. Fluid-structure interaction simulation forcardiac flows Sensitivity analysis ofbiomedical flows

Dr Pavel NovakNanoscale electrophysiology andbiophysics, scanning ion conductancemicroscopy, nanopipettes andnanoelectrodes

Dr Hazel ScreenConnective tissue mechanics, microscaleand nanoscale mechanical properties,mechanotransduction.

Mr Raza ShahEngineering design and productdevelopment through the application of engineering and applied science and technology.

Dr M Hasan ShaheedRobotics, Medical Robotics, NonlinearSystems, System Identification,Modelling, Optimisation, Biologicallyinspired and modelling techniques.

Professor Julia SheltonWear of total hip replacements, surfacecoatings, particle analysis, orthopaedicsystems, tissue engineering, tendonmechanics.

Mr Adam SutcliffeDesign, manufacturing processes, CAD,future of design, industrial, product andservice design solutions.

Dr Yi SuiNumerical methods, multiscalemodelling, multiphase flow, contact linedynamics, oil/gas transport, biofluids,blood flow, capsule/cell dynamics.

Professor Gleb Sukhorukov Micro- and Nanoencapsulation, DrugDelivery systems, encapsulated sensors,intracellular delivery, External triggeredmicrocages

Dr Pankaj VadgamaBiosensors, interfaces, polymers,membranes.

Dr Ranjan VepaSimulation, control engineering,aeroelasticity, smart structures, flow control.

Why Study Medical

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• Largest UK Medical Engineering degree The Medical Engineering undergraduate degree is one of the largestand most well established in the country.

• Accredited DegreeThe Medical Engineering degree at Queen Mary is one of the largestand most well established in the country and is accredited by theInstitute of Mechanical Engineers which enables graduates toprogress to Chartered Engineering status.

• Specialist Medical Engineering modulesThe degree offers a broad spectrum of stimulating medicalengineering modules throughout the degree.

• Experimental and Computational FacilitiesStudents utilise a range of excellent laboratory facilities forexperimental and computational practicals and project work.

• Research ProjectsIndividual 3rd year research projects provide a fantastic opportunityfor students to participate in the internationally leading medicalengineering research taking place at Queen Mary.

• Design ProjectsThe 4th year group design project enables students to work on a real medical engineering design problem in association with industrial and clinical partners.

• StaffStudents are taught by enthusiastic, approachable and friendly staff,with internationally recognised expertise in many specialist areas ofmedical engineering.

• Career ProspectsOur graduates are highly valued by employers providing excitingmedical engineering job opportunities and excellent employability in a range of careers.

• Student SatisfactionAll our students are individually nurtured and encouraged to fulfilltheir true potential. This is reflected in SEMS' excellent ranking inthe recent National Student Survey where 92 per cent of studentssaid staff were good at explaining things.

• Queen Mary University of LondonQueen Mary is not only listed as one of the top 100 universities in the world (2014 QS World Ranking), but also has a long standingreputation for academic excellence with a friendly, diverse andmulticultural campus situated in the heart of London.

• Member of the Russell GroupQueen Mary is one of only 24 universities who make up theprestigious Russell Group. This Group represents the leadinguniversities in the UK. Employers specifically target Russell Groupuniversities because of the calibre of these institutions' graduates.

The information given in this brochure is correct at the time of going to press. QMUL reserves the right to modify or cancel any statement in it and accepts no responsibilityfor the consequences of any such changes.

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