Orthopaedic engineering is a highly active and fascinating area of research, which has the potential to directly benefit patient healthcare.
The combined strengths of the Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre (OOEC), NDORMS and the Department of Engineering Science (DES) offers an outstanding platform to develop and maintain high calibre research highly relevant to clinical issues.
OOEC benefits from being situated within one of the country's foremost orthopaedic teaching hospitals, the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC).
OOEC combines cutting edge computational techniques with clinical data, to investigate joint mechanics and to improve medical device design. Our mission is to further the understanding of normal joint function, development of joint disease and optimise its treatment.
We are committed to a common engineering foundation as well as to advanced work in individual specialities which include most branches of Orthopaedic Engineering. Strong links are maintained with clinicians, materials scientists, computational analysts and cell biologists, providing an outstanding research environment dedicated to excellence in the field of Orthopaedic Engineering.
Facilities available on the NOC site include access to a state of the art gait laboratory, fluoroscopy and open MRI imaging, and RSA facilities. OOEC consists of a mix of University Research staff, Clinical Research Fellows and students studying for an MSc or DPhil through NDORMS or the DES (whose Oxford Mechanobiology Group has lab space at the Botnar).
We welcome approaches from surgeons and engineering students interested in completing a period of research, and those interested should contact Mrs Barbara Marks in the first instance.
OOEC is funded from a number of sources including charitable grants, industrial grants and donations from patients and companies.
Our team
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David Murray
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Stephen Mellon
Associate Professor Orthopaedic Biomechanics
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Barbara Marks
Research Administrator to Professor David Murray & OOEC
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Shihfan Jack Tu
Research Fellow in Clinical Biomechanics
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Thomas Hamilton
Academic Clinical Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
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Louise Strickland
Honorary Departmental Clinical Academic Nurse Researcher
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Hasan Raza Mohammad
Clinical academic in Orthopaedic Surgery
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Hemant Pandit
Honorary Departmental Researcher
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Gulraj Matharu
Honorary Clinical Research Fellow in Orthopaedics
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David Heath
DPhil student
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Nisrina Widari
DPhil student
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Azmi Rahman
Doctoral Student
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Brook Leung
DPhil student
OOEC Resources
EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES
- In Vitro Laboratory
- Surgery Simulation
- Oxford Knee Rig
- Patellar Rig
- Dartec Material Testing Machine
- HAPS (Hip Pressure Simulator)
- WinTrack Motion Capture
- Gait Laboratory
- Vicon Nexus Motion Capture System
- 12 Nexus Cameras
- MA-300 EMG system
- 2x AMTI force platforms
OOEC Resources
COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES
- Finite Element Analysis
- Ansys
- Abacus
- Statistical Expertise
- Geometric Modelling
- Kinematic Modelling
- AnyBody Modelling System
- Matlab
- Numerical Simulation