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Dr James Avery

Dr James Avery

  • Position: Lecturer in Robotics and Embedded Computer Systems Engineering
  • Areas of expertise: Soft Sensors; Surgical Robotics; Biomedical devices and sensors
  • Email: J.P.Avery@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: 2.66 School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
  • Website: LinkedIn | Googlescholar | ORCID

Profile

James is a Lecturer in Robotics at the University of Leeds and an Honorary Lecturer in the Hamlyn Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London. In 2010 he received an MEng in Acoustical Engineering at the ISVR at the University of Southampton and completed his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at University College London in 2015. There he continued his work as an EPSRC Doctoral Research Fellow, developing Electrical Impedance Tomography methods for brain imaging as part of Prof. David Holder’s Neurophysiology lab.

Clinical studies during this time brought into sharp focus the benefits that good, open and reproducible engineering can have for patients and strengthened his desire to translate his work into clinical practice. In 2018 he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, seeking to develop new sensor technologies for surgery. In 2020 he was awarded an Imperial College Research Fellowship to develop inflatable structures with integrated multimodal sensing for MIS within the Hamlyn Centre.

His research interests include:

  • Electrical Impedance Tomography
  • Surgical Robotics
  • Soft sensors Implantable and wearable sensors
  • Open source biomedical devices and methods
  • Fixing things, more than likely after having broken them in the first place. Particularly 3D printers.

Responsibilities

  • Module Leader: ELEC2645 Embedded Systems Project
  • Module Leader: XJEL2645 Embedded Systems Project
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Qualifications

  • PhD (2015) - Biomedical Enginering - University College London
  • MEng (2010) - Acoustical Engineering - University of Southampton

Professional memberships

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS)
  • The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute of Robotics, Autonomous Systems and Sensing

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>
Projects
    <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2099-enhancing-safety-and-autonomy-in-minimally-invasive-surgery-through-reliable-blood-vessel-localisation">Enhancing safety and autonomy in minimally invasive surgery through reliable blood vessel localisation</a></li>