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Dr Todd Stewart

Dr Todd Stewart

  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Areas of expertise: biotribology; biomechanics, fatigue; prototype medical instruments; medical devices; application of fundamental engineering principles to the understanding and solving medical problems
  • Email: T.D.Stewart@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 2133
  • Location: 242 School of Mechanical Engineering

Responsibilities

  • Research and Teaching in Medical Engineering

Research interests

Personal research interests lie primarily in the following area:
 

  • Joint Replacement

Dr Stewart conducts research into the functional aspects of joint replacement (mechanics, fixation, materials, friction, lubrication and wear).   He has published several papers on the effects of ligament laxity and microseparaiton (rim contact) on the tribological behaviour of different Ceramic on Ceramic bearing combinations for hip prostheses.

To find out more about the Insitute of Medical and Biological Engineering's research visit imbe.leeds.ac.uk

Qualifications

  • Grade 12 Diploma (1st in year) : - Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology
  • BSc Mechanical Engineering : - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
  • PhD Biomedical Engineering : - University of Leeds
  • PEng Professional (Chartered) Engineer, APEGGA : - Alberta, Canada

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
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Projects
    <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/693-markerless-tracking-for-the-clinical-analysis-of-patients-with-symptomatic-gait-">Markerless Tracking for the Clinical Analysis of Patients with Symptomatic Gait </a></li> <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/500-musculoskeletal-analysis-of-activities-for-healthy-ageing-in-the-knee.-">Musculoskeletal Analysis of Activities for Healthy Ageing in the Knee. </a></li>