Professor Richard Hall
- Position: Professor
- Areas of expertise: biomechanics; medical engineering; medical devices; biotribology; spine; hip
- Email: R.M.Hall@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2132
- Location: 432 School of Mechanical Engineering
- Website: My Other Personal Site
Profile
Professor Hall has an undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Leeds and was awarded a PhD from the University of Lancaster. He rejoined the University of Leeds as a jointly appointed Lecturer in the Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Medicine. His appointment is now solely within the School of Mechanical Engineering. Residing within the School his research interests are related to medical engineering particularly of the spine as well as other joints including the hip.
Responsibilities
- Director of Postgraduate Research Studies
Research interests
Professor Hall has received funding from National Institutes of Health in the USA, Wellcome (UK), the European Commission and EPSRC. Richard is currently the Co-ordinator of the European Project, LifeLongJoints, which comprises 15 EU partners at a value of over €18M. Additionally, Richard has a growing interest in neural mechanics.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD, Lancaster
- BSc (Hons) Physics, Leeds
Professional memberships
- Member of the Instutite of Physics
Student education
I teach on modules concerned with medical engineering as well as supervising projects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. I have a keen interest in postgraduate provision in my capacity as the Director of PGR studies for the Faculty of Engineering.
Research groups and institutes
- Institute of Thermofluids