Dr Pete Culmer
- Position: Associate Professor
- Email: P.R.Culmer@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2141
- Location: 437a School of Mechanical Engineering
- Website: Twitter
Responsibilities
- Summer Internships Coordinator
Research interests
My research interest is very broadly the application of engineering science to advance healthcare.
The core of my work is developing and applying new 'enabling technologies' suited to medical applications, with a focus on:
- sensing systems
- robotics
- control
I enjoy working closely with clinical colleague to identify and understand clinical challenges and how our technologies can be employed, with a particular focus on
- surgical oncology
- incontinence therapies
I am Engineering Lead of the Surgical Technologies research group, working closely with colleagues in engineering, pyschology and clinical sciences to pursue these goals.
Qualifications
- MEng Mechatronics, University of Leeds
- PhD Control scheme for the iPAM upper limb rehabilitation robot, University of Leeds
Student education
Taught Modules
I teach Computing for Engineers and Biomechanics
Student Projects
- Level-3 Individual Projects
- Level-4 Group Projects
Coordinator for the Mech-Eng Student Summer Internships
Research groups and institutes
- Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation