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February 09 2012
CABER PhD Graduations
At the recent University of Limerick Conferring, PhD awards were conferred on Dr Maurice Donoghue ( Supervisor Dr Michael Walsh) and Dr Niall Davis (Supervisor Professor Tim McGloughlin). Dr David O’Reilly (Supervisor Dr Michael Walsh) was also awarded a PhD.
December 22 2011
CABER Researcher Rory Mooney presents at TERMIS NA in Houston
CABER PhD Researcher Rory Mooney was selected for a podium presentation at the prestigious TERMIS NA meeting in Houston in early December.
His talk entitled “Automated Decellularisation of Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Scaffolds: An in vitro feasibility study” described ground breaking work on scaffold preparation. (co-authors Piterina, Walsh and McGloughlin).
December 06 2011
Dr Barry O’Connell moves to Medtronic
Following 2 years as a Post Doctoral Researcher at CABER, Dr Barry O’Connell has joined the R&D team at Medtronic in Galway.
December 06 2011
3 CABER researchers attain PhDs
Following succesfully defending their PhD theses, CABER researchers Dr Niall Davis, Dr Maurice Donoghue and Dr David O’Reilly were awarded PhDs by the University of Limerick at the recent Exam Board.
Dr Davis was supervised by Prof Tim McGloughlin and Drs Donoghue and O’Reilly were supervised by Dr Michael Walsh and all three will be conferred at the Winter Conferring Ceremony in January 2012.
December 04 2011
CABER and GMEDTEC partcipate in ASME SBC Inaugural CFD Challenge Work
Inaugural CFD Challenge Workshop http://www.asmeconferences.org/SBC2012/InauguralCFDWorkshop.cfm |
The GMEDTEC and CABER groups in Ireland that are leading the experimental arm of the Challenge. |
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The Centre for Applied Biomedical Engineering Research (CABER) is a University of Limerick designated research centre based in the Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI). The Centre was established in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering in 2004.
The CABER mission is to develop a world leading position in research and development of new medical device technology which will enhance patient care and lead to improved patient outcomes.CABER aims to pursue world class research as evidenced by high quality journal publications in the field of biomedical engineering. Core activities focus on basic and applied research in the fields of:
Cardiovascular systems
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Aneurysm behaviour and treatment
- Stent and stent graft behaviour
- Mass Transport modelling
- Cerebral modelling
Medical device design
- Design and development of vascular grafts
- Design and development of stent-graft devices for aneurysm treatment
- Design of minimally invasive devices
Orthopaedic Biomechanics
- Mechanical testing of orthopaedic implants
- Wear testing of orthopaedic devices
- Modelling of maxilla-facial devices
Cell and tissue engineering
- Advanced Biomaterial and Tissue Engineering
- Mechanotransduction and Cellular Pathophysiology
- Bioreactor Design and Development
Biomaterials design and characterisation
CABER, under the leadership of Professor Tim McGloughlin and Dr. Michael Walsh, comprises of 5 Post-Doctoral Researchers, 19 PhD Students and 2 M.Eng. students, and has attracted funding in excess of €5m over the last 6 years.