Higher Degrees Awarded: 2000-2004 PhD 2004 2003 2002 2000 MSc 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 PhD 2004 Bustamante Karla (Miss). 2004. Analysis and decoding of neural information acquired using microengineered probes. PhD Thesis supervised by Dr DJ Ewins and Dr MP Hughes. Ghoussayni Salim. 2004. Application of angular rate gyroscopes as sensors in electrical orthoses for foot-drop correction. PhD Thesis supervised by Dr DJ Ewins. Labeed Fatima (Miss). 2004. Applications of dielectrophoresis in oncology. PhD Thesis supervised by Dr HM Coley and Dr MP Hughes. 2003 Henty Julian. 2003. Detection of gait events using a gyroscope sensor in FES drop-foot correction. PhD Thesis supervised by Dr DJ Ewins. Stevens Christopher. 2003. An investigation into the effect of functional electrical stimulation to assist the gait of children with cerebral palsy . PhD Thesis supervised by Dr DJ Ewins. 2002 Ghazzawi Zaid. 2002. Modelling of the craniofacial skeleton: An investigation of skull biomechanics. PhD Thesis supervised by Mr B Conroy, Dr A Crocombe and Mr SC Hughes. Reinhardt Carini (Miss). 2002. Investigations of the bone-titanium interface, in vitro. PhD Thesis supervised by Mr SC Hughes. Selvakumaran Jamunanithy (Mrs). 2002. Asessment of materials for use in chronically implantable microelectrodes. PhD Thesis supervised by Dr DJ Ewins and Dr MP Hughes. 2000 Bagesteiro Leia (Miss). 2000. Development of a ground reaction force-measuring treadmill for the analysis of prosthetic limbs during amputee running. PhD Thesis supervised by Dr DJ Ewins and Mr SC Hughes. MSc 2004 Byrne S (Miss). 2004. Development of an Interactive, Data Logging Switch Assessment Tool. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins. Cahill M (Ms). 2004. Statistical Analysis of Neural Recordings Acquired from the Locust. Dissertation supervised by Dr M P Hughes. Fowler C (Miss). 2004. Polymer Hydrogels as Drug Delivery Systems. Dissertation supervised by Dr C Lekakou. Johnson M. 2004. Instrumentation of Common Household Objects to Assess Hand Function in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Dissertation supervised by Professor Swain and Dr DJ Ewins. Mangat J. 2004. Design Rationale of an Uncemented Modular Tumour Prosthesis Stem for the Distal Femur. Dissertation supervised by Dr W Xu. Najafi L (Miss). 2004. Movement Strategies used by Older Healthy Adults During a Cranked Wheel Task: a Precursor of Rehabilitation After Stroke. Dissertation supervised by Professor V Pomeroy and Dr D J EWins. Popota F (Miss). 2004. An ANSYS Electrical Model of the Nerve. Dissertation supervised by Dr M Hughes. Solomons C (Miss). 2004. Electrode Arrays in Electrical Orthoses for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Dissertation supervised by Dr D J Ewins. Sunderji M. 2004. Equestrian Safety. Dissertation supervised by Dr M P Hughes. Zhang M (Miss). 2004. Computerised Study of the Bone Remodelling of the Trans-femoral Osseo-integrated Patient. Dissertation supervised by Dr W Xu. 2003 Coutts L (Miss). 2003. Investigation of whole blood flow in artificial vascular grafts. Dissertation supervised by Dr G Marinakis and Dr T Lekakou. Englezou A. 2003. Tools for outcome measures following use of FES to assist in children with cerebral palsy. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins. Kamchis D. 2003. Evaluation of foot insoles via kinematic gait analysis. Dissertation supervised by Dr G Marinakis. Meraz Tena E (Miss). Tools for outcome measures following use of FES to assist in children with cerebral palsy. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins. Muhammad H (Miss). Study of bone remodelling around implants for patients with transfemoral osseointegration. Dissertation supervised by Dr W Xu and Prof K Robinson. Reeves M. 2003. Application of cross-modality matching in pain measurement. Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes and Prof I Swain. Shanmuga K. 2003. Investigation of whole blood viscosity in vascular grafts: non-Newtonian behaviour and wall compliance. Dissertation supervised by Dr G Marinakis and Dr T Lekakou. Torrenegra C. 2003. The development of an instrument to study the degree of osseointegration. Dissertation supervised by Dr W Xu. 2002 Burnett M. 2002. Comparative analysis of Polaris and CODA marker detector. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Chan J (Miss). 2002. Analysis of the effects of the position on interneural electrodes by simulation. Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes Daurka J (Dr). 2002. Experimental study of the effects of electric fields on cell behaviour. Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes Fatoyinbo H. 2002. Development and evaluation of advanced 3D dielectrophoretic separator structures. Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes Flaieh I. 2002. Kinematic comparison of the skin and wand marker system. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Liaskos V. 2002. Testing of vascular grafts under deformation. Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes Liu P-t. 2002. The respectability of three dimensional angular kinematics with the skin marker system. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Nnene E. 2002. The design of a rig for measuring muscle forces at the hip joint. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Odugbemi O. 2002. Development of a portable device for cell analysis (4-phase square waves). Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes Parekh B. 2002. Analysis of the forces exerted on a neurophobe during insertion use. Dissertation supervised by Dr W Xu Pillay P (Miss). 2002. Analysis of the forces in below-knee amputation stumps. Dissertation supervised by Mr SC Hughes Shao F. 2002. Development of an overload protection device for the osseointegrated trans-femoral implant. Dissertation supervised by Dr W Xu Smith N (Miss). 2002. Comparison of siting position on propelling efficiencies of wheelchairs. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Staerck G (Miss). 2002. Evaluation of a rate gyroscope sensor for gait event detection in the cerebral palsy child. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Waters J. 2002. Development of a hybrid orthosis for gait assist in the cerebral palsy child. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Wolfenden H. 2002. Effectiveness of moulded inner soles. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins 2001 Gooding A. 2001. Development of an electronic assistive (EA) technology assessment tool. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Johari J (Miss). 2001. Investigating the biophysical properties of tuberculosis-type bacteria. Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes Katsouli D (Miss). 2001. Biocompatibility assessment of implantable electrode materials. Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes Leontaritis K. 2001. Investigation of thermal impact when placing a self-tapping implant in the femur cavity. Dissertation supervised by Dr W Xu and Mr SC Hughes Navarro I (Miss). 2001. Enhanced video vector generator (VVG) for clinical gait analysis. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Papadas T. 2001. Investigation of stress at the abutment and bone-implant interface when the prosthetic limb is under an impact load. Dissertation supervised by Dr W Xu and Mr SC Hughes Patel N (Miss). 2001. Criteria for electrode design in neural implantation research: histological correlates. Dissertation supervised by Dr PR Richards and Dr MP Hughes 2000 Ballantine J (Miss). 2000. Exploration of an indentation model for soft tissue. Dissertation supervised by Mr SC Hughes Hadlaq A. 2000. Pulse Duplication of natural valves. Dissertation supervised by Dr PR Richards Cartwright D. 2000. Development of a three-dimensional computer model for investigating the biomechanics of transfemoral amputation. Dissertation supervised by Mr SC Hughes Ghoussayni S. 2000. Use of the angular rate gyroscope as a sensor for FES foot-drop correction. Dissertation supervised by Dr DJ Ewins Bustamante K (Miss). 2000. Factors affecting the neural recording in implanted electrodes. Dissertation supervised by Dr MP Hughes Horta F. 2000. The clinical application of gait analysis in assessment and treatment of the anterior cruciate deficient knee. Dissertation supervised by Mr SC Hughes Vaughan S. 2000. Automation of a valve system for use in the re-breathing technique to measure pulmonary blood flow in anaesthetised, ventilated patients. Dissertation supervised by Mr P White and Dr DJ Ewins d.ewins@surrey.ac.uk January 2005