Dr Alex Dickinson, an early career academic whose research aims to develop more comfortable and durable prosthetic limbs for amputees, has been awarded a prestigious Research Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).
These highly competitive fellowships provide financial support and mentoring for five years to outstanding researchers, to establish independent careers in research that are useful to industry and or society, or have genuine high-growth potential in either a new product or service.
Dr Dickinson, a New Frontiers Fellow in the University’s Bioengineering Science Research Group, was awarded the Research Fellowship for his work on prosthetic biomechanics. His objective is to develop prosthesis design and clinical assessment tools which will assist engineers and prosthetists in producing more comfortable, better performing replacement limbs for amputees.
Dr Dickinson said: “I am thrilled to have an opportunity to launch this exciting and important research programme, which will deliver results for engineering in the UK and Europe, and for amputees worldwide. It will be an honour to complete it as a representative of the Royal Academy of Engineering.”