Engineering Medical

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Education

Imperial College London, South Kensington.

PhD. Bioengineering Research 2012-2016

Research topic: “Musculoskeletal modelling of the shoulder during cricket bowling” Imperial College London, South Kensington.

M.Sc. Advanced Mechanical Engineering 2010-2011

Research component: “Testing the Torsional Stability of artificial Knee Joints” Course component: Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics, Integrated Design and Manufacturing, Aircraft Engine Technology, Advanced Stress Analysis, Advanced Vibration Engineering, Advanced control, Finite Element Analysis and Application University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

B.Sc. Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 2006-2009 Thesis: “Construction of a Contact Pressure sensor” Awards

Government Scholarship for outstanding achievement 2010 – 2016 Dean’s Honour Roll University of the West Indies 2009 Skills

• Creative problem solving

• High level of responsibility

• Self-motivated

• Team oriented

• Passionate about biomechanics- optimizing performance of athlete while reducing risk of injury

• Proficient in SolidWorks, Autodesk Fusion 360 and AutoCAD

• Programming experience with C++ and Matlab

• Proficient with operating and maintenance of desktop 3D printers and multi-camera motion capture system.

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Work Experience

University of Trinidad and Tobago, O’Meara campus 2017-2018 Associate Professional

Assisted with delivering the following courses: Medical physics for Biomed Equipment technicians (diploma), Biomechanics (BASc), Medical Physics (BASc) and Equations for Biomedical Engineers (BASc).

Other responsibility: Preliminary stages of designing and 3D printing prosthetic arm. Setting up a Motion Analysis lab.

Lomart School, Munroe road, Cunupia, Trinidad.

Remedial Teacher 2009-2010

CXC Physics and Mathematics

Academic Accomplishments

PhD Research Project: Assessing the risk of shoulder injuries in bowlers with a particular bowling technique. A full body 3D kinematic analysis of bowlers was conducted, and a validated musculoskeletal model was used to investigate joint forces and muscle activations at the shoulder in order to investigate the potential for injury.

Contributions to the research area included development of a scapula tracking device to more accurately measure shoulder joint rotations, technical advances made to the National Shoulder Model (NSM) that is used at Imperial College for all upper limb modeling research and finally provide a dataset for scapula kinematics based on upper limb movements that have not been previously done. Research was conducted in collaboration with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London, who allowed the used of their facilities and bowlers.

Publications and conferences

1. Title: “Assessment of Performance Parameters of a Series of Five ‘Historical’ Cricket Bat Designs’’ Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology. Research done in collaboration with the MCC. http://www.espncricinfo.com/mcc/content/story/760927.html 2. Title: “Dynamic tracking of the scapula during slow circumduction’’ (still pending) 3. Title: “High risk positions for shoulder impingement injuries in cricket bowlers’’. Journal still to be decided.

4. Poster presentation accepted to World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB) conference 2014 held in Boston. Title: “Dynamic tracking of the scapula during slow circumduction’’ During my time at The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), practical skills in the field of 3D printing was gained. I was involved in 3D printing an open-source prosthetic arm called the HACKberry bionic arm. The goal of the project was to 3D print the arm, improve on the design and integrate mechatronics components to allow interfacing with the subject. The prototype would then be donated to a disabled person in Trinidad, restoring some function to the affect limb. This project is ongoing and is currently underway.

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Potential Application of Skill and Expertise

The following is a summary of the skills and application that I have acquired after completing my MSc, PhD degrees and working at the UTT

• 3D motion capture. Application: used in various ways in injury prevention, performance enhancement in athletes as well as in designing medical assistive devices to aid disabled patients. Emphasis on the knee, shoulder and elbow joints when looking at joint kinematics. Included in this the practical knowledge is the use of 3D motion capture hardware and software.

• Working with a musculoskeletal (MS) model to help understand the potential for injury and simulated events that would not be feasible in a laboratory. The MS model that was used is not limited to cricket bowling but can be used for any upper limb movement, particularly those that are classified as ‘over-head’ movements. So, there is potential application in both sporting and non-sporting actives. The MS model is coded in MATLAB.

• One major area of my research dealt with tracking the scapula to more accurately measure shoulder rotations as well as accurately measure elbow joint rotations. These skills can be transferable to any upper limb movement where the focus is on the shoulder and elbow joint kinematics. Flexion and extension at the elbow is given a lot of attention in cricket as it determines the legality of delivery. Standards used to measure this by ICC accredited testing centers were followed during my research and represent a minor part of my study.

• Experience in 3D printing. A deep understanding of FDM machines and the process of designing in a CAD software to printing a final prototype. This would include some limited experience with 3D scanning integrated within the 3D printing process. Extracurricular activities

Assistant Pundit at Swaha’s Sukh Shanti Bhakti Mandali, Warner Street, Freeman Road. St. Augustine. Played for Imperial College London Mens 1st Cricket team in the British Universities & Colleges Sports league for 3 years.

Currently playing cricket for Spartans Cricket Club in Senior division East Zone. LOMAS PERSAD PAGE 4

References

Professor Anthony MJ Bull

Head of department of Bioengineering

Faculty of Engineering

Imperial College London

South Kensington Campus

Email: *.****@********.**.**

Tel +44 (0-20-759*-****

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.bull

Dr. Krishpersad Manohar

University of the West Indies

Lecturer - Applied Thermodynamics; Heat Transfer & Renewable Energy Resources

Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

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