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Professor Fraser Buchanan, Director of Research

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Professor Fraser Buchanan, Director of Research

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Implants made from bioresorbable polymers are gaining significant interest in orthopaedic, sports-injury and cardiovascular markets. The advantage of such materials over permanent metallic implants is that they provide temporary support during healing, then gradually degrade, transferring mechanical loads to regenerating tissue. They are also utilised in drug and bioactive release systems owing to the ability to tailor their bioresorption rate via appropriate polymer selection and post-processing procedures.

Furthermore, they have potential for application in patient-specific tissue scaffolds produced by layer-by-layer manufacturing techniques such as fused deposition modelling.

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  • F.Buchanan@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 4130

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in bioresorbable biomaterials including:

  • Accelerated test methods for predicting long-term performance of biomaterials
  • Bioresorbable polymers used in orthopaedic and cardiovascular applications, for example PLLA, PGA and various co-polymers
  • Influence of sterilisation technologies on performance of biomaterials
  • Electron beam modification of polymers
  • Calcium phosphate biomaterial
  • Tissue scaffolds via layer-by-layer manufacture

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Research students

Four current PhD students and fifteen PhD students successful completed.


Alumni: Where are they now

For example medical device industry: Stryker (www.stryker.com) and Eakin (www.eakin.eu/) and University lectureships.


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