Andrew Clarke BEng, MEng, MIEI

Andrew Clarke



andrew.clarke@dcu.ie

BEng in Medical Mechanical Engineering (MEDM) - Dublin City University Overall result: 2nd degree honours

BEng  in Medical Mechanical Engineering (MEDM) - Dublin City University   Overall result: 2nd degree honours

 

Modules covered Year 1: Material science, Mathematics, Thermo-fluids, Mechanics, Electrical engineering fundamentals, Circuit design, CAD (Pro-engineer and Basic Alpha CAM), Technology and Society, Engineering Computation (Basic MatLAB and C programming)

 

Modules covered Year 2: Biofluids, Mechanics of machines, Differentiation and integration, Pneumatics and hydraulics, Hospital refrigeration and Air conditioning, Anatomy and Physiology, Biokinetics and Kinematics, Strength of materials, Biomolecules, CAD/CAM

 

Modules covered Year 3: Probability and statistics, Biomolecules and ECM, Immunology, Fundamentals of control, Instrumentation and measurement, Prosthetics and orthotics, Product development and regulatory compliance, Intra work placement (Bausch and Lomb, Waterford)

 

Modules covered Year 4: Finite Element Analysis, Computational fluid dynamics, Rehabilitation engineering, Artificial organ technology, Advanced biomaterials and processing technologies, Surgical device technology, Image processing and analysis, Project management, Quality management.

 

Final Year theses: Optimisation of plate placement for joint arthrodesis using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)