SSL Ltd - Skin friction measurement

Project management, systems integration and software development. Assesses the lubricity of oils used to coat condoms.

In-Vivo Laryngeal Tensiometer

Mechatronic Design - Project Leader. Funded by the Royal Society - this device was used to measure the biomechanical properties of the human vocal fold from volunteer patients. De Montfort University Project

Proctor & Gamble - Various Devices

Project management. A number of projects were undertaken for Procter & Gamble, including a skin colourimeter, hair bending device, numerical analysis of tissue deformation data, hair thickness meter, automated wig washing apparatus, and a skin roughness meter.

Fred Baker Scientific Airborne Microbiological Contamination Monitor

Digital electronic and embedded software design. The system draws in a calibrated sample of air, and applies it to a petri dish, that slowly rotates over a 24 hour period. The dish is then cultured and examined. Based on an 8051, the embedded software manages the air flow sampling system and the user interface. The company was later purchased by 3M

The Linear Skin Rheometer

Project Manager, electronic and software design. The LSR, shown here with a 3-Axis positioning table, is used to measure the biomechanical properties of human tissue. Used by Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, Boots and GoJo to quantify the effectiveness of skin cream formulations, it has also been deployed in support of fundamental research into tissue engineering.

RASPED - Reverberating abrasive single use piezo electric driven device

Vickers Medical - Microprocessor based temperature control for the model 49 baby incubator

Consultancy. Image courtesy of the Science Museum. A small consultancy project undertaken to assess the applicability of the emerging technology of microprocessors to provide digital temperature control. Also examined at this time was a new design for a drop sensor, and an infant apnoea alarm. SIRA Project