Professor Claire Brockett
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Professor of Biomechanics
+44 114 222 6073
Full contact details
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, Room F14
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
葫芦影业
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Claire Brockett joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering as Professor of Biomechanics in2022. Her first degree was in Medical Engineering, and she has a PhD in Biotribology from the University of Leeds.
Post-doc roles at Leeds covered pre-clinical wear testing of hip and knee replacement, exploring different material combinations. A university fellowship enabled Claire to develop a new research area focused on bioengineering of the foot and ankle introducing new industrial and clinical collaborations to bring together tribological studies of natural tissue and total ankle replacement, mechanical studies of ligaments and repair materials, and biomechanical studies of patients with ankle replacement and fusion. An EPSRC discipline hopping grant in 2019 also allowed Claire to spend time with clinicians and patients, and develop some skills in qualitative data and thematic analysis.
Claire is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has been involved in public engagement activities throughout her career, also gaining a PGCert in Practical Science Communication.
- Research interests
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- Biomechanics of the foot and ankle in healthy and disease states
- Characterisation of natural tissues including cartilage, ligament and bone, and investigation of viable repair materials
- Changes in bone and cartilage properties with ageing, degeneration and haemophilia
- Biomechanics and tribology of diabetic foot ulcer formation
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 10(12), 7606-7618.
- . Orthopaedic Proceedings, 106-B(SUPP_11), 8-8.
- . Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 9(2).
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 150, 106279-106279.
- . Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_16), 16-16.
- . Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_16), 15-15.
- . Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_16), 32-32.
- . Clinical Biomechanics, 106, 106006-106006.
- . Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_8), 24-24.
- . Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_7), 77-77.
- . Acta Biomaterialia, 159, 410-422.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 139, 105671-105671.
- . Foot and Ankle Clinics.
- . Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 15(1).
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 136, 105482-105482.
- . Clinical Biomechanics, 99, 105745-105745.
- . Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 110(10), 2276-2289.
- . Clinical Anatomy, 34(6), 941-947.
- . Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 25(1), 259-271.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 110, 103931-103931.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 102, 103473-103473.
- . Regenerative Medicine, 13(2), 175-188.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 232(2), 127-134.
- . Wear, 374-375, 86-91.
- . Journal of Biomechanics, 53, 105-110.
- . Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research, 474(11), 2394-2404.
- . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 63, 10-16.
- . Foot and Ankle Surgery, 22(2), 116-116.
- . Orthopaedics and Trauma, 30(3), 232-238.
- . Foot and Ankle Surgery, 22(2), 67-67.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 230(5), 429-439.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 228(1), 98-106.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 227(2), 175-180.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 227(1), 18-26.
- . The Journal of Arthroplasty, 28(1), 90-97.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 226(9), 734-734.
- . Orthopaedics and Trauma, 26(4), 246-252.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 226(7), 529-535.
- . The Journal of Arthroplasty, 27(8), 1452-1459.
- . Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 100B(6), 1459-1465.
- . Seminars in Arthroplasty, 22(4), 280-283.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 225(5), 511-519.
- . Journal of Biomechanics, 44(6), 1108-1116.
- . The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 91-B(9), 1134-1141.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 222(7), 1073-1080.
- . Physics in Medicine and Biology, 53(5), 1277-1293.
- . Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 19(4), 1575-1579.
- . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 221(3), 391-398.
- . Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 81B(2), 508-515.
- . Journal of Biomechanics, 39, S140-S140.
- . Journal of Biomechanics, 39, S530-S530.
- . Journal of Biomechanics, 39(12), 2274-2281.
- . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 12.
- . PLOS ONE, 19(6), e0290914-e0290914.
- . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology.
- . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11, 1187710.
- . Orthopedic Research and Reviews, 19-19.
Chapters
- , Foot and Ankle Biomechanics (pp. 397-410). Elsevier
- , Foot and Ankle Biomechanics (pp. 397-410). Elsevier
- , PEEK Biomaterials Handbook (pp. 367-384). Elsevier
- , Encyclopedia of Tribology (pp. 1325-1330). Springer US
- , Encyclopedia of Tribology (pp. 3851-3854). Springer US
- , Insall &amp Scott Surgery of the Knee (pp. ix-xix). Elsevier
- , Insall &amp Scott Surgery of the Knee Elsevier
Conference proceedings papers
- Wear of PEEK and CFR-PEEK against metallic counterfaces under different contact pressure conditions. 5th World Tribology Congress, WTC 2013, Vol. 1 (pp 421-423)
Other
Preprints
- Teaching activities
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BIE6436 鈥 Human Movement Biomechanics
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society, the Orthopaedic Research Society and British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
- Editorial board: Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
- Member of ISO sub-committees for Bone and Joint Replacement, and the wear working group