Staff
| Name | Position |
| Prof Sudesh Sivarasu | Director: Biomedical Engineering Research Centre DSI/NRF South African Research (SARChI) in Biomedical Engineering & Innovation Head of UCT MedTech |
| Prof Stephen Roche | Co-founder of OBL Deputy Head of the Division of Orthopaedics, Groote Schuur Hospital |
| Michael Awood | Chief Technical Officer |
| Joel Philpot | Senior Technical Officer |
| Edmund Wessels | Research Lecturer |
| Maureen Etuket | Research Coordinator |
| Lesa Sivewright | Finance Administrator |
| Lumka Zantsi | Administrative Assistant |
| Liam Mcevoy | Research Staff |
| Misha Krynauw | Communication Assistant |
Current Students
| Name | Project |
| Doctoral students | |
| Sheina Rajkumar | Enhancing the South African Medical Device Landscape through the Advancement of Regulatory Procedures and Guidance Documentation |
| Alexandra Lancaster | Tendon attachment optimisation in Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty |
| Dr Pududu Archie Rachuene | Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: Single-Staged Massive Glenoid Defects Pre-Operative Planning and Management |
| Kerstin Hall | Design, development and optimization of a novel reloadable pneumatic intramuscular autoinjector for various patient profiles by using parametric modelling MediVentors Student THRIP Grant Receipient |
| Jonti Oehley | UVC - Blood decontamination MediVentors Student |
| Nkgaphe Tsebesebe | Development of Arduino and Machine Learning Based Point-of-Care System for Medical Applications |
| Maureen Etuket | Decision Support Frameworks and Models guiding medical device localisation in LMICs: A Structured Review |
| Masters students | |
| Jessi-Siobhan Masters | Behaviour of the Muscle-Fat Construct with Intramuscular Auto-Injectors THRIP Grant Recipient |
| Raessa Ismail | Novel Cough Aerosol Sampling Device |
| Liam McEvoy | Urology Needle Tip Tracking Device |
| Phelisa Ntayiya | Cystoscope Image Correction System |
| Amanda Mathe | Cervical Dilation Device |
| Fadzai Saravoyi | Portal EEG Device |
| Maseeha Vania | Spinal Cord Rehab Device |
| Masindi Sekhwama | 3D printed SPR based POC |
| Mosidi Mokoena | RT-LAMP device for rapid pathogen detection |
| Saad Naveed | Proprioceptive feedback device for lower limb prosthetics |
Past Students
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| Name |
Thesis Titles |
| Doctoral students | |
| Dr Giovanni Milandri | Eccentric training for ACL rehabilitation |
| Dr Jonathan Glenday | Reverse shoulder implant configurations |
| Dr Roopam Dey | Anatomical shoulder implant design |
| Dr Edmund Wessels | Mobile PoC Hysteroscopy device COVID-19 Medical Devices Task Team Co-founder of VAS Medical Co-inventor of FlexiGyn |
| Dr Habtamu Yimam | Scapular Fracture Fixation system |
| Dr Catherine Bradshaw | Pleural Biopsy Needle Device COVID-19 Medical Devices Task Team |
| Dr Leanne Haworth | Verification & Validation of shoulder prosthesis |
| Masters students | |
| Cliff Lowan | Portable Oxygen Concentrator MediVentors Student |
| Brandon Reabow | Smart HFNO System MediVentors Student |
| Joel Philpott | Dual BPAP System MediVentors Student |
| Qhamani Maqungu | Smart accessory for auto-injectors THRIP Grant Recipient |
| Ntokozo Magubane | Design, Verification and Validation of a Dynamic Model for an Intramuscular Autoinjector THRIP Grant Recipient MediVentors Student |
| Lehan Hefer | Cervical Cancer Screening Device |
| Grant Sander | Head Positioning Device |
| Arshad Eyasim | CPAP Patient Circuit System MediVentors Student |
| Maureen Etuket | South African medical device regulatory pathways: A case study of the effect of the emergency authorisation protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Ashraf Vahed | Autoinjector incubator system THRIP Grant Receipient |
| Sarah McEwan | Pediatric Bronchoscopy Device |
| Ameen Bardien | Electromechanical prosthetic Hand |
| Tertius de Villiers | Semiautomated Neck traction device COVID-19 Medical Devices Task Team |
| Catherine Gordon-Grant | Proprioception in prosthetic hands COVID-19 Medical Devices Task Team |
| Lara Timm | Open Source Prosthetic Arm COVID-19 Medical Devices Task Team |
| Bhaveen Lalla | Bandaging Techniques for Transfemoral Amputees |
| Matthew Trussler | Lower Limb Rehabilitative Exercise Device COVID-19 Medical Devices Task Team |
| Saadiq Gasant | Radial Head Fracture Fixation |
| Chris Herbert | Adapative Fracture Fixation System |
| Seth Thompson | Latissimus Dorsi Tendon Transfer |
| Alaistar During | Low cost Ankle attachment for lower limb prosthetics |
| Scott Bruton | Smart sockfit system for amputees |
| Jacobus Johannes Verster | Scapular Dyskinesis diagnosis system |
| Giancarlo Beukes | Laxity Measurement Device Co-founder of Impulse Biomedical Co-Inventor of Easy Squeezy |
| Gokul Nair | Adrenaline AutoInjector Co-founder of Impulse Biomedical Co-Inventor of ZibiPen |
| Albert Opiyo | Stroke Rehabilitation Device |
| Megan Findlay | Opensource Ptosis Crutches |
| Shaun Fickling | Toward ACL Injury prevention |
| Mkhokheli Ncube | Design of a Ureteropyeloscope |
| Richard Mudd | Customized Hip Prosthesis |