DrBehnam Akhavan
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering
- Honorary Senior LecturerFaculty of Engineering
LEARNING & TEACHING SUMMARy
Research Students:
PhD Candidates:
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2015 – 2018 Lewis Martin Interaction of materials and biology: simulations of peptides and surfaces
2015 – 2018 Callum Stewart Protein functionalised biointerfaces for orthopaedic applications
2018 – 2020 Naveed Khan Magnetron sputtering of high entropy alloys
2016 – Present Rashi Walia Hybrid solid-hydrogel biomaterials developed by plasma technologies
2017 – Present Oliver Lotz Atmospheric plasma jets for incorporation in 3D bio-printers
2019 – Present Anyu Zhang Plasma surface engineering of 3D materials for biomedical engineering
2018 – Present Mariam Sayed Plasma surface engineered adsorbents for water purification
2019 – Present Kat Redzikultsava Simulation of plasma discharges within porous materials
2019 – Present Laura Haidar Multifunctional plasma polymer nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Honours Students:
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2017 – 2018 Arifah Fadzil Plasma polymerized nanoparticles for drug delivery
2017– 2018 Anyu Zhang Plasma immersion ion implantation of porous materials for stem cell expansion
2018 Thomas Densem Plasma-modified shellac coatings for drug delivery
2018 Christale Gaitanos Bio-functionalization of 3D materials for antimicrobial applications
2018 Mabel Au Plasma surface engineering of 3D printed titanium scaffolds
2018 – 2019 Aliza Chunara Plasma surface engineering of artificial blood vessels
2018 – 2019 Yuheng Wang Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease through plasma polymer nanoparticles
2018 – 2019 Jin Park XYZ mechanical stage for special control of plasma jets
2018 – 2019 Shiyu Wang Nano mechanical evaluation of hybrid solid-hydrogel structures
2019 Tiffany Cheung Development of robust plasma polymer films deposited on 3D materials
2019 Laura Haidar Optimization of a plasma polymer reactor for nanoparticles collection
2019 Georgia Manton Hybrid solid-hydrogel scaffolds for stem cells expansion
2020 Timothy SchofieldPlasma polymerized nanoparticles for antimicrobial applications
2020 Yimeng ManModelling of ion-assisted plasma treatment of porous 3D printed structures