Staff Profile:Dr Emma Johnson

Responsibilities:

Postdoctoral researcher with the Centre for Biomimetics.
COSHH Assessor for the SCME Health and Safety Committee.
External Responsibilities:
Member of: Society for Experimental Biology; Royal Entomological Society; Materials Knowledge Transfer Network; Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network; Sensors & Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network; Science and Technology Facilities Council KITE Club; Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability (BIONIS)

Areas of Interest:

As a Bioengineer with a background in the experimental analysis of biological systems, my research interests lie in obtaining a better understanding of the physiological and engineering mechanisms of biological systems and how these can be applied innovatively to technologies that enhance our own design and engineering solutions. My interests lie particularly in biomedical applications, renewable energies and the development of sensory systems for smart textiles and the built environment.

Research groups / Centres:

Centre for Biomimetics

Publications:

Johnson, E, C. Santulli and G. Jeronimidis, 2007 The morphology and mechanics of Orthopteroidea mechanosensors, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology,Volume 146, Issue 4, Supplement 1,April 2007,P S135

Johnson, E. A. C., Bui Xuan, V., 2006, ANovel Tool For Visualisation And Analysis Of Complex Plant Structures, J. Biomechanics 39: Suppl. 1, pp. S628

Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P. G., 2006, The Analysis of Pressure Response in Head Injury, Digital Human Modelling for Design and Engineering, Lyon, France, July 4-6

Dejuniat, E., Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P. G., 2005, An innovative tool for generating numerical models of the human foot – a new age of tailor made running shoes. International Society of Biomechanics XXth Congress, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, July 31-August 5

Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P. G., 2005, The Analysis of Pressure Response in Head Injury: A Validation Study, International Society of Biomechanics XXth Congress, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, July 31 – August 5

Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P. G., 2005, On the use of a patient specific rapid prototyped model to simulate the response of the human head to impact and comparison with analytical and finite element models, J. Biomech., 38, pp. 39-45.

Rodriguez, S. R., Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P. G., 2003, The influence of projectile mass and velocity on the response of the brain to blunt impact The IASTED International Conference on Biomechanics, BioMech 2003, Rhodes, Greece

Ferre, F., Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P.G., 2003, In Silico modelling and experimental validation of the response of the human head to blunt impact, International Congress on Computational Bioengineering, Zaragoza, Spain, 24-26 Sept

Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P. G., 2002, On The Use Of A Patient Specific Rapid Prototype Model to Simulate The Response of the Human Head to Impact, International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, The Bio-Era: New Frontiers, New Challenges, Singapore

Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P. G., 2002, On the use of ANSYS and LS-DYNA3D to simulate the response of the human head to impact, ANSYS Users Conference, Warwick, UK

Johnson, E. A. C., Young, P. G., 2002, Response of the Human Head to Impact – An Experimental Procedure, Advanced Workshop on Bone Mechanics: Mathematical and Mechanical Models for Analysis and Synthesis, Lisbon, Portugal

Qualifications:

BSc PhD