ProfessorFerdinando Rodriguez y Baena
Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical Robotics
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
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- Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical RoboticsDepartment of Mechanical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 7046 (Work)
- B415C, Bessemer Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
CURRENT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Executive Committee Member: British Society for Computer Aided Orthopedic Surgery.
General Co-Chair: The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR, UK).
PC Member: Conference on New Technologies for Computer & Robot Aided Surgery (CRAS, EU).
AWARDS
2020 President’s Award for Excellence in Research - Outstanding Research Team.
2020 The IC 2020 President’s Award for Excellence in Culture and Community – Leadership.
2019 SACAs 2019 Finalist for Research Supervision, as nominated by PhD students.
2016 Talented Young Italians Research and Innovation Prize, Italian Chamber of Commerce.
2013 Peter Leverhulme Prize for Engineering (£70,000).
2011 Imperial College Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering Education (£10,000).
10-20 Student Choice Awards, every year since 2010, for outstanding teaching, as nominated by students.
2003 Institution of Mechanical Engineers Best Medical Engineering Recent (2003-2006) PhD Thesis.
2000 King’s College KCLEA Medal for the best undergraduate final year project.
Executive Committee Member: British Society for Computer Aided Orthopedic Surgery.
General Co-Chair: The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR, UK).
PC Member: Conference on New Technologies for Computer & Robot Aided Surgery (CRAS, EU).
AWARDS
2020 President’s Award for Excellence in Research - Outstanding Research Team.
2020 The IC 2020 President’s Award for Excellence in Culture and Community – Leadership.
2019 SACAs 2019 Finalist for Research Supervision, as nominated by PhD students.
2016 Talented Young Italians Research and Innovation Prize, Italian Chamber of Commerce.
2013 Peter Leverhulme Prize for Engineering (£70,000).
2011 Imperial College Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering Education (£10,000).
10-20 Student Choice Awards, every year since 2010, for outstanding teaching, as nominated by students.
2003 Institution of Mechanical Engineers Best Medical Engineering Recent (2003-2006) PhD Thesis.
2000 King’s College KCLEA Medal for the best undergraduate final year project.
GRANTS
- STANDARD - CALLPB7034 NIRFUS - Intravascular near-infrared fluorescence and ultrasound coronary imagingCommission of the European Communities1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
- CENTRE / HUBPB5890 Hamlyn-Multiscale Medical Robotics Centre 2.0Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center Limited1 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2030
- STANDARD - CALLSelf-propelled soft robotic endoscopes for next-generation gastrointestinal surgery and beyondEngineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2028
- STANDARD - CALLMUlti-limb Virtual Environment (MUVE) for full body and augmented interactionsEngineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2024
- STANDARD - CALLImperial College Medical Technologies Overarching New Entreprise (MedTechONE)Wellcome Trust1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2026
- GRANTFlexible endoluminal soft robot for GI cancer treatmentMulti-Scale Medical Robotics Center Ltd18 Sep 2020 - 30 Apr 2030
- GRANTImperial CoA EPSRCEngineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Aug 2020 - 30 Sep 2021
- GRANTEPSRC Impact Acceleration Account 2017-2020Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Apr 2017 - 31 Mar 2022
- GRANT*College* Impact Acceleration Account - Imperial College London 2012Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Oct 2012 - 30 Sep 2015