ProfessorFerdinando Rodriguez y Baena

Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical Robotics

Department of Mechanical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering

  • Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical Robotics
    Department 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.

GRANTS

  • STANDARD - CALL
    PB7034 NIRFUS - Intravascular near-infrared fluorescence and ultrasound coronary imaging
    Commission of the European Communities1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
    CEC: PB7034 NIRFUS - Intravascular near-infrared fluorescence and ultrasound coronary imaging (2026-2028)
  • CENTRE / HUB
    PB5890 Hamlyn-Multiscale Medical Robotics Centre 2.0
    Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center Limited1 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2030
    Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center Limited: PB5890 Hamlyn-Multiscale Medical Robotics Centre 2.0 (2025-2030)
  • STANDARD - CALL
    Self-propelled soft robotic endoscopes for next-generation gastrointestinal surgery and beyond
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2028
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E: Self-propelled soft robotic endoscopes for next-generation gastrointestinal surgery and beyond (2023-2028)
  • STANDARD - CALL
    MUlti-limb Virtual Environment (MUVE) for full body and augmented interactions
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2024
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E: MUlti-limb Virtual Environment (MUVE) for full body and augmented interactions (2022-2024)
  • STANDARD - CALL
    Imperial College Medical Technologies Overarching New Entreprise (MedTechONE)
    Wellcome Trust1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2026
    Wellcome Trust: Imperial College Medical Technologies Overarching New Entreprise (MedTechONE) (2022-2026)
  • GRANT
    Flexible endoluminal soft robot for GI cancer treatment
    Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center Ltd18 Sep 2020 - 30 Apr 2030
    Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center Ltd: Flexible endoluminal soft robot for GI cancer treatment (2020-2030)
  • GRANT
    Imperial CoA EPSRC
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Aug 2020 - 30 Sep 2021
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E: Imperial CoA EPSRC (2020-2021)
  • GRANT
    EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account 2017-2020
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Apr 2017 - 31 Mar 2022
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E: EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account 2017-2020 (2017-2022)
  • GRANT
    *College* Impact Acceleration Account - Imperial College London 2012
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Oct 2012 - 30 Sep 2015
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E: *College* Impact Acceleration Account - Imperial College London 2012 (2012-2015)