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Staff: Professor David FitzPatrick

Professor David FitzPatrick, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, UCD.

Professor David FitzPatrick

Associate Professor

 

Name: David FitzPatrick

Position: Associate Professor

Room No.: 225

Tel: + 353 1 7161829

Fax: + 353 1 283 0534

E-mail: david.fitzpatrick@ucd.ie


Qualifications: BA, BAI, DPhil

Affiliations: AMIMechE


Teaching Interests:

  • Design; Product development; Bioengineering


Research Interests:

  • Bioengineering – Joint kinematics; Orthopaedic implant design and validation; Musculoskeletal modelling
  • Product Development – process mapping; simulation of NPD process and technology adoption
  • Design – the application of internet tools to enhance communication and design efficiency


Research Groups:

  • BioMedical Engineering


Current Research Projects:

  • Spinal kinematics – Modelling of the cervical spine
  • Scoliosis - Analysis of the intervertebral disc as an aetiological factor in scoliosis
  • Muscle modelling – the use of proprioceptive feedback as a control methodology in neuromusculoskeletal modelling


Recent/Selected Publications:

  • Reeves, E.A.; Barton, D.C.; FitzPatrick, D.P. and Fisher, J.
    Comparison of gas plasma and gamma irradiation in air sterilization on the delamination wear of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene used in knee replacements. Proc. I. Mech. E., 2000, Vol 214 (H), pp 249 – 255.
  • Mullett, H.; King, J.; O’Rourke, K. and FitzPatrick, D.
    Occipito-Cervical fusion – Development of a Spine Analogue systemProc. I. Mech. E., 2002, Vol 216 (H), pp. 37-42.
  • Faulkner, A, Kent, J.; Geesink, I. and FitzPatrick, D.P.
    Drug or device?  Tackling the regulatory vacuum around tissue-engineered technologiesBritish Medical Journal, 2003 May 31; 326(7400), pp. 1159-60
  • Heidari, B.; FitzPatrick, D.P.; Synnott, K. and McCormack, D.
    Modelling of Annulus Fibrosus Imbalance as an Aetiological Factor in Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisClinical Biomechanics, 2004, Vol 19, pp. 217 – 224.
  • O’Toole, G.C.; Gallagher, C.; FitzPatrick, D.; Salih, E. and O’Rourke, S.K.
    Bone Sialoprotein Coated Femoral Implants, Osteoinductive but Mechanically compromised.Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2004, Vol. 22, pp. 641-646.


Awards:

  • University College Dublin - President’s Research Award (2002)
  • ‘Experimental Analysis of Physiological Flow within Patient-based Models of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms’
  • International Society of Biomechanics - 2003 ‘Clinical Biomechanics Award’
  • ‘Modelling of Annulus Fibrosus Imbalance as an Aetiological Factor in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis’
  • Scoliosis Research Society – Nominee for 2004 ‘Russell Hibbs Award’
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