Miriam completed her undergraduate masters degree in Medical Engineering (MEng) at Queen Mary University of London with an upper second class honours.

 

Her third year project (supervised by Dr Jens-Dominik Mueller from Queen Mary University of London) involved carrying out a sensitivity study of blood flows within basilar cerebral aneurysms; using an interactive medical imaging control system to extract patient-specific data to generate 3D models of the basilar artery. Miriam’s fourth year project involved extensively working with Corin Group, a global leader in orthopedic innovation. The project involved developing and validating a musculoskeletal computational model of a femur for testing novel hip prostheses, under the supervision of Professors Julia Shelton and James Busfield at Queen Mary University of London.

 

Miriam’s strong passion in teaching has granted her the position as Teaching Assistant at Queen Mary University of London for almost two years, supporting undergraduate Engineering and Material Science students and establishing new outreach programmes for prospective students. Miriam subsequently joined the Enterprise Hub at the Royal Academy of Engineering, supporting outstanding engineering academics in developing their technology, by coordinating training programmes and money-can’t-buy- mentorship with some of the UK most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. Miriam contributed in organizing events celebrating engineering and played a lead role in launching the first Enterprise Hub Annual Showcase in 2014, featuring prominent business icons such as Sir Robin Saxby FREng and Dr Hermann Hauser CBE FREng FRS.

 

Miriam joined UCL in September 2014 for the four-year Doctoral Training Programme in Medical Device Innovation at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering. The first year of this programme requires completing a Masters in Research in Medical Technology Entrepreneurship, combining technical scientific knowledge with a business and enterprise training. Miriam’s subsequent PhD years involve developing an aerosol spray system to deliver stem cell-derived neurons onto large areas of the inner human retina. This research combines computational and analytical modelling with product design and further biological knowledge. Miriam is currently actively involved as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant with the Integrated Engineering Programme here at UCL.