糖心Vlog graduate wins award for Alzheimer鈥檚 research
Amie Buttle, a graduate of our MEng Biomedical Engineering course, has been awarded the 2020 IET Dennis Hill Award for her research into Alzheimer鈥檚.
Award-winning MEng graduate Amie showed "PhD level" scholarship according to supervisor Dr Daniel Abasolo
The prize is awarded annually to the student on an MEng or MSc programme who鈥檚 submitted the best individual project dissertation in the general field of biomedical engineering.
Biomedical engineering
鈥淚 was initially drawn to study medical engineering because I had an interest in human movement and prosthetics,鈥 says Dorset-born Amie. 鈥淭his was further confirmed after studying my course modules and having the chance to visit the London Prosthetics Centre and the award-winning prosthetics manufacturer, Blatchford.
鈥淚 also really enjoyed improving my coding and biomedical signal processing skills, then using these tools to examine real-world problems.鈥
Amie won the award for her final-year MEng project, which studied Alzheimer鈥檚 by employing machine learning techniques to examine brain activity via EEG (electroencephalogram) monitoring.
Conference presentation
As part of her prize, she鈥檒l be presenting her research to academics and healthcare professionals at the in November.
鈥淚鈥檓 excited to present my work and hear from experts in the field,鈥 adds Amie. 鈥淚 also hope this research can be continued by students to further investigate the conclusions drawn and increase knowledge in this area.鈥
Sadly, Amie won鈥檛 be continuing this research. But that鈥檚 because she鈥檚 leaving academia to start a new job.
鈥淚 did a placement at Jaguar Land Rover and I鈥檒l be taking up a position in their graduate scheme in November,鈥 she explains. 鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to starting my engineering career in industry.鈥
Incredibly proud
Dr Daniel Abasolo, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering and Amie鈥檚 final-year project supervisor, adds:
鈥淭his prestigious award recognises the quality of Amie鈥檚 final-year project, in which she had to put into practice biomedical signal processing concepts that were completely new to her.
鈥淣ot only did she succeed in doing that, but she also discussed her results with the high level of scholarship one sees at PhD level. To say I鈥檓 incredibly proud of Amie's achievement would be a massive understatement.鈥
Learn more about our BEng/MEng in Biomedical Engineering in our Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences.
