Dr Ruth Mackay
Senior Lecturer
Howell Building 132
- Email: ruth.mackay@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267378
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Dr. Mackay, a Mechanical Engineer, has a keen interest in the biomedical field. She earned her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dundee in 2007. Following that, she pursued her PhD in Micro-electromechanical Systems in 2011, also at the University of Dundee, with funding from a CASE grant provided by the EPSRC in collaboration with IDB Technologies. In 2011, she joined Brunel as a Research Fellow, contributing to a translational MRC grant focused on developing point-of-care devices. Subsequently, in 2015, she assumed the role of a Lecturer at Brunel.
Her research centers around organ-on-a-chip technologies, low-cost point-of-care diagnostic devices, and prosthetics. She currently leads the Organ on a Chip Group at Brunel. Additionally, she lectures in the fields of Finite Element Analysis and Medical Device Engineering.
Newest selected publications
Cullen, S., Mackay, R., Mohagheghi, A. and Du, X. (2023) 'Low-Cost Smartphone Photogrammetry Accurately Digitises Positive Socket and Limb Casts'. Prosthesis, 5 (4). pp. 1382 - 1392.Open Access Link
Suthar, K., Lesseps, N., Mackay, R. and Wang, M. (2023) 'Casting vs Injection Moulding: A Comparison Study for In-Lab Low-Cost Soft Robot Fabrication', in Iida, F., Maiolino, P., Abdulali, A. and Wang, M. (eds.) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 24th Annual Conference, TAROS 2023, Cambridge, UK, September 13–15, 2023, Proceedings. Cham, Switzerland : Springer. , 14136 LNAI. pp. 381 - 392. ISBN 10: 3-031-43360-2. ISBN 13: 978-3-031-43359-7.
Cullen, S., Mackay, R., Mohagheghi, A. and Du, X. (2023) '3D Motion Analysis for the Assessment of Dynamic Coupling in Transtibial Prosthetics: A Proof of Concept'. IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 4. pp. 141 - 147. ISSN: 2644-1276 Open Access Link
Cullen, S., Mackay, R., Mohagheghi, A. and Du, X. (2021) 'The use of smartphone photogrammetry to digitise transtibial sockets: Optimisation of method and quantitative evaluation of suitability'. Sensors, 21 (24). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 1424-8220 Open Access Link
Houlden, A. and Mackay, R. (2021) 'Can microfluidics be used to create a more realistic in vitro model of the vaginal ectocervix to better understand bacterial vaginosis?'. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 98 (1). pp. 74 - 74. ISSN: 1368-4973 Open Access Link