Peter Zioupos


Meetings Committee                                                   

Biomechanics Laboratories
Centre for Musculoskeletal and Medicolegal Research
Cranfield University, CDS,
Shrivenham   SN6 8LA
United Kingdom

Email: p.zioupos@cranfield.ac.uk

website: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/cds/staff/zioupospeter.jsp 

Peter Zioupos is a 'Reader in Biomechanics of Materials' in the Shrivenham campus of Cranfield University in Oxfordshire, UK; and the Head of the 'Centre for Musculoskeletal and Medicolegal Research'.  He holds a Bachelors degree in Physics from the University Ioannina, Greece; a PhD in Bioengineering from the Bioengineering Unit of Strathclyde University in Glasgow, UK; and was awarded a higher Doctorate (DSc) from the Senate  of Strathclyde University in Nov 2008 on 'Composite aspects of basic bone biomechanics: structure/function relationships and applications'. His research interests are the fields of: biomechanics/structural & material properties of ageing human bone; microcracking and the development of damage in hard tissues; tissue biomechanics in health, disease and other pathophysiological conditions; characterisation of the elastic, toughness and rheological properties of natural tissues, composites and biomaterials for biomedical, diagnostic, or restorative applications; properties of implanted or pre-treated biomaterials; failure of biological materials and study of the in-vivo mechanisms which may prevent it; natural design patterns leading to new, light weight, durable, resilient man-made materials through biomimetic approaches; anisotropy and modelling of soft tissue mechanics and the tissue mechanics of bioprosthetic heart valves.  He is also interested in forensic evidence, impact and trauma biomechanics and he is the Academic Theme Leader of the Forensic Engineering & Science stream of the Cranfield 'Forensic Modular Masters' programme.  He sits in the editorial panel of the Journal of Biomechanics, J Bionic Engineering, and the Journal Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials.  He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), a Chartered Scientist (CSci), and a member of the EPSRC peer review college (UK).