Record-breaking month for Professor Mohan Edirisinghe

Professor Mohan Edirisinghe FREng (UCL Mechanical Engineering) has received three prestigious awards in as many months, recognising his groundbreaking research in materials science at UCL. Last month he was awarded The Chapman Medal by The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), in addition to The Royal Society of Engineers Armourers and Braziers Prize, and his 42nd EPSRC award. These awards are in recognition of Professor Edirisinghe's distinguished research in developing innovative biomaterials, enabling a multitude of developments in material engineering, and in particular healthcare and drug delivery. As head of UCL's Biomaterials Processing Lab, Professor Edirisinghe has devoted his research career to developing new methods of creating materials, which have led to a number of patented techniques. His pioneering use of pressurised gyration enabled the development of polyester nano-fibres, which are finer than a human hair, a technique that has subsequently been used in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries to produce antimicrobial filters. His research in nano-bubble technology has led to the creation of new drug delivery technology, including layered drug capsules, while his pioneering work in electrohydrodyanmic (EHD) techniques has led to developments in tissue engineering and orthopaedic implants. He is also this year's winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering Armourers and Braziers Prize, and was this month awarded his 42nd EPSRC grant, along with Professor Duncan Craig (UCL School of Pharmacy), to develop his work in the field of nano-fibrous meshes.