Dr Mark Pridham

Mark Pridham is a Senior Lecturer (currently part time) in the division of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics. His background is in Metallurgy and Materials Science. In his early research career he worked on developing light weight aluminium-lithium alloys and assessing the potential of these alloys for use in the "cool end" of jet engines. This work was in conjunction with Rolls Royce and gained him his PhD. He is currently engaged in research in medical technologies including medical devices and structures, such as stents, and palpation instruments for use in minimal access surgery.

He teaches mostly in the materials and manufacturing processes area, currently from second year undergraduate to MSc level.

Before joining the University of Dundee he worked in industry developing patented technologies for the production of rapidly solidified ferrous and non ferrous alloy fibres. This work concerned both materials and manufacturing process development.

Following this he moved to Nottingham University to become a lecturer in Manufacturing Processes in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management. During this time he became Course Director for the Manufacturing Engineering degree. It was also at this time that he developed an ongoing interest in applications for rapid prototyping.

• 1993-Present: Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer in the Division of Mechanical Engineering, University of Dundee
• 1989-1992: Lecturer in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Production Management at the University of Nottingham.
• 1985-1989: Research and development department at Fibre Technology Ltd, working on process and product development and subsequently Technical Manager.
• 1982-1985: CASE award between University of Nottingham and Rolls Royce Engines, Derby.

• Materials properties and processing
• Medical device development
• Material and structures for medical applications

• R.P. Keatch, K. Armoogum, S.L. Schor , M.S. Pridham , K Donnelly, C Gribbon, "Tethering of Type I Collagen to Retain Native Conformation of Extracellular Matrix", International Journal of Artificial Organs, Vol 26 (9), pp 855, September 2003, ISSN 0391-3988.
• N Kattavenos, B Lawrenson, T G Frank, M S Pridham, R P Keatch, A Cushieri, "Force_Sensitive Tactile Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery" Miniamally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies 13 (1) pp 42-46, 2004, February 2004, ISSN 1364-5706
• E Abel, H Luo, J Hewit, M Pridham, A Slade, "Issues Concerning the Measurement of Transformation temperatures in NiTi Alloys" Smart Materials 13 No.5 (2004) pp 1110-1117, ISSN 0964-1726.
• M Doyle, D A Carus, M S Pridham, "A System to Retrieve Consumer-Facing Product Information" British Food Journal, Vol 107, No. 10 (2005), pp 781-791, ISSN 0007-070X.
• R.P.Keatch, K.P. Donnelly, M.S. Pridham, C. Gribbon, S.L. Schor, A.M. Schor, "Replication of Biological Complexity through the use of Synthetic Microscaffolds", International Journal of Artifical Organs, Vol. 28(4), pp389- , May 2005
• D A Carus , C Grant, R Wattie, and M S Pridham, "Development and Validation of a Technique to Measure and Compare the Opening Characteristics of Tamper-Evident Bottle Closures", Packaging Technology & Science, Vol 19, No.2 (2006) pp105-118, ISSN 1099-1522.

Dr Mark Pridham

Division of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics

University of Dundee

Nethergate

Dundee

DD1 4HN