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Rhys Williams
GDI Hub, Head of Innovation Insights
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+44 (0)20 3108 7194 (x57194)
Global Disability Innovation Hub
UCL at Here East
UCL at Here East
8-9 East Bay Lane, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
London, E15 2GW
UK
Research description
My research investigated the user experience of lower-limb prosthetics using mixed methods. Interviews, questionnaires, experience sampling and sensor studies in the wild comprehensively explored the reality of life with a prosthetic. I was supervised by Professor Catherine Holloway (UCLIC) and Professor Mark Miodownik (Mechanical Engineering/ Institute of Making)
Brief biography
My undergraduate was in Physics with Medical Physics at UCL where I specialised in functional near-infrared spectroscopic brain imaging, working with the Biomedical Optics group for my dissertation and a summer. After that I moved onto my MRes in Medical Innovation and Entrepreneurship where I began to become interested in prosthetics.
Achievements
- 2016 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Summer fellowship (At U. of Tokyo/ NRCD)
- 2016 Research through making award (Institute of Making)
- 2015 London Health Tech Challenge winner (London Business School)
Research Publications
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| Rhys Williams, Catherine Holloway | Prosthetic Services: An Opportunity for Patient Directed Healthcare | 2019 | ACM CHI, Conference paper (text), Glasgow |
| Rhys Williams, A Takashima, T Ogata, Catherine Holloway | A pilot study towards long-term thermal comfort research for lower-limb prosthesis wearers | 2018 | Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Journal article |
| Rhys Williams, ED Washington, M Miodownik, Catherine Holloway | The effect of liner design and materials selection on prosthesis interface heat dissipation | 2017 | Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Journal article |
| Rhys Williams, Catherine Holloway, M Miodownik | The Ultimate Wearable: Connecting Prosthetic Limbs to the IoPH | 2016 | UbiComb/ ISWC '16, Conference paper (text), Heidelberg, Germany |
| D Chitnis, D Airantzis, D Highton, Rhys Williams, P Phan, V Giagka, S Powell, RJ Cooper, I Tachtsidis, M Smith | Towards a wearable near infrared spectroscopic probe for monitoring concentrations of multiple chromophores in biological tissue in vivo | 2016 | Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal article |
| Rhys Williams | Exploring thermal discomfort amongst lower-limb prosthesis wearers | 1900 | Thesis / Dissertation |