Untitled Document

Home	Staff	History	Research	GRO Walk	Sponsors	Links	Jobs
Back to A-Z list

Dr Judith R Meakin

BSc, MSc, PhD, CPhys, CSci, MInstP, MIPEM

Research Fellow in Biomechanics

Room 2.26 IMS Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD

Tel:
Internal:
Fax:
Email:

+44 (0)1224 553555
53555
+44(0)1224 559533
j.meakin@abdn.ac.uk

After graduating from Manchester University with a BSc (Hons) degree in Physics, I came to Aberdeen to do an MSc in Information Technology (Medical Physics) followed by a PhD in Biomedical Physics and Bioengineering. My thesis was concerned with how removal of the nucleus pulposus from the intervertebral disc changes the way that the annulus fibrosus deforms under compression and how replacement can help reverse these changes. After my PhD I investigated the influence of water on the physical properties pHEMA hydrogels. In 2001 I obtained funding for a seven month visit to the University of Calgary to work with Dr Nigel Shrive on a finite element model of the knee meniscus. Since returning to Aberdeen, I was involved in investigating the medical applications of rapid prototyping and a number of other projects in the field of biomaterials and biomechanics. I am currently developing a 3D finite element model of the hip.

Publications

Meakin JR, Gregory JS, Smith FW, Gilbert FJ & Aspden RM (2008) Characterizing the shape of the lumbar spine using an active shape model: Reliability and precision of the method. Spine, 33 (7), 807-813.

Goh KL, Meakin JR, Aspden RM & Hukins DWL (2007) Stress transfer in collagen fibrils reinforcing connective tissues: Effects of collagen fibril slenderness and relative stiffness. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 245 (2), 305-311.

Meakin JR & Aspden RM (2006) Static and dynamic stability of the spine. Journal of Biomechanics, 39 (15), 2919-2920.

Aspden RM, Rudman KE & Meakin JR (2006) A mechanism for balancing the human body on the hips. Journal of Biomechanics, 39 (9), 1757-1759.

Rudman KE, Aspden RM & Meakin JR (2006) Compression or tension? Effects of material properties, geometry, and constraints on the stress distribution in the proximal femur. BioMedical Engineering OnLine , 5 :art. no. 12.

Goh KL, Meakin JR, Aspden RM & Hukins DWL (2005) Influence of fibril taper on the function of collagen to reinforce extracellular matrix. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 272 (1575), 1979-1983.

Kumar N, Meakin JR, Kumar A, Mishra V & Mulholland RC (2005) Analysis of stress distribution in lumbar interbody fusion. Spine , 30 (15), 1731-1735.

Goh KL, Hiller J, Haston L, Holmes DF, Kadler KE, Murdoch A, Meakin JR & Wess TJ (2005) Analysis of collagen fibril diameter distribution in connective tissues using small-angle x-ray scattering. Biochimica et Biophysical Acta – General Subjects , 1722 (2), 183-188.

Meakin JR, Shepherd DET & Hukins DWL (2004) Fused deposition models from CT scans. British Journal of Radiology , 77 (918), 504-507.

Meakin JR, Hukins DWL, Aspden RM & Imrie CT (2003) Rheological properties of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) as a function of water content and deformation frequency. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine , 14 (9), 783-787.

Espino DM, Meakin JR, Hukins DWL & Reid JE (2003) Stochastic finite element analysis of biological systems: comparison of a simple intervertebral disc model with experimental results. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering , 6 (4), 243-248.

Meakin JR, Shrive NG, Frank CB & Hart DA (2003) Finite element analysis of the meniscus: the influence of geometry and material properties on its behaviour. The Knee , 10 (1), 33-41.

Meakin JR, Imrie CT, Hukins DWL & Aspden RM (2003) Thermal analysis of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) hydrogels. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine , 14 (1), 9-15.

Dar FH, Meakin JR & Aspden RM (2002) Statistical methods in Finite Element Analysis. Journal of Biomechanics , 35 , 1155-1161.

Reid JE, Meakin JR, Robins SP, Skakle JMS & Hukins DWL (2002) Sheep lumbar intervertebral discs as models for human discs. Clinical Biomechanics , 17 (4), 312-314.

Hukins DWL, Meakin JR, Oxland TR, Frei H (2002) Letter to the editor [2] (multiple letters) Spine, 27 (10), 1126-1127.

Davison JC, Meakin JR, Skakle JMS & Hukins DWL (2001) X-Ray diffraction shows a 0.5 nm spacing in hydrogels of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA). Journal of Materials Science Letters , 20 (23), 2135-2136.

Meakin JR, Reid JE & Hukins DWL (2001) Replacing the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc. Clinical Biomechanics , 16 (7), 560-565.

Meakin JR & Hukins DWL (2001) Replacing the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disk: prediction of suitable properties of a replacement material using finite element analysis. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine , 12 (3), 207-213.

Meakin JR, Redpath TW & Hukins DWL (2001) The effect of partial removal of the nucleus pulposus on the response of the human annulus fibrosus to compression. Clinical Biomechanics , 16 (2), 121-128.

Hukins DWL & Meakin JR (2000) Relationship between structure and mechanical function of the tissues in the intervertebral joint. American Zoologist , 40 , 42-52.

Meakin JR & Hukins DWL (2000) Effect of removing the nucleus pulposus on the deformation of the annulus fibrosus during compression of the intervertebral disc. Journal of Biomechanics , 33 (5), 575-580.

Meakin JR, Aspden RM & Hukins DWL (1998) Biomechanical models of the human lumbar spine. Comments on Theoretical Biology , 5 , 49-68.

Meakin JR, Hukins DWL & Aspden RM (1996) Euler buckling as a model for the curvature and flexion of the human lumbar spine. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 263 (1375), 1383-1387.