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Professor Mohan Edirisinghe awarded an OBE for services to biomedical engineering
6 January 2021
He is Bonfield Chair of Biomaterials at 皇家华人 and is both a Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK and a Fellow of The European Academy of Sciences.
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe聽(UCL Mechanical Engineering) has been awarded聽an OBE for services to biomedical engineering.
He is Bonfield Chair of Biomaterials at 皇家华人 and is both聽a Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK and a Fellow of The European Academy of Sciences.
On receiving his honour, Professor聽Edirisinghe聽said:聽鈥淚 am indebted to UCL聽and in particular聽to UCL Mechanical Engineering from where I have been able to rapidly propagate my research on healthcare and manufacturing internationally to a wide interdisciplinary audience. This has enabled me to get this honour.鈥�
Professor Edirisinghe is one of many UCL staff and alumni recognised in the 2021 New Year鈥檚 Honours. UCL Mechanical Engineering alumna Professor Eleanor Stride (Institute of Biomedical Engineering) was also awarded an OBE for services to engineering.