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Engineer profile- Alice Younge, Medicine & Health
This inspirational film features Alice Younge, a 25 year old mechanical engineer studying a PhD in Medical Engineering at Imperial College London. Specifically, Alice is conducting research into hip replacement therapies, finding out how to improve the quality of the hip implants that so many people rely on, and to ensure that the trauma that patients experience is kept to a minimum. Alice describes how her research into medical engineering has allowed her to marry her passion for engineering with a desire to help improve peoples lives. She also explains how she was inspired by her love of the humble bicycle! Curriculum links include Biomechanics, and Engineering
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