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Contact
Room D229, School of Engineering of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL
James.Wallace.1@warwick.ac.uk
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Research Interests
- Frugal Engineering
- Medical Device design for LMICs
- 3D Printing
- CAD Modelling
- Machine Learning
- Medical Devices
- Oxygen concentrators
- Spirometry
Positions & Responsibilities
- Doctoral Researcher in Biomedical Engineering at the Applied Biomedical Signal Processing and Intelligent eHealth (ABSPIE) lab, University of Warwick.
- Maintains lab equipment, specifically 3D Printer.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant - Biomedical device Maintenance and Design
Biosketch
I completed my Masters at the University of Warwick in Mechanical Engineering in 2023. During my time there although I was a Mechanical engineer my projects focussed on Biomedical Engineering, and low cost, Frugal design. Specifically designing and developing a low cost fluorescence microscope to track microscopic organisms in my bachelors year, then in my masters designing and developing a prototype solar powered oxygen generator to be used within low resource settings.
This led to my PhD research focus area, enhancing the sustainability of medical devices in low-resource settings through the application of frugal techniques. This will build on previously acquired skills and use techniques such as 3D printing and AI learning to develop devices better suited to Low income countries unique conditions, Where keeping parts low cost and sustainable is paramount.
Publications
- Wallace J, Checa Rifá P, Kannathasan T, Hayfron-Benjamin CF, Anyanwu P and Piaggio D (2026) A frugal arduino-based spirometer for low-resource settings: design, development and validation of a preliminary prototype. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 13:1664127. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1664127
- Ibrahim, N.H., Wallace, J., Piaggio, D. et al. Design and maintenance of medical oxygen concentrators in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res 25, 171 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12315-6
- Ibrahim, N.H., Wallace, J., Piaggio, D. et al. Validation of a framework for assessing healthcare facilities in low-resource settings: a field study in selected facilities in Ethiopia. Health Technol. 15, 201–209 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-025-00943-1
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