Dr Thomas Joyce
Senior Lecturer
- Email: t.j.joyce@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 222 6214
- Address: M19 Stephenson Building
Research Interests
Biotribology
Design, testing and evaluation of artificial joints
Wear testing of biomaterials
Metacarpophalangeal and first metatarsophalangeal prostheses
Explant and retrieval studies
Selected Publications
- Joyce, T.J.; and Unsworth, A. NeuFlex metacarpophalangeal prostheses tested in vitro. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2005, 219(2), 105-110.
- Joyce TJ; Rieker C; Unsworth A. Comparative in vitro wear testing of PEEK and UHMWPE capped metacarpophalangeal prostheses. Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering 2006, 16(1), 1-10.
- T J Joyce;P Thompson;A Unsworth. The wear of PTFE against stainless steel in a multi-directional pin-on-plate wear device. Wear 2003, 255(7-12), 1030-1033.
- Joyce TJ. Examination of failed ex vivo metal-on-metal metatarsophalangeal prosthesis and comparison with theoretically determined lubrication regimes. Wear 2007, 263(7-12), 1050-1054.
- Joyce TJ. Prediction of lubrication regimes in two-piece metacarpophalangeal prostheses. Medical Engineering & Physics 2007, 29(1), 87-92.
- Langton, D.J.; Jameson, S.S.; Joyce, T.J; Natu, S.; Logishetty, R.; Tulloch, C.; and Nargol, A.V.F. Adverse reactions to metal debris following large bearing metal on metal arthroplasty. Proceedings of the British Hip Society 2009. Manchester.
Esteem Indicators
Reviewer: Innovation and Technology Commission of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; EPSRC, MRC; ARC; Action Research; Leverhulme Trust; Wellcome Trust.
Invited papers for the Journal of Hand Surgery, British and European edition, and the journal Expert Review of Medical Devices.
Invited lecture at First Biomaterials in Hand Surgery meeting, Rome, Italy, June 2006. Invited lectures at Leeds Orthopaedic Biomechanics courses, Leeds, 2006-09.
Invited keynote lecture at the 8th World Biomaterials Congress for the session ‘Biomaterials in Hand Surgery’ in 2008, and invited keynote lecture at the 2009 joint meeting of the British and American Societies for Surgery of the Hand.
IMechE Tyne and Wear panel Chairman. Treasurer of IMechE North East region.
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for The Open Educational Journal.
Guest editor, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 2009, Special Issue on medical engineering education.
Co-editor of the book “Biomaterials in Hand Surgery”, published by Springer.
Qualifications
PhD Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, UK
MSc (Eng) Tribology in Machine Design, University of Leeds, UK
BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, UK
Previous Positions
Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway, Ireland. 2004-2005
Senior Research Associate, School of Engineering, University of Durham. 1997-2004
Action Research Training Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Durham. 1993-1996
Memberships
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Chartered Engineer
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society
Member of the UK Society for Biomaterials
Honours and Awards
2008: Pulvertaft Prize awarded by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand.
2008-09: ExxonMobil Excellence in Teaching award.
2009: BORS/ORS Travelling Fellowship which allowed me to attend the ORS and AAOS meetings in Las Vegas before visiting five leading US orthopaedic research centres and showcase my research at these venues.
2009: “Serum Cobalt Concentrations Post Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty: Analysis of 585 Results” by D J Langton, S S Jameson, T J Joyce, K de Smet, and A V N Nargol. Prize awarded for this paper at the London Hip Meeting.