Dr Gerard Cummins SMIEEE FHEA

Gerard Cummins

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor

Contact details

Email
g.cummins@bham.ac.uk
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Address
School of Engineering
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Gerard Cummins is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and leads the . His core research interest is in applying microengineering techniques to benefit healthcare by developing smart miniaturised diagnostic and therapeutic implants, ingestible and wearable devices.

Gerard Cummins is part of the Healthcare Technologies Institute (HTI), an interdisciplinary network of over 70 academics working together to advance new technologies and treatments that encourage better tissue healing and rehabilitation tools. 

The HTI brings together leading experts from a variety of disciplines across the University 麻豆精选, including chemical engineering, biomedical science, computer science, applied mathematics, chemistry and physics. Researchers across campus are working collaboratively to speed up the translation of new discoveries into health applications.

Qualifications

  • Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • PhD in Microengineering, University of Edinburgh
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Microelectronic and Electrical Engineering, University College Cork

Teaching

  • 31737 Mechatronics and Control
  • 34566 Microprocessors and Control
  • 33394 Research and Professional Skills

Postgraduate supervision

miniaturised medical therapeutic devices; miniaturised medical diagnostic devices; ingestible devices; implantable devices; wearables; biomedical microsystems, clinical translation of technology

Research

His core research interest is in applying microengineering techniques to benefit healthcare by developing smart miniaturised diagnostic tools, therapeutic implants, ingestible and wearable devices.聽

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Dilmy, D, Gaddam, A, Cummins, G & Dimov, S 2025, '', Applied Physics A.

Gil, NM, Merriel, SWD, Sailem, H, Cummins, G, Finn, E & Kerrison, R 2025, '', Frontiers in Cancer Control and Society, vol. 3.

Mitrakos, V, Cummins, G, Tauber, FJ, Cox, BF, Pavaluri, SK, Wood, GS, Potter, MA, Clutton, E, Cochran, S, Speck, T, Hands, PJW & Desmulliez, MPY 2024, '', Device.

Philpott, J, Churm, J, Nasrollahi, V, Dimov, S, Anthony, C & Cummins, G 2023, '', IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing , vol. 36, no. 1, 9944891.

Karkantonis, T, Gaddam, A, Sharma, H, Cummins, G, See, TL & Dimov, S 2022, '', Langmuir, vol. 38, no. 37, pp. 11392鈥�11405.

Stewart , F, Cummins, G, Turcanu , M, Cox, B, Prescott, A, Clutton, E, Newton, I, Desmulliez, M, Thanou, M, Mulvana, H, Cochran, S & Nathke, I 2021, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 2584.

Qiu, Y, Huang, Y, Zhang, Z, Cox, BF, Liu, R, Hong , J, Mu, P, Lay , HS, Cummins, G, Desmulliez, MPY, Clutton, E, Zheng , H, Qiu, W & Cochran, S 2020, '', Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 796-804.

Cummins, G, Cox, BF, Walker, JD, Cochran, S & Desmulliez, MPY 2019, '', Journal of medical engineering & technology, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 435-442 .

Norton, JC, Slawinski, PR, Lay, HS, Martin, JW, Cox, BF, Cummins, G, Desmulliez, MPY, Clutton, RE, Obstein, KL, Cochran, S & Valdastri, P 2019, '', Science Robotics, vol. 4, no. 31, eaav7725.

Conference contribution

Lay, HS, Lemke, C, Cox, BF, Qiu, Y, Cummins, G, Ferrazzano, E, West, C, Desmulliez, MPY, Clutton, RE & Cochran, S 2019, . in 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). vol. 2018-January, IEEE Xplore, 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Kobe, Japan, 22/10/18.

Other contribution

Stewart, F, Cummins, G, Turcanu, MV, Cox, BF, Prescott, A, Clutton, E, Newton, IP, Desmulliez, MPY, Thanou, M, Mulvana, H, Cochran, S & N盲thke, I 2020, . bioRxiv.

Review article

Borenstein , J, Cummins, G, Dutta, A, Hamad, E, Hughes, M, JIang, X, Lee, H, Lei, KF, Tang, S & Chen, J 2023, '', Lab on a Chip, vol. 2023, no. 23, pp. 4928-4949.

Cummins, G 2021, '', Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, vol. 177, 113931.

Khan, SR, Pavuluri, SK, Cummins, G & Desmulliez, MPY 2020, '', Sensors, vol. 20, no. 12, 3487, pp. 1-58.

Cummins, G, Cox, BF, Ciuti, G, Anbarasan, T, Desmulliez, MPY, Cochran, S, Steele, R, Plevris, JN & Koulaouzidis, A 2019, '', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 429鈥�447.