Rate My Professor Teresa Alonso

Professor Teresa Alonso-Rasgado is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London, where she also serves as Dean for Global Engagement in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico and her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 1999, with a thesis on the effect of vibration on casting surface quality. Her professional career encompasses industrial experience in the construction, water, and petroleum industries, followed by roles as Research Associate and Research Fellow in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UMIST. In 2005, she joined the University of Manchester as a lecturer, advancing to Professor in 2012. There, she led the Bioengineering Research Group and the Reliability and Maintainability Research Group, and directed the Latin American Postgraduate Programme. From 2010 to 2018, she was the Honorary Representative of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) in the UK. She joined Queen Mary University of London in 2018.

Professor Alonso-Rasgado's research focuses on biomechanics, orthopaedic engineering, mathematical modelling, numerical techniques, total care product design, reliability, risk, and maintainability. Her interests include orthopaedic devices, finite element analysis, total joint replacement, osteoporosis, cell and tissue engineering involving cancer and keloid cells, and musculoskeletal analysis such as ankle-foot complex modelling and gait simulation. Key projects involve evaluating surgical techniques for scapholunate wrist instability, assessing acetabular cement mantle stress in total hip arthroplasty, scaling in biomechanical experimentation, biomechanical performance of dynamic distraction frames, Ilizarov frames for clubfoot correction, and smart orthoses development. She has authored over 100 journal and conference papers, with notable publications including 'The design of functional (total care) products' (2004, Journal of Engineering Design), 'A rapid design process for Total Care Product creation' (2006, Journal of Engineering Design), 'Performance evaluation of surgical techniques for treatment of scapholunate instability in a type II wrist' (2019, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering), and 'Effect of Femoral Head Size, Subject Weight, and Activity Level on Acetabular Cement Mantle Stress Following Total Hip Arthroplasty' (2019, Journal of Orthopaedic Research). Her contributions extend through collaborations with institutions like Wrightington Hospital and Salford Royal Hospital. She is the recipient of the Ohtli Award, Mexico's highest honor for citizens abroad, and the Lázaro Cárdenas medal for academic excellence in 2019.