Aston University Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 121 204 4792 Email: k.goher@aston.ac.uk Room: MB555
Dr Khaled Goher has more than 15 years of experience in academia in Egypt, Oman, NZ and the UK. He joined the Biomedical Engineering Program, Aston University in July 2017. Dr Goher is a customer and market-oriented academic with special dedication to research for the benefit of the society. His principal research interests lie in the field of mobile robotics, personal care and assistive robotics while considering needs, preferences and expectations of elderly. Dr Goher is currently investigating the possibility of developing robotic walking devices and other assistive devices for manipulation, fall prevention and elderly mobility. He published a book, many high-quality articles and book chapters and has presented several research papers in various peer-reviewed international conferences. He holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering, a PhD in Control Engineering from the University of Sheffield, and a PGCertHE from Auckland University of Technology. He supervised number of PhD students, two Master students, many senior design projects and tens of course-based projects. Dr Goher is internationally-engaged with various non-profits organizations. He is a member in the management team of CLAWAR association and a member of number of standardisation committees of the British Standards Institution (BSI).
Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing (ARCHA) http://www1.aston.ac.uk/archa/
BE2PR3: Biomedical Engineering Project 3 BE3KP1: Kinematics and Prosthetics
Over £600K as a PI and Co-PI (2011-date)
Dr Goher welcomes postgraduate enquiries from students interested in research area including: