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Discipline:
Rehabilitation
Engineer
SWEP Position:
Subject Matter Expert
Rehabilitation
Engineering
Qualifications:
Bachelor of
Engineering (Mechanical), Melbourne University
Graduate Certificate
in Public Sector Management, Griffith University
Master of Engineering
Science (Biomedical Engineering), Monash University
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Bill is a qualified rehabilitation
Engineer with a degree in Mechanical engineering and a Masters of Biomedical
Engineering and is an adviser to health departments, professional organisations
and support associations throughout Australia.
He was instrumental in the setting up of
REHAB TECH, a Prosthetics, Orthotics and Assistive Technology consulting
service and research unit originally at Australia's Monash University's Centre
for Biomedical Engineering and now a private entity.
He has been involved in a broad range of
rehabilitation and assistive technology areas and has contributed to the field
area of prosthetics for over thirty years with a range of activities
including incident investigation, education, research, technical advice and
clinical support.
He managed and conducted technical failure
investigations on behalf of a nation-wide reporting scheme for over ten years.
As part of this work he conducted formal training courses worldwide in patient
safety, failures of assistive technology devices and litigation avoidance, and
material science relating to the fabrication of artificial limbs, orthopaedic
devices, wheelchairs and other assistive technology.
He currently works as a Rehabilitation
Engineer for two metropolitan hospital wheelchair and seating services as well
as an expert Forensic Engineer for an engineering and human factors
(ergonomics) consulting company
He is a co-author of Chapter 3 - Material Science, AAOS Atlas of Orthoses
and Assistive Devices, (Fourth Edition).
