Dr Arjan Buis
Reader
Biomedical Engineering
Personal statement
Dr Arjan Buis leads a leading multi-disciplinary research group that specialises in the development and delivery of next generation Assistive and Adaptive Rehabilitation Technologies (AaRT) including prosthetics, orthotics and soft robotics. Using advanced technology for biomechanical assessments the research group focus on advancing our understanding of the complexity of biomechanical mechanisms that contribute to the generation and control of load transfer forces. In addition, the research group develop the technology to integrate these biomechanical mechanisms into neural interfaces with the prosthetic/ Orthotic field. Dr Buis also has a specialised interest in “real world” evaluation of AaRT, Mechanobiology, advanced composites and component design related topics with a focus on low and up-coming economies
Dr Buis promotes collaborative cross disciplinary research through an international network of partners, notably Google and promotes impact though relationships with multi sector industry partners. He is extensively involved in the Centre of Excellence in Rehabilitation Research and a key academic in the National Centre for Prosthetics & Orthotics. He is also an active member of the Strathclyde Ageing Initiative and the Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering (SRPe).
Prize And Awards
- Fellowship Institute of physics and engineering in Medicine
- Recipient
- 8/4/2024
- Exploring the role of vascular perfusion in the development of deep tissue injury during transtibial prosthetic use
- Recipient
- 4/2023
- Strathclyde Medal Team Award
- Recipient
- 16/9/2021
- A Celebration of Innovation
- Recipient
- 2018
- Cordaid social adventure
- Recipient
- 8/12/2015
- the legbank initiative
- Recipient
- 19/11/2015
Publications
- The role of human thermoregulation in thermal discomfort in lower-limb prosthetics : a scoping review
- Edwards Rowan, Murray Laura, Buis Arjan
- Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal Vol 8 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v8i1.43073
- Wound management, healing, and early prosthetic rehabilitation : part 3 - a scoping review of chemical biomarkers
- Williams-Reid Hannelore, Johannesson Anton, Buis Arjan
- Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal Vol 8 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v8i1.43717
- Wound management, healing, and early prosthetic rehabilitation : part 2 - a scoping review of physical biomarkers
- Williams-Reid Hannelore, Johannesson Anton, Buis Arjan
- Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal Vol 7 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v7i2.43716
- Wound management, healing, and early prosthetic rehabilitation : part 1- a scoping review of healing and non-healing definitions
- Williams-Reid Hannelore, Johannesson Anton, Buis Arjan
- Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal Vol 7 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v7i2.43715
- Mapping gaps and exploring impairment and disability prevalence in South Asian (SAARC) countries : a scoping review
- Akram Raisul, Buis Arjan, Sultana Marufa, Lauer Jeremy A, Morton Alec
- Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, pp. 1-14 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2024.2426618
- Active, actuated, and assistive : a scoping review of exoskeletons for the hands and wrists
- Galbert Angel, Buis Arjan
- Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal Vol 7 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v7i1.43827
Professional Activities
- BioMedEng 2025
- Organiser
- 9/2025
- The Future of Equity in MedTech, NIHR
- Participant
- 14/3/2025
- Skin Augmentation: A Systems Approach To The Skin-Prosthetic Interface
- External Examiner
- 19/2/2025
- Launch of the VIVO Healthtech hub
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 14/2/2025
- Advancing Healthcare with Robotics, rehabilitation therapy and sports medicine. ATAL
- Keynote speaker
- 9/12/2024
- appreciation of socket fit based on mechanical principles
- Speaker
- 5/11/2024
Projects
- Upgrading of the Majicast shape capturing tool for the production of lowerlimb prosthetic sockets.
- Buis, Arjan (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
- Exploring the role of vascular perfusion in the development of deep tissue injury during transtibial prosthetic use
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2027
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Popescu, Sava
- Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator) Popescu, Sava (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Antezana Merida, Laura
- Buis, Arjan (Principal Investigator) Robertson, Craig (Co-investigator) Antezana Merida, Laura (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Williams-Reid, Hannelore
- Buis, Arjan (Principal Investigator) Wark, Alastair (Co-investigator) Williams-Reid, Hannelore (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Brown, Ruth
- Sandison, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator) Brown, Ruth (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026