Dr. Cristina Tuinea-Bobe,RKT Business Development Manager
Information about Dr. Cristina Tuinea-Bobe at the University of Bradford.
- Resources and Facilities
(Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies) - Email:
- c.tuinea-bobe@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 233744
Biography
Cristina has two multi-disciplinary PhDs: one in biomedical engineering and one in semiconductors' electronics. She is now based at the University of Bradford in the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics working as Research & Knowledge Transfer Business Development Manager. Her role is to facilitate academics interaction with government and industrial funding bodies, resulting in high quality proposals and projects. Cristina is promoting our mission to provide superior quality education with a high impact on industry, and on the country's economy, through our ‘make a difference’ alumni cohort.
Research
Research Groups: Centre for Polymer Micro and Nano Technology Research Groups: Centre for Polymer Micro and Nano Technology Research and Areas of Expertise: - Development of bio-medical devices via injection moulding - Surface characterisation of different materials and components using: SEM, AFM, White Light Interferometry, Confocal Microscopy - Surface chemistry modification via plasma treatment or casting on different surfaces - Surface structuring of polymers via injection moulding or photolithographic methods - Material properties modification which are affected by different process parameters - Stretchable conductors - Thin film deposition onto polymers and elastomers - Ultrasound monitoring of injection process Research and Areas of Expertise: - Development of bio-medical devices via injection moulding - Surface characterisation of different materials and components using: SEM, AFM, White Light Interferometry, Confocal Microscopy - Surface chemistry modification via plasma treatment or casting on different surfaces - Surface structuring of polymers via injection moulding or photolithographic methods - Material properties modification which are affected by different process parameters - Stretchable conductors - Thin film deposition onto polymers and elastomers - Ultrasound monitoring of injection process
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Dr. Cristina Tuinea-Bobe is as follows:
- Institute of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, Fellow in the year 2019 (specified as 01/12/2019)
- The Higher Education Academy UK, Associate Fellow of the Higher Edication Academy in the year 2011 (specified as 01/07/2011)
- Translate: , Innovation Champion in the year 2018 (specified as 01/03/2018)
- Project Management Institute, Certificate Associate in Project Management in the year 2009 (specified as 01/01/2009)
Education
- Project Management Institute - CAPM
- University 'Politehnica' Bucharest - Doctor degree
- University 'Politehnica' Bucharest - DiplEng
- University of Ulster - Postgraduate certificate in Professional Development (Research)
- University of Ulster - PhD
- Research: WARTHE Marie Curie Project
- Research: Science Bridges China
Publications
There are 28 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Cristina Tuinea-Bobe. They are listed as:
- book chapter (1)
- conference contribution (10)
- conference publication (1)
- other journal (2)
- peer reviewed journal (14)
Book Chapter
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaffolds for dental cementum | 2019 | Handbook of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Volume One | Handbook of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Volume One | 563 - 594 | Hancox Z.;Yousaf S.;Khurshid Z.;Zafar M.S.;Youseffi M.;Mozafari M.;Tuinea-Bobe C.;Sefat F. | 9780081025642 | 10.1016/B978-0-08-102563-5.00027-7 |
Conference Contribution
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Polymer Processing Society Conference | Polymer Processing Society Conference | 1 | C. L. Tuinea-Bobe, M Leeming, D Robinson, B R Whiteside, J Sweeney | Taipei, Taiwan. | ||||||
| 2018 | International Conference on Materials, Minerals and Polymer Engineering | International Conference on Materials, Minerals and Polymer Engineering | 1 | J. Sweeney, M. Leeming, R. Thaker, C.L. Tuinea-Bobe | Venice, Iatly | ||||||
| 2017 | 33rd Polymer Processing Society Conference 2017 | 33rd Polymer Processing Society Conference 2017 | 1 | C. L. Tuinea-Bobe, N. Smith, P.D. Coates, B.R. Whiteside | Dresden, Germany | ||||||
| 2016 | 32nd Polymer Processing Society Conference 2016 | 32nd Polymer Processing Society Conference 2016 | 1 | C. L. Tuinea-Bobe, H. Xia, Y. Liu, B.R. Whiteside, P.D. Coates, G. Fei | Lyon, France | ||||||
| 2015 | Proceedings of the International Conference on Multi-Material Mico Manufacture (4M) | Proceedings of the International Conference on Multi-Material Mico Manufacture (4M) | doi: 10.3850/978-981-09-4609-8_070 | K.J. Nair, B.R.Whiteside, C. Tuinea-Bobe, P.Twigg, K.Norris, A. R.Paradkar | Italy | ||||||
| 2015 | Polymer Processing Society Conference | Polymer Processing Society Conference | 1 | C L Tuinea-Bobe, B R Whiteside, P D Coates, G Thompson, K Howell | Graz, Austria | ||||||
| 2014 | 30th Polymer Processing Society | 30th Polymer Processing Society | 1 | C L Tuinea-Bobe, P E Spencer, E Honza, B R Whiteside, P D Coates | US | ||||||
| 2013 | 29th Polymer Processing Society | 29th Polymer Processing Society | 1 | C L Tuinea-Bobe, B R Whiteside, P Lemoine, P J Harrison, P D Coates, P E Spencer | Germany | ||||||
| 2013 | Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Multi-Material Mico Manufacture (4M) | Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Multi-Material Mico Manufacture (4M) | doi: 10.3850/978-981-07-7247-5_341 | Pierre C. Vella, Stefan S. Dimov, Ben R. Whiteside, Emmanuel Brousseau, Cristina L. Tuinea-Bobe, Colin Gant, Ekaterin Minev and Petko Petkov | doi: 10.3850/978-981-07-7247-5_341 | Spain | |||||
| 2012 | Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Multi-Material Mico Manufacture (4M) | Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Multi-Material Mico Manufacture (4M) | 1 | Honza, E., Klein, A., Plewa, K., Piotter, V., Tuinea-Bobe, C.L., Whiteside, B.R. | Austria |
Conference Publication
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultrasonic injection moulding: A study of thermal behaviour and nanofeature replication | 2016 | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, EUSPEN 2016 | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, EUSPEN 2016 | Whiteside B.;Babenko M.;Tuinea-Bobe C.;Brown E.;Coates P. | 9780956679086 |
Other Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A new process chain for producing bulk metallic glass replication masters with micro- and nano-scale features | 2014 | International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | 76 | Vella P.C., Dimov S.S., Brousseau E, Tuinea-Bobe C., Grant C. and Whiteside B.R. | The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-016-8409-7 | ||||
| Amorphous carbon interlayers for gold on elastomer stretchable conductors | 2011 | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics | 44 | M U Manzoor, C L Tuinea-Bobe, F McKavanagh, C P Byrne, D Dixon, P D Maguire and P Lemoine | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics | https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/44/24/245301 |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications and Life Cycle A ssessment of Shape Memory Polyethylene Terephthalate in Concrete for Crack Closure | 2022 | Polymers | 14 | Riccardo Maddalena, John Sweeney , Jack Winkles, Cristina Tuinea-Bobe, Brunella Balzano, Glen Thompson, Noemi Arena, Tony Jefferson | MDPI | https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14050933 | |||||
| Enhanced concrete crack closure with hybrid shape memory polymer tendons | 2021 | Engineering Structures | 226 | Balzano B.;Sweeney J.;Thompson G.;Tuinea-Bobe C.L.;Jefferson A. | 0141-0296 | 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111330 | |||||
| Flow-induced crystallization of long chain aliphatic polyamides under a complex flow field: Inverted anisotropic structure and formation mechanism | 2015 | Polymer (United Kingdom) | Gao, Y.;Dong, X.;Wang, L.;Liu, G.;Liu, X.;Tuinea-Bobe, C.;Whiteside, B.;Coates, P.;Wang, D.;Han, C.C.; | 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.07.029 | |||||||
| Electro-activated surface micropattern tuning for microinjection molded electrically conductive shape memory polyurethane composites | 2013 | RSC Advances | Fei, G.;Tuinea-Bobe, C.;Li, D.;Li, G.;Whiteside, B.;Coates, P.;Xia, H.; | 10.1039/c3ra43640c | |||||||
| A crack closure system for cementitious composite materials using knotted shape memory polymer (k-SMP) fibres | 2020 | Cement and Concrete Composites | 114 | Riccardo Maddalena, Lorenzo Bonanno, Brunella Balzano, Cristina Tuinea-Bobe,John Sweeney, Iulia Mihai | Elsevier | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp2020.103757 | |||||
| Molecular weight dependency of β phase formation in injection-molded isotactic polypropylene | 2019 | Journal of Applied Polymer Science | Yang X.;Tuinea-Bobe C.;Whiteside B.;Coates P.;Lu Y.;Men Y. | 0021-8995 | 10.1002/app.48555 | ||||||
| Investigation of in situ formed conductive polymer composite in adhesive matrix | 2019 | Synthetic Metals | 258 | Kirsnytė M.;Jurkūnas M.;Kancleris Ž.;Ragulis P.;Simniškis R.;Vareikis A.;Abraitienė A.;Požėla K.;Whiteside B.;Tuinea-Bobe C.;Stirkė A. | 0379-6779 | 10.1016/j.synthmet.2019.116181 | |||||
| Microinjection moulded polyetheretherketone biomaterials as spinal implants: physico-chemical and mechanical characterisation | 2019 | Materials Research Express | 6 | Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina-Luminita; Xia, H.; Ryabenkova, Yulia; Sweeney, John; Coates, Philip D.; Fei, G. | |||||||
| Flow-induced crystallization of long chain aliphatic polyamides under a complex flow field: Inverted anisotropic structure and formation mechanism | 2015 | Gao, Y.; Dong, X.; Wang, L.; Liu, G.; Liu, X.; Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina-Luminita; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Coates, Philip D.; Wang, D.; Han, C.C. | |||||||||
| Investigation of Plasma Treatment on Micro-Injection Moulded Microneedle for Drug Delivery | 2015 | Nair, Karthik Jayan; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Grant, Colin A.; Patel, Rajnikant; Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina-Luminita; Norris, Keith; Paradkar, Anant R. | |||||||||
| Electro-activated surface micropattern tuning for microinjection molded electrically conductive shape memory polyurethane composites | 2013 | Fei, G.; Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina-Luminita; Li, Dongxu; Li, G.; Whiteside, Benjamin R.; Coates, Philip D.; Xia, H. | |||||||||
| Amorphous carbon interlayers for gold on elastomer stretchable conductors | 2011 | Manzoor, M.U.; Tuinea-Bobe, Cristina-Luminita; McKavanagh, F.; Byrne, C.P.; Dixon, D.; Maguire, P.D.; Lemoine, P. | |||||||||
| Photolithographic structuring of stretchable conductors and sub-kPa pressure sensors | 2011 | Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering | 21 | Tuinea-Bobe C.;Lemoine P.;Manzoor M.;Tweedie M.;D'Sa R.;Gehin C.;Wallace E. | 0960-1317 | 10.1088/0960-1317/21/11/115010 | |||||
| Single electro-pneumatic cell sensor for the detection of pressure ulcers | 2009 | Buletinul Academiei de Stiinte a Republicii Moldova. Matematica | 71 | 6. Tuinea-Bobe, C.L., Lemoine, P., Ghein, C., Rusu, A | 1454-234x | UPB Buletin |