Dr Soumya Manna

As well as being a Senior Lecturer at CCCU, I am also partially involved in teaching medical students at Kent and Medway Medical School. I completed my PhD in Medical Robotics and my research interest lies primarily in the areas of designing medical equipment such as wearable exoskeletons for assistance and rehabilitation, sensor deployment for gait analysis and IoT-based biomedical applications. My PhD was on designing and developing Elbow exoskeleton mechanism for multistage poststroke rehabilitation. I have been leading in designing and teaching range of modules including Mechatronics, Mathematics and Computing, Robot Kinematics and Dynamic, Biological Medical Science etc. My parallel areas of interest are microcontroller-based electronic systems and sensor-based automation in the industrial sector.

I was in academic lecturer position in reputed engineering colleges and universities in India for almost three years. He was also engaged with entrepreneur activities in India and his venture was well recognised and rewarded by the Govt. authorities.

Academic Positions

March 2022 - Present Senior Lecturer (Design engineering) and Course Director (Biomedical Engineering) at CCCU, UK

July 2022 - Feb 2022 School executive Personal Academic Tutor at CCCU, UK

April 2019 - Feb 2022 Lecturer (Design engineering) and Course Director (Biomedical Engineering) at CCCU, UK

June 2015 - Dec 2015 Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at ITM University, Gwalior, India

July 2013 - June 2015 Assistant Professor in Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering at College of Engineering & Management, India

Educational qualifications:

2019 – 2021 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom

2016 - 2020 PhD (Medical Robotics), Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

2011 - 2013 Master of Technology (Mechatronics), Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, India (1^st class)

2007 - 2011 Bachelor of Technology (Electronics and Instrumentation), West Bengal University of Technology, India (1^st class)

New course development at CCCU

MSc Advanced Manufacturing (with Robotics Pathway)

Professional Membership

• Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK since 2^nd July 2021
• Member of the Association of Biomedical Engineers, Medical Engineers and Bioengineers UK.
• STEM ambassador since 2019

 

Scholarships/Awards

• International Travel award for attending International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR), March 2018 under National Institutes of Health (NIH) R13 grant.
• Bournemouth University PhD Studentship for 2016-19 by Bournemouth University UK.
• GATE scholarship for Master (PG) studentship under Ministry of Human Resource & Development, Govt. of India in 2013 in Instrumentation Engineering. All India Rank-800.

Outline of teaching modules developed at CCCU

• Professional Engineering Project (with Mechatronics) – Level 4 (Module leader)
• Mathematics and Computing for Engineers– Level 4 (Module leader)
• Mathematics and Computing for Chemical Engineers - Level 4 (Module leader)
• Biological Medical Science – Level 5 (Module leader)
• Design for Medical Applications – Level 6
• Fundamental of Computer Programming - Foundation year
• Robot Kinematics and Dynamics (MSc in Manufacturing Engineering with robotics)

Outline of teaching modules developed at Kent and Medway Medical school

Assistive Robotics -Yr 1 BMBS (Module leader)

Assistive Robotics -Yr 2 BMBS (Module leader)

 

Outline of teaching modules developed Overseas

Analog & Digital Electronics, Industrial Instrumentation, Microcontroller, Sensor, Plant Automation, Embedded System

New course development at CCCU

MSc Advanced Manufacturing (with Robotics Pathway)

Research interests & Supervision

Would like to pursue a research degree MSc/ PhD in the areas of Medical Robotics, IoT and Wearable sensors? Then I would be pleased to hear from you.

Ongoing Research Projects:

 

• BCI controlled flexible, affordable and wearable exo-suit for tele-neurorehabilitation
• Modular exoskeleton design for facilitating multistage post-stroke rehabilitation guided by VR based game therapy
• An online tool to support neuro-rehabilitation physio exercises in collaboration with NHS
• Respiratory hood for medical professionals to protect them from aerosol-generating medical procedures in collaboration with NHS
• Assistive robotics

Research Supervision at CCCU

• First Supervisor (PhD by Thesis), Topic: Investigating the security issues of IoT devices using machine learning techniques. 2021-ongoing
• Second Supervisor (PhD by Thesis), Topic: Smart and Secure Tele-Neurorehabilitation Framework. 2021-ongoing
• 3D model of a wearable joint support, Nuffield research placements (6 students) – completed (2021)
• 2022 RKE internship (HEI funded) – completed
• 2021 RKE internship (HEI funded) – completed
• Industry outsourced CDIO projects at Foundation and Level 4 (2021 & 2022)

 

Completed/Ongoing funding project:

• Consultancy project on New Fastener solution for disabled clothing (funded by The Able Label Clothing) - Ongoing
• RKE Internship 2022 (HEI funded) on ‘Affordable Smart Robot for STEM Education in Schools’ (Completed).
• RKE Internship 2021 (HEI funded) on ‘A Web-based Physio-tool for Remote Post-stroke Rehabilitation’ (Completed).
• Consultancy project - Force Plate Fabrication for real life force measurement during various postures of Jute mill workers (2014), Sponsoring Organization: ESI Hospital, Kolkata, India.
• Consultancy project - Automation of an injection molding machine of 250 gm capacity using microcontroller (2014), Sponsoring Organization: Shilpa Polymer, India.

 

Collaborators

• East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• University of Essex, UK
• eXroid Technology Ltd, Kent, UK
• The Able Label, Kent, UK
• Barton Marine Equipment Ltd, Kent, UK

 

Completed/Ongoing funding project:

• Consultancy project on New Fastener solution for disabled clothing (funded by The Able Label Clothing) - Ongoing
• RKE Internship 2022 (HEI funded) on ‘Affordable Smart Robot for STEM Education in Schools’ (Completed).
• RKE Internship 2021 (HEI funded) on ‘A Web-based Physio-tool for Remote Post-stroke Rehabilitation’ (Completed).
• Consultancy project - Force Plate Fabrication for real life force measurement during various postures of Jute mill workers (2014), Sponsoring Organization: ESI Hospital, Kolkata, India.
• Consultancy project - Automation of an injection molding machine of 250 gm capacity using microcontroller (2014), Sponsoring Organization: Shilpa Polymer, India.

List of academic publications at CCCU – in HE sectors:

• Manna, S., Joyce, N., and Nortcliffe, A. 2023. Integration of graduate employability skills through industry outsourced cdio project (abstract accepted). In 19th International CDIO Conference, 26–29 June 2023, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
• Manna, S., Battikh, N., and Nortcliffe, A. 2022. Evaluation of Students’ Performance in CDIO Projects through Blended Learning. In 18th International CDIO Conference, June 13-15, Reykjavík, Iceland.
• Manna, S., Hannan Bin Azhar, M. A., 2021. An Inclusive Student-led Online Class Test During the Pandemic (Abstract). In Assessment and Feedback Symposium 2021 by AdvanceHE, 4th – 5th November 2021 (https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-10/Session%20Abstracts%20-%20Assessment %20 and %20Feedback%20Symposium%202021.pdf ).
• Manna, S., Battikh, N., and Camm, J. 2021. Enhancing hands-on skills under capstone CDIO project using blended learning approach (Abstract). In Practical Engineering Education 21 (PEE 2021), University of Sheffield, 16th -17th September 2021 (https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/pee/programme/session-7)
• Manna, S., Nortcliffe, A., Sheikholeslami, G. and Richmond-Fuller, A., 2021. Adaptive and flexible online learning during Covid19 lockdown. In 17th International CDIO Conference. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, June 21-23, 2021.
• Manna, S. K., Sheikholeslami G., Nortcliffe, A., 2020. Developing engineering growth mindset through CDIO outreach activities. In Proceedings of the 16th International CDIO Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 9–11 June 2020.

 

List of academic publications at CCCU – in areas of expertise:

• Manna, S., Azhar, H. and Greace, D., 2023. Optimal Locations and Computational Frameworks of FSR and IMU Sensors for Measuring Gait Abnormalities (accepted) in Heliyon (A Cell Press journal).​
• Sukhni, B. A., Manna, S. K., Dave, J. M., and Zhang, L. 2022. Machine Learning Based Solutions for Securing IoT System Against Multilayer Attacks (accepted) in 3rd International Conference on Communication Networks and Computing (CNC-2022), 8^th - 10^th December, Gwalior, India.
• Sukhni, B. A., Dave, J. M., Manna, S. K., and Zhang, L. 2022. Investigating the Security Issues of Multi-layer IoT Attacks Using Machine Learning Techniques (accepted) in International Conference on Human-centred Cognitive Systems (HCCS), 17^th -18^th December, Shanghai, China.
• Manna, S., Azhar, H., Smith, D. and Islam, T., 2022. A Smart and Home-based Telerehabilitation Tool for Patients with Neuromuscular Disorder in 7th IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 7^th - 9^th December, Malaysia.​
• Manna, S. K. 2022. Accuracy and Repeatability Study of An Elbow Exoskeleton for Multistage Exercises (accepted), 20th Mechatronika (IEEE) 2022, 7^th -9^th December, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
• Greace, A., Manna, S. K. and Azhar, H., 2022. A Qualitative Review on Structural Frameworks and Features of Educational Robots for STEM Education’ in 2nd Interdisciplinary Conference on Mechanics, Computers and Electrics (IEEE), 6th -7th October 2022, Barcelona, Spain.​
• Manna, S., Hannan Bin Azhar, M. A., and Sakel, M., 2021. A Smart and Secure IoMT Tele-Neurorehabilitation framework for Post-stroke Patients. In International Conference on Industrial Instrumentation & Control (ici2c-2021), 20th - 22nd August 2021, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (Springer), ISBN: 978-981-16-7010-7.
• Manna, S.K. and Dubey, V.N., 2019. A Portable Elbow Exoskeleton for Three Stages of Rehabilitation. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics (ASME), 11(6).
• Manna, S.K. and Dubey, V.N., 2019. Assessment of Joint Parameters in a Kinect Sensor Based Rehabilitation Game. in ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Anaheim, California, USA, August 18-21, 2019.
• Dubey, V.N. and Manna, S.K., 2019. Design of a Game-Based Rehabilitation System Using Kinect Sensor. In ASME Design of Medical Devices Conference, Minneapolis, USA, April 15-18, 2019, ISBN: 978-0-7918-4103-7 © 2019 by ASME.
• Manna, S.K. and Dubey, V.N., 2019. Rehabilitation strategy for post-stroke recovery using an innovative elbow exoskeleton. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine (SAGE), 233(6), pp.668-680.
• Manna, S.K. and Dubey, V.N., 2019. Accuracy of Kinect Sensor in Monitoring Rehabilitation Parameters. In 2019 IEEE UK&I RAS and IFToMM UK Conference on Transformative Robotics for Industries, Kings College London.

Course Development

• Expert Panel member for designing and developing Mechatronics course for West Bengal State Council of Technical Education, India.

Editorial work/ Reviewer:

• Guest editor – IET The Journal of Engineering Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence & Data Science Applications in Biomedical Engineering
• Guest editor - Advances of Machine intelligence and IOT in Health Informatics, Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics.
• Reviewer in ASME Journal of mechanism & Robotics, Sensor (MDPI), ASME DMD 2022 conference etc.
• Editor - Biomedical Engineering and Assistive Devices by Copal Publishing House, ISBN: 978-93-83419-081, 2014.

 

Invited Speech

• Invited speaker a National FDP sponsored by AICTE-ATAL on "Intelligent Data Analytics for Critical Infrastructure Security" organised by Rashtriya Raksha University, India, 23 August - 27 August 2021
• Invited speaker and advisory board member of the International Conference on Industrial Instrumentation & Control (ici2c-2021) organised by Department of Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, RCC Institute of Information Technology, India, 20th to 22nd August 2021.
• Invited speaker to Faculty Development Program (online) on “SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY – INNOVATION AND FUTURE” by Haldia Institute of Technology, India August 12-16, 2020
• Invited lecture on the International Webinar series organised by Department of Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering and The Robotics Society (TRS) RCCIIT student chapter, India, 1st June 2020.
• Invited speaker to Canterbury Rotary Club, UK on ‘Innovation in healthcare’, 16^th December 2019.
• Guest speaker at Institute of Medical Science, CCCU.

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