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Dedication:
To my mother, Dr Ibtisam A. Ghazal, MD, CES (Haema), CES (Onco). I still don’t know how you managed to work full time in the public sector, run your successful private clinic and look after three messy people at home. I would have never been who I am today without you. You are and always will be my hero.
To my father, Dr M. Adnan Hammouche, MD, PhD. I have always been fascinated with the research work that you conducted during your doctorate and your subsequent IP. This must have made an enormous impact on me. No wonder why I have decided to get involved in some many research activities during my clinical training. You will always be my mast.
To my sister, Dr Dalia Hammouche, MD, MSc. I am so proud that you have now been awarded the only NIHR academic clinical fellowship in paediatric oncology. You will make an excellent academic and a great paediatrician.
To my cousin, Dr Firas Hammoush, thank you so much for everything you did and continue to do for our family. You have always been my big brother that I never had. I learnt so much from you. Our family will not be where it is without you. To my uncle, Akram Hammoush, I guess all those maths lessons have come to fruition. I would have never been who I am today without you. To my uncle, Bassam Hammoush, thank you for always been there for me. Thank you for giving me my first electric kit and help me generate my first electrical circuit. To my cousin, Alfrend Hammoush, thank you for being there for the family whenever the need arises.
To all my uncles, aunties and cousins both on the Hammouche and the Ghazal sides of the family, thank you.
To my friends; Lili Keifer, Farah Akthar, Eirini Tsagkaraki, Nick Ranson, Nikesh and Laura Chavda, Alex Whitworth, Anantole Wiik, Lee Etchels, Helen Nunn, Dane Meech, Raman Maiti, Daniel Sidoli, Daniel Treen, Holger Petry, Gabriella Fink, Henry Procter, Mike Jones and Tony Franc. Thank you for always being there for me.
To Syria, you gave me the best childhood in the world; I loved the land, the sea and more importantly the kind people. I hope that I will become an excellent orthopaedic surgeon helping to treat people in distress wherever they may be.
Acknowledgement:
I am so glad that this is over, I never dedicated more hours working on anything else in my life. It was a valuable experience. I now can appreciate the hard work and the dedication of all those PhD researchers before me, and all PhD students that will follow. I gained in-depth knowledge of engineering and tribology. I rubbed shoulders with masters of the universe who taught me to be cautious and conducted my craft on the square.
It would not have been possible to write this thesis without the support of the kind people around me, to only some of whom it is possible to give mention here. I want to wholeheartedly thank Professor Abbas A. Dehghani-Sanij, Professor Harvey Thompson and Professor David Barton for their kindness and support. Without your help, I would have given up when things went callous. You played an instrumental part in the completion of this PhD. I would like to thank the staff at the postgraduate office; notably Ms Nancy Ingram, Ms Lorraine Moyles, Ms Victoria Masters and Mr Simon Welsh. Your help was paramount in completing this PhD.
I want to thank Dr Abdellatif Abdelgaied for being a true friend, an excellent trainer and for being a good listener. I would like to thank all the iMBE technical staff especially Mr Adrian Eagles, Dr Dan Thomas, Dr Sha Zhang, Mr Irvin Homan, Mr Lee Wetherill, Mr Keith Dyer and Ms Camille Hammersley for their technical help and support. I want to thank Dr Nagitha Wijayathunga for his help and expertise with MicroCT assessment of the cups. I want to thank Dr Adam Briscoe, Dr Jonathan Thompson, Dr Claire Brockett, Mr Richard Van Arkle, Mr Oliver Boughton, Prof Justin Cobb and Dr Richard Abel for their help.
I want to thank my mentors; Mr Jehangir Mahaluxmivala, Mr Matthew Sala, Mr Sammy Hanna, Mr Kandiah Ratnakumar (RIP), Mr John Hambidge and Mr Fabian Norman-Taylor. |
ORCID: 0000-0002-6403-5400
(2018)
PEEK-based Hip Bearing Surfaces: Pre-clinical Tribological Assessment of Wear, Wear Particles and Friction.
PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)