The Partners
The project has 10 principal partners. They're areas of expertise, project role and key personnel are listed below.
Professor Dr Jenny Dankelman
Skills/Experience
Prof Dr. Jenny Dankelman has a degree in Mathematics, with specialisation in System and Control Engineering. For 15 years she has been researcher at Man-Machine Systems group, and since 2001 as professor in Biomedical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. In 2007 she became head of the Minimally Invasive Surgery and Interventional Techniques group consisting of 12 PhD students, 2 Postdocs and 5 staff members. Her work focuses different application fields: minimally invasive surgery, flexible endoscopy, needle interventions and endovascular interventions. She is (co-) author of over 100 publications. She is cooperating with surgeons of several (academic) hospitals. Her interests and research projects are in the fields of designing novel medical (steerable) instruments, medical haptics, training and simulation tools, and patient safety, with the focus on minimally-invasive techniques (http://www.misit.nl).
Role in the Project
Professor Jenny Dankelman is leader of WP8 and she will be involved in the supervision and training of IIIOS researchers.
