IAN BUTTERWORTH
CREATIVE ENGINEERING
About
I work on several multidisciplinary biomedically-focused projects at MIT, collaborating locally and internationally with clinicians on firmly defendable unmet medical needs, for which we're innovating potential solutions unbound to a specific technical or clinical domain. My background is in acoustics, having spent 5 years in the acoustics department at the UK's national measurement institute, developing new measurement methods for sonic and ultrasonic applications. I am also a musician, and a lover of design and hacking.

Research Engineer, Research Laboratory of Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US | 2016 - present

M+Visión Senior Research Fellow, Biomedical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US | 2013 - 2016

Higher Research Scientist, Acoustics/Ultrasonics
National Physical Laboratory, UK | 2008 - 2013

MSc. Audio Acoustics
University of Salford, UK | 2009

BEng. Electronic Engineering
University of Warwick, UK | 2007


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Current Projects

Sensitive tracking of hydration status for improved care of the elderly and other vulnerable populations


hydration.mit.edu

PROJECT LEAD HARDWARE SOFTWARE CLINICAL COLLABORATION

Non-invasive white blood cell monitoring at the tip of your finger


leuko.io
@leuko

HARDWARE SYSTEM INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY VALIDATION

Past Projects

Detection of psychomotor conditions through passive monitoring of natural typing, focusing on Parkinsons Disease


neuroqwerty.mit.edu

SOFTWARE (OS X/iOS) TECHNOLOGY VALIDATION

NEOSONICS

A new ultrasound-based screening method for newborn and infant meninigitis

ULTRASONICS ADVISOR

Seeing Sound

Visualising the propogation of sound and ultrasound


npl.co.uk

Music