Research interests include orthopaedic device design, robotic/haptic orthopaedic surgery and experimental and computational hard and soft tissue mechanics. In particular, the application of poroelastic (biphasic) modelling, dynamic mechanical analysis, atomic force microscopy, and nanoindentation of bone, cartilaginous tissue and tissue engineered constructs in fundamental and applied contexts, namely hip and knee arthroplasty and intervertebral disc biomechanics.

Improving inclusive design practice - transferring knowledge from sports design practiceWilson Nicky, Thomson Avril, Riches PhilipInternational Conference on Engineering DesignInternational Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), pp. 1-10, (2017) Development of an augmented reality-guided computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery systemSmith N. L., Stankovic V., Riches P.Orthopaedic Proceedings Vol 98-B, pp. 18, (2016) Identification of movement strategies during the sit-to-walk movement in patients with knee osteoarthritisKomaris D. S., Govind C., Riches P., Murphy A., Ewen A., Picard F., Clarke J.Orthopaedic Proceedings Vol 98-B, (2016) The Strathclyde Prosthetic Foot : a high performance prosthetic foot for low income countriesCopeland Richard, Rackerby Robin, Underhill Laura, Tankard Zoe, Buis Arjan, Riches Philip, Solomonidis StephanosEMedic Global 2016, (2016) Thermal damage done to bone by burring and sawing with and without irrigation in knee arthroplastyTawy Gwenllian F., Rowe Philip J., Riches Philip E.Journal of Arthroplasty Vol 31, pp. 1102-1108, (2016)http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2015.11.002 Paradoxical size effects in composite laminates and other heterogeneous materialsWheel Marcus A., Frame Jamie C., Riches Philip E.Generalized Continua as Models for Classical and Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Structural Materials Vol 42, (2016)http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31721-2_21