Pranav Soman,
Professor, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering; IPA Program Director, Advanced Manufacturing (AM), National Science Foundation (NSF),
Syracuse University
Pranav Soman holds two positions, as a Professor at Syracuse University, and as an IPA Rotator Program Director of the Advanced Manufacturing (AM) program at the National Science Foundation (NSF). As an academician, Prof. Soman’s central research focus is to develop new processing and printing technologies to create reliable models to capture key aspects of in vivo physiology and pathophysiology. Toward this goal, his group has developed a technology toolbox to provide a manufacturing solution to advance research in bioprinting, microfluidics, organ-on-chip, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and single cell analysis. He is also the founder of 3D Microfluidics LLC (3DM), a startup funded by NSF SBIR grant to provide cost-effective microfluidics solutions to researchers in life sciences. As a recently appointed Program Director at NSF, Prof. Soman’s roles include the advocacy of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and education in advanced manufacturing and mentoring junior research members in the field.
Hybrid Laser Platform for Printing 3D Multi-Scale Multi-Material Hydrogel Structures
Tuesday, 15 October 2019 at 17:00
Add to Calendar ▼2019-10-15 17:00:002019-10-15 18:00:00Europe/LondonHybrid Laser Platform for Printing 3D Multi-Scale Multi-Material Hydrogel Structures3D-Printing in the Life Sciences in Coronado Island, CaliforniaCoronado Island, CaliforniaSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Over the course of billions of years, nature has created and refined numerous elegant biosynthetic processes to make sophisticated functional structures. In contrast, current manufacturing techniques are still limited in their ability to fabricate 3D multiscale multi-material structures. Few research groups have utilized the ability of ultrafast lasers to shape hydrogel materials into complex 3D structures. However, current laser based methods are limited by scalability, types of materials, and incompatible laser and materials processing requirements, thereby preventing its widespread use in the field. In this work, we report the design and development of a Hybrid Laser Printing (HLP) technology, that combines the key advantages of additive stereolithography (quick on-demand continuous fabrication) and multiphoton polymerization/ablation processes (high-resolution and superior design flexibility). Using a series of proof-of-principle experiments, we show that HLP is capable of printing 3D multiscale multi-material structures using model biocompatible hydrogel materials that are highly difficult and/or extremely time consuming to fabricate using current technologies.
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Add to Calendar ▼2019-10-15 17:00:002019-10-15 18:00:00Europe/LondonHybrid Laser Platform for Printing 3D Multi-Scale Multi-Material Hydrogel Structures3D-Printing in the Life Sciences in Coronado Island, CaliforniaCoronado Island, CaliforniaSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
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