Michael McAlpine,
Kuhrmeyer Family Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Minnesota
Michael C. McAlpine is the Kuhrmeyer Family Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He received a B.S. (2000) in Chemistry with honors from Brown University, and a Ph.D. (2006) in Chemistry from Harvard University. His current research is focused on 3D printing functional materials & devices for biomedical applications, with recent breakthroughs in 3D printed deformable sensors and 3D printed bionic eyes (one of National Geographic’s 12 Innovations that will Revolutionize the Future of Medicine). He has received several awards for this work, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award.
3D Printing Functional Materials & Devices
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 at 14:00
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The development of methods for interfacing high performance functional
devices with biology could impact regenerative medicine, smart
prosthetics, and human-machine interfaces. Indeed, the ability to
three-dimensionally interweave biological and functional materials could
enable the creation of devices possessing unique geometries,
properties, and functionalities. Yet, most high quality functional
materials are two dimensional, hard and brittle, and require high
crystallization temperatures for maximal performance. These properties
render the corresponding devices incompatible with biology, which is
three-dimensional, soft, stretchable, and temperature sensitive. We
overcome these dichotomies by: 1) using 3D printing and scanning for
customized, interwoven, anatomically accurate device architectures; 2)
employing nanotechnology as an enabling route for overcoming mechanical
discrepancies while retaining high performance; and 3) 3D printing a
range of soft and nanoscale materials to enable the integration of a
diverse palette of high quality functional nanomaterials with biology.
3D printing is a multi-scale platform, allowing for the incorporation of
functional nanoscale inks, the printing of microscale features, and
ultimately the creation of macroscale devices. This three-dimensional
blending of functional materials and ‘living’ platforms may enable
next-generation 3D printed devices.
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