Programs
Biofabrication is a disruptive multidisciplinary platform technology, requiring an understanding of diverse range of subjects including chemistry, physics, materials science, biology, medicine, mechatronics, and clinical sciences. Biofabrication methodologies are used to improve health care and quality of life by developing advanced biomedical products for tissue repair and replacement, and delivery of pharmaceutical agents by combining cells, gels, and fibers into a single construct. Using the principles of additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3-dimensional printing (3DP), and the availability of affordable equipment, it is possible to bioprint such products. When combined with other techniques such as electrospinning/airbrushing and foaming/porogen leaching we have a broader, more comprehensive scope of skills training for the biofabrication landscape. A biofabricator would be able to discuss a clinical need, assist in creating a solution, and deliver it.
BIOPRINTING FUNDAMENTALS
Interactive hands-on lab-based courses; designed to provide students with:
- Fundamental concepts: 3D bioprinting; Biomaterials
- Key applications: tissue engineering, skin models, drug discovery, cosmetic testing, and personal carepackaging fields
- Transferable skills/techniques: CAD for biofabrication; 3D printing workflow; 3D printing process
- Others: Design thinking; design innovation
CELL CULTURE FUNDAMENTALS
Interactive hands-on lab-based courses; designed to provide students with:
- Fundamental concepts: Biomaterials; Cell culture techniques
- Key applications: biology, tissue engineering
- Transferable skills/techniques: Aseptic cell culture
FUNDAMENTALS IN DIGITAL DENTISTRY
Prepare and train students with didactic and hands-on instruction in digital dentistry techniques and technologies that are currently being used in clinical practice. Designed to provide students with:
- Conventional Dental Impression Techniques & Relevant Anatomy
- Overview of Intraoral Scanning Background and Techniques
- Computer Aided Design of Restorations, Diagnostic models, & Surgical Guides
- Overview of Custom Milling of Restorations
- Overview of 3D Printing of Study models
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CLEANROOM OPERATION
Interactive hybrid training using an ISO-7 (class 10,000) cleanroom.
Designed to provide students with:
- Definitions, basic concepts and applications
- Classifications and contamination controls
- Aseptic processing
- Practical cleanroom operation (testing, cleaning, maintaining)
