Rapid Prototyping of Biomaterials

Dr. Roger Narayan is a Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. He is an author of more than 100 publications as well as several book chapters on nanostructured biomedical materials. Dr. Narayan has received several honors for his research activities, including the NCSU Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, the NCSU Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, the University of North Carolina Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine, the University of North Carolina Junior Faculty Development Award, the National Science Faculty Early Career Development Award, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and the American Ceramic Society Richard M. Fulrath Award. He has been elected as Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, and ASM International.

1. Introduction to additive manufacturing of biomaterials

Materials for additive manufacturing 2. Additive manufacturing of ceramics 3.Additive manufacturing of metals 4. Additive manufacturing of polymers 5. Additive manufacturing of biological materials 6. Additive manufacturing of composite materials and multimaterials 7. Freeform fabrication of nano-biomaterials using additive manufacturing

Applications of device manufacturing 8. Bioprinting for drug discovery 9. Rapid prototyping techniques for the fabrication of biosensors 10. 3-D Organ printing technologies for tissue engineering applications 11. Bioprinting for tissue engineering 12. Rapid prototyping of complex tissues with laser assisted bioprinting (LAB) 13. Scaffolding hydrogels for rapid prototyping based tissue engineering

Tissues and organs made using additive manufacturing 14. Feasibility of 3D scaffolds for organs 15. Bioprinting for constructing microvascular systems for organs 16. Fabrication of tissue organoids 17. Additive manufacturing technology for bone regeneration 18. Additive manufacturing of a prosthetic limb 19. Future outlook for additive manufacturing and bioprinting