Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials

Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, is becoming a widely investigated approach to create anatomically matched and patient-specific constructs and medical devices with high complexity for a wide range of applications including dentistry, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, anatomical models, and pharmaceutics. AM technologies include vat phopolymerization-based, powder-based, droplet-based, and extrusion-based printing. 3D bioprinting is an AM approach focusing on live-cell printing, and mainly utilized to fabricate vascularized tissue constructs, disease models, and tissue and organ mimetics. This session focuses on recent and emerging advancements in AM technologies (3D printing and bioprinting technologies), printable materials (biomaterials and bioinks), and applications of AM in medicine. We encourage faculty candidates to submit abstracts to the general “Biomaterials and Life Sciences Engineering: Faculty Candidates” session. When considering abstract submission, please note oral presentations may be limited to one per person (presenter) for contributed abstracts to ensure broad programming. Graduate Students: By applying to this session you may be eligible for the Biomaterials Graduate Student Award Session established to honor the best graduate student submissions through recognition and cash awards. See the session titled 'Biomaterials: Graduate Student Award Session' for details.