In the Composite Biomaterial Systems Laboratory, we conduct research and development in two general areas:
We can summarize our efforts as interdisciplinary investigation and innovation for improved bone health and repair. A great deal of what we do concerns structure-function-property relationships, how these change with aging and disease in bone, and how they can be optimized in the development of superior structural biomaterials.
What are Composite Biomaterial Systems?
Composite:
Made up of multiple parts/phases.
Biomaterial:
- A naturally-derived material, such as human tissue (e.g. bone, cartilage, tendon, etc.).
- A material developed for biomedical applications (e.g. implantable biomaterials for the reconstruction of bone).
Systems:
Representative of our holistic, interdisciplinary approach to research and development.
News
See you in Glasgow! WCBSL will present two oral and three poster presentations in May 2020.
Congrats to Dr. Patricia Comeau, Dr. Dibakar Mondal and PhD candidate Zahra Haghpanah for having their abstracts accepted for presentation at the largest gathering of biomaterials researchers in the world.
Congrats Dibakar! New paper in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
Dr. Dibakar Mondal's first paper as a member of the WCBSL has been accepted to the Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedial Materials (JMBBM). This is arguably the best journal for research on the mechanics of biomaterials and tissues (i.e. biomedical materials).
New paper in Engineering Fracture Mechanics - Congrats to Daniel Dapaah!
Congratulations to Mr. Daniel Dapaah (PhD candidate in the WCBSL) for his new paper published in Engineering Fracture Mechanics. The paper is entitled "Modelling the micro-damage process zone during cortical bone fracture" and you can find it here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.106811
An anatomically accurate skull model printed on our vat polymerization 3D printer using our biomaterials composite resin ink.
A crack growing in cortical bone during fracture toughness testing.
A vertebra model printed using our novel nanocomposite inks and digital light projection.