ReviewResorbable bone fixation alloys, forming, and post-fabrication treatments
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Hamdy Ibrahim is currently a PhD candidate in the Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) department in the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. Hamdy received his BSc degree from Cairo University, Egypt in 2008 and his MSc degree from Cairo University in 2012. His research is focused on the fabrication and characterization of biomaterials. Hamdy is the recipient of several awards, including the 2009–2012 Graduate Studies Scholarship from Cairo University, 2010–2013 Graduate Research Fellowship from The American University in Cairo, 2016 NSF Student Travel Award for MSEC2016/NAMRC44 conference in Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani is a PhD Pre-Candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She received her B.E and M.E. degrees from Isfahan University of Technology and the University of Toledo in 2012 and 2016, respectively. Her current research interests include smart materials, additive manufacturing, and biomechanics of cellular mechanosensing.
Behrang Poorganji is senior a staff at Yazaki technical Center North America. He is expert in materials processing and manufacturing of metallic components with emphasis on advanced manufacturing processes including additive manufacturing as well as process property relationship. Dr. Poorganji has been awarded of Japanese government scholarship for the graduate studies and got his Ph.D. at Tohoku University (2007), in Japan. He has 10 years of Postdoctoral and industrial R&D research experience in Japan, Canada and USA. He worked previously for Eaton corporation global research center as Lead Engineer. Dr. Poorganji published and presented > 60 technical papers and talks.
David Dean received the PhD degree from the City University of New York in 1993. In 2013 his primary appointment transferred from the Department of Neurological Surgery at Case Western Reserve University to The Ohio State University where he is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery and a member of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cell-Based Therapies. His research has led to the development of computer aided design software for the additive manufacture of tissue engineered bone implants. Dr. Dean's research program currently includes the seeding of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in 3D printed bone tissue engineering scaffolds.
Mohammad Elahinia is currently a Professor of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) at the University of Toledo (UT). He serves as Director of the Dynamic and Smart Systems Laboratory at UT. His current research is focused on biomedical application of shape memory alloys. At UT he has served as investigator on 26 funded projects by NSF, EPA, US Army, US DOT, Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Board of Regents, and the UT with a total budget of more than $10 million. Dr. Elahinia also serves as the chair of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Branch of the Aerospace Division.