Speakers

Plenary Speaker:

Prof. Seiji Yamaguchi

Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Japan

Keynote Title: Surface Chemical Treatment for Additive Manufactured Titanium Metal: Enhancing Bone formation and Antibacterial Activity via Micro-Nanostrucutre Regulation

Biography: Prof. Seiji Yamaguchi is an associate professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Japan. He received a doctorate in Energy Science from Kyoto University, Japan. His field of expertise is biomaterials and inorganic solid-state chemistry, with focus on preparation of bioactive titanium metal and its alloys by solution and heat treatment for orthopedic and dental applications. Prof. Yamaguchi has developed a solution and heat treatment that can controllably incorporate multi kinds of functional metal ions such as Ca, Sr, Mg, Zn, Ga, Li, Ag and I into titanium surface. The treated metal exhibited both bone-bonding and antibacterial capability without cytotoxicity. His recent work revealed that the combination of additive manufacturing technology and the solution and heat treatment can produce an advanced functional porous titanium that induced early bone ingrowth and sustained antibacterial activity for a long period of time. Another interest of his research is to reveal the dominant factor for apatite formation on pure Ti. It was found that both the positively and negatively charged surfaces can effectively induced early apatite formation in a simulated body fluid. Based on the findings, his research group recently developed full-custom made titanium plate for fixing mandibular bone with acid and heat treatment, and this was commercialized in Japan from 2022.

Prof. Eleonora Ferraris

Faculty of Engineering Technology, KU Leuven, Belgium

Keynote Title: Recent trends in aerosol jet- based printing

Biography: Eleonora Ferraris obtained her Master Degree in Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2002, and she received her PhD Degree in Material Engineering from the University Tor Vergata of Rome in 2006. In 2008, she was granted with a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral fellowship, hosted by the KU Leuven. Since 2013, she is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering Technology, KU Leuven, Belgium. She has expertise in manufacturing technologies, material testing and system design. Her current research focus is nozzle based additive manufacturing, including filament extrusion and aerosol jet printing for smart applications and regenerative medicine. She is (co-) author of about 200 disseminations items, among journal articles, conference papers, and seminar contributions. During her career she has been granted with a MIUR research scholarship, a Diploma Arturo Baroncelli, a Technology Innovation Award from Italian associations, and multiple best paper awards.