Biomedical Materials: From Conceptualization to Product Formation

Dr. Sarika Mishra will give a seminar on "Biomedical Materials: From Conceptualization to Product Formation" at 10:00 am on Thursday 17 April 2014 in Room L3.

This seminar is a part of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series organized by the Biomedical Engineering program of the institute. The abstract of the talk and brief biodata of the speaker is appended below.

You are cordially invited to attend the seminar.

Abstract

Biomedical Materials: From Conceptualization to Product Formation

Sarika Mishra

 

Biomedical materials are the necessity of mankind in order to repair, reconstruct and rejuvenate the damaged tissues inside the human body. Keeping the complexity of human body in mind, innovation becomes the key for the development of these materials as they are end user based and therefore owe to their design specificity and functionality. Case studies suggest that intensive research has been done so far in terms of developing these materials. Records reveal that globally nearly 15-20% of the real challenges have been met so far which is suggestive of a far more journey left to be taken in order to reach to a realistic product. In this talk, the vital role and extensive requirement of biomaterials for various parts of the human body will be highlighted. The experience towards research and development of these materials and prototypes via end-to-end product development through real case studies on the hard tissue replacement will also be discussed. 

About the speaker
Dr. Sarika Mishra earned her PhD degree in Material Science at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2009. After her PhD, she started working as Senior Scientist (Projects) at the Non-Ferrous Materials Technology Development Centre (NFTDC), Hyderabad, where she worked till May 2012. She held visiting scientist positions at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle and University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas.
Her research interests are in the areas of Engineered Biomedical Materials Design and Development and Advanced Ceramics/Composites Materials. She has published about 12 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, 10 papers in conferences and symposia, and 1 monograph. She has strong accomplishments in biomaterials product development.