Phillip Lewis successfully defend his PhD dissertation, titled “3D Printing and Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel Strategies for Liver and Intrahepatic Biliary Tree Tissue Engineering” on June 12th, 2018. Some of Phillip’s work has recently been published in Acta Biomaterialia. He will… Continue Reading
Shahlab PhD student Kelly Parker has been selected to receive the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Kelly is co-advised by Prof. Vinayak Dravid and is working on developing novel electron microscopy methods for soft materials.… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Dr. Shannon Taylor for successfully defending her thesis, titled “Sintering of Extrusion-based 3D-printed Ni-based Shape Memory Alloys”. In addition to her focus on processing and characterization of 3D-printed Ni-based shape memory alloys, Shannon has also done substantial work in characterizing… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Adam, who submitted an image titled “3D-Printed Copper or Air?”, a photograph of a 3D-printed copper salt scaffold. These scaffolds can be immersed in water to dissolve the salt, which will leave behind a highly-porous polymer framework useful… Continue Reading
Prof. Ramille Shah has been awarded the 11th Innovator Award from the Chicago-area Association of Women in Science! The award recognizes a female scientist in the Chicagoland area who has recently provided innovative research contributions in science and engineering. She… Continue Reading
Lab alumna Alex Rutz (PhD ’16) has been awarded the Millipore Sigma 2017 Life Science Award in 3D-Printing for her work on Engineering Hydrogel Inks for 3D Tissue and Organ Printing! She receives a $10,000 prize as part of the… Continue Reading
“Tissue Papers”– unique, bioactive materials based on decellularized extracellular matrix which promote tissue regeneration in various organs and invented by the Shah TEAM Lab — have been published and featured on the cover of Advanced Function Materials as ”… Continue Reading
In May, Prof. Shah and TEAM lab collaborator Dr. Sue Jordan presented a keynote entitled “New Materials for 3D-Printing in Medicine: What’s Next Is Closer Than You Think” at RAPID + TCT 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA, the largest 3D-printing and… Continue Reading
“Hyperelastic Bone”, developed by in the Shah TEAM Lab, has been selected as a finalist for the biennial INDEX: Design to Improve Life award, considered to be one of the most significant technology design competitions in the world. More info… Continue Reading
The results of a collaboration between members of Prof. Ramille Shah’s and Prof. Teresa Woodruff’s laboratories working on 3D printed bioprosthetic ovaries has been published in Nature Communications! The collaboration seeks to find a tissue engineered solution for oncofertility patients.… Continue Reading