2010

Mr Yu Nagao, visiting PhD student from Nagoya Institute of Technology Yu Nagao, PhD student at the Department of Frontier Materials, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, working under supervision of Prof. Akinori Takasu, visited our Institute for 3 months in the fra...

Professor Boccaccini's Inaugural Lecture at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, hosted by the School of Engineering (Technische Fakultät), was presented on 10th December 2010 with the participation of more than 100 faculty colleagues, students and collaborators. The faculty principal, Prof. Reinha...

The final scientific meeting of the project: "Preparation and Characterization of Calcium Phosphate Cement Reinforced with Bio-functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Medical Applications", funded by the British Council under the PMI2 Connect initiative, was held on 14-15 December at Imperial College ...

Professor Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the 4th Wiener Biomaterials Symposium, held in Vienna, Austria, on November 15-17. He was also an invited speaker at the International Workshop on Processing of Nanostructured Ceramics, Polymers and Composites held in Belgrade, Serbia, on November 29-30...

Mr Alexander Kent and Mr Paul Ritter, students of Materials Science and Engineering at our University, have completed the first two bachelor theses in our Institute. Alexander worked on the "Development of bioactive glass scaffolds for bone tissue engineering" co-supervised by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini...