27th Annual CBE Graduate Student Research Symposium

Dan Ammon, BS 1991, PhD 1999, believes in bringing disruptive medical devices to market that have a positive impact on people’s lives. As Global Vice President of R&D at Regenity Bioscience, a leader in regenerative medical devices, he works to develop other engineers and scientists to increase their impact on the health industry. His technical interests are in the fields of surface engineering, polymers, hydrogels, drug delivery, regenerative medicine, additive and subtractive manufacturing, and composites and ceramics focused on Medical Device applications.

Ammon’s experience in the medical device industry includes 18 years in ophthalmics and nearly 11 years in dental at DentsplySirona, leading their consumables platform. His teams have launched over 80 products and filed nearly as many patent applications. In addition to being named a fellow of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), he also serves as a board member for the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation, and is an AIMBE fellow whose members represent the top 2% of medical device engineers.

Digital manufacturing techniques based on additive manufacturing (AM), 3D printing, are changing the way custom medical devices are produced. Traditional dentures have been designed and manufactured by the same means for over 100 years. Today, digital dentures, produced in North America, through AM, can be 3D printed on as few as 1800 digital light processing (DLP) printers. Here, we will review the denture market dynamics and the denture digital workflow including scanning, designing, hardware, software, materials, and post processing. We will also discuss the final product manufacturing and physical properties which resulted in the first FDA cleared, 3D printed, smart polymer, medical device. This product can serve as an example of how AM can have a positive impact on patients’ lives.

A Logic-Based Modeling Study of Glucose-Mediated Immune Response in Diabetic Kidney Disease

Nano-engineering Polyorganosilica (POSi) membranes for CO2 capture and hydrogen production

Excellence in Biological Research Award:

Arundhati Das: Role of Innate Immune Cells in Vascular Graft Regeneration: Effects of Shear Stress

Excellence in Computational Research Award:

Oluwatoyin Campbell: Molecular Dynamics Studies on Lipid Monolayer Interfaces: An Interplay of Tension and Internal Lipid Mixtures

Excellence in Materials Research Award:

Jacob Licht: Solvent-based Delamination of Multilayer Films for Plastics Recycling Applications

Student Choice Research Awards:

Ali Ghasemi: Dissolution of Semicrystalline Polyethylene for Molecular Recycling Applications

Shriramprasad Venkatesan: Eludicating Intracellular Glycosylation Fluxes in CHO Cell Culture Production of Immunoglobin G