题目： From Polymer Processing to Fabrication of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
时间：2016年3月24日，星期四，15:30
地址：新机械楼A810
摘要：
In light of the broad range of academic and research interests of the audience and in the spirit of encouraging dialogue, this presentation will begin with a background of Turng’s research on microcellular injection molding, biobased polymers, and polymer nanocomposites. These research areas enable the mass production of porous, biodegradable polymer constructs with tunable mechanical properties that are naturally suitable for tissue engineering scaffold applications. The second part of the presentation includes a brief introduction to tissue engineering and biofabrication, followed by a walk-through of some of the ongoing research projects in Turng’s group and the BIONATES research theme at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.
主讲人简介：
Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Taiwan University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University. He worked in industry developing advanced plastics processing simulation software and Knowledge Management System (KMS) for 10 years before joining the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2000. His research encompasses novel processes, new materials, and advanced analysis on materials processing. He has been working in the area of injection molding and microcellular injection molding, and has extended his research into nanocomposites, bio-based polymers, nanocellulose nanocomposites, tissue engineering scaffolds, and digital design and manufacturing. He has received numerous grants and awards, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Award, NSF Academic Program Awards, NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) grant, an Industrial Consortium, Wisconsin Innovation & Economic Development Research Program awards, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Accelerator Program awards, as well as grants from the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He was the PI of four NSF and New York State Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I and Phase II awards during his tenure in the industry.
Professor Turng holds the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship and is the Co-Director of the Polymer Engineering Center at UW-Madison, a Fellow member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), the recipient of the 2015 Plastics Educator of the Year Award from the SPE Milwaukee Section, 2011 Engineer of the Year award from the SPE Injection Molding Division, and an Honored Service Member (for distinguished services and contributions to the society) of the SPE. Professor Turng has published nearly 300 peer-reviewed technical papers since joining UW-Madison in 2000 and has authored or edited many books, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, and special issue journals. He has served as the Chair of the Canadian NSERC Network for Innovative Plastic Materials and Manufacturing Processes (NIPMMP) as well as the editorial boards of a variety of international journals and the Board of Directors of the Injection Molding Division of SPE. Professor Turng has recently been selected to lead an interdisciplinary team at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) to develop innovative tissue engineering scaffolds that restore, maintain, or improve the function of diseased or damaged human tissues. He is also the University of Wisconsin–Madison Principal Investigator for the DOD Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) project, one of the President Obama’s National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) institutes.
