Hereby, we are very happy to inform that in occasion of the ICTBBS 2017, the 19th International Conference on Tall Buildings and Building Services, held in Zurich on April 20-21st 2017, the PhD student L. Casagrande, supervised by the Professor F. Auricchio, have been awarded with ” Best Paper Award “ by the Program Committee for the Conference Awards Scheme, with the article entitled “Dynamic High-Rise Moment Resisting Frame Dissipation Performances Adopting Glazed Curtain Walls with Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Joints”.
Certificate link
April 19th, 2017
Dr. Conti & Dr. Marconi @ Fondazione Bassetti
Dr. M. Conti and Dr. S. Marconi attended the “Industrial Dialogue on 3D Printing in Biomedicine“.
The workshop on the responsible development of 3D printing in biomedicine was hosted by Fondazione G. Bassetti in the realm of the EU SMART-map project and took place on May 10th -11th in Milano.
The workshop focused on common needs, challenges and opportunities regarding the responsible innovation and development of 3D printing in the biomedical field.
Link to the Event Video
May 11th, 2017
SEMINAR @ CeSMA – Updating
CeSMA (Centro di Servizi Metrologici Avanzati) and Centro Interuniversitario MeCMA (Meccanica Computazionale ed i Materiali Avanzati) have organized the “Hub di Competenze di Additive Manufacturing”.
The workshop is entitled “La stampa 3D a supporto della medicina: le esperienze e le competenze nel nostro Ateneo” and will take place in Napoli on May 19th.
Prof. Auricchio will deliver a lecture entitled: “La stampa 3D a supporto della medicina: esperienze ed opportunità“.
The purpose of the meeting is therefore to open a link between doctors and engineers to integrate in the University all the available skills to investigate new applications in medicine, related to the use of 3D printing.
Event final program
May 8th, 2017
NADIR & ProtoLab @ MedTec 2017
Nadir presents its Stylus Plasma Noble and Innovative Polymer Compounds at the MedTec 2017 fair in Stuttgart, on 4-6th April 2017.
During MedtTec, Nadir also shows the collaborations with the ProtoLab of DICAr, involved in the development of medical component realized through 3D printing technologies with tailor made biologically active Polymer Compound.
April 7th, 2017
NXP CUP – ProtoLab Collaboration
The University of Pavia gained the second place at the NXP CUP Qualifications, an international self-driving car competition. The event took place in Grenoble, France.
On April 27th the team, formed by Francesco Maestri, Gabriele Mazzola, Zobeer Mohammad and Andrea Rossi, will participate at the EMEA (Europe, Middle-East, Africa) Finals in Munich, Germany.
This project, proposed by the Robotic Laboratory, was supported by PROTOLAB by producing some key components (i.e. the speed sensor, the camera support and led board) through 3D printing technologies.
News UniPv link
April 4th, 2017
Conference @ AITA
The Order of Engineers of Milano, in collaboration with AITA (Associazione Italiana Tecnologie Additive), organized the seminar “Biomedicale e tecnologie additive verso la convergenza” that will take place on April 6th at Clinica del Lavoro “Luigi Devoto” in Milano.
Prof. Ferdinando Auricchio and Ing. Stefania Marconi will attend the congress by presenting the topic “Stampa 3D di modelli patient-specific per la pianificazione chirurgica“.
For more event visit the event web page or the event flyer.
April 3rd, 2017
SEMINAR @ CeSMA
CeSMA (Centro di Servizi Metrologici Avanzati) and Centro Interuniversitario MeCMA (Meccanica Computazionale ed i Materiali Avanzati) have organized the “Hub di Competenze di Additive Manufacturing”.
Prof. Auricchio will attend the conference, named: “La stampa 3D a supporto della medicina: le esperienze e le competenze nel nostro Ateneo“, that will take place in Napoli on May 19th.
The purpose of the meeting is therefore to open a link between doctors and engineers to integrate in the University all the available skills to investigate new applications in medicine, related to the use of 3D printing.
Provisional program:
14:00 Introduction to work
Giovanni Di Minno – Director of the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery
14:10 “Le opportunità di innovazione tecnologica offerte dall’Additive Manufacturing”
Luigi Nicolais – Emeritus Professor of Science and Technology of Materials, former president of CNR
14:30 “Il centro di Ateneo CeSMA e l’integrazione di competenze nell’Hub di Additive Manufacturing”
Leopoldo Angrisani – Director of the Center CESMA
Domenico Asprone – Member of the Scientific Committee of the Center CESMA
14:45 “La stampa 3D a supporto della medicina: esperienze ed opportunità”
Ferdinando Auricchio – Director of the Interuniversity Center MECMA
15.30 Discussion and Conclusions
April 3rd, 2017
Round Table – HEALTH IT 2017
PlanetHealth organized the 13th edition of the event dedicated to technological innovations in medical field, named “Innovazione e risorse per un cambiamento di qualità“. The round table will take place on March 29th at Atahotel Expo Fiera.
Prof. Auricchio will be the moderator of the plenary section “Stampa 3D a servizio del chirurgo, per l’empowerment del paziente“.
March 27th, 2017
Prof. Auricchio @ “3DIAMOCI UNA MANO”
On Saturday 25th at 10am Prof. Auricchio will attend the first national meeting regarding the orthopedic diseases and 3D printed prosthesis.
The event “3DIAMOCI UNA MANO” is organized by “Raggiungere ONLUS” and will take place at the Architecture and Design Department of the University of Genova and will focus on the use of 3D printing technology for prosthesis and orthosis.
March 23rd, 2017
Event Photos
1st IDBN Congress
First IDBN Congress on 3D printing.
The congress aims at updating and connecting all the operators in the wide field of 3D printing. Design, technological aspects, and clinical efficacy will be discussed. Several companies will exhibit their latest technology and products.
When: May 25th-26th, 2017
Where: Bologna, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli – Centro di ricerca Codivilla Putti
Online registration: http://planning.it/Evento/6534/1%C2%B0-congresso-idbn
March 15th, 2017
