Last November 29, a session was organized in the framework of the 3D print program of Brightlands Materials Center.
16 PhD students from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Maastricht University presented their progress on the different research topics. The 3D print event brought together the PhDs, their mentors, professors and the industrial partners. It was the first time these PhD students from Brightlands Materials Center were together; during two parallel sessions many first research results were shared.
From Maastricht University the main contribution was from the MERLN group led by professor Moroni. Basically the research there is focused on regenerative medicine.
From TU/e the contributions were from two faculties: chemical engineering and mechanical engineering. In these faculties, basic materials principles are investigated in order to gain better insight into what directions new or better polymer materials for 3D printing need to be developed.
The session was closed by Arjan Bogaerts, scientist at DSM Ahead, who presented an illustrative overview of the 3D print technologies and the challenges for polymer materials in this field.
