Emerging Applications of 3D Printing During CoVID 19 Pandemic

This book presents various practical breakthroughs of 3D printing (3DP) technologies in developing different types of tool and gadgets to be used against COVID-19 pandemic. It presents multidisciplinary aspects of 3DP technology in social, medical, administration, and scientific areas. This book presents state-of-the-art applications of 3DP technology in the development of PPE, ventilators, respiratory equipments, and customized drugs. It provides a comprehensive collection of the technical notes, research designs, literature prospective, and clinical applications of 3DP technologies to effectively deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. This book will be beneficial for the medical professionals, pharmacists, manufacturing enterprises, and young scholars in understanding the real potential of 3DP technologies in aiding humans-based activities against the COVID-19 crisis. Having interdisciplinary applications in applied science, this book will also be useful for wide range of academicians, research scholars and industry stakeholders.

Kamalpreet Sandhu, MEng is an Assistant Professor in the Product and Industrial Design Department at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. He has received Master’s in CAD/CAM from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab. His area of research is 3D printing and Human Gait Analysis. He is working with collaboration with Prof. Karupppasamy Subburaj, Medical Engineering and Design (MED) laboratory, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). 

Dr. Sunpreet Singh is researcher in NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI). He has received Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. His area of research is additive manufacturing and application of 3D printing for development of new biomaterials for clinical applications. He has contributed extensively in additive manufacturing literature with publications appearing in Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Composite Part: B, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Measurement, International Journal of Advance Manufacturing Technology, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He has authored 10 book chapters and monographs. He is working in joint collaboration with Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative and Prof. Rupinder Singh, manufacturing research lab, GNDEC, Ludhiana. He is also editor of 3 books- "Current Trends in Bio-manufacturing", “3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering”, and "Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration - Design and Synthesis". He is also guest editor of 3 journals- special issue of “Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Facta Universitatis, series: Mechanical Engineering (Scopus Indexed), Materials Science Forum (Scopus Indexed), and special issue on “Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Measurement and Control (SCI indexed).  

Dr. Chander Prakash is Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India. He has received Ph.D in mechanical engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. His areas of research are biomaterials, rapid prototyping & 3-D printing, advanced manufacturing, modeling, simulation, and optimization. He has more than 11 years of teaching experience and 6 years of research experience. He has contributed extensively to the world in the titanium and magnesium based implant literature with publications appearing in Surface and Coating Technology, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. He has authored 60 research papers and 10 book chapters. He is also editor of 3 books: "Current Trends in Bio-manufacturing"; “3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering”;  and "Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration - Design and Synthesis". He is also guest editor of 3 journals: special issue of “Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering (Scopus Indexed), Materials Science Forum (Scopus Indexed), and special issue on “Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Measurement and Control (SCI indexed).

Prof. Neeta Raj Sharma, Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, is currently leading the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences as Additional Dean in Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. She is a visiting Professor at Birmingham City University, UK and is actively working in association with several esteemed universities in Canada like University of British Columbia, McGill University, Laval University and University of Victoria. With a vast multidisciplinary research experience of thirteen years in the field of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Prof. Sharma presently envisions extensive biochemistry and biotechnology based methods to develop diagnostic tools and employ bioanalytical instrumentation pertaining to apt diagnosis in the domain of biomedical engineering and other allied research sectors. She has been conferred with prestigious research awards from LPU twice. She is a fellow member of Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, India and also bears to her credential membership of prestigious societies like Indian Science Congress, Association of Indian Science Congress, Association of Microbiologists of India, Indo-US Collaboration of Engineering Education 2013, Fellow Member International Science Congress Association, Life membership of association for promotion of DNA Finger Printing and other DNA Technologies. Till date, she has published more than 55 publications in peer-reviewed journals of high repute, 20 patents, 4 copyrights, 2 edited books and several articles in reputed magazines. She has been currently acting as reviewer for several Scopus-indexed journals of high standing and esteem and was appointed as guest editor for Scopus-indexed journal.

Dr. Subburaj (Subbu) is an Assistant Professor in the Pillar of Engineering Product Development (EPD) at SUTD, where he leads Healthcare Engineering and Design Track and the Medical Engineering and Design Lab. He leads an inter-disciplinary research team with the goal of designing and developing medical devices, assistive technologies, image-based quantitative biomarkers, and computing tools (machine learning, artificial intelligence) for diagnosing, monitoring, treating, and potentially preventing musculoskeletal disorders (knee osteoarthritis/ osteoporosis /bone fracture ) and disabilities by understanding bio-mechanical implications of those diseases and disabilities. He collaborated with physicians and clinical researchers from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Singapore General Hospital (SGH), and Changi General Hospital (CGH) to combine research and technical expertise to address real-life clinical problems affecting Asia-Pacific and the World. Before joining SUTD, he did his postdoctoral work in Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research (MQIR) laboratory at University of California San Francisco (UCSF).  At UCSF, he worked with a spectrum of clinicians (from radiology, orthopaedic surgeons, sports medicine, and physiotherapy/rehabilitation science) on characterizing magnetic resonance image (MRI) based bio-markers to understand the physiological and biochemical response of knee joint cartilage to physical exercise and acute loading. He has also developed and validated 3D modelling and quantification methods to study joint (hip/knee) loading pattern and contact kinematics in young healthy adults and patients with osteoarthritis. Subbu received his PhD from the Indian Institute Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India, in 2009.  During his PhD, he collaborated with Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai, on developing a Surgery Planning System for Tumour Knee Reconstruction. He developed automated geometric reasoning algorithms to (i) extract morphometric characteristics of bones (femur/tibia/pelvis) using 3D reconstructed models from CT images, (ii) automate pre-operative planning and guidance tasks of limb salvage surgery, and (iii) extract patient-specific anatomical parameters for designing implants for joint replacements (knee/hip). He also worked with orthodontists from local hospitals in Mumbai, India, on designing and developing prostheses and surgical instruments/guides for reconstructing maxillofacial defects. After his PhD, he worked as a research specialist (surgery planning) in the Biomedical Engineering Technology incubation Centre (BETiC) at IIT Bombay, before moving to UCSF for his postdoctoral studies.  

Dr. Franck J. Rybicki pioneered medical 3D printing, beginning with his global introduction of full-face transplantation surgical planning; his discoveries and opinions have been published in New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and other multidisciplinary journals. At RSNA 2013, his laboratory’s presentation (as published in American Journal of Transplantation) included a Press Conference demonstrating the impact of clinical 3D printing; it was covered by all major television networks. Via the Associated Press the release had over 150 major US and international media feeds; the RSNA has officially reported an audience of 783 million individuals. Dr. Rybicki developed and moderated the world’s first radiology-based society-CME educational program in medical 3D printing. This and related programs managed by Dr. Rybicki have provided the opportunity for the first 1,200 radiologists and imaging scientists to obtain radiology-based CME for live software training in the field of 3D printing. He is Editor-in-Chief of the BMC peer-review journal 3D Printing in Medicine that launched in the fourth quarter of 2015. He co-edited with Dr. Gerald T. Grant a book 3D Printing in Medicine: A Practical Guide for Medical Professionals, published in October 2017.