42722 Additive Manufacturing for Medical Innovations

6cp; 3hpw, on campus
Requisite(s): 120 credit points of completed study in Bachelor's Honours Embedded Degree owned by FEIT OR 120 credit points of completed study in Bachelor's Combined Honours Degree owned by FEIT OR 120 credit points of completed study in Bachelor's Combined Honours Degree co-owned by FEIT
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
Fields of practice: Biomedical Engineering program

Postgraduate

Description

Additive Manufacturing for Medical Innovations introduces students to different additive manufacturing techniques including Fused deposition modelling (FDM), stereolithography (SLA), selective laser sintering (SLS)] and their application in biomedical engineering. Students develop expert skills in “SolidWorks”, and also learn how to use “SolidWorks simulation” for mechanical characterisation which allows them to perform engineering optimisation for the designed prototype before fabrication. Students use 3D printing to fabricate their final prototype with optimised characteristics.

The subject includes two project streams. Student teams (groups of 4 or 5) to select one project stream.

Project Stream 1: Spinal cage design, optimisation, and fabrication (Addressing back pain)
Project Stream 2: Internal Fixation design, optimisation, and fabrication (Addressing broken bone fixation)

Typical availability

Spring session. City campus

Detailed subject description.

Access conditions

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