{"id":49426,"date":"2023-04-27T09:32:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=49426"},"modified":"2023-04-25T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:37:03","slug":"wilson-college-of-textiles-students-attend-annual-biomaterials-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/wilson-college-of-textiles-students-attend-annual-biomaterials-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson College of Textiles Students Attend Annual Biomaterials Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Mary Giuffrida <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want someone to walk away with an understanding of how expansive the field of biomaterials is: you can really go everywhere with it,\u201d says Suh Hee Cook, a Ph.D. candidate in Fiber and Polymer Science<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bringing Biomaterials Day to life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cook, who is also the president of NC State\u2019s student chapter of the Society for Biomaterials, is referring to the annual Biomaterials Day event put on by the society, which took place March 24. The event draws students and industry professionals from the Wilson College of Textiles<\/a> and beyond to campus for a day filled with revered speakers, innovative research presentations and expansive networking opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind the event, there is a team of committed students from the society who work all year to bring Biomaterials Day to life. The society is a group ranging from undergraduate students to professors and industry leaders, dedicated to promoting advancements in biomaterial science. The student chapter at NC State connects students from the undergraduate through post-graduate levels to this mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur goal is really to promote the dissemination of information relating to biomaterials research, and really bring together the premier biomaterials researchers from around the country,\u201d Grant Scull, vice president of NC State\u2019s student chapter and national student president elect, says. \u201cWe were able to have networking events with industry sponsors and invite students from several local colleges and universities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry Speakers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The event was divided into three primary sessions. The first session focused on industry practices, and featured an invited speaker as well as three student speakers. Karuna Nambi Gowri, a Ph.D. student in Fiber and Polymer Science presented on \u201cFabrication of Barbed Sutures as Wound Closure Device for Plastic Surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was about, \u2018How we take these things that we\u2019re working on and really make them scalable to the point that they can be used in mass clinically and be profitable?\u2019\u201d Cook explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next session focused on academics, and was led by a speaker from the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe second session was focused on really interrogating what’s going on in terms of these biomedical systems and the materials that we\u2019re using to influence their microenvironment and ultimately use them clinically,\u201d Cook says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the student speakers for the second session was Nasif Mahmood, a Ph.D. student in Fiber and Polymer Science, presenting on \u201cLaser Perforated and Surface Functionalized Nanofibrous Scaffold for Ocular Surface Reconstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Cook and Mahmood work in Wilson College\u2019s Gluck Tissue Engineering Lab<\/a>, fabricating biomaterials. The event gave them the opportunity to bring their research with the college to a new audience of students and professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n