Dr Amirpasha Moetazedian

Dr Amirpasha Moetazedian

Lecturer in Medical Engineering

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Engineering

Qualifications

  • BSc (University of Birmingham)
  • MRes (University of Birmingham)
  • PhD / DPhil (Loughborough University)

Summary

Amirpasha is a lecturer in Medical Engineering at the University of Hull. His research activity is focused on biomanufacturing and biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In specific, his research group is involved in development of novel microfluidic devices for 3D bioprinting, wearable sensors and in vitro modelling and their characterisation using advanced techniques available at Harwell Campus.

Amirpasha has over 6 years of research experience in the field of additive manufacturing with >20 publications. Amirpasha has also disseminated his research findings over 10 national and international conferences of which 2 were invited. Throughout his career, his contribution to his research field has been extremely innovative; he produced the first micro-scale design approach for material extrusion additive manufacturing which has been used for a wide range of applications including tissue engineering, 3D printed electronics, microfluidics, prosthetics. He has also developed the first modular and versatile 3D-printed microfluidic chip nozzles for 3D bioprinting, and he is working on commercialising this technology.

--- Publishing opportunities ------

Amirpasha Moetazedian is currently compiling a special issue for the Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing on the topic of “Recent Advances in 3D Printing Technologies in Bioengineering” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jmmp/special_issues/7F2RXWA2WA) with open papers and selected papers presented at the 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2024; https://esbiomech2024.org/), which brought together experts in biomechanics from all over the world. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), has emerged as an attractive state-of-the-art tool for precisely fabricating functional materials with complex geometries and has demonstrated tremendous potential in bioengineering. This Special Issue will focus on original research papers and review articles that deal with cutting-edge technologies in various 3D-printing methods, including future strategies for developing materials and 3D-printed devices.

He strives to use rigorous engineering research to drive additive manufacturing and medical manufacturing beyond the current state-of-the-art. His work is driven by multidisciplinary collaboration between clinicians, biologists and industry. He is working on several projects with universities in Italy, Japan and within the UK.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you think there may be scope for collaboration or if you’re considering postgraduate research.

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Performance and Optimisation of Microfluidic Channels with Acute Angles and Serpentine Curvatures

Saadat, M., Hughes, A., Jungclaussen, A., Hajiyavand, A., Poologasundarampillai, G., Moetazedian, A., & Malboubi, M. (2024). Performance and Optimisation of Microfluidic Channels with Acute Angles and Serpentine Curvatures. In M.-R. Alam, & M. Fathi (Eds.), . Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53652-6_5

Journal Article

Versatile Microfluidics for Biofabrication Platforms Enabled by an Agile and Inexpensive Fabrication Pipeline

Moetazedian, A., Candeo, A., Liu, S., Hughes, A., Nasrollahi, V., Saadat, M., Bassi, A., Grover, L. M., Cox, L. R., & Poologasundarampillai, G. (2023). Versatile Microfluidics for Biofabrication Platforms Enabled by an Agile and Inexpensive Fabrication Pipeline. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 12(26), Article 2300636. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202300636

Presentation / Conference Contribution

M3D-BIO - Microfluidics-Enabled 3D Printing for Biofabrication

Moetazedian, A., Candeo, A., Bassi, A., Cox, L. R., Grover, L. M., & Poologasundarampillai, G. (2023, June). M3D-BIO - Microfluidics-Enabled 3D Printing for Biofabrication. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Medical Devices: Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing (ICMD3M 2023), Corfu, Greece

Microfluidic-based 3D bioprinting for fabrication of helical fibres

Moetazedian, A., Candeo, A., Bassi, A., Grover, L., Cox, L., & Poologasundarampillai, G. (2023, March). Microfluidic-based 3D bioprinting for fabrication of helical fibres. Poster presented at Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter Meeting 2023, Manchester

Microfluidic-based 3D bioprinting to fabricate blood vasculature

Moetazedian, A., Cox, L., Grover, L., & Poologasundarampillai, G. (2022, June). Microfluidic-based 3D bioprinting to fabricate blood vasculature. Presented at UK Society for Biomaterials 22nd Annual Conference (UKSB 2022), University of Sheffield

Research interests

Additive Manufacturing

Microfluidics

Tissue Engineering

In vitro models

Biomaterials

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

In vitro modelling of bone infection for osteomyelitis and osteoradionecrosis

Funder

NC3Rs

Grant

£0.00

Started

1 July 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

Smart microneedle patch for tissue regeneration

Funder

The Royal Society

Grant

£11,994.00

Started

17 March 2025

Status

Ongoing

Project

HIKE: M3D-BIO: Microfluidics-Enabled 3D Printing for Biofabrication

Funder

MRC Medical Research Council

Grant

£2,000.00

Started

26 May 2024

Status

Complete

Project

Core-shell sol-gel derived bioactive glass/polypeptide fibres for improved wound healing

Funder

The Royal Society

Grant

£0.00

Started

10 March 2023

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Moetazedian welcomes applications in his specialist areas:

- 3D printing Microfluidics for tissue engineering

- Wearable sensors for biomedical application

- Material Extrusion additive manufacturing of scaffolds

Current PhD Supervisions

- Milad Mansouri (2024- 2028) - Development of agile microfluidics for production of complex 3D bio-inspired fibres (Engineering PhD studentship with University of Huddersfield).

- Ghofran Merzouki (2024 - 2028) - In vitro modelling of bone infection for osteomyelitis and osteoradionecrosis (NC3Rs PhD studentship between Universities of Birmingham, Oxford, Nottingham Trent and Federal University of Santa Catarina)

Awards and prizes

Commendation for Poster presentation at RSC Biomaterials Chemistry annual meeting

2021

Runner up for the Contribution to knowledge award at Loughborough University

2019 - 2020

1st place for best project prize in Biomaterials

2015 - 2016

Conference organisation

Organising committee for YISEC 2024

2024

Organising committee at SIMBIO-M

2024

I was involved in SIMBIO-M conference in terms of inviting speakers and organising sessions.

Conference presentation

Commendation for Poster presentation at RSC Biomaterials Chemistry annual meeting

2021

Funder panel member

Panel reviewer for British Council

2024

Honorary position

Visiting Lecturer at University of Birmingham

2024

Dr Amirpasha Moetazedian is currently a visiting lecturer for Biomaterials Students at University of Birmingham.

3M BIC Fellowship

2023

Visiting Researcher at University of Birmingham

2021

Journal editorial role

Guest Editor

2024

Dr Amirpasha Moetazedian is currently compiling a special issue for the Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing on the topic of “Recent Advances in 3D Printing Technologies in Bioengineering” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jmmp/special_issues/7F2RXWA2WA) with open papers and selected papers presented at the 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2024; https://esbiomech2024.org/), which brought together experts in biomechanics from all over the world. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), has emerged as an attractive state-of-the-art tool for precisely fabricating functional materials with complex geometries and has demonstrated tremendous potential in bioengineering. This Special Issue will focus on original research papers and review articles that deal with cutting-edge technologies in various 3D-printing methods, including future strategies for developing materials and 3D-printed devices

Journal peer reviewer

Reviewer for Nature Communications

2023

Reviewer for Additive Manufacturing Journal

2021

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

A member of UK Society for Biomaterials (UKSB)

2022

Member of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)

2022

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