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.
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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.
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
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
1 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)