| [15 Feb 2024] |
On February 15, 2024, a meeting of partners in the
BIOAD project was held at the Jožef Stefan Institute, which
was aimed at reviewing the results after the sixteen
project months and planning further research. The first
project year focused on developing the novel Ti-6Al-4V and
Ti-6Al-4V-Cu alloys with an additive direct energy
deposition manufacturing method. We are now concentrating
on characterising the developed materials and their
antibacterial properties. We expect to obtain even more
results in the following months and finalise the first
scientific paper.
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| [09 Nov 2023] |
We have reached the first milestone in the research
part of the project BIOAD,
namely the development of a new titanium alloy with
additive technology, which has great potential for use in
biomedicine. On November 9, 2023, a meeting of partners in
the BIOAD
project was held at the Jožef Stefan Institute, which was
aimed at reviewing the results after the first project year
and planning further research. The BIOAD
project was approved at the Slovenian Research and
Innovation Agency (ARIS) public call for (co)financing of
research projects in 2022. The BIOAD
project entitled "Antibacterial alloys: development with
additive 3D manufacturing, characterization and clinical
applications" (J7-4639), coordinated by Prof. Ingrid
Milošev, unites a consortium of five partners: Jožef Stefan
Institute, Valdoltra Orthopaedic Hospital and the Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Medicine and the
Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Ljubljana. We
continue the research work in full swing, along with the
preparation of the first scientific publications.
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| [31 May 2023] |
On 31 May 2022, the project partners met at the
Valdoltra Orthopaedic Hospital to discuss the progress of
the scientific work.
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| [16 Dec 2022] |
On November 16, 2022, the project members visited the
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Andrej Jeromen
explained additive manufacturing principles using direct
energy deposition (DED) at the Laboratory for Synergetics,
chaired by Prof. Govekar (LASIN). Stainless steel samples
were printed to demonstrate the printing process. We also
learned about the second additive manufacturing technique,
i.e. selective laser melting (SLM). The visit continued at
the Laboratory for Cutting (LABOD), chaired by Prof.
Pušavec. Prof. Kramar and Prof. Šturm demonstrated various
post-treatment procedures and instrumentations. We also
discussed the materials' characteristics, size and number
of samples to be ordered.
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| [11 Nov 2022] |
The kick-off meeting of the BIOAD
project, which was approved at the Public call of the
Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) for (co)financing of
research projects in 2022, took place on November 11, 2022,
at the Jožef Stefan Institute. BIOAD is the
acronym of the three-year project "Antibacterial alloys:
development with additive 3D manufacturing,
characterization and clinical applications" (J7-4639)
coordinated by Prof. dr. Ingrid Milošev from the Department
of Physical and Organic Chemistry. The project unites a
consortium of five partners: Jožef Stefan Institute,
Valdoltra Orthopaedic Hospital and the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Medicine and the
Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Ljubljana and
will be financed by 1.5 million € over three years.
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