Electrospun Materials for Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Applications

Prof. Tamer Uyar obtained his Ph.D. degree from North Carolina State University, Fiber & Polymer Science program in 2005. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at Institute of Materials Science & Nanotechnology (UNAM) at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Prof. Uyar is very active in the field of Electrospinning of nanofiber by publishing over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers in this field with the interest of potential applications in Environmental/Filtration, Healthcare, Catalysis, Sensors, Food and Active Food Packaging, Energy, NanoTextiles and NanoAgriculture. Prof. Uyar is Founding Editor of the journal Electrospinning (by De Gruyter Open) and currently he is also serving in Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports (by Springer Nature), Editorial Board of Journal of Nanomaterials (by Hindawi) and Editorial Advisory Board of e-Polymers (by De Gruyter). Prof. Uyar is the Vice-Chair of COST Action MP1206 for Electrospinning of nanofibers. As a young scientist, Prof. Uyar is the recipient of several prestigious International awards/fellowships including 2016 International Cyclodextrin József Szejtli Award and 2012 Fiber Society Distinguished Achievement Award and 2010 Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (IRG) Fellowship. He also received numerous National awards given only under 40 years of age including 2014 TÜBİTAK Incentive Award, 2012 Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientists Award (GEBİP), 2010 METU Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Award and 2009 Outstanding Young Scientist Award by FABED. Dr. Erich Kny, an expert in materials science and technology with a focus on metals and composite materials and surface technologies, is currently the CEO of KEMYK, an independent company specializing in the commercialization of new technologies. He has published over 100 publications, 3 book contributions and several patents and has edited the conference symposium proceedings at the EMRS 2009 on Polymer Nanocomposites. Dr. Kny obtained his PhD from the University of Vienna and has many years of academic & research experience, having been head of the Engineering Department at the Austrian Research Centre for 17 years as well as a university teaching assistant in the Department of Physical Chemistry of the University of Vienna, Austria. This is complemented by his long industrial experience as deputy head of R&TD at the company Plansee in Austria. He has founded in 2007 the scientific COST network on Polymer Nanocomposites (MP701) and in 2012 the scientific COST network on electrospun nanofibres (MP1206). In both of these scientific networks he holds the position of an action chair.

• Part 1: Introduction to Electrospinning for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Applications1. Electrospinning: A versatile processing technology for producing nanofibrous materials for biomedical and tissue engineering applications2. General requirements of electrospun materials for tissue engineering; set-ups and strategy for successful electrospinning in laboratory and industry3. Biomedical Industrial Applications of Electrospinning, Innovations and Products4. Integrating 3D and rapid printing technologies for electrospun materials5. Melt electrospinning in tissue engineering6. In vivo safety evaluations of Electrospun nanofibers for Biomedical applicationsPart 2: Specific Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Application Areas of Electrospinning7. Electrospun Systems for Drug Delivery8. Electrospun nanofibrous materials for wound healing applications9. Electrospun Biomaterials for Dermal Regeneration10. Electrospun Materials for Bone and Tendon/Ligament Tissue Engineering11. Electrospun Scaffolds for Vascular Tissue Engineering12. Electrospun scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering13. Electrospun scaffolds for neural tissue engineering14. Coaxial electrospun nanofibers for nanomedicine15. Electrospun based systems in cancer therapy16. Electrospun Nanofibers for Regenerative Dentistry17. Electrospun Nanofibrous Materials as Biosensors and sensors for diagnostics