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Welcome to the Biomedical Applications Division

As one of the applications divisions of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, we aim to represent all materials engineers and other related technical disciplines with interests across biomedical applications. By providing this important focus within the Institute we hope to raise the profile to all Institute members and to encourage new members through an appreciation of the multidisciplinary nature of our technical field.

The Division helps to represent the UK community by having active links with other relevant UK bodies such as Health Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network (HTKTN), the UK Society for Biomaterials (UKSB), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM). The Division also played a key role in the formation of the Association of Institutions concerned with Medical Engineering (AIME), of which the Institute is a founder member. Read our mission statement

News

Notice of the Institute's AGM

The Institute's AGM will be held at 10.30am on 8 July at The Boilerhouse, Springfield Business Park, in Grantham.
IOM3, 11 May 2009

Continuous cancer monitoring in vivo

Non-invasive, continuous, in vivo monitoring at the site of cancerous tumours may eventually be possible thanks to research at MIT, USA. Scientists are looking into what they say is the first implantable device that can fulfil this function.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Jul 2009

High speed patterning of hydrogels

Direct laser interference lithography can speed up micropatterning of hydrogels for biomedical applications with improved resolution, says Dr Andrés Lasagni in Germany.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Jun 2009
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Features

Putting engineering on the map?

The UK’s new Engineering Diploma for 14-19-year-olds is being taught from this September. Rupal Mehta explores its development, and what it means for education in the country and a sector dominated by an ageing workforce.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Dec 2008

Glass bones – bioactive glass

Scientists at the ISIS neutron research centre in Didcot, UK, are developing a bioactive glass that releases calcium into the body as it dissolves. This could enable patients to regrow bones and may signal an alternative to bone transplants.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2008

Corrosion checking – in vitro corrosion testing for implants

Implantable medical devices must possess sufficient corrosion resistance to the human body’s saline environment to maintain structural and functional integrity, as well as minimise the release of leachable substances which might otherwise react adversely with the surrounding tissue. In vitro corrosion testing is crucial to achieve effective materials selection for these devices.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2008
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Events

ICF12 - 12th International Conference on Fracture

12 Jul 2009 - 17 Jul 2009, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA

ICCM-17 17th International Conference on Composite Materials

27 Jul 2009 - 31 Jul 2009, Edinburgh, UK
This conference follows the ICCM Conferences which are the world's leading Composites Series.

Thermec 2009: Sixth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes

25 Aug 2009 - 29 Aug 2009, Berlin, GERMANY
Int. Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials - Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications
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Publications

Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and Bioceramics

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The IOM3 member magazine

Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery. Editorially, it embraces the whole spectrum of materials and minerals – metals, plastics, polymers, rubber, composites, ceramics and glasses – with particular emphasis on advanced technologies, latest developments and new applications, giving prominence to the topics that are of fundamental importance to those in industry.

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