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Plastics in Medical Devices – Plastics Engineering Seminar

Jul 09, 2024 - Jul 11, 2024

Ball Hall, UMass Lowell North Campus

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Add to Calendar + 2024-07-09 8:30 2024-07-11 17:00 America/New_York Plastics in Medical Devices – Plastics Engineering Seminar

Overview

This seminar is designed for individuals interested in an
introductory course about how polymers and plastics are used in medical
devices. This will include basics of biomaterials, material selection
considerations, materials testing, biocompatibility, extractables and
leachables, and device sterilization. Other materials as alternatives or
complements to plastics, such as metals and ceramics, will also be
described.

This seminar is held over the course of three days (July 9,
July 10 and July 11) from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. It is held in person at
Ball Hall on UMass Lowell’s North Campus.

Content

Biomaterials

  • Definitions and basic concepts
  • Intro biological terminology and immune response
  • Polymers and natural materials
  • Metals and ceramics
  • Interfaces and coatings
  • Biodegradation and controlled release
  • Introduction to Biomedical Devices market and applications

Biocompatibility

  • ISO 10993 and endpoints of biological evaluation
  • Extractables and leachables

Sterilization

  • Common methods
  • Relative advantages and disadvantages
  • Sterilization process validation

About the Instructors

Dr. Meg Sobkowicz Kline is a professor of Plastics Engineering at
the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She completed her bachelors of
science in Chemical Engineering at Columbia University in New York. She
worked as a field engineer in the petroleum industry and in the
municipal water treatment industry before returning to school to
complete her doctorate in renewable polymer nanocomposites. Following
her graduate studies, Meg accepted a National Research Council
postdoctoral fellowship at National Institute of Standards and
Technology to research polymeric materials for photovoltaic
applications. Dr. Sobkowicz Kline joined the UMass Lowell Plastics
Engineering Department in 2011.

Dr. Amy Peterson is an Associate Professor of Plastics Engineering
at University of Massachusetts Lowell with expertise in interfacial
phenomena and additive manufacturing (AM). Her research group studies
processing-structure-property relationships in polymers and polymer
composites, with a focus on interfacial phenomena in multilayered
systems. She received her PhD in 2011 from Drexel University, where she
was an NSF IGERT and Graduate Research Fellow. She was an Alexander von
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow while at the Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces 2011-2013 and was an Assistant Professor of
Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2013-2018.

For
questions and concerns, please contact UMass Lowell Corporate Learning
& Workforce Development at Corporate_Education@uml.edu.

 Ball Hall, UMass Lowell North Campus, Lowell, MA, 185 Riverside St

Overview

This seminar is designed for individuals interested in an
introductory course about how polymers and plastics are used in medical
devices. This will include basics of biomaterials, material selection
considerations, materials testing, biocompatibility, extractables and
leachables, and device sterilization. Other materials as alternatives or
complements to plastics, such as metals and ceramics, will also be
described.

This seminar is held over the course of three days (July 9,
July 10 and July 11) from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. It is held in person at
Ball Hall on UMass Lowell’s North Campus.

Content

Biomaterials

  • Definitions and basic concepts
  • Intro biological terminology and immune response
  • Polymers and natural materials
  • Metals and ceramics
  • Interfaces and coatings
  • Biodegradation and controlled release
  • Introduction to Biomedical Devices market and applications

Biocompatibility

  • ISO 10993 and endpoints of biological evaluation
  • Extractables and leachables

Sterilization

  • Common methods
  • Relative advantages and disadvantages
  • Sterilization process validation

About the Instructors

Dr. Meg Sobkowicz Kline is a professor of Plastics Engineering at
the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She completed her bachelors of
science in Chemical Engineering at Columbia University in New York. She
worked as a field engineer in the petroleum industry and in the
municipal water treatment industry before returning to school to
complete her doctorate in renewable polymer nanocomposites. Following
her graduate studies, Meg accepted a National Research Council
postdoctoral fellowship at National Institute of Standards and
Technology to research polymeric materials for photovoltaic
applications. Dr. Sobkowicz Kline joined the UMass Lowell Plastics
Engineering Department in 2011.

Dr. Amy Peterson is an Associate Professor of Plastics Engineering
at University of Massachusetts Lowell with expertise in interfacial
phenomena and additive manufacturing (AM). Her research group studies
processing-structure-property relationships in polymers and polymer
composites, with a focus on interfacial phenomena in multilayered
systems. She received her PhD in 2011 from Drexel University, where she
was an NSF IGERT and Graduate Research Fellow. She was an Alexander von
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow while at the Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces 2011-2013 and was an Assistant Professor of
Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2013-2018.

For
questions and concerns, please contact UMass Lowell Corporate Learning
& Workforce Development at Corporate_Education@uml.edu.

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