BIOMATERIALS
E. Garrone
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e
Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di
Torino, Torino, Italy
BIOMATERIALS
E. Garrone
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e
Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di
Torino, Torino, Italy
Europe
E. Garrone
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e
Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di
Torino, Torino, Italy
Italia
Torino
(Piedmont)
…about Torino:
• Village founded by Celts, became a Rome military colony
Augusta Taurinorum (29-28 B.C.) and the first capital of
Italy (1861 A.D.)
• Cultural sites: Egyptian Museum, Savoy Residences
(baroque architecture), Mole Antonelliana
• Population: about two million people (with the
surroundings)
• Sports: Juventus and Torino soccer teams.
• Industry: cars (FIAT) , advanced technology (ALENIA),
telecommunication, textiles, industrial research, food (wine)
Has hosted the Winter Olimpic Games 2006!
Turin, a “white night” in the Olympic games
Two in
the
morning
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E. Garrone
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e
Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di
Torino, Torino, Italy
Il Politecnico di Torino
http://www.polito.it
Our 7
Campuses in
Piedmont train
about 15% of
all new
chartered
engineers in
Italy every year
Work
opportunities
Out of 100 graduates:
84 employed 1 year after
graduation (national average 61)
92 employed 2 years after
graduation (national average 71)
PoliTO: facts and figures
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Founded in 1859
4 Engineering (17,000 Students)
6 Faculties
2 Architecture (8,000 Students)
18 Departments
900 Lecturers and Researchers
1,000 Administrative and Staff members
• 17,000 full time engineering students, with around
4.000 new enrolled students and 1,200 graduate
engineers each year;
• YEARLY 170.000 hours of classes
• This year 608 Ph.D. students (3rd cycle)
• 40 different degrees
• 70 research laboratories, working in close contact with
industries and relevant public institutions
Teaching and Research
Highlights
• Research
(governed by Departments)
• Teaching
(governed by Faculties)
Aerospace systems
Analysis & architecture of systems
Automatic & computer-based systm
Automotive engineering
Biomedical engineering
Catalysis
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Construction
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Information Technology
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Industry
Industrial automation
Materials & construction durability
Material science
Mechanical engineering
Nanotechnolgies
Physics of condensed state matter
Sustainable energy systems
Statistics & probabilities
Mathematics for industry & physics
Other
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• Civil Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Informatics Engineering
• Telecommunication Engineering
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Aviation Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Car Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Energy Engineering
Material Science Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Technology and International
Business
Others
• Environment and Land Engineering
• Management Engineering
International Links
Incoming students:
about 700 students from abroad
Asia :
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Far East : ~
Eastern E: ~
S.America : ~
5 % Africa :
~ 5%
5 % European U. : ~ 45%
15 % N. America : ~ 5 %
20 %
Outgoing students:
about 400 students to abroad
• > 70 agreements with Universities located on the 5 Continents
• > 50 agreements with European Universities
• Joint and Double Degrees policy being enforced
• Specific programmes: ALPIP, MED, TIME, CLUSTER, LPI + MPI (from
2004/05 joint programme with Paris, Barcellona and Athlone(Ireland))
Courses Organisation (since year
2000)
End of Secondary Education
(Maths, Physics, Chemistry,
… 13 years of school)
Year
1
Stage 1:
2
(Laurea)
3
Stage 2:
foundation pre-specialicourse
sed course
(Laurea Specialistica)
4
5
6
(PhD)
7
Stage 3:
Stage 4:
specialised
courses/fields
doctorate
a. Construction engineering
b. Chemistry, biochemistry & environment eng.
c. Materials, components & systems
d. Computer, communication, maths ‘modelling’
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The routes to the degrees
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LS
Advanced degree
(Laurea Specialistica)
Master
Post-L
average student age
24
years of higher education
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WORLD OF WORK
AND PROFESSIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
Master
Post-LS
7
Research
Doctorate
(PhD)
8
27
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U-degree
(Laurea)
High School
Politecnico di Torino
SCUola di DOttorato
The “third level” education is
organized into a single
horizontal structure, gathering
all individual PhD courses
www.polito.it/scudo
The ALPiP project
America Latina Piemonte Politecnico
Grants for students coming from Latino America to study at
the Politecnico provided by Compagnia di S.Paolo, a major
bank
Also for PhD!
http://www2.polito.it/didattica/alpip/
E. Garrone
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e
Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di
Torino, Torino, Italy
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education
research
development
Teaching:
DICHI provides teaching staff for degree
courses in:
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Materials engineering
Mechanical engineering
Chemical engineering
Environmental engineering
with various courses in chemistry, as well as ceramic,
metallic, polymeric and composite materials science and
technology.
DICHI organises student laboratories for Chemistry,
Materials Science and Chemical Processes and
Plants.
PhD courses:
• Chemical Engineering
• Materials Science and Technology
with about 25 attendees every year.
also involved in the Doctorate in Devices and
Materials for Micro and Optoelectronics.
Research Activities:
various areas ranging from
fundamentals of chemistry and materials
science to the production and behaviour of
engineered materials
In Material Science:
• metallurgy
• bulk ceramics
• preparation of ceramic nanoparticles
• preparation of nanostructured solids
and in particular…
Biomaterials:
• Active bioglasses (E. Vernè, C. Vitale)
• Scaffolds (the same)
• Drug delivery systems based on nanostructured
solids (E.Garrone, B. Onida)
E. Garrone
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e
Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di
Torino, Torino, Italy
E. Garrone: chemist (physical chemist)
Work on ceramic surfaces
by spectroscopy, thermodynamics and
computational methods
(not really a specialist in biomaterials…)
Responsible for the PhD course in “Material
science and technology”
Content of these talks?
“Biomaterial is a material conceived to
interface with biological systems to
monitor, support or substitute any tissue,
organ or body functionality”
(II International Consensus Conference
on Biomaterials, Chester, Great Bretain,
1991).
A classical book,
about 10 years old
Its table of contents
Continued…
The program of
a course in
Biomaterials at
your University
The index of a well known firm
(Aldrich) of biocompatiblebiodegradable materials on sale
In this course:
a selection of topics, based mainly on
the research at the Department,
preceded by some general knowledge
on material science
Layout of the presentations
• Materials in general
• Biomaterials sensu stricto
• Case studies