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DCU Engineering Student wins Engineers Ireland award

Antzela Tzagiollari, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Nicholas Dunne, Dr Tanya Levingstone and Dr Owen Clarkin in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Dublin City University, is the 2021 winner of the Engineers Ireland award at the 24th Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium.

This prestigious award and a €1,200 honorarium is sponsored by Engineers Ireland and is adjudicated, based on a research paper and presentation, by the Council of Professors of Mechanical Engineering in Irish Universities. It is awarded annually to the best PhD-level mechanical engineering researcher in Ireland at the Annual Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium. The Symposium pays tribute to Sir Bernard’s great interest in Education and Research in Mechanical Engineering and, in particular, recognition of the critical importance of design and manufacture in engineering practice.

Tzagiollari’s winning presentation entitled “Development of a Bioresorbable and Biomimetic Bone Adhesive for the Regeneration of Bone Defects” provides key insights into the design of a biomimetic derived bone adhesive for accelerated bone repair and regeneration.

 

Antzela Tzagiollari, DCU Engineering PhD student

Antzela Tzagiollari, DCU Engineering PhD student

The fundamental insights gained from the research have applications in the development of next-generation medical devices and in enabling effective reconstruction and stabilisation of complex bone fractures.

The research is performed in collaboration with Dr Gerard Insley from PBC Biomed, Dr Philip Proctor from Biomimetics Innovations, Professor Rob Flavin from St Vincent’s Private Hospital and Professor Helen McCarthy from the Queen’s University of Belfast. The research is funded by the Irish Research Council (GOIPG/2020/371).