Samin Eftekhari
Ryerson University
Canada
Biography
Samin Eftekhari is a PhD candidate in the Chemical engineering Department of Ryerson University, who will defend her PhD dissertation on August 2015. She is collaborating with Mechanical Engineering Department and St. Michael's hospital as well. Her PhD research focuses on design and development of innovative biodegradable nanocomposites projected for bone repair applications. She received her M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Amirkabir Polytechnic University (Tehran Polytechnic), and her B.Sc. in Material Science & Engineering from Sahand Polytechnic University. She has over 10 years of experience in biomaterials research and commercialization, which resulted several scientific papers, international presentations, and a patent.
Abstract
Abstract : Artificial bone substitutes for bone repair purposes