New NUS Centre for Additive Manufacturing to advance biomedical and healthcare fields
Published: 03 Aug 2017
The National University of Singapore Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM.NUS) was launched on July 21, 2017, by Mr Amrin Amin, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health, at the Additive Manufacturing Healthcare Summit.
AM.NUS consists of laboratories to develop and apply ground-breaking additive manufacturing technology, such as 3D printing, in the biomedical and healthcare fields. The new centre also leverages on NUS’ multi-disciplinary expertise from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine), Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Dentistry and School of Design and Environment, to boost the university’s capabilities in the field of additive manufacturing-enabled biomedical technology.
Part of the new centre’s plan also includes working with industry and local hospitals to support the adoption of advanced manufacturing technology in Singapore’s healthcare sector.
“The NUS Centre for Additive Manufacturing will play a critical role in supporting Singapore’s vision of becoming a leading additive manufacturing hub. Through this inter-faculty pooling of expertise, we hope to boost technology capabilities as well as advance intellectual property development and commercialisation of additive manufacturing-enabled biomedical technologies,” said Professor Jerry Fuh Ying-Hsi, Co-Director of AM.NUS, who is the Thrust Lead of Restorative Repair & Implants and from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the NUS Faculty of Engineering.
“We have targeted the biomedical sector, as the end goal is to introduce new innovative products to the market which can improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery,” added Associate Professor Wilson Wang Ee Jen, Co-Director, AM.NUS, who is also from NUS Medicine.
Read the press release here.
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