Bioprinting with ultrasound

Dr Rohan Shirwaiker is an associate professor in the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and an associate faculty in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics, and Comparative Medicine Institute at NC State University. He directs activities of the 3D Tissue Manufacturing research group which focuses on scalable 3D biofabrication technologies. Dr Shirwaiker has received recognitions including the NSF CAREER Award and SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of IISE's Manufacturing & Design division and on the Scientific Committee of North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME. In this exclusive interview, Rohan Shirwaiker discusses his current research on the use of ultrasound in bioprinting. This interview was conducted by Mike Gregg, Commissioning Editor for the Journal of 3D Printing in Medicine.