Advanced Bioceramics: Properties, Processing, and Applications
About this ebook
- Offers a comprehensive view of properties and processing of bioceramics
- Highlights applications in dentistry, orthopaedic and maxillofacial implants, and regenerative and tissue engineering
- Covers ISO/ASTM specifications such as processing, clinical applications, recycling/reuse and disposal standards
- Explores health, environmental and ethical issues
With contributions from eminent editors and recognized authors around the world, this book should serve as an important reference for academics, scientists, researchers, students and practitioners in materials science and biomedical engineering. It is to assist in the design of novel, targeted and personalised bioceramic-based solutions to advanced healthcare.
About the author
M. Enamul Hoque is Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Before joining MIST, he served as Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering at King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, and as Founding Head of the Bioengineering Division, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. He completed his PhD from the National University of Singapore and PGCHE (Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education) from the University of Nottingham, UK. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) certified by the Engineering Council, UK; Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (FIMechE), UK; Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK and Member, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology.
Kheng Lim Goh is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (UK), Chartered Engineer and Chartered Physicist with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (UK), and Institute of Physics (UK), respectively. He holds the position of Associate Professor (Reader in Mechanics of Composite Materials) at Newcastle Research and Innovation Institute (NewRIIS) and the Newcastle University in Singapore, and is affiliated to the Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering, Newcastle University (UK). He leads the Advanced Composites Research (ACR) Group at New RIIS.
Suresh Sagadevan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), University of Malaya, Malaysia.
