Profile:
Biomaterials Engineer
Functions:
2nd cycle graduates in Biomaterials engineering performs the typical functions of a materials engineer. In particular, in a working context, they have particular importance in companies dealing with the preparation, processing and realization of objects and in general with the transformation from the material to the object with particular reference to biomaterials.
Graduates in Biomaterial Engineering evaluate the relationships between properties, structure and processing, to propose the necessary corrections on the process to obtain the required characteristics by a specific application, with respect, in particular, to the management, processing, optimization of objects, processes and artefacts involving biomaterials. The theoretical-scientific aspects provided by the specific subjects characterizing the fields of Physics and Chemistry will enable them to have an understanding of the intimate structures of materials, while those of the field of Engineering as well as related subjects will provide the skills to intervene on the variables and process parameters for the preparation of artifacts and devices or even just metamaterials for subsequent applications.
Biomaterial Engineers is also to implement basic and applied research activities, aimed at the development of new biomaterials and of the relevant transformation processes. For this reason, the professional profile fits perfectly not only in industrial activities, but also in workplaces such as scientific and technological research laboratories and quality control laboratories.
Skills:
The skills of the Biomaterial Engineer include:
-innovation and development of production, advanced design, planning and programming, management of complex systems and the qualification and diagnostics of materials
- definition of strategies for maintaining the performance of the material
- management of applied research and device development activities
- design and engineering of materials for the realization of specifics
- determination of the property-structure-morphology-processing relationships and related applications in the transformation processes of matter
- resolution of complex problems related to the design of materials starting from molecular structures and then continuing with the implementation of experimentation plans, prototypes and, finally, industrial process scalability.
Professional opportunities:
The Biomaterial Engineer knows the theoretical and basic aspects of Physics and Chemistry, closely integrated with those applied to the disciplines of Engineering and therefore proposes itself to the labour market as a versatile professional with high potential.
The training received enables graduates to enter the labour market with scientific skills, to be spent in research and quality control institutions, but also to easily integrate into the industry of production and transformation of biomaterials. More specifically, in the manufacturing transformation and development of metal, polymeric, ceramic, glass, composite and nanocomposite biomaterials. Furthermore, graduates in Biomaterial Engineering will be able to fit in production activities including: the innovation and development of biomaterial transformation; the management of complex systems; the diagnostics on biomaterials.
The occupational fields of the Biomaterials Engineer include companies in the following sectors:
- Medical
- Biotechnology
- Pharmacological
- Chemical
- Manufacturing
- Packaging
- Agriculture
in addition to all companies involved in the transformation of biomaterials into semi-finished products, public and certification bodies, quality control laboratories as well as research institutions.
