Afonso Gusmão

PhD Student

iBB Group: scerg

afonsogusmao@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Expertise: AI-driven, Design for AM, Manufacturing technologies, Project Design, 3D Bioprinting

Short Bio:

Afonso Gusmão, a mechanical engineering PhD student at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, specialises in product design and 3D bioprinting. He holds an integrated master's degree in Mechanical Engineering (2022) and has developed a low-cost extrusion 3D bioprinter. As an assistant researcher, he contributed to a cellular agriculture project at IST and began his PhD in October 2023 in joint programme between iBB and IDMEC. Afonso has been awarded three times, notably with the Júlio Montalvão e Silva prize. His PhD combines 3D bioprinting with cryopreservation, aiming to create an AI-controlled apparatus for in situ cryopreservation of scaffolds, exploring their post-manufacture applications and mechanical characteristics.

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Research Focus:

Exploring new frontiers in 3D(cryo)bioprinting: Designing and prototyping a novel system combining AI and computer vision for real-time control of high-quality bioprinted and cryopreserved tissues.

LaserRepair/CeFEMA: Repairing sanitary glazing with a diode laser (033545-FCT)
Algae2Fish: Cellular Agriculture project to develop fish-fillets by 3D bioprinting

GUSMÃO, AFONSO; Diana M. C. Marques; Rodrigo Torres-Garcia; Frederico Castelo Ferreira; Alberte, Paola; Leite, Marco. “Designing and Prototyping a 3D Printer for Multi-Extrusion of Thermo- and Photocurable Hydrogels: Enabling Affordable and Wider Access to Bioprinting”. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.31224/2916

GUSMÃO, AFONSO; Alberte, Paola; Frederico Castelo Ferreira; Leite, Marco. Autor correspondente: Leite, Marco. “Design, fabrication, and testing of a low-cost extrusion based 3D bioprinter for thermo-sensitive and light sensitive hydrogels”. Trabalho apresentado em International Conference of Additive Manufacturing for a Better World, 2022.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.09.010

Sardinha, Manuel; José Lopes; GUSMÃO, AFONSO; Reis, Luís. “Ironing process influence on the warping of ABS parts produced by Fused Filament Fabrication”. Trabalho apresentado em 23 European Conference on Fracture -ECF23, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2022.12.162

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