BME department enhances partnership with Politecnico di Torino
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The Politecnico di Torino in Italy and UIC recently began a new project focused on restorative dentistry that aims to promote new lines of research for biomedical applications, including the development of innovative materials for the reconstruction of teeth damaged by cavities or fractures and absent parts of the dentition.
The universities hope to deepen scientific relations between Italy and the U.S. as well as facilitate visits between the two countries involving students, doctoral candidates, researchers, and faculty from each university. The Politecnico di Torino team visited the laboratories of the Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Tolou Shokuhfar, UIC Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering associate professor, and Politecnico di Torino Department of Applied Science and Technology Assistant Professor Leonardo Iannucci are the coordinators of this new project.
“As a university and as a BME department, we highly value the collaboration with Politecnico di Torino, which aligns perfectly with UIC’s strategic plans,” added Shokuhfar. “Specifically, this project funded by MAECI has increased student exchanges, especially for master’s thesis students from Politecnico who are hosted in the laboratories of the UIC Department of Biomedical Engineering to work on their thesis projects.”
The TOP-UIC is an initiative from both universities founded in 1997 that allows students from the Polytechnic University of Turin to earn a Master of Science degree from UIC through an integrated path alongside their regular studies.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will fund this new project.