"3D bioprinting" refers to processes in which an additive manufacturing approach is used to create devices for medical applications. This volume considers exciting applications for 3D bioprinting, including its use in manufacturing artificial tissues, surgical models, and orthopedic implants.

The book includes chapters from leaders in the field on 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, biomedical applications of digital light processing, biomedical applications of nozzle-free pyro-electrohydrodynamic jet printing of buffer-free bioinks, additive manufacturing of surgical models, dental crowns, and orthopedic implants, 3D bioprinting of dry electrodes, and 3D bioprinting for regenerative medicine and disease modeling of the ocular surface.

This is an accessible reference for students and researchers on current 3D bioprinting technology, providing helpful information on the important applications of this technology. It will be a useful resource to students, researchers, and practitioners in the rapidly growing global 3D bioprinting community.

Dr. Roger Narayan is a Distinguished Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an author of over two hundred and fifty publications as well as several book chapters on biomedical materials. He serves as an editorial board member for several publications, including as executive editor of Biomaterials Forum magazine (Society for Biomaterials) and associate editor of Applied Physics Reviews (AIP Publishing). Dr. Narayan has edited several books, including the handbook Materials for Medical Devices (ASM International), the textbook Biomedical Materials (Springer), the Encyclopedia of Sensors and Biosensors (Elsevier), and the Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering (Elsevier). He has served as director of the ASM International Emerging Technologies Awareness Committee, the TMS Functional Materials Division, and the American Ceramic Society Bioceramics Division. Dr. Narayan has received many honors for his educational and research activities, including the University of North Carolina Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the National Science Faculty Early Career Development Award, the TMS Functional Materials Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award, and the American Ceramic Society Richard M. Fulrath Award. He has been elected as Fellow of AIMBE, ASM International, AAAS, the Materials Research Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and American Ceramic Society.