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Mar 17, 2025: A research article titled Viscoelastic to elastic transformation of soft polymer properties for accelerated materials selection based on tissue dynamics in tissue engineering applications is accepted for publication in Polymer Testing. Congratulations to all authors!

Mar 5, 2025: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chittoor, India.

Mar 4, 2025: Prof. Vijay gave a keynote talk at the Indo-German Symposium on Advances in Additive Manufacturing organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India.

Feb 24, 2025: A research article titled Biofabrication of Tri-Layered Nerve Guide Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Synergizing Melt-electrowriting of Polymeric Fibers and Extrusion-Based 3D Bioprinting is accepted for publication in International Journal of Bioprinting. Congratulations to all authors!

Feb 6, 2025: Prof. Vijay was an invited faculty representative in 'Mentorship Workshop: Expectations, Challenges, and Successes in Supporting Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Research Staff', organized by the Center for Faculty Advancement (CFA) and the Graduate and Postdoctoral Porgrams Office (GPPO) at NYUAD and shared his thoughts on mentoring researchers and graduate students.

Jan 10, 2025: A research article titled Digital Light Projection 3D Bioprinting of Biomimetic Corneal Stroma Equivalent using Gelatin Methacryloyl and Oxidized Carboxymethylcellulose Interpenetrating Network Hydrogel is accepted for publication in Biofabrication. Congratulations to Rashik, Gopi, and other authors!

Jan 4, 2025: A research article titled Additively Manufactured Stochastic and Gyroid Scaffold Design Towards Osseointegration and Bone Regeneration in a Rabbit Femur Model is published in Materials & Design. Congratulations to Susheem et al.!

Jan 1, 2025: A research article titled Digital Light Processing 3D Printing of Dual Crosslinked Meniscal Scaffolds with Enhanced Physical and Biological Properties is accepted for publication in Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. Congratulations to Abhay, Kamil and all the other authors!

Dec 19, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave a keynote talk at the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (ICAMM 2024), Kolkata, India. 

Dec 14, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at the Bioprinting Winter School organized by Next Big Innovations Lab (NBIL), Bengaluru, India. 

Dec 12, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at the AICTE-sponsored Faculty Development Program at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India. 

Dec 9, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at the 18th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME 2024), Singapore. He chaired a special symposium on "Emerging Technologies and Materials for Biofabrication of Soft Tissues". He also co-chared a session on "3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing" along with Prof. Barbara Chan (CUHK).

Dec 3, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at the 6th Australian Bioprinting Workshop (AusBioprint), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia.

Nov 18, 2024: Dr Kamil was listed in the Forbes Middle East 30-under-30 2024 list under the Science & Technology category. Congratulations Kamil!

Oct 14, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

Sep 24, 2024: Prof. Vijay was a panelist on the topic 'Additive Manufacturing Dialogue: Future of Personalized Health & Medicine’ at the Reverse Engineering and Additive Manufacturing Show, Dubai.

Sep 10, 2024: Dr Jawaher won the Emirati Women Achiever Award from startAD for her innovative work on biomass valorization, 3D Bioprinting and sustainable food technologies. Congratulations Jawaher!

June 20, 2024: Susheem Kanwar and Jiarui Zhou had successfully defended their PhD dissertation. My first two PhD students to graduate from The Vijay Lab! Congratulations Dr Susheem and Dr Jiarui!

May 21, 2024: Kaushik won the first place in the poster award in the sustainability category at the 8th Annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Show, NYU Abu Dhabi. Congratulations Kaushik and the team!

May 17, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at IST, Lisbon, Portugal.

May 15, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at the Conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine: Advanced Materials and Triggers at Tomar, Portugal.

May 8, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at the Baltic Biomaterials Centre, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia.

Mar 3, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk in the International Symposium on Organ Bioprinting organized by IISR, Colombia.

Feb 26, 2024: The Vijay Lab hosted Prof. Nitin Joshi, Harvard Medical School at NYUAD.

Jan 17, 2024: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk in the first webinar organized by Foldink Life Sciences Inc. to a global audience.

Nov 22, 2023: Prof. Vijay shared his views as an invited panelist in the Academic Career Panel, organized by the Career Development Center, New York University Abu Dhabi.

Nov 11, 2023: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk in the 57th Advanced Materials Word Congress, organized by the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Sweden.

October 20, 2023: Susheem and his team won the second place in Midwest Healthcare Case Competition (MHCC) 2023. Congratulations Susheem!

October 17, 2023: Jiarui presented a poster on conductive bioinks at TERMIS-AP 2023 at Hong Kong. Congratulations Jiarui!

October 4, 2023: Dr Kamil won the first place in NYUAD GladSlam 2023 Award, a 3-minute thesis competition conducted campus wide at NYUAD. Congratulations Kamil!

August 20, 2023: Prof. Vijay gave a keynote talk in the International Conference on Digitization and Advancements in Materials and Metallurgical Industries (ICDAMMI), Institution of Engineers India, Jaipur, India.

August 8, 2023: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk in the International Conference on Biomaterials, Bio-Design and Manufacturing (BDMC), National University of Singapore, Singapore.

June 9, 2023: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk at PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, India.

May 4, 2023: A perspective article on 3D bioprinting: challenges in commercialization and clinical translation is accepted for publication in the Journal of 3D Printing in Medicine.

May 4, 2023: Prof. Vijay gave a public talk at 19 Washington Square North, NYU Abu Dhabi's home at New York.

May 2, 2023: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk in the 2nd IEEE Workshop on Reliable & Resilient Digital Manufacturing 2023 organized at the NYU Centre for Cybersecurity, jointly organized by Tandon School of Engineering, NYU and University of Delaware.

April 14, 2023: Prof. Vijay gave a Plenary talk in the 8th International Congress on Biomaterials and Biosensors (BIOMATSEN) 2023 organized by the Gebze Technical University, Türkiye (Turkey).

March 13, 2023: Dr J Gopinathan and Dr Ranjit Singh have joined the Vijay Lab as a Research Scientist and Postdoc researcher respectively. Welcome Gopi and Ranjit to the team!

March 13, 2023: Dr Ayyadurai Niraikulam, Principal Scientist from CSIR-CLRI, India has joined the Vijay Lab as a Visiting Researcher. He is supported by the prestigious Raman Research Fellowship for his visit and stay. Welcome Dr Durai!

February 25, 2023: Prof. Vijay delivered a Keynote talk in the International Conference on Materials, Design, and Manufacturing Process (ICMDM) 2023 jointly organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University Chennai and AU-FRG INSTITUTE FOR CAD/CAM.

February 14, 2023: A manuscript on Bioprinting the future using light: A review on photocrosslinking reactions, photoreactive groups, and photoinitiators is accepted for publication in SLAS Technology (Elsevier). Congratulations Kamil and Julio!

December 7, 2022: Prof. Vijay gave a talk to the RMS research group at University of Sussex, UK.

December 2, 2022: Prof. Vijay gave a talk in the 9th symposium of the Belgian Society of Tissue Engineering at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

November 23, 2022: Prof. Vijay gave a talk and led a discussion on the topic, "Coming to the end of your PhD – how to remain focused on that next step! – From establishing systems for accomplishing tasks, to having a plan for when you are unmotivated, to taking care of your WELLNESS. How to keep focused and keep going!", as part of the Graduate Career Success Bootcamp, organized by the Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Office, NYUAD.

November 6, 2022: Dr Kamil Elkhoury joined The Vijay Lab as a postdoctoral associate. Welcome Kamil!

November 3, 2022: Prof. Vijay, along with other members of the NYUAD community, welcomed the Singapore delegation including the Honorable Minister K Shanmugam, Minister of Home Affairs, Singapore, and Honorable Ambassador Kamal Vaswani , Singapore's Ambassador to the UAE to NYUAD, briefing the delgation some of the research areas that The Vijay Lab works on.

October 21, 2022: Prof. Vijay delivered a Keynote talk in the International Conference on Application in Computational Engineering & Sciences (IConACES) 2022, organized by Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai.

October 10, 2022: Prof. Vijay was invited as the Chief Guest for the inauguration of the Faculty Development Program sponsored by All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India (GoI) and organized by the Departments of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru. Prof. Vijay also delivered the first Keynote talk of the Faculty Development Program on "Additive Manufacturing for Biomedical Applications".

September 27, 2022: Prof. Vijay gave a talk on the works done at The Vijay Lab at the MSE 2022 Congress at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

September 13, 2022: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk on the works done at The Vijay Lab at the BME Colloquium, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, USA.

August 26, 2022: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk on the works done at The Vijay Lab at National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

August 24, 2022: Prof. Vijay gave an invited talk on "Bioprinting Of Tissues Using Ecologically-Destructive Tunicate- Derived Bioinks" as part of the International Conference on Additive Manufacturing for a Better World organized by Singapore University of Technology & Design, Singapore.

August 24, 2022: Susheem and Jiarui gave their first conference presentation as part of the International Conference on Additive Manufacturing for a Better World organized by Singapore University of Technology & Design, Singapore. Well done! Congratulations Susheem & Jiarui!

August 12, 2022: Our paper on Rapid and inexpensive process to fabricate paper based microfluidic devices using cut and heat plastic lamination process accepted for publication in Lab on a Chip has been selected to feature on the outside front cover! 

June 21, 2022: A manuscript on Rapid and inexpensive process to fabricate paper based microfluidic devices using cut and heat plastic lamination process is accepted for publication in Lab on a Chip. This is a collaborative work with Prof. Sunil Kumar's group at NYUAD. Congratulations Nityanand and Soja!

June 16, 2022: A manuscript on Bioprinting of human neural tissues using a sustainable marine tunicate-derived bioink for translational medicine applications is accepted for publication in the International Journal of Bioprinting. Congratulations Soja, Mano and the co-authors!

May 10, 2022: A manuscript on 3D Bioprinting of human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a novel tunic decellularized ECM bioink for Cartilage Tissue Engineering  is accepted for publication in Materialia (Acta). Congratulations Mano and the co-authors!

Apr 13, 2022: Prof. Vijay was invited to give a seminar as part of the "e-Seminar Series on Translational Biomedical Engineering" organized by University of Victoria and University of Montreal, Canada.

Mar 24, 2022: A review manuscript on Novel Vision Restoration Techniques is accepted for publication in Artificial Organs (Wiley). Congratulations Abhay!

Mar 11, 2022: A manuscript on melt extrusion of TPMS-based scaffolds is accepted for publication in Materials Today Communications (Elsevier). Congratulations Noura!

Jan 24, 2022: Jiarui's work on drug-eluting Nerve Guide Conduits is published by Pharmaceutics. Congratulations Jiarui!

Jan 20, 2022: The work of  Rashik Chand (NYUAD) and Beni Muhire (Intern in our lab from UAE University) is accepted to be published in the International Journal of Bioprinting. Congratulations Rashik and Beni for your first journal paper! Both of them are undergraduate students!

Dec 2, 2021: Prof. Vijay was invited to give a Keynote presentation at the 3D Printing Technology and Research World Forum, Germany. 

Oct 25, 2021: Prof. Vijay was invited to give a seminar on Bioprinting in the NYUAD Science Seminar Series.

Oct 14, 2021: Prof. Vijay was invited to be one of the Panelists, Academic Career Panel 2021, NYUAD Career Development Centre.

Sep 27, 2021: Prof. Vijay was invited to give a Keynote presentation on "3D (Bio)Printing: The art of Engineering Tissues" at the Vebleo Webinar on Science, Engineering, and Technology. 

Sep 24, 2021: Prof. Vijay was selected through a competitive process to be part of the NYU Global Inclusive Leadership and Management Institute (GILMI) fall 2021 cohort!

Aug 27, 2021: Our paper titled "Biofabrication in congenital cardiac surgery: a plea from the operating theatre, promise from science" was selected as the Editor's choice article and as a featured article in the journal of Micromachines.  Congratulations to all authors! Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12030332 

Aug 10, 2021: Jiarui's and Susheem's review papers are accepted to be published in Bioprinting (Elsevier). Congratulations Jiarui and Susheem for your first journal paper out of your PhD!

Jul 27, 2021: Susheem Kanwar has successfully passed his PhD Qualifying Exam. Congratulations Susheem! 

Jul 26, 2021: Jiarui Zhou has successfully passed his PhD Qualifying Exam. Congratulations Jiarui! 

Jul 24, 2021: Prof. Vijay was invited to the Institute of Physiology, Yerevan State Medical University to visit and guide the Foldink 3D Bioprinting group.

Jul 23, 2021: Prof. Vijay was invited to give a seminar on "3D (Bio)Printing: The art of Engineering Tissues" at the American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. 

Jul 14, 2021: Our paper titled "Progress in Cardiovascular Bioprinting" was selected as the Editor's choice of the month article in the journal of Artificial Organs (Wiley).  Congratulations to all authors! Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1111/aor.13913 

Jul 12, 2021: Prof. Vijay joins the Editorial Board of the journal of Bioprinting (Elsevier).

Jun 11, 2021: Prof. Vijay delivered a keynote presentation to the faculties and researchers in India as part of the AICTE-ISTE sponsored Induction/Refresher Program on "Advanced Materials and Processes for Sustainable Intelligent Manufacturing"

Apr 15, 2021: Two of our papers had been selected as the top cited articles by Wiley in 2019-2020 according to Clarivate Analytics. 

Vijayavenkataraman, S., Thaharah, S., Zhang, S., Lu, W. F., & Fuh, J. Y. H. (2019). 3D‐printed PCL/rGO conductive scaffolds for peripheral nerve injury repair. Artificial organs, 43(5), 515-523. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.13360

Zhang, S., Vijayavenkataraman, S., Lu, W. F., & Fuh, J. Y. (2019). A review on the use of computational methods to characterize, design, and optimize tissue engineering scaffolds, with a potential in 3D printing fabrication. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 107(5), 1329-1351. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.34226 

Mar 1, 2021: Prof. Vijay participated as a speaker in the panel on the Teach Talk series titled "Bringing Your Research into the Classroom", organized by the Hillary Ballon Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Feb 3, 2021: Prof. Vijay was awarded the 19 Washington Square North Small Grant along with Prof. Lukasz Witek of NYU College of Dentistry to work on 3D-printed biomimetic bone implants. 

Dec 6,2020: Ms. Noura Sayed joins the Vijay Lab as a research assistant under the NYUAD Kawader Research Assistantship Program. Welcome Noura!

Nov 25,2020: Prof. Vijay is guest editing a special issue titled "Three-dimensional Polymeric Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications" to be published in Micromachines. Submissions are welcome! Click here for details.

Oct 1,2020: Dr. Mano Govindharaj joins the Vijay Lab as a post-doctoral scholar. Welcome Mano!

Sep 1,2020: Mr. Jiarui Zhou and Mr. Susheem Kanwar joins the Vijay Lab for their doctoral studies. Welcome Jiarui and Susheem!

Mar 25,2020: Prof. Vijay is recognized by IOP Publishing (Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express) with the "Outstanding Reviewer" Award for 2019.

Feb 3, 2020: The publication titled "Computational Design and Optimization of Nerve Guidance Conduits for Improved Mechanical Properties and Permeability" published in ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering as JBME 141(5): 051007 is selected as one of the JBME Editors' Choice papers for 2019. Only 10 papers out of over 100 that appeared in the journal in 2019 were selected, representing those that the editorial board felt best exemplified the high quality and significance of work in JBME.

October 16, 2019: Prof. Vijay's work on 3D-printed Polypyrrole-based conductive scaffolds for peripheral nerve regeneration is published in Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

October 1, 2019: Dr. Soja Soman joins The Vijay Lab as a Research Associate. Welcome Soja!

September 10, 2019: Prof. Vijay is invited as an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Bioprinting (http://ijb.whioce.com/index.php/int-j-bioprinting/about/editorialTeam)