The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of Technology awarded a master's degree to the student, Furqan Majeed Saadi, Department of Materials Engineering / University of Technology for her thesis titled
“Improve The Properties of Composite Materials for Medical Applications”
the discussion took place in the postgraduate hall located in Building B within the department on Sunday, 1/9/2024 at nine o'clock in the morning, and the discussion committee consisted of ladies and Gentlemen
Prof. Dr. Alaa Aladdin Abdel Hamid, Chairman Prof.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Basma Hashem Mohammed, member
Asst. Lec. Dr. Ali Abdul Karim Mohsen, member
Prof. Dr., Wafaa Mahdi Saleh as a member and supervisor
Asst. Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdel Mohammed, as a member and supervisor
In addition, the thesis was scientifically evaluated by Prof. Dr. Kazem Kamel Rasen and Asst. Prof. Dr. Ban Ayoub Youssef and linguistically by Asst. prof. Dr. Laith Wadah Ismail / University of Technology/Department of Materials Engineering.
After the examination committee recorded its comments on the thesis, which covered both explanation and correction, the student's defense of her thesis, and the conclusion of the discussion, the committee convened to evaluate the thesis. They decided to award the student a Master’s degree with a pass grade
Abstract
The study aimed to manufacture human blood storage bags from the polymeric material polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and add the four natural extracts chitosan, flaxseed, basil seed and wheat in different proportions and study the effect of natural materials on the polymer polyvinyl chloride and compare the results with a sample of a manufactured blood bag. The results showed an improvement in the mechanical strength and flexibility of the manufactured samples as well as an improvement in the physical properties represented by water absorption and density. The manufactured bags had high biological properties and high efficiency in bacterial and fungal inhibition reaching 200% and reduced the rates of human blood hemolysis during the preservation process.
