The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of Technology awarded a PhD to researcher Dalia Mohamed Jumaa on Sunday 3/11/2024 in the Graduate Studies Hall in Building B for her thesis entitled:

“Multiple optimization of mechanical and biocompatible properties of nanocomposite"

This research uses biopolymer materials to develop skin tissue engineering scaffolds for therapeutic use. These scaffolds aim to address the limits of skin transplantation, facilitate wound healing, and restore damaged skin tissue.

Scaffolds created from Bio-nanocomposite materials that are biodegradable poly (ε-caprolactone), chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol-reinforced with adding Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide- have been prepared via solvent casting, electrospinning technique. Aims of this Study Fabrication wound dressing material as bio-composite has been applied to improve the healing process commonly characterisation biocompatibility, biodegradability, and non-toxicity and design biodegradable biomaterials when fabrication of nanofiber tissue scaffolds loaded with antibiotic, and used Taguchi method astatistical approach used to optimize mechanical biolog properties .

The discussion committee consisted of Prof. Dr. Farhad Mohammed Othman Attia as Chairman and the membership of Prof. Dr. Nabaa Sattar Radhi, Assist. Prof. Dr. Laith Qais Abbas, Assistant Professor Dr. Mohammed Osama Abbas, Assist. Prof. Dr. Naseer Abdul Hussein Nasser. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Abbas Khamas Hussein, Assist. Prof. Dr. Jamal Jalal Daoud. The thesis was scientifically evaluated by Prof. Dr. Firas Farhan Sayed Salman, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hussein Ibrahim Khalaf, and linguistically by Assist. Prof. Dr. Laith Waddah Ismail.