Happy to have conducted my research at ICHEAP 17 in Florence! Thanks a lot to AIDIC – Associazione Italiana Di Ingegneria Chimica and the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), which organised it in such a great way and made it possible for me to present my own work.

I want to acknowledge PROCEED 3D and the funding support from Research Ireland that made this research possible.

In my talk on “Optimising Extrusion-Based PLA-ASA 3D Printed Drug Delivery Mesh Using PAT Tools” I have discussed methods of personalised drug delivery device manufacturing through 3D printing –
The study will be published soon and will be available online as a conference paper. This work was conducted with our research team Marion McAfee Douglas Marques from the Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Intelligent Systems for Health and Environment (MISHE), Atlantic Technological University, ATU Sligo, Ireland. Rabah Mouras, Debleena Mitra, and Mohammad O. A. Malik from Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre (PMTC), University of Limerick, Ireland.

Based on the discussions held during the conference, it is evident that although there is significant potential for 3D printing in personalised medicine, many technical challenges remain, particularly relating to consistency and quality control. The field can benefit greatly when different disciplines collaborate towards this goal, even though most advancements are slow and steady.

It was a pleasure to speak with Gordana Matijašić , Daniele Sofia, and Carmine Laudato – I hope to collaborate further and share knowledge!

The feedback I received has given me some ideas for the next series of experiments. It is always helpful to get input from other researchers tackling similar problems; such conversations often lead to insights you hadn’t previously considered. Stay tuned for more as we continue exploring the future of personalised, printable therapeutics.