Amir Sheikhi, assistant professor of chemical engineering and of biomedical engineering in Penn State's College of Engineering. Credit: Kelby Hochreither/Penn State
Amir Sheikhi to participate in National Academy of Engineering symposium in Japan
March 1, 2023
By Lauren Colvin
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Amir Sheikhi, assistant professor of chemical engineering and of biomedical engineering at Penn State, was invited to participate in the 2023 National Academy of Engineering Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE) symposium. The symposium will take place July 17-20 in Tokyo.
According to the symposium website, 60 of the “most promising” early-career Japanese and American engineers from industry, academia and research will meet “for an intensive [two and a half] day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of engineering technology.” The purpose is to facilitate an international, interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge to encourage the formation of a collaborative network of engineers from the two countries.
Sheikhi has a transdisciplinary background in bioengineering, nanotechnology and advanced soft materials. His research develops biomaterials via micro- and nanoengineering techniques to tackle unmet healthcare and environmental challenges. Some of his projects include using biomaterials to salvage rare earth metals, improve tissue bioprinting possibilities, stop blood loss from wounds, improve stroke recovery and capture off-target cancer drugs to prevent tissue damage.
The symposium centers around four topics: materials by design; computational approaches to address infectious diseases; wearable robotics; and the circular economy. Sheikhi will share his research team’s latest discoveries during the symposium’s materials by design session.
“The 2023 JAFOE Symposium will provide me with an irreplaceable opportunity to meet with outstanding peer engineers, establish effective contacts beyond the meeting agenda, brainstorm on some of the immediate technological needs of the US and world, learn about emerging approaches across fields, and strategize a futuristic plan for advancing borderless engineering,” Sheikhi said.
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