Double prize success for master’s students
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At the recent annual conference of The British Society for the Study of Prosthetic Dentistry (BSSPD) in Sterling, Scotland, two students studying on the MSc in Prosthetic Dentistry at the Dental Institute were awarded national prizes.Vasiliki Vlachogianni, was awarded joint first prize for her poster presentation. Vicky presented her MSc research project work on the effect of the laser welding parameters on the penetration depth of Cobalt-Chromium alloys, supervised by Dr David Radford, Dr Robert Clark and Dr Andrzej Juszczyk. Although laser welders have been used in dentistry for over 10 years very little work has been published on the optimal setting for welding cobalt chromium alloy.
Andreas Artopoulos was awarded the BSSPD traveling scholarship, which is aimed at members of the Society who are junior staff or specialist trainees. It is provided to support applications, to fund travel and cost of living expenses in the course of a research project or further education in prosthetic dentistry.
Andreas will use the award to visit Professor Joris J.J. Dirckx, Director of the Laboratory of Biomedical Physics, at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He will study the application of the moiré topography imaging technique, gain hands-on experience and will investigate the possibilities for collaboration in a future joint research project.
Andreas’s interest in this area arose from his current master’s degree project, which is an in vitro investigation of the dimensional stability of permanent denture base materials (Eclipse). In short, the experimental protocol includes the use of a computerized coordinate measurement machine (Renishaw Cyclone®) and 3D inspection software (Geomagic Qualify®) in order to create, superimpose and compare virtual 3D models of the master casts and denture base fit surface.
Moiré topography is an optical technique for 3D surface data acquisition, and was used by Professor Dirckx and coworkers back in 1989 in the first attempt to assess the distortion of permanent denture bases using a three dimensional imaging system.
Andreas commented: 'I believe it is crucial for my progress with my research project to meet in person and discuss the moiré topography technique with an expert in the field such as Professor Dirckx, visit the facilities, as well as obtain some practical hands-on experience in the techniques and equipment used. This will allow me to obtain a more complete knowledge, which will be invaluable for the execution of my current research project and defense of my project report.
'In addition, I am very interested in investigating further possible applications of the moiré technique in Maxillofacial and Craniofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation research. Professor Dirckx has expressed an interest for a joint research project and I believe such a collaboration would be a unique opportunity.'
Posted on 21 April 2010
Andreas will use the award to visit Professor Joris J.J. Dirckx, Director of the Laboratory of Biomedical Physics, at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He will study the application of the moiré topography imaging technique, gain hands-on experience and will investigate the possibilities for collaboration in a future joint research project.
Andreas’s interest in this area arose from his current master’s degree project, which is an in vitro investigation of the dimensional stability of permanent denture base materials (Eclipse). In short, the experimental protocol includes the use of a computerized coordinate measurement machine (Renishaw Cyclone®) and 3D inspection software (Geomagic Qualify®) in order to create, superimpose and compare virtual 3D models of the master casts and denture base fit surface.
Moiré topography is an optical technique for 3D surface data acquisition, and was used by Professor Dirckx and coworkers back in 1989 in the first attempt to assess the distortion of permanent denture bases using a three dimensional imaging system.
Andreas commented: 'I believe it is crucial for my progress with my research project to meet in person and discuss the moiré topography technique with an expert in the field such as Professor Dirckx, visit the facilities, as well as obtain some practical hands-on experience in the techniques and equipment used. This will allow me to obtain a more complete knowledge, which will be invaluable for the execution of my current research project and defense of my project report.
'In addition, I am very interested in investigating further possible applications of the moiré technique in Maxillofacial and Craniofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation research. Professor Dirckx has expressed an interest for a joint research project and I believe such a collaboration would be a unique opportunity.'
Posted on 21 April 2010