3D bioprinting for regenerative medicine

Deanna Hood was responsible for leading robotics on Inventia Life Science's Ligō "skin-printing robot" during 2020-22. In this presentation, Deanna will discuss strategies for reducing risk when designing for IEC 60601-1 compliance, including the KUKA LBR Med robot and its transformative capacity in Australian biomedical start-ups. You will gain an insight into Deanna’s remarkable career journey which started with “stumbling into” an electrical engineering degree at just 15 years of age and the altruistic applications of electrical/software engineering she’s pioneered along the way.

You will learn:

• How to apply the skills you have as an engineer to life sciences applications.
• Insight into a multi-faceted career journey where electrical and software engineering has been applied for high impact applications such as treatment of burns, teaching children to write, and bioprinting.
• How to design your career to allow you to make the greatest impact.

About the speaker 

Deanna Hood 

Young Professional Engineer of the Year 

Deanna Hood was the Senior Robotics Engineer on Inventia’s “skin-printing robot” Ligo, working with burns surgeons to reduce the lifelong impact scarring has on bushfire, bombings and other widespread-burns survivors. Since her first internship at 17, she’s been driven to apply engineering to society’s most exciting and rewarding challenges.

She pioneered the CoWriter robotic partner, which allows children with handwriting difficulties to benefit from ‘learning-by-teaching’. Deanna was also a core Software Engineer on ROS 2, now used in NASA’s VIPER mission. Her firmware contributions to the RASTRUM 3D bioprinter have supported cancer researchers to leverage RASTRUM’s precision engineering to advance the treatment of disease.