Louisiana Tech

3D Printing

3D-printed implants infused with medicine to enable more effective drug delivery

A great strength of 3D-printing in the field of medicine is the ability to provide low-cost implants molded to a patient's anatomy. Researchers have taken this technology one step further, loading these implants with medical compounds as a means of better targeted drug delivery.
Electronics

New piezoelectric device harvests wasted energy from electronics

A new device made out of piezoelectric material by researchers at Louisiana Tech University could allow a wide range of electronic devices to harvest their own wasted operational energy.