{"id":42015,"date":"2022-04-12T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=42015"},"modified":"2022-04-23T08:54:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T12:54:49","slug":"bone-mending-implant-wins-inaugural-fly-by-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/bone-mending-implant-wins-inaugural-fly-by-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bone-mending implant wins inaugural Fly by Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Six UTC faculty members competed in Fly by Researchers.<\/p><\/div>\n

Researched by Hamdy Ibrahim, assistant professor in mechanical engineering, the project won $20,000 to be used to further his research.<\/p>\n

A panel of local business executives and entrepreneurs judged the competition. The top three projects were chosen. First place won $20,000, second won $10,000 and third won $5,000.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim said his prize money will be used to develop an implant prototype made from the metal alloy\u2014perhaps magnesium and zinc\u2014used to stabilize broken bones then break down.<\/p>\n

“We need something physical. It’s going to be a challenge, but that’s more motivation to work on it,” he said.<\/p>\n

Metals now used\u2014usually titanium or stainless steel\u2014don’t dissolve once their work is done, staying in the body for the life of the patient. In some cases, the body attacks the metal as a foreign object, causing infection and pain. In these cases, the implants must be removed surgically.<\/p>\n

Six members of the UTC faculty competed in the competition.<\/p>\n

Second place went to David Giles, associate professor in biology, for “Synergistic Treatment of Bacterial Infections,” the development of a treatment regimen that decreases the number of antibiotic\/small-molecule combinations that can increase bacterial vulnerability and lead to infection.<\/p>\n

Third place went to Farah Kandah, associate professor in computer science and engineering, for “A System and Method for Trust as a Service in Smart Cities and other Large-Scale IoT Deployments,” a system that monitors devices linked to Smart City software and provides better security against device failure, being hacked or both.<\/p>\n

Other faculty members in the competition were:<\/p>\n