Dr. Prashant Jindal , Assistant Professor with University Institute of Engineering & Technology(UIET), Panjab University(PU), Chandigarh has been awarded Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowship 2017-2018 for carrying out research in the area of additive manufacturing for medical implants at Nottingham Trent University(NTU), UK for a period of 1 year.
Similar work is being extensively carried out under him at UIET also under the Design Innovation Centre(DIC) project. Major outcomes of this research work will be related to development of new composite materials and methods in the field of dental,maxillofacial and craniofacial reconstruction which will be very useful for in treatment of patients who suffer from severe facial trauma.