Susana Maria Henriques Olhero

Assistant Professor

Short CV

Susana Olhero (SO) is nowadays a Principal Researcher in CICECO (Aveiro Institute of Materials)/UA (University of Aveiro) and member of the Executive Board of Department of Materials Engineering and Ceramics (DEMaC)/CICECO/UA. SO has a Doctorate degree in the field of Material Science and Engineering from University of Aveiro (2006). From 2006-2014 was a pos-doc researcher at University of Porto and University of Birmingham, in strong collaboration with CICECO/University of Aveiro. From 2015-2018, SO was Assistant Researcher at CICECO/UA (FCT grant (IF/00951/2014). The focus of her research has been the development of 3D structures by near net shaping colloidal-based techniques, including additive manufacturing of various functional ceramics for several applications, including biomaterials for bone regeneration. Susana Olhero is author of 73 publications in peer review international journals, 2 book chapters and 1 national patent, with over 1650 citations, h-index 25. Susana Olhero supervised/Co-supervised 2 PhD, 11 Master Thesis and several research fellows (Pos-doc and PhD) from her Projects.

 

 

Present Research group

Susana Olhero - Principal Researcher

Paula Torres - Junior Researcher

Nilza Ribeiro - Researcher

Manuel Silva- Researcher

José Carlos Almeida - Researcher

 

Supervisions (since 2018)

Manuel Barros, grant of Project 2BBone (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029940)

Joana Baltazar, grant of Project TAMAZ3D (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030493)

Tânia Santos, grant of Project MulBioImplant (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032486)

Ana Filipa Rodrigues, grant of Project FlexMicroDerm (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029274)

Teaching Activity

Courses of (i) Integrated Master in Materials Science and Engineering,  Masters in (ii) Materials and Biomedical Devices and (iii) Additive Manufacturing.

Scientific Interests

- Additive manufacturing of ceramics and multimaterials (dense and porous devices)

 - Biomaterials for tissue engineering applications, mainly focused in bone regeneration.

 - Colloidal processing of ceramics 

Ongoing Supervisions

Projects

Additive manufacturing meets mechanobiology – design and fabrication of osteogenic-stimulating implants (ADD2MECHBIO)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Over the years, the number of patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasties has been increasing. Due to the lengthened life expectancy and aging population this trend is expected to continue and the number of patients that will outlive their first prosthesis will also rise (patients that will need revision surgeries). These impl...

Desenvolvimento de biomateriais não sinterizáveis à base de fosfatos de cálcio com bi-funcionalidade: regeneração e tratamento de cancro ósseo (2BBone)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Desenvolvimento de microdispositivos flexiveis a base de microagulhas de biocimento composito para administracao transdermica de fármacos; (FlexMicroDerm)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Development of microelectromechanical systems by gelcasting - GELMEMS (PTDC/CTM/099489/2008)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) gel casting piezoelectric submicron particles dispersion

FABIMED - Fabrication and Functionalization of BioMedical Microdevices (FaBiMed)

Local CoordinatorEuropean Comission
The aim of FaBiMed proposal is to improve and develop new manufacturing techniques, based on micromoulding, specific for biomedical microdevices. The project will be to reducing the cost of mass production of diagnosis and therapeutic micro devices which have a common problematic: medium sized batches, customization needs, micron-scale geometric...

Projeto de Investigação Exploratória: Susana Olhero (IF/00951/2014)

CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Publications

Injectability of calcium phosphate pastes: Effects of particle size and state of aggregation of beta-tricalcium phosphate powders

Torres, PMC; Gouveia, S; Olhero, S; Kaushal, A; Ferreira, JMF
2015, ACTA BIOMATERIALIA, 21, 204-216.

Preventing hydrolysis of BaTiO3 powders during aqueous processing and of bulk ceramics after sintering

Olhero, SM; Kaushal, A; Ferreira, JMF
2015, JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 35, 9, 2471-2478.

Structural, mechanical and dielectric properties of Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3-The benefits of a colloidal processing approach

Kaushal, A; Olhero, SM; Antunes, P; Ramalho, A; Ferreira, JMF
2014, MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN, 50, 329-336.

Impedance analysis of 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O-3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ceramics consolidated from micro-granules

Kaushal, A; Olhero, SM; Singh, B; Fagg, DP; Bdikin, I; Ferreira, JMF
2014, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 40, 7, 10593-10600.

Successful aqueous processing of a lead free 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O-3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 piezoelectric material composition

Kaushal, A; Olhero, SM; Singh, B; Zamiri, R; Saravanan, V; Ferreira, JMF
2014, RSC ADVANCES, 4, 51, 26993-27002.

Microfabrication of high aspect ratio BST pillar arrays by epoxy gel casting from aqueous suspensions with added water soluble epoxy resin

Olhero, SM; Kaushal, A; Antunes, P; Ferreira, JMF
2014, MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN, 60, 830-837.

Fabrication of Barium Strontium Titanate ( Ba0.6Sr (0.4) TiO3) 3D Microcomponents from Aqueous Suspensions

Olhero, SM; Kaushal, A; Ferreira, JMF
2014, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 97, 3, 725-732.

Fostering the properties of Zr0.8Sn0.2TiO4 (ZST) ceramics via freeze granulation without sintering additives

Olhero, SM; Kaushal, A; Ferreira, JMF
2014, RSC ADVANCES, 4, 89, 48734-48740.

Is the ubiquitous presence of barium carbonate responsible for the poor aqueous processing ability of barium titanate?

Ferreira, JMF; Olhero, SM; Kaushal, A
2013, JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 33, 13-14, 2509-2517.

Hydrolysis Control of AlN Powders for the Aqueous Processing of Spherical AlN Granules

Wang, Q; Olhero, SM; Ferreira, JMF; Cui, W; Chen, KX; Xie, ZP
2013, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 96, 5, 1383-1389.

Patents

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