Department of Bioengineering
The Dalton Lab
Advanced biomedical manufacturing for the benefit of humanity
OUR mission
Our mission is to use advanced manufacturing towards biomedical materials to meet clinical challenges and benefit humanity.
The Dalton Lab uses advanced manufacturing breakthroughs which are then applied in applications that serve the benefit of humanity. We perform basic science and push the limits of manufacturing, but maintain the regulatory framework as our guardrails so that our products translate into application as quickly as possible. Rather than seeing the regulatory process as a barrier to translation, we see it as a source of innovation. By taking a holistic and fundamental approach to technology-based research we challenge ourselves to change perceptions of what the future of manufacturing could look like. Our laboratory is turning the innovation cycle upside down by first manufacturing impossible materials, then applying them to meet clinical challenges.
Research
We specialize in melt electrowriting, but also hybridize other advanced processes to create new objects with distinct properties that outperform existing gold standards. In particular, we work with 3D printing technologies towards full digitization of biomaterials, allowing rapid research cycles and innovative biomedical products.
People
Meet the Dalton Lab, a dynamic team of bioengineers, chemists and neuroscientists.
Resources
Explore resources from the Dalton Lab, including MEW, and descriptions of courses that Professor Dalton teaches.
The Dalton Lab
In 2020, the Dalton Lab relocated to the University of Oregon's Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Based in the Department of Bioengineering in Eugene, Oregon, the Dalton Lab uses advanced manufacturing to create new clinical solutions.