Direct3D

In 2018 I co-founded a startup that focuses on the development, manufacturing and sales of a pellet extruder for 3D printing.

Compared to the traditional filament printing method, Direct3D pellet extruder enables our customers to increase productivity, select among a wider range of materials and reduce printing costs. For more information, visit our website or find us on LinkedIn.

Our primary customers are R&D groups of industrial companies and universities in the plastics and 3D printing sectors. I have built and maintained professional relationships with clients, both for sales and technical assistance. Additionally, I have showcased our product at various trade fairs across Europe.


Research in medical technologies

For my Bachelor’s thesis, I developed and tested an efficient methodology for manufacturing realistic 3D cerebrovascular phantoms that replicate brain arteriovenous malformations, intended for use in stereotactic radiosurgery.

I processed brain computed tomography (CT) data acquired from patients and 3D-printed phantoms of the scanned malformations using tissue-equivalent materials for radiology. I then tested these phantoms’ radiological response and compared it with the original clinical data. The outcomes were promising, suggesting that these systems could be valuable tools for radiosurgery pre-planning, quality assurance and medical research.

This project was conducted at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (CIMaINa) and was the first initiative of the PRINTMED-3D project, which had just started at the University of Milan.

E. Legnani, et al., Additive fabrication of a vascular 3D phantom for stereotactic radiosurgery of arteriovenous malformations, 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Aug 2021, 217-226