Announcements

We are now recruiting Reviewer Board Members for Bioengineering (ISSN: 2306-5354, IF: 5.046). If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about promoting the publication of cutting-edge research, please contact the Bioengineering Editorial Office (bioengineering@mdpi.com) to apply.

Bioengineering is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on the science and technology of bioengineering, published monthly online by MDPI. Bioengineering has been indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, CAPlus / SciFinder, and many other databases. The ambitions and scope of this journal are further described at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/bioengineering/about.

Reviewer Board Members’ benefits include:

• An announcement of your position on the journal’s Reviewer Board;
• A discount code for each review if a comprehensive and timely report is provided. These vouchers can be used for future publications in all MDPI journals;
• A personalized reviewer certificate;
• A flexible workload that can be tailored to your schedule;
• Recognition of your peer review and editorial contributions to our journal.

If you would like to apply for this role, please send a short CV to the Bioengineering Editorial Office (bioengineering@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you.

Bioengineering Editorial Office

We are currently recruiting Topical Advisory Panel Members for Bioengineering (ISSN: 2306-5354, IF: 5.046). Your responsibility would be to regularly provide support to Guest Editors and Editorial Board Members. More information regarding this is available at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/editors#Supporting_Editor_Responsibilities. The aims and scope of the journal can be found on the following website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/bioengineering/about.

The benefits of becoming a Topical Advisory Panel Member include the following:

• The opportunity to publish one paper in Bioengineering per year at a discount, as well as potential discounts for additional papers you invite;
• A certificate of recognition of your position;
• Additional sponsorships for conferences organized by Topical Advisory Panel Members of Bioengineering;
• Travel grants for conferences that you attend or organize.

The main responsibilities of new members of the Topical Advisory Panel are as follows:

• Providing regular reviews of manuscripts;
• Setting up at least one Special Issue (SI) in partnership with a senior researcher within two years of your appointment, with the topic of the proposal being within the scope of Bioengineering;
• Providing a strategy plan for the SI, including assisting in preparing the Special Issue’s/topic’s title, aim and scope, summary, and keywords, as well as soliciting papers for and promoting the SI;
• Promoting our journal at conferences, social media, and other relevant platforms.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

• Have expertise and experience in a field related to the journal;
• Have published at least six papers in the last five years as a first author or a corresponding author;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

Each year, members’ performance is evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief. Please contact the Editorial Office (bioengineering@mdpi.com) or visit the following link to submit your application: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/bioengineering/topical_advisory_panel_application.

Bioengineering Editorial Office

Bioengineering (ISSN: 2306-5354, IF: 5.046) is currently recruiting prestigious scholars from around the world to join our Editorial Board for the following five Sections:

• “Regenerative Engineering”;
• “Biochemical Engineering”;
• “Biosignal Processing”;
• “Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials”;
• “Nanotechnology Applications in Bioengineering”.

Bioengineering is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published monthly online by MDPI. It publishes original research papers, comprehensive reviews, communications and case reports. All aspects of bioengineering are welcomed, from theoretical concepts to education and applications.

The main responsibilities of Editorial Board Members are as follows:

• Pre-checking and making decisions for several manuscripts, based on your area of expertise;
• Acting as, or recommending, a Guest Editor for a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests;
• Promoting Bioengineering and increasing its visibility on related academic social media.
  

The benefits of becoming an Editorial Board Member include the following:

• The opportunity to publish one paper per year free of charge in Bioengineering, as well as the opportunity to receive certain discounts for papers invited from your scientific network;
• A certificate recognizing you as an Editorial Board Member of Bioengineering;
• Bioengineering may offer sponsorship for conferences organized by you;
• Bioengineering may offer travel grants of CHF 300–500 per year for conferences that you attend or organize.

To apply for this position (in one of our Sections), recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Bioengineering Editorial Office (bioengineering@mdpi.com) with the following two files attached:

• A full academic CV (the applicants should have a good standing in the research area of bioengineering, and excellent editorial experience);
• A short cover letter that details your interest and enthusiasm for the position.

Bioengineering Editorial Office

It is our pleasure to invite you to read the issue cover papers from Bioengineering (ISSN: 2306-5354), published in 2020. The selected papers are listed below:

1. “MMP24 as a Target of YAP Is a Potential Prognostic Factor in Cancer Patients”
by Wataru Sugimoto, Katsuhiko Itoh, Hiroaki Hirata, Yoshinori Abe, Takeru Torii, Yasumasa Mitsui, Yemima Budirahardja, Nobuyuki Tanaka and Keiko Kawauchi
Bioengineering 2020, 7(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7010018
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/1/18

2. “Collagen Fibril Density Modulates Macrophage Activation and Cellular Functions during Tissue Repair”
by Jiranuwat Sapudom, Walaa Kamal E. Mohamed, Anna Garcia-Sabaté, Aseel Alatoom, Shaza Karaman, Nikhil Mahtani and Jeremy C. M. Teo
Bioengineering 2020, 7(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7020033
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/2/33

3. “Coupling of Fibrin Reorganization and Fibronectin Patterning by Corneal Fibroblasts in Response to PDGF BB and TGFβ1”
by Miguel Miron-Mendoza, Dalia Vazquez, Nerea García-Rámila, Hikaru R. Ikebe and W. Matthew Petroll
Bioengineering 2020, 7(3), 89; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7030089
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/3/89

4. “Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Drugs in Shell-by-Shell Coated Nanoparticles for Radio—and Chemotherapy—An In Vitro Study”
by Stefanie Klein, Tobias Luchs, Andreas Leng, Luitpold V. R. Distel, Winfried Neuhuber and Andreas Hirsch
Bioengineering 2020, 7(4), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7040126
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/4/126

It is our pleasure to invite you to read the highly cited papers from Bioengineering (ISSN: 2306-5354), published in 2020. The selected papers are listed below:

1. “Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Technology for Energy Recovery: A Review on State-of-the-Art and Recent Technological Advances”
by Matia Mainardis, Marco Buttazzoni and Daniele Goi
Bioengineering 2020, 7(2), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7020043
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/2/43

2. “Progress in Delivery of siRNA-Based Therapeutics Employing Nano-Vehicles for Treatment of Prostate Cancer”
by Milad Ashrafizadeh, Kiavash Hushmandi, Ebrahim Rahmani Moghadam, Vahideh Zarrin, Sharareh Hosseinzadeh Kashani, Saied Bokaie, Masoud Najafi, Shima Tavakol, Reza Mohammadinejad, Noushin Nabavi, Chia-Ling Hsieh, Atefeh Zarepour, Ehsan Nazarzadeh Zare, Ali Zarrabi, and Pooyan Makvandi
Bioengineering 2020, 7(3), 91; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7030091
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/3/91

3. “Sol-Gel Derived Hydroxyapatite Coatings for Titanium Implants: A Review”
by Alaa Jaafar, Christine Hecker, Pál Árki and Yvonne Joseph
Bioengineering 2020, 7(4), 127; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7040127
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/4/127

4. “Green and Cost-Effective Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles by Algae: Safe Methods for Translational Medicine”
by Bushra Uzair, Ayesha Liaqat, Haroon Iqbal, Bouzid Menaa, Anam Razzaq, Gobika Thiripuranathar, Nosheen Fatima Rana and Farid Menaa
Bioengineering 2020, 7(4), 129; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7040129
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/4/129

5. “Nanocellulose-Based Inks for 3D Bioprinting: Key Aspects in Research Development and Challenging Perspectives in Applications—A Mini Review”
by Xiaoju Wang, Qingbo Wang and Chunlin Xu
Bioengineering 2020, 7(2), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7020040
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/2/40

6. “3D Bioprinting Strategies for the Regeneration of Functional Tubular Tissues and Organs”
by Hun-Jin Jeong, Hyoryung Nam, Jinah Jang and Seung-Jae Lee
Bioengineering 2020, 7(2), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7020032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/2/32

7. “Innovative Human Three-Dimensional Tissue-Engineered Models as an Alternative to Animal Testing”
by Patrick Bédard, Sara Gauvin, Karel Ferland, Christophe Caneparo, Ève Pellerin, Stéphane Chabaud and Stéphane Bolduc
Bioengineering 2020, 7(3), 115; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7030115
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/3/115

8. “Economic Perspectives of Biogas Production via Anaerobic Digestion”
by Arpit H. Bhatt and Ling Tao
Bioengineering 2020, 7(3), 74; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7030074
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/3/74

9. “Collagen Fibril Density Modulates Macrophage Activation and Cellular Functions during Tissue Repair”
by Jiranuwat Sapudom, Walaa Kamal E. Mohamed, Anna Garcia-Sabaté, Aseel Alatoom, Shaza Karaman, Nikhil Mahtani and Jeremy C. M. Teo
Bioengineering 2020, 7(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7020033
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/2/33

10. “Translational Roadmap for the Organs-on-a-Chip Industry toward Broad Adoption”
by Vanessa Allwardt, Alexander J. Ainscough, Priyalakshmi Viswanathan, Stacy D. Sherrod, John A. McLean, Malcolm Haddrick and Virginia Pensabene
Bioengineering 2020, 7(3), 112; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7030112
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/7/3/112

Conference: 2022 BMES Annual Meeting
Date: 12–15 October 2022
Place: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Booth: #346

MDPI will be attending the 2022 BMES Annual Meeting as an exhibitor from 12 to 15 October 2022 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

BMES holds an annual meeting where they have hosted up to 5,500 biomedical engineers who attend more than 2,500 scientific presentations on cancer treatment, heart disease, women’s health, global health disparities, and more. The meeting allows members to advocate for their innovative solutions, demonstrating their commitment to the society’s core value of health equity for all individuals. In addition, BMES shares scientific information to inspire the up-and-coming generation through four scientific journals, three special interest groups, and collaborations with other scientific societies to elevate the visibility and significant impact that the biomedical engineering community has worldwide as the thought leaders behind the future of human health.

From 12 to 15 October 2022, in the vibrant multicultural city of San Antonio, we will celebrate the tremendous contributions made by BMES members in research, teaching, education, and the workforce that directly impact many sectors of our society. We also aim to highlight equity issues in healthcare and education, stemming from racial and socioeconomic diversity, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Applied Sciences;
• Bioengineering;
• Biomedicines;
• Biomimetics;
• Biomolecules;
• Biosensors;
• Cancers;
• CIMB;
• Diseases.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

Conference: 49th World Polymers Congress MACRO 2022
Date: 17–21 July 2022
Place: Winnipeg, Canada
Booth: #6

Polymers (ISSN: 2073-4360) and Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) will be attending the 49th World Polymers Congress MACRO 2022 as exhibitors from 17 to 21 July 2022 in Winnipeg, Canada.

The year 2022 marks the first time that Canada is hosting the World Polymers Congress since it became a biennial event in 1998. The polymer science community of Canada looks forward to connecting at the 49th World Polymers Congress, which is held in the city of Winnipeg from 17 to 21 July 2022. True to its mission, MACRO 2022 will be a forum for international scientists and students who are in various stages of their career development to share knowledge and experiences.

The MACRO 2022 program comprises nine themes that represent the following subjects:

• Polymers for Biomedical Engineering;
• Polymers for Energy and Environmental Applications;
• Polymer Engineering and Rheology;
• Polymers for Nanotechnology;
• Polymer Physics and Characterization;
• Polymers from Renewable Resources and Biodegradable Polymers;
• Polymer Science Education;
• Polymer Synthesis and Kinetics;
• Smart and Functional Polymers.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Polymers;
• Materials;
• Membranes;
• Pharmaceutics;
• Sustainability;
• Bioengineering;
• Gels;
• Electrochem;
• Solar.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.macro2022.org/.

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The academic editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal.

We are honored to present the winners in the “Engineering” category, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

Actuators:

• “Position Control of Pneumatic Actuators Using Three-Mode Discrete-Valued Model Predictive Control”
  by Haitao Qi, Gary M. Bone and Yile Zhang
  Actuators 2019, 8(3), 56; doi: 10.3390/act8030056
• “Review of Electrothermal Actuators and Applications”
  by Alissa Potekhina and Changhai Wang
  Actuators 2019, 8(4), 69; doi: 10.3390/act8040069

Batteries:

• “Pre-Lithiation Strategies for Rechargeable Energy Storage Technologies: Concepts, Promises and Challenges”
  by Florian Holtstiege, Peer Bärmann, Roman Nölle, Martin Winter and Tobias Placke
  Batteries 2018, 4(1), 4; doi: 10.3390/batteries4010004
• “A Critical Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Processes from a Circular Economy Perspective”
  by Omar Velázquez-Martínez, Johanna Valio, Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, Markus Reuter and Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero
  Batteries 2019, 5(4), 68; doi: 10.3390/batteries5040068
• “Critical Review of the Use of Reference Electrodes in Li-Ion Batteries: A Diagnostic Perspective”
  by Rinaldo Raccichini, Marco Amores and Gareth Hinds
  Batteries 2019, 5(1), 12; doi: 10.3390/batteries5010012
• “Life Cycle Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Automotive Applications”
  by Qiang Dai, Jarod C. Kelly, Linda Gaines and Michael Wang
  Batteries 2019, 5(2), 48; doi 10.3390/batteries5020048
• “Design Strategies for High Power vs. High Energy Lithium Ion Cells”
  by Michael J. Lain, James Brandon and Emma Kendrick
  Batteries 2019, 5(4), 64; doi: 10.3390/batteries5040064

Chemosensors:

• “Influence of Humidity on NO₂-Sensing and Selectivity of Spray-CVD Grown ZnO Thin Film above 400 °C”
  by Roussin Lontio Fomekong and Bilge Saruhan
  Chemosensors 2019, 7(3), 42; doi: 10.3390/chemosensors7030042
• “Low Molecular Weight Fluorescent Probes (LMFPs) to Detect the Group 12 Metal Triad”
  by Ashley D. Johnson, Rose M. Curtis and Karl J. Wallace
  Chemosensors 2019, 7(2), 22; doi: 10.3390/chemosensors7020022

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering:

• “Marine Application of Fiber Reinforced Composites: A Review”
  by Felice Rubino, Antonio Nisticò, Fausto Tucci and Pierpaolo Carlone
  Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(1), 26; doi: 10.3390/jmse8010026
• “Numerical Simulation of Large Wave Heights from Super Typhoon Nepartak (2016) in the Eastern Waters of Taiwan”
  by Shih-Chun Hsiao, Hongey Chen, Han-Lun Wu, Wei-Bo Chen, Chih-Hsin Chang, Wen-Dar Guo, Yung-Ming Chen and Lee-Yaw Lin
  Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(3), 217; doi: 10.3390/jmse8030217
• “Development of Deterministic Artificial Intelligence for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV)”
  by Timothy Sands
  Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(8), 578; doi: 10.3390/jmse8080578

Lubricants:

• “Solid Lubrication with MoS₂: A Review”
  by Mohammad R. Vazirisereshk, Ashlie Martini, David A. Strubbe and Mehmet Z. Baykara
  Lubricants 2019, 7(7), 57; doi:10.3390/lubricants7070057
• “Investigations of the Friction Losses of Different Engine Concepts. Part 1: A Combined Approach for Applying Subassembly-Resolved Friction Loss Analysis on a Modern Passenger-Car Diesel Engine”
  by Christoph Knauder, Hannes Allmaier, David E. Sander and Theodor Sams
  Lubricants 2019, 7(5), 39; doi: 10.3390/lubricants7050039
• “A Discussion on Present Theories of Rubber Friction, with Particular Reference to Different Possible Choices of Arbitrary Roughness Cutoff Parameters”
  by Andrea Genovese, Flavio Farroni, Antonio Papangelo and Michele Ciavarella
  Lubricants 2019, 7(10), 85; doi: 10.3390/lubricants7100085

Micromachines:

• “4D Printing of Multi-Hydrogels Using Direct Ink Writing in a Supporting Viscous Liquid”
  by Takuya Uchida and Hiroaki Onoe
  Micromachines 2019, 10(7), 433; doi: 10.3390/mi10070433
• “Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance and Mechanism of Au@CaTiO₃ Composites with Au Nanoparticles Assembled on CaTiO₃ Nanocuboids”
  by Yuxiang Yan, Hua Yang, Zao Yi, Ruishan Li and Xiangxian Wang
  Micromachines 2019, 10(4), 254; doi: 10.3390/mi10040254
• “Three-Dimensionally Structured Flexible Fog Harvesting Surfaces Inspired by Namib Desert Beetles”
  by Jun Kyu Park and Seok Kim
  Micromachines 2019, 10(3), 201; doi: 10.3390/mi10030201

Processes:

• “Accelerating Biologics Manufacturing by Modeling or: Is Approval under the QbD and PAT Approaches Demanded by Authorities Acceptable without a Digital-Twin?”
  by Steffen Zobel-Roos, Axel Schmidt, Fabian Mestmäcker, Mourad Mouellef, Maximilian Huter, Lukas Uhlenbrock, Martin Kornecki, Lara Lohmann, Reinhard Ditz and Jochen Strube
  Processes 2019, 7(2), 94; doi: 10.3390/pr7020094
• “Multiscale Agent-Based and Hybrid Modeling of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment”
  by Kerri-Ann Norton, Chang Gong, Samira Jamalian and Aleksander S. Popel
  Processes 2019, 7(1), 37; doi: 10.3390/pr7010037
• “Dynamic Flowsheet Model Development and Sensitivity Analysis of a Continuous Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing Process Using the Wet Granulation Route”
  by Nirupaplava Metta, Michael Ghijs, Elisabeth Schäfer, Ashish Kumar, Philippe Cappuyns, Ivo Van Assche, Ravendra Singh, Rohit Ramachandran, Thomas De Beer, Marianthi Ierapetritou and Ingmar Nopens
  Processes 2019, 7(4), 234; doi: 10.3390/pr7040234

Sensors:

• “A Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Healthcare Blockchain for IoT”
  by Ashutosh Dhar Dwivedi, Gautam Srivastava, Shalini Dhar and Rajani Singh
  Sensors 2019, 19(2), 326; doi: 10.3390/s19020326
• “The Progress of Glucose Monitoring—A Review of Invasive to Minimally and Non-Invasive Techniques, Devices and Sensors”
  by Wilbert Villena Gonzales, Ahmed Toaha Mobashsher and Amin Abbosh
  Sensors 2019, 19(4), 800; doi: 10.3390/s19040800
• “Contact-Based Methods for Measuring Respiratory Rate”
  by Carlo Massaroni, Andrea Nicolò, Daniela Lo Presti, Massimo Sacchetti, Sergio Silvestri and Emiliano Schena
  Sensors 2019, 19(4), 908; doi: 10.3390/s19040908

World Electric Vehicle Journal:

• “Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Charging Infrastructure for Future EVs: From Experimental Track to Real Circulated Roads Demonstrations”
  by Stéphane Laporte, Gérard Coquery, Virginie Deniau, Alexandre De Bernardinis and Nicolas Hautière
  World Electr. Veh. J. 2019, 10(4), 84; doi: 10.3390/wevj10040084

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2021 in the “Engineering” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.

We warmly congratulate the awarded Young Investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biosensors:

• Amay J. Bandodkar, North Carolina State University, USA.

ChemEngineering:

• Andrew S. Paluch, Miami University, USA.

Chemosensors:

• Mindy Levine, Ariel University, Israel.

Electronics:

• Amir H. Gandomi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering:

• Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa, University of Porto, Portugal.

Machines:

• Chen Lv, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore;
• Ignacio Gonzalez-Prieto, University of Malaga (UMA), Spain;
• Ning Sun, Nankai University, China.

Processes:

• Anton Rassõlkin, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.

Sensors:

• Qammer H. Abbasi, Queen Mary University of London, UK;
• Chi Hwan Lee, Purdue University, USA.