passionately curious | knowledge-loving | highly creative
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something"
- Plato
"Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world"
- Nelson Mandela
Dimitris Boufidis | Δημήτρης Μπουφίδης
Δημήτρης Μπουφίδης Dimitris Boufidis
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others"
- Pericles
Dimitris Boufidis is Bioengineering PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania (USA), one of the world’s best and oldest academic institutions in the world. For his undergraduate studies, he was a scholarship-awarded bioengineering (Biomedical Engineering) student at the University of Sheffield, with a truly international education. Dimitris Boufidis attended a fully-funded summer school on ‘data science’ and ‘3D bioprinting’ at the prestigious NTU Singapore.
In addition to his unparalleled passion for new challenges, Dimitris Boufidis had the opportunity to hold various leadership positions, including the elected representative of 1000+ engineering students and the Chair of the SU Council, the highest democratic decision-making body of the Students’ Union.
Ο Δημήτρης Μπουφίδης (Dimitris Boufidis) είναι Υποψήφιος Διδάκτορας του τμήματος μηχανικών βιοϊατρικής (Bioengineering) στο University of Pennsylvania των ΗΠΑ, ένα από τα 10 κορυφαία πανεπιστήμια στον κόσμο. Ολοκλήρωσε τις προπτυχιακές του σπουδές με υποτροφία στο πανεπιστήμιο του Sheffield στην Αγγλία, είναι ομιλητής TEDx, μεταξύ των top 100 Ηγετών του Αύριο (GS2020, Cambridge) και η εθελοντική του προσφορά έχει εμφανιστεί σε κορυφαία ειδησεογραφικά δίκτυα όπως το BBC και το The Guardian. Μάθετε περισσότερα για τον Δημήτρη Μπουφίδη στο www.dimitris.boufidis.com ή στο Boufidis.com (Dimitris Boufidis – Official Website)
Δημήτρης Μπουφίδης | Μηχανικός Βιοϊατρικής | PhD student (Bioengineering) at the University of Pennsylvania
- Tissue Engineering
- Neuroengineering and brain implants
- 3D Bioprinting & flexible bioelectronics
- Cutting-edge medical devices
The future is now
Bioengineering
- Tissue Engineering
- Neuroengineering and brain implants
- 3D Bioprinting & flexible bioelectronics
- Cutting-edge medical devices
I am a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania (USA), co-advised by Dr Kacy Cullen and Dr Flavia. I dream big and try to do even bigger. My aspiration as a biomedical engineer is to do translational research to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges, re-imagine neuroengineering technologies and make healthcare accessible & affordable to everyone, anywhere on the planet.
"How to become a hero"
Tedx talk
You don't need a cape or supernatural powers to become a hero. Join me in this journey of change and become the one you needed when younger. Yes, you can. BE YOUR OWN HERO!
- Dimitris Boufidis
Sheffield Students' union
su council chair
You never know what you can achieve,
until you actually do it.
- Elected representative of 1000+ engineering students
- Unanimously elected 'Chair' of the SU Council
- Highest democratic decision-making body of the SU
- Senior Leadership University Governance as Senate member
university senate
Absolutely honoured to represent students’ voice at the University Senate, the senior leadership academic governing body that oversees the teaching & research, academic quality, admissions and regulations of the University of Sheffield.
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