Xiao-Hua has been awarded the 2026 Dempster Rising Star Award for Excellence in Bone Metabolism Research from the ISBM for his team's abstract ''Image-Guided 3D Microprinting of Osteocyte Networks'' by Margherita Bernero, Megi Ishmaku, Wanwan Qiu, Xianjun Yang, Ralph Müller, and Xiao‑Hua Qin. He will be presenting the group’s work at the XVIIth Congress of the International Society of Bone Morphometry (ISBM 2026).
This year we hosted the DesignBONE Focus Project. Over the course of two semesters, the interdisciplinary team (6 students from D-HEST and D-MAVT) worked together and finally presented their vision of a 3D-printed bone implant at the Focus Project Roll-Out event organized by D-MAVT on 27th May 2026.
Every year, the EDME (Doctoral School in Mechanics) at EPFL organizes the Mechanics Day featuring one of their research domains. For this year’s event with a focus on biomechanics, they invited Xiao-Hua as a guest speaker and organized interesting lab visits.