Events

The Biomedical Devices and Technologies Course Module is an elective course that unfolds under the key area of Bioengineering Systems of the MIT-Portugal Program (MPP). The course will bring together experts from Academia, Medicine and Industry with the objective of providing an integrated and comprehensive perspective of the addressed topics.

All sessions are public except those that correspond to educational labs, which are only available for BioEng MPP PhD Students that formally enrolled in the course. Please visit the webpage of the course for detailed information on the Schedule and Lecturers.

Please note that due to the limited number of available seats (60), we kindly ask those interested in participating to fill out the registration form available in the course webpage.

 MIT Lectures

• Hybrid Human (Dava Newman)
• Introduction to Muscles, Reflexes and Locomotion (Hugh Herr)
•  Powered Leg Prostheses and Orthoses (Hugh Herr)
• Interfacing Machines with Humans (Larry Young)
• Human Factors: case studies (Larry Young)

IST Lectures

• Computatinal Modelling of Orthopaedic Devices (Paulo Fernandes)
• Human Movement Simulation and Analysis (Miguel Silva)
• Integrated Design of Biomedical Devices (Miguel Silva)
• From Robot Force Control to Bipedal Locomotion (Jorge Martins)
• Title to be defined (Patricia Figueiredo)
• Title to be defined (João Sanches)
• Title to be defined (Fátima Vaz)

UMinho Lectures

• Cognitive Based Neural Prosthetics (Estela Bicho)
•  Cardiovascular devices (Luís Rocha)
• Computational Modeling of Biological Joints (Paulo Flores)

Hospital de D. Estefânia - Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central

•  The Impact of a Bioengineer in the Orthopaedic Field (Manuel Cassiano Neves)
•  Neurological Syndromes in Children that may Need Biomedical Devices (Eulália Calado)
• Orthotics, Adapted Seating and Assistive Devices – In Search of Function (Francisco Tavares, Clara Loff)

Hospital da Luz

• Title to be defined (Paulo Rego)

Seminares from Industrial Partners

•  PLUX Wireless Biosignals: From Research to Market (Hugo Gamboa, PLUX)
• Prosthetic Devices for the Lower and Upper Limbs: Present and Future (Ricardo Marcelino, OttoBock)

Course Module Organizers

Miguel Silva (IST), Jorge Martins (IST) and Dava Newman (MIT)

Teaching Assistants

Sérgio Gonçalves (IST), Sara Marreiros (IST), Sofia d'Orey (IST) Rita Domingues (IST)