Public sessions on "Biomedical Devices and Technologies"

From 30th of Janury untill 10th of February, Instituto Superior Técnico will host the course "Biomedical Devices and Technologies". 

This is an elective course that unfolds under the key area of Bioengineering Systems of the MIT-Portugal Program (MPP) and will  bring together experts from Academia, Medicine and Industry with the objective of providing an integrated and comprehensive perspective of the addressed topics. Session are open to the public upon prior registration at the website http://biomechatronics.ist.utl.pt/eventscourses/mit201112/ : 

• Human Movement Simulation and Analysis - M. T. Silva, IST, MIT
• The Impact of a Bioengineer in the Orthopaedic Field - Manuel Cassiano Neves, CUF Descobertas
• Conservative Hip Surgery: Present and Future Challenges - Paulo Rego, HL
• Computational Modelling of Orthopaedic Devices - P. Fernandes, IST
• Prosthetic Devices for the Lower and Upper Limbs: Present and Future - R. Marcelino, Otto Bock
• Tissue Characterization by Image Analysis for Diagnostic Purposes -J. Sanches, IST
• Neuroimaging: from methods to applications - P. Figueiredo, IST
• Human Factors of Biomedical Devices - L. Young, MIT
• Powered Leg Prostheses and Orthoses - M. Williams, MIT; H. Herr, MIT
• Hybrid Human - D. Newman, MIT
• Towards more natural Human-Robot Interaction - E. Bicho, UMinho
• Microsystems Technologies for Implantable Devices - L. Rocha, UMinho

The course is organized by Miguel Silva (IST), Jorge Martins (IST) and Dava Newman (MIT)