Profile of the programme
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- To give a solid formation, specialized and updated in Bioengineering, preparing students to technical and scientific tasks in this area and related ones; - Transmit autonomic capabilities to students, encouraging their critical spirit and creativity, making easier their integration in an employment context, both National and International; - To offer a broad range of possibilities in terms of specialization, enabling the integration of students em different activity areas; - Prepare human resources with inter-disciplinary advanced formation em various scientific areas, in order to be able to plan and develop with success any professional or research project in the Bioengineering or related areas. - Offer a solid formation in terms of knowledge in Bioengineering areas, in order to enable students to go beyond their studies, either in 2nd cycle studies or other advanced type of studies. |
Key learning outcomes
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- Conception of new medical equipments, for monitoring diagnosis and therapeutics. - Specification and maintaining of biomedical equipments - Specification of equipments for specific applications in the medical procedures area. - Development of software to process and analyze data in clinical environments - Analysis of new medical procedures that result of scientific advances in the technological and medical areas. - Participation in medical procedures and in the scientific research, together with professionals of other scientific areas. - Conception and implementation of of supporting live devices, for helping people with disabilities. - Analysis and development of artificial organs and prothesis. - Diagnosis and interpretation of bioelectric signals, by using signal processing techniques. - Ability to process and analysis of clinical data in computational systems. - Development of simulation systems, for biologic and physiologic systems purposes. - Scientific research in technologic areas related to health sciences. |
Occupational profiles of graduates
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- Industry (pharmaceutical and medical eq.), Hospitals, Universities and Services. - Design of systems and products (eg artificial limbs and organs). - Design of machines for medical diagnosis. - Installation, maintenance and technical support for biomedical equipment. - Consulting (safety, efficiency and audit of biomedical equipment). - Training health professionals in the proper use of equipment. - Interdisciplinary research on the engineering of biological systems. - Technological Entrepreneurship. |
Learning facilities
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Students have available the following infrastructures
- Central library (with 200 computer work places, open from 9 to 23 hours) - Informatics center - Labs: - 2 different rooms with30 PCs - Logics/Digital systems room - Room for the development of research projects. - Lab. for multimedia supported classes - Chemistry / Phycics labs.
Services: - Networks and telecommunications - Access to digital libraries (IEEE Explore, Springer, Elsevier) - Internet access (email, remote sessions, file transfer) |