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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |