Current Topics in Biomedical Engineering

Recommended Prerequisites

Technical and scientific knowledge depending on the subject to be addressed; English proficiency required for searching the literature.

Teaching Methods

Configuration 1:
Thematic seminars: introduce current and relevant themes in Biomedical Engineering.
Cross seminars: provide a broad overview os the research domain.
Elaboration, oral presentation and discussion of a review paper.
Mandatory presence in all seminar sessions.

Configuration 2:
Attendance of advanced courses

Configuration 3

Tutored internship in a company.

Learning Outcomes

- To obtain an overview of the thematic area, including fundamental concepts, main methodologies and current main research challenges.
- To acquire a broad view of the research domain of the doctoral program
- To improve competences of critical analysis of scientific works, synthesis, scientific writing, verbal and written communication, critical reasoning, autonomous learning, research and group integration.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The student must choose one of the 3 following configurations:
Configuration 1:
Periodical sessions with presentations by experts of relevant and up-to-date Biomedical Engineering themes.
Literature review and state of the art on a Biomedical Engineering theme not coinciding with the PhD project theme, for a written review paper and its oral presentation.

Configuration 2:
Attendance of advanced courses internal or external to the UC that fit in the training required by the student to conclude his/her study plan. These advanced courses aim the extensive learning of current and relevant topics in the specialization area where the student will carry out his/her PhD thesis.

Configuration 3

Internship (with agreement) in a company having a research and development department in the area of Biomedical Engineering.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Miguel Lino Santos Morgado

Assessment Methods

Assessment
For configuration 1, the evaluation is based on the written review paper and its oral presentation. For configuration 2, the evaluation depends on the selected advanced courses. For configuratio 3, the evaluation is based on the assessment of the student's performance during his/her internship: 100.0%

Bibliography

Para cada tópico abordado na disciplina será fornecida aos alunos uma lista de artigos de investigação.

For each topic to be addressed in the course, a list of research papers will be provided to the students.