University of Minho

School of Engineering

Engineering Design Roundtables

December 15th, 2017

The route to
SMART IMPLANTS:
a glimpse into 2028
Engineering Design Roundtables series
aim at exchanging ideas on critical issues
to foster crosscutting and transdisciplinary
competences in “engineering systems”
towards new research trends, and to allow
exploring solutions for complex research
challenges through project-oriented and
project-based activities. In order to achieve
these objectives, the Roundtables bring
together doctoral students and researchers
to discuss new frontiers in research,
new technical developments and
project-based activities.

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 Engineering Design Roundtables
The route to smart implants:
a glimpse into 2028
Program
December 15th, 2017, room B1.17

9:15 Opening Session

Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, MIT Portugal EDAM, University of Minho (Portugal)

9:30 Mechanics of cells around Implants

Inês Pinto, Cell Mechanics Laboratory, INL (Portugal)
Discussant: Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, MIT Portugal EDAM, University of Minho

11:00 Coffee-break

11:15 Mechanobiology for implants, and beyond

Michael Gasik, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Aalto University (Finland)
Discussant: Filipe Silva, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minho

12:45 Lunch

14:00 Bacteria-Biomaterials interactions around implants

Lia Rimondini, Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale (Italy)
Discussant: Miguel Nóbrega, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Minho

15:30 Coffee-break

15:45 Strategies for smart implants manufacturing

Filipe Silva, Mechanical Engineering Dept., CMEMS-UMinho (Portugal)
Discussant: Pedro Souto, Department of Textile Engineering, University of Minho

17:15 Closing Remarks

Filipe Silva, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minho

Organizers:
Project HAMaBICo. This workshop was supported by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - Portugal) in
the scope of the project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000018-HAMaBICo
MIT Portugal Program through the Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing initiative at UMinho
Contact:
Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing - Doctoral Program in Leaders for Technical Industries
E-mail: edam-mit@eng.uminho.pt
Phone: +351 253 510 129