Universidade do Minho

Escola de Engenharia

Dept. Electrónica Industrial

       
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Currently, she is researcher in the CMEMS-UMinho (Center for Microelectromechanical Systems). Her scientific activity is focused mainly in the areas of biomedical microsystems, specifically in fluidic lab-on-a-chip devices and on-chip integration of electronic circuits, optical filters, sensors, biosensors and recently microactuators.

 

Lab-on-a-chip Research Group

 

Membership:

Member of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

 

Technical Advisor “Microtechnology and BioMEMS” of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Portugal Chapter – IEEE Portugal EMBS Chapter (http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/portugal-embs/technical-advisors/microtechnology-and-biomems/)

 

Member of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Portugal Chapter
 

 

Academic Supervisions (Pos-Doc, PhD, MSC)

 

On-going Pos-Doc:

Project Title: “Optimization of iron oxide-based porous magnetic silica spheres for histidine tagged proteins capture in large scale and lab-on-a-chip applications.” SFRH/BPD/98109/2013.

Vanessa Fernandes Cardoso

Started: March 2014.

 

Project Title: “Multifunctional lab-on-a-chip for blood properties detection with integrated PVDF acoustic transducers: application to malaria biomarkers.” SFRH/BPD/108889/2015.

Susana Oliveira Catarino

Started: October 2015.

 

 

Finished PhD:

Project Title: “Spectroscopy systems for the detection of gastrointestinal”. SFRH/BD/38978/2007

Débora Ferreira

PhD BioEngenharia do MIT-Portugal

UMinho (DEI) - MIT-Boston

Started: October 2007. Finished: 17th January 2012.

 

Project Title: “Microagitação acústica de fluidos biológicos baseada em polímeros electroactivos: estudo do seu potencial para aplicações Lab-on-a-chip”. SFRH/BD/44289/2008

Vanessa Cardoso

PhD Biomedical Engineering

UMinho (DEI)

Started: October 2008. Finished: 11th December 2012.

 

Project Title: “Modelação, simulação e implementação de agitação acústica para aplicações em microfluídica”. SFRH/BD/61767/2009.

Susana Oliveira Catarino

PhD Biomedical Engineering

UMinho (DEI)

Started: October 2009. Finished: 17th February 2014.

 

Project Title: “Microssistema eletrónico para leitura, controlo e atuação de compostos bioquímicos nun lab-on-a-chip”. SFRH/BD/70467/2010.

Ramiro Gomes Correia.

PhD Biomedical Engineering

UMinho (DEI)

Started: March 2011. Finished: 15th June 2016.

 

Project Title: “Optical microsystem for spectroscopy signals extraction applied to gastrointestinal dysplasua detection". SFRH/BD/87605/2012.

Sara Filomena Ribeiro Pimenta

PhD Biomedical Engineering.

UMinho (DEI)

Started: October 2012. Finished: 24th February 2017.

 

Project Title: “Matriz de sensores em filme fino para medição da pressão no trato gastrointestinal". SFRH/BD/81562/2011.

Paulo Jorge Teixeira de Sousa

PhD Biomedical Engineering

UMinho (DEI)

Started: January 2012. Finished: 19th April 2017.

 

Project Title: “Imunossensor microfluidic para quantificação de cortisol salivar". SFRH/BD/81526/2011.

Vânia Cristina Gonçalves Pinto.

PhD Biomedical Engineering

UMinho (DEI)

Started: January 2012. Finished: 29th May 2017.

 

 

 

On-going PhD:

Project Title: “Development of biosensor integrated into Dye sensitized solar cell for measure cancer biomarker”.

Ana Patricia Tavares Moreira.

PhD Biomedical Engineering.

UMinho (ISEP - Doutora Goreti Sales+DEI)

Started: October 2014.

 

Project Title: "The study of cell behaviour using biomedical microdevices”. SFRH/BD/99696/2014.

Vera Luísa Carreira Faustino

PhD Biomedical Engineering

UMinho (DEI+DEM)

Started: February 2015.

 

Project Title: “Lab-on-chip biosensor for chlorophyll analysis to classify phytoplankton species”.

Denise Andreia Mota Carvalho.

Doctoral Program in Ciência, Tecnologia e Gestão do Mar (Do*Mar).

UMinho (UM-Bio+DEI)+ UVigo (FCM - Emílio Fernandez Suarez).

Started: January 2017.

 

 

On-going MSC:

Project Title: "Quantificação e classificação de fitoplâncton por espectrofotometria", MSc. in Industrial Electronics and Computing Engineering. Started in October 2016. (UM-DEI). Student: Carlos Pereira.


 

Finished MSC:

Project Title:"Optimização de processos na área clínica – Aplicação em exames de diagnóstico por Ressonância Magnética", in co-orientation with Paulo Cruz from Siemens Medical Solutions. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in November 2006. Finished in 4th September 2007. Student: Débora Sofia dos Santos Ferreira (Siemens + UM-DEI).

Project Title:"Microssistema óptico para caracterização da mucosa gastrointestinal através de autofluorescência". MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in November 2006. Finished in 18th December 2007. Student: Rosana Maria Alves Dias (UM-DEI).

Project Title:"Conversor analógico digital Sigma-Delta em CMOS para aplicações clínicas". MSc. in Industrial Electronics and Computing Engineering. Started in November 2006. Finished in 18th December 2007. Student: André Jorge Valente Fernandes (UM-DEI).

Project Title:"Microagitação acústica de fluidos baseada em polímeros electroactivos”, in co-orientation with Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in December 2007. Finished in 24th July 2008. Student: Vanessa Fernandes Cardoso (UM-DEI + UM-Fisica).

Project Title:"Filtros ópticos fabricados através de tecnologia de pulverização catódica em magnetrão para detectores de raios-x baseados em cintiladores". MSc. in Industrial Electronics and Computing Engineering. Started in November 2007. Finished in 24th July 2008. Student: Ricardo Xavier Pires Lameiro (UM-DEI).

Project Title:"Optimização de Processos de Prestadores de Cuidados de Saúde", in co-orientation with Paulo Cruz from Siemens Medical Solutions. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in December 2007. Finished in 18th November 2008. Student: Eurico Longras Martins (Siemens + UM-DEI).

Project Title:"Fotodetectores e respectivo sistema para detecção, leitura e processamento de dados". MSc. in Industrial Electronics and Computing Engineering. Started in November 2007. Finished in 17th December 2008. Student: Hélder Miguel Queirós e Cunha (UM-DEI).

Project Title:"Sensor de Fluxo Baseado em Polímero Piezoeléctrico". MSc. in Industrial Electronics and Computing Engineering. Started in November 2007. Finished in 17th December 2008. Student: Heloisa Cristiana Cardoso Costa (UM-DEI).

Project Title:“Estudo da eficiência da aplicação da microagitação acústica, baseada no polímero beta-PVDF, no processo de mistura de fluidos biológicos em exames clínicos não rotineiros”. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in October 2008. Finished in 23th September 2009. Student: Susana Catarino (UM-DEI).

Project Title: “Gestão Hospitalar de Instalações e Equipamentos”, in co-orientation with Eng. Adriano Araújo da Casa de Saúde de Guimarães. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in October 2008. Finished in 09th December 2009. Student: Vânia Maria Faria de Castro (Casa Saúde Guimarães + UM-DEI).

Project Title: “Sistema de actuação e controlo de um polímero piezoeléctrico para microagitação acústica de fluidos”. MSc. in Industrial Electronics and Computing Engineering. Started in November 2008. Finished in 14th December 2009. Student: Patrícia Laura da Silva Ferreira (UM-DEI).

Project Title: “Filtro óptico ajustável de Fabry-Perot com cavidade baseada em polímero piezoeléctrico”. MSc. in Industrial Electronics and Computing Engineering. Started in November 2008. Finished in 14th December 2009. Student: Flávio José de Matos Rocha (UM-DEI).

Project Title: “Angiografia Coronária por Ressonância Magnética na detecção de Doença Arterial Coronária”, in co-orientation with Eng. Filipe Janela from Siemens Health Care Sector. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in October 2009. Finished in 28th July 2010. Student: Bonifácio Ventura Meixedo (Siemens + UM-DEI)

Project Title: “Sistema para melhorar a eficiência da mistura de fluidos através da aplicação da agitação acústica baseada no PVDF”, in co-orientation with Dr. Lemor do IBMT, Fraunhofer. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in October 2009. Finished in 7th December 2010. Student: Bruno Miguel Magalhães Moreira (IBMT + UM-DEI).

Project Title: “Desenvolvimento de nanomateriais fotocatalíticos para controlo de poluição”, in co-orientation with Carlos José Macedo Tavares. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in November 2009. Finished in 18th November 2010. Student: Liliana Filipa Silva Oliveira (UM-DEI + UM-Fisica).

Project Title: “Membranas de Nanofibras de Quitosano para Engenharia de Tecidos”, in co-orientation with Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez and José Ribeles from Universidade Politécnica de Valência. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in September 2009. Finished in 22nd November 2010. Student: Anabela Cepa Areias (UM-DEI + UPV).

Project Title: “SelfPOCNAD – Development of a Point of Care Detection Unit, Microfluidic Chip and Self-Sampling Device for Cervical Cancer Screening”, in co-orientation with Dr. Tao Dong from Vestfold University College, Norway. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Started in October 2010. Finished in 29th May 2011. Student: Nuno Miguel Matos Pires (VUC + UM-DEI).

Project Title: “Study, optimization and characterization of SU-8 structures for microfluids devices using lithographic methods”. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in October 2010. Finished in 27th September 2011. Student: Vânia Cristina Gonçalves Pinto (UM-DEI).

Project Title: “Study, optimization and characterization of PDMS structures for lab-on-a-chip devices”, in co-orientation with Senentxu Lanveros-Mendez. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in October 2010. Finished in 27th September 2011. Student: Paulo Jorge Teixeira de Sousa (UM-DEI + UM-FISICA).

Project Title: “Piezoelectric biosensor for microfluids biomolecules detection based in PVDF-TrFE”, in co-orientation with Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in October 2010. Finished in 27th September 2011. Student: Tiago Monteiro (UM-DEI + UM-FISICA).

Project Title: “Produção de filmes finos de óxidonitretos de alumínio e crómio por técnicas de PVD e sua caracterização em termos de propriedades fisícas, químicas e ópticas”, in co-orientation with Luis Cunha. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in November 2010. Finished in 11th July 2011.  Student: César Martins (UM-DEI + UM-FISICA).

Project Title: “Materiais Híbridos Orgânicos-Inorgânicos nanoestruturados para aplicação em fotónica”, in co-orientation with Luís António Dias Carlos from University of Aveiro. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in October 2010. Finished in 9th September 2011. Student: Vânia Patrícia Castro Teixeira Freitas (UM-DEI + UA).

Project Title: “Development of a sensoring device for environmental estrogens in wastewater”, in co-orientation with Dr Klaus Kühn from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. MSc. in Micro/Nano Technologies. Started in October 2010. Finished in 29th November 2011. Student: Sara Vanessa Afonso Reis Teixeira.

Título: “Dispositivo Point-of-Care Testing para análise dos Diabetes Mellitus e da Função Renal em fluidos biológicos”. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Local: Departamento de Electrónica Industrial da Universidade do Minho. Em co-orientação com a Doutora Margarida Correia Neves da Escola de Ciências da Saúde. Aluno: João Oliveira. Início: Outubro de 2011. Finalizada em 11 Outubro de 2012.

Título: “Desenvolvimento de um sistema de transdutores piezoelétricos para melhorar a mistura de fluidos”. MSc. in Biomedical Engineering. Local: Departamento de Electrónica Industrial da Universidade do Minho. Em co-orientação com Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez do Departamento de Física. Aluno: Luís Silva. Início: Outubro de 2011. Finalizada em 26 Novembro de 2012.

Título: “Nanodiamond Functionalization for Biological Application”. Local: Departamento de Electrónica Industrial e Fraunhofer IZFP-D Technische Universität Dresden, Alemanha. Em co-orientação com o Doutor Jörg Opitz da Technische Universität Dresden, Alemanha. Aluno: Juliana Pereira Lopes Gonçalves. Início: Outubro de 2012. Finalizada em 26 de Agosto de 2013.

Título: “Dispositivo para determinação do tipo de sangue humano: Aplicação aos fenótipos Rh e teste reverso”. Local: Departamento de Electrónica Industrial da Universidade do Minho. Aluno: José Miguel Penteado Neiva Silva Fernandes. Início: Outubro de 2012. Finalizada em 14 de Outubro de 2013.

Project Title: “Nanodiamond Functionalization for Biological Application”, in co-orientation with Doutor Jörg Opitz from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. MSc. In Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in October 2012. Finished in 28th August 2013. Student: Juliana Pereira Lopes Gonçalves (UM-DEI + Dresden).

Project Title: “Developement of a prototype for simulating the human cardiac system”, in co-orientation with Doutor José Machado from University of Minho. MSc. In Mechanical Engineering. Started in October 2012. Finished in 2nd December 2013. Student: Diogo Lemos (UM-DEI + UM-DEM).

Project Title: “Development of the readout electronics for an array of pH electrochemical biosensors: applications to gastrointestinal tract monitoring”. MSc. In Biomedical Engineering. Started in October 2013. Finished in 18th September 2014. Student: Nathali Stefani de Castro Campos (UM-DEI).

Project Title: “Integration of Temperature Sensors in Polyimide-Based Thin-Film Electrode-Arrays”, in co-orientation with Doctor Eva Fiedler do Institute for Microsystem Technology, University of Freiburg, Germany. MSc. In Biomedical Engineering. Started in October 2013. Finished in Dezember 2014. Student: Maria Francisca Porto Cruz (UM-DEI + Freiburg).

Project Title: “Complex 3D microstructures made by 2 photon lithography and surface modification”, in co-orientation with Doctor Hans-Georg Braun da Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. MSc. In Micro/Nano Technologies Started in October 2013. Finished in Dezember 2014. Student: Andreia Vanessa Estrela Cortico Elvas (UM-DEI + TUDresden).

Project Title: “Surface Characterization of Ti-O-N Coatings for Use in Cardiovascular Stents”, at Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme, Institutsteil Materialdiagnostik, Dresden, Germany, in co-orientation with Nataliia Beshchasna from TUDresden, Germany. Student: Miguel Ângelo Vale da Silva. Started in October 2014. Finished in July 2015.

Project Title: “Microfluidic Cell Encapsulation and Droplet Based Bacteria Antibiotic Tests”, at Max Bergmann Center, TU Dresden, Germany, in co-orientation with Julian Thiele from TUDresden, Germany. Student: Carina Isabel Araújo da Silva. Started in October 2014. Finished in July 2015.

Project Title: “Photocatalytic Treatment of Antibiotics and Toxicity Assay with Vibrio Fischeri of the By-products”, at TU Dresden, Germany, in co-orientation with Klaus Kühn from TUDresden, Germany. Student: Ana Rita Pereira da Silva. Started October 2014. Finished November 2015.

Project Title: “Molecular organization, exchange rate and molecular properties of microbubble stabilizing proteins”, in co-orientation with Kerensa Broersen-Nutma from MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twenty, The Netherlands. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in September 2015. Finished November 2016. Student: Daniela Alves do Paço.

Project Title: “Protein Mobility in Complex Liquids”, in co-orientation with Saskia Lindhoud and Christian Blum from MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twenty, The Netherlands. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in September 2015. Finished December 2016. Student: Ivo Silva.

Project Title: “Optical measurement data processing and image analysis for automated failure detection in ceramics”, in co-orientation with Christian Wolf and Jorge Opktiz from TUDresden, Germany. MSc. in Micro/Nano Tecnologies. Started in October 2015. Finished December 2016. Student: Miguel Lopes.

 

 

 

 

 

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