1. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Invasion from Aalborg University

2. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Our background Thomas Iversen -26 years old -Born in Herning -Living school for gymnasts two years -Army in The Royal Life Guard year 2000 Copenhagen Aalborg Herning

3. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Our background Kim Stenbo Nielsen -25 years old -Grew up in Gilleleje -Traveling 2 years in most parts of the world -Served 9 months in The Royal Danish Navy Copenhagen Aalborg Gilleleje

4. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Danish – isn’t that a type of pastry? -5,4 mill. People -Happiest people in the world -Most drinking people in the world -Most functional analphabets in northern Europe -Size? Copenhagen Aalborg

5. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk What do you know about Denmark?

6. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Aalborg University -12.000 students (Comparison with other universities in DK) -Faculties of social science, humanities, science, (medicine) -Bachelor/master (3-3½ year or 5 years) -Divided into 6-7 or 10 semester of ½ years duration -Untraditional teaching philosophy -Branches in Esbjerg and Copenhagen. Aalborg Copenhagen Esbjerg

7. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Faculty of Science -Civil Engineering -Building Technology & Structural Engineering -Electronic Engineering (Acoustics, Control, Communication) -Production -Physics & Nanotechnology -Energy Technology -Mechanical Engineering -Computer Science -Mathematical Sciences -Life Sciences (Chemistry, Biotechnology, Environmental Eng.) -Architecture & Design -Development & Planning -Health Science & Technology -Education & Learning -Esbjerg (Chemical Eng, Biotech., Comp. Mechanics, Software & Media Tech.) -Copenhagen (Media Tech. & Engineering) AAU-Cubesat AAU-satII SSETI (ESA) Stem Cell

8. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Institute for Health Science & Technology Employees: -65 scientific -30 technical & administrative -35 PhD students Budget: -App. 10 $R p.a.

9. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Mission(s): -to understand and control human biological systems -diagnose and restore impaired physiological functions -retrieve, transmit, interpret and present patient-specific information

10. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Laboratories at HST Stem Cell Research Rehabilitation Technology Image Analysis and Virtual Reality Motor Control Electrode Design and Development Pelvic Organs Human Performance Health Information Systems Surgery Simulation Diabetes Technology Visceral Pain and Biomechanics Telemedicine Experimental Pain Research Orofacial Pain Cortical Plasticity and Human Brain Mapping Drug Screening EEG Analysis

11. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Research areas at HST -Motor Control & Neurorehabilitation Technology -Sensory Systems & Technology -Medical Informatics -Stem Cell Research -Computer Vision & Media Technology

12. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Educations at HST -Master of Biomedical Engineering & Informatics -Master of IT in Health Informatics (Post grad.) -Ph.d. i Biomedical Science and Engineering

13. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Education structure 5th sem: -Problem identification and analysis at a hospital department (only ST) 7th sem: -Scientific project -Article in English -SEMCON (Semester conference) 9-10th sem: -No courses -1 major or two minor master projects Basic studies Electronics 1 st - 2 nd sem. (1 year) 3 rd – 6 th sem. (2 years) Computer sc. …………… Biomedical Specialization Bachelor Master 7 th – 10 th sem. (2 years) Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

14. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Specializations -Medical Informatics -Biomechanics (outdated) -Medical Signals & Systems -(Tissue Engineering)

15. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk The dual challenge for Biomedical Engineers ? To master and combine different disciplines To understand the clinical domain Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

16. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk -Mathematics -Applied Physics -Electronics -Digital Design -Computer science -Signal Processing -Image Analysis -Pattern Recognition -Decision Support Systems Courses Biomedical Engineering & Informatics -Biology -Anatomy -Physiology -Biochemistry -Medicine -Hospital IT -EMJ

17. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Projects? What do you mean? Biomedical Engineering & Informatics -1 large project of app. 4 months duration. -The teaching philosophy is problem-based, projekt-oriented learning. -Takes offset in the research conducted at HST. -General courses (with exam) and courses supporting the project (no exam). -One large group exam at the end of the semester -Many projects are done in collaboration with the industry

18. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Project tasks -Initial problem (e.g. insulin dosage) -Analysis (Explorative investigation, medical literature PubMED) -Problem resolution (E.g. design and implementatio of a software system) -Evaluation of results -Documentation (Usually a report of 70-150 pages) Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

19. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Group work in focus -Groups of up to 7 students (projects & course exercises) -Formed according to social sympathy or professional interests -Each group has a room (usually) for itself -Exercises are done in group rooms as well. -Each group has a supervisor Typical week: 8.15-10.00:Lecture 10.15-12.00:Exercises 12.00-12.30:Lunch 12.30-14.00:Lecture 14.15-16.00:Exercises Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

20. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Typical weekly schedule Week 40 Monday 3/10Tuesday 4/10Wednesday 5/10Thursday 6/10Friday 9/10 Project Surgical gastroeterology Ole Thorlacius- Ussing Aud. forsk. hus 10.00-12.00 Project Haematology Ilse Christiansen Aud. forsk. hus 10.00-12.00 Service at the department Hospital informations- systemer Hospital informations- systemer PBE 3. mm Aud. forsk. Hus First Aid Kl. 15.00-18.00 Færdighedslaboratori et i Forskningens Hus Supervisor meeting Applied Physics CDM 3. mm Aud. forsk. hus Project Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

21. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Examples of Student Projects Heart Rate Monitor (3 rd sem.) Core Temperature Logger (4 th sem.) Oral AntiCoagulation Information System (OACIS) (6 th sem.) Automated Detection of Retinopathy (7 th sem.) Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

22. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Heart Rate Monitor Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

23. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Core Temperature Logger Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

24. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Oral AntiCoagulation Information System Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

25. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Automated Detection of Retinopathy Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

26. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Our future? -Generelt godt sving i medico-butikken i DK (Er blevet en af de største exportvarer) -Strukturel reform, samt generelt fokus på EPJ i Denmark betyder måske mange jobs indenfor sundheds IT. -Independent (ALLQTECH) -Research at the university Biomedical Engineering & Informatics

27. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk So – what are we doing in São Paulo? MI at Aalborg University: -Establish permanent exchange program between Aalborg University and InCor Personal goals: -Complete our 9 th sem. project -Experience the organization of a foreign hospital -Get to know Brazilian culture -Learn Portuguese -Meet Brazilian people

28. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.hst.aau.dk Questions?