Health & Safety (HS)
Health & Safety (HS)
New challenges in protecting human life in an occupational context.
Goal
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New devices and methods to improve the safety of workers in the new industrial contexts, particularly focusing on safety monitoring in extreme thermal environments.
Key Tasks
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Development of a human thermoregulation model
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Development of new orthopaedic devices for skeletal repair
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Creation and test of VR tools for application in security context
Outputs
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An innovative human thermoregulation simulation program
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New analysis and training tools based biomechanical models appropriate to industrial applications
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Numerical virtual reality (VR) tools and physiological data sensing devices
Featured Publications
Rodrigues, J.C. et al. Robotics with Augmented Reality for Training and Rehabilitation. Proceeding of International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL), 4-5 November 2021, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Pires, T. et al. Numerical-experimental analysis of the permeability-porosity relationship in TPMS scaffolds (2021). Journal of Biomechanics, 117, art. no. 110263.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110263
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110263
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Santos, J. et al. Experimental Evaluation of Permeability in TPMS Scaffolds, Proceedings of ESB2021 – 26th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, July 11-14, virtual event organized by POLIMI.
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José C. Rodrigues, Paulo Menezes and Maria T. Restivo; An Augmented Reality interface to control a Collaborative Robot in Rehab: A preliminary usability evaluation; Front. Digit. Health; Sec. Connected Health, Volume 5.
DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1078511
DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1078511
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Jorge E. Santos, A. Lombard, T. Pires, A. P. G. Castro, P. R. Fernandes, Biomechanical characterization of TPMS scaffolds for bone and cartilage tissue engineering, 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Porto, Portugal, 26-29 June 2022.
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John O Ogundiran, An empirical assessment of IEQ in developing sub-Saharan countries: Evaluation of existing gaps and potential risk; 2022, XVI. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.
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Global Coordinator
Mário Augusto Pires Vaz
Other Institutional Coordinators
Amândio Manuel Cupido dos Santos
Miguel Pedro Tavares da Silva
Team
John Ogudiran
Jorge Emídio Costa dos Santos
José Carlos Marques Rodrigues
Nilza Alexandra Gomes Ramião