Marco Paulo Soares dos Santos

Designation:
Professor
Department:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University:
University of Aveiro
Email:
marco.santos@ua.pt
Country:
Portugal
Journal Associated: Annals of Robotics and Automation Biography:

Marco P. Soares dos Santos completed Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro. He started his career by researching in the scope of automatic control, but he has been focused in designing innovative medical devices, namely active bone implants. He has already published more than 40 scientific papers in several international journals and conferences of high scientific prestige in the areas of medical devices, biomechanics, automatic control, sensors and actuators, applied mathematics and energy harvesting, not forgetting the activity in review of scientific works. He is member of the European Society of Biomechanics. He has been a researcher in several projects, three of which focusing on breakthroughs for active hip prostheses. He was already awarded with several scholarships and prizes. Currently he is also assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro.

Research Interest: Instrumented active implants, electromagnetic stimulation of tissues, bone regeneration, self-powering, control.

Number of Publications: 43

URL of their official website: https://www.ua.pt/dem/person/80381944 

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