Bioengineering Systems and Technologies of Rehabilitation and Prosthetics

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ETU “LETI” is a university with deep historical roots that is famous for its fundamental approach to training. It was established in 1886 and became the first university in Europe to specialize in electrical engineering. Each student can reach out and touch history and even join it.

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No matter what program you are enrolled at, you can take part in academic mobility and apply to double degree programs.

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University researchers have several dozen patents registered every year. The university has 3 research institutes, 16 education and research schools and a Technopark. The Technopark is comprised of the Youth Innovation Center and Technopark Business Incubator.

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The program focuses on the formation of professional competencies and skills using modern technologies in biophysics, biomechanics, electronics, information technologies for the rehabilitation of lost functions of organs and systems in the human body and the development of systems and complexes to assess the effectiveness of medical rehabilitation of people with disabilities. In addition, students gain skills in developing and maintaining technical means of medical rehabilitation using modern rehabilitation technologies to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.

First semester

• Methods of Computer Processing and Analysis of Medical and Biologicaln Data
• Biomechanics in Rehabilitation
• Microprocessors in Rehabilitation
• Design of Electronic and Mechanical Components in Rehabilitation Systems
• 3D Designing of Prosthetic Models
• Social Communication in Professional Environment
• Foreign language

Second semester

• Automated Control in Rehabilitation Systems
• Automated Analysis of Images
• Modeling and Simulation of Rehabilitation Systems
• Modern problems of Biomedical Engineering
• Commercialization of Results of Scientific Research and Development
• Academic and Technical Language (Russian/English)

Third Semester

• Biotechnical Systems and Technologies
• Decision Support Systems in Bioengineering
• Biomaterials in Prosthetics and Rehabilitation
• Information Systems of Rehabilitation
• Interdisciplinary Project “Development of Rehabilitation Systems for Functional Damage of an Organism”  

 Fourth Semester

• Practice and Internships at Partner institutions
• Master Thesis Preparation and Defense  

• Enhanced training and study of medical rehabilitation technologies,
• Methods for assessing the condition of rehabilitation and prosthetics facilities,
• Development of technical means of medical rehabilitation,
• Conducting scientific research on the development of methods and information and measurement systems for evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation of people.

Teaching Laboratories:

• Biomechanical studies of the musculoskeletal system.
• Medical Systems (equipped with modern medical instruments).
• Computational Modeling of Biological and Bioengineering Systems.
• Electronics and Microprocessor Engineering.
• Display room (equipped with National Instruments workstations and visual programming tools).

Research Laboratories:

• Mathematical Methods and Computer-Aided Systems for Processing and Analysis of Biomedical Data.
• Bioengineering Measurement Computing Systems.
• Human Health Assessment Methods and Systems.
• Students enroll at the branch department Medical Information and Bioengineering Systems, conduct research, attend practice-oriented classes at Almazov National Medical Research Center, Biomechanics Laboratory at Albrecht National Research Center for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation, and Children’s Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases.

Research Scope:

1. Development of methods and systems for assessing the characteristics of the human musculoskeletal system, lower limbs.
2. Development of methods and systems for assessing the functional state of organism’s systems.
3. Development of technical means of medical rehabilitation.
4. Correction of disorders of organism’s systems.

Focus of interest:

In our program, we focus on applying different fields of medical rehabilitation under the research directions mentioned above, and they are:

• Vestibular rehabilitation (balance analysis)
• Neurological rehabilitation
• Neuropsychological rehabilitation (analysis of brain damage and treatment)
• Vision rehabilitation (different cases of vision impairment)
• Cardiac rehabilitation (cardiac resynchronization and prosthetic cardiac devices, such as artificial valves and vessels)
• Respiratory rehabilitation (Pulmonary rehabilitation) and physical rehabilitation (including physiotherapy)

Winter and Summer Schools

To support the students, the Department holds summer and winter schools.

Laboratory classes and practical sessions help students understand how modern achievements of biomechanics, biophysics, electronics, and mechanics are used to develop methods and technical means of medical rehabilitation.

Master’s program graduates can continue their studies at the post-Graduate level in the same department in Devices, systems, and medical products under the program code 12.06.01- Photonics, instrumentation, optical and biotechnical systems, and technologies.

Our department offers our students the opportunity to study in a double degree program and seasonal schools, spend semesters abroad through student exchange at the Technological University of Ilmenau, and attend online lectures by experts from our partners listed below.