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Workshop revealed great innovative strength at ENGINEERING within the field of Sustainable Health, Medical and Welfare Technology

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Great innovative strength at ENGINEERING within the field of Sustainable Health, Medical and Welfare Technology

The Faculty of Science and Engineering gathered almost 50 researchers with interest in Sustainable Health, Medical and Welfare Technology to a cross-disciplinary workshop with the purpose of generating new ideas across research fields.

By Simona Padurariu & David Graff

There are numerous exciting technologies and research ideas to pursue at AAU within the field of Health, Medical and Welfare Technology. That was clearly demonstrated at a cross-disciplinary workshop held at AAU Friday the 9th of September 2022.

There were covered ideas such as:

  • Advanced materials for tissue engineering and drug delivery systems
  • Omics technologies and model organisms for disease investigation and prototype testing
  • Mathematical expertise for modelling of body parts and biological processes as well as big data analyses
  • Indoor health and simulation laboratories and manikins
  • Design of macro, micro and nanorobots, exoskeletons and other wearable technologies
  • Health care operations management and development of apps.

Innovation is a stronghold

According to the prodean for research and innovation John K. Pedersen, the innovative force revealed at the workshop is a crucial stronghold for AAU:

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As a mission-oriented university focusing on sustainability, we depend on the innovative strength of our research groups. The workshop leaves no doubt that Engineering’s research groups possess strong expertise that supports the technological development and that this outlines very promising future research areas with regard to Sustainable Health, Medical and Welfare Technology.

Pro-dean for research and innovation John K. Pedersen

All AAU Engineering Departments participated at the workshop where seventeen presentations and pitches formed the basis for discussions, gathering of constructive input for the idea maturation and development of new sustainable solutions aiming to solve some of the actual challenges within health and welfare areas.

The workshop was declared a success by Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, vice-head of Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, “as good ideas were exchanged and new contacts were established,” he said.

The workshop was the 5th in a series of 9 corresponding to each of the sustainability areas defined by the Faculty of Science and Engineering.