YRA - Young Researchers Academy MedTech in NRW

Call

• Ph.D., Master, and Bachelor students of all universities in NRW (Uni & FH) working in areas related to biomedical engineering are kindly invited to present their research or their thesis at the 3rd YRA MedTech Symposium.
  May 24 / 2019 / FH Aachen
  FH Aachen / Campus Jülich
  Heinrich-Mußmann-Str. 1
  52428 Jülich

Objectives

• The aim of the YRA is to build a scientific community amongst young MedTech researchers, namely bachelor, master, and doctoral students of all types of universities (Uni & FH) in NRW.


• The aim of this YRA symposium (free of charge) is to provide an open platform for bachelor, master, and doctoral students to present either their research or their final thesis in the realm of (bio-)medical engineering or in related fields such as e.g. (non-exhaustive):
  
  
  • - Biomechanics, Implants, Biofluidmechanics, Microfluidics, ...
  • - Bioinformatics, Telemedicine, AAL, Hospital Engineering, ...
  • - Bioelectromagnetics, Bioelectronics, Biophysics, Medical Physics, ...
  • - Medical Imaging, Biosensors, Lab-on-a-Chip...
  • - Numerical Modeling, HPC, Multi-Scale Approaches, ...

Paper Submission

• Submission: You are kindly invited to submit a one (up to maximal two) page abstract (Word and PDF format) until April 30th, 2019 to: info@yra-medtech.de (a prior announcement of participation is welcomed).
  


• Format: Please use the corresponding MSWord template that is provided in the navigation on the left. http://www.yra-medtech.de
  


• For registration to the 2019 YRA MedTech Symposium please use the followoing registration form. YRA 2019 Registration
  
  

YRA MedTech Symposium 2019

• 09:00 - 09:30 / Gerling Pavillon
  Registration
  

Opening / Hörsaal 00H01

• 09:30 - 09:40
  Opening and Welcome
  Prof. Dr. Manfred Staat (Symposium Chair),
  Prof. Dr. Christof Schelthoff (Dean)

09:40 - 11:00 / Hörsaal 00H01 / Tissue Engineering Measurements Modeling and Simulations / Chair: Prof. I. Digel

• 09:40 - 10:00
  Treating arterial hypertension in a cell culture well
  Robin Bayer, Jürgen Hescheler, Gerhard Artmann, and Aysegül Artmann
  University of Cologne, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
  

• 10:00 - 10:20
  Development of a tool to analyze the conduction speed in microelectrode array measurements of cardiac tissue
  Jan Hunker, Alexander Jung, Matthias Goßmann, Peter Linder, and Manfred Staat
  FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, innoVitro GmbH
  

• 10:20 - 10:40
  Characterization of horse-derived induced pluripotent stem cells
  Vanessa Bröker, Dorothee Hielscher, Andreas Pansky, Kurt Pfannkuche, and Edda Tobiasch
  Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, University of Cologne
  

• 10:40 - 11:00
  Modification of a computer model of human stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte electrophysiology based on Patch-Clamp measurements
  Aravind Hariharan Raman, Alexander Jung, András Horváth, Nadine Becker, and Manfred Staat
  FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Nanion Technologies GmbH
  

11:00 - 11:20 / Gerling Pavillon / Coffee Break / Networking with other Experts

11:20 - 12:40 / Hörsaal 00H01 / Brain and Neurological Computer Interface / Chair: Prof. K. Ziemons

• 11:20 - 11:40
  Feature extraction and classification of motor imagery EEG signals for brain computer interface controlled electromechanical implants
  Nikolas P. Klein, Adrian Niemann, and Klaus Brinker
  Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences
  

• 11:40 - 12:00
  Improvements in classification accuracy of a pre-existing P300-speller system
  Adrian Niemann, and Klaus Brinker
  Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences
  

• 12:00 - 12:20
  A hardware efficient implementation of a spike detection algorithm in neural closed-loop-systems
  Andreas Erbslöh, Roman Burkard, Reinhard Viga, Rainer Kokozinski
  University of Duisburg-Essen, Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuit and Systems
  

• 12:20 - 12:40
  Bayesian multi-level model to inspect relationship between socioeconomic status and subjective health in 10,000 social brain
  Nathania Suryoputri, and Danilo Bzdok
  FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, RWTH Aachen University
  

• Poster (during lunch break)
  Listening effort and cognitive functions in cochlear implant users
  Khaled Abdellatif, Stefan Schreitmüller, Martin Walger, and Hartmut Meister
  University of Cologne
  

12:40 - 13:50 / Gerling Pavillon / Lunch Break and Poster Session

13:50 - 14:20 / Hörsaal 00H01 / MRI and Tomography / Chair: Prof. K. Kotliar

• 13:50 - 14:10
  Continuous measurement methods for non-invasive determination of bladder volume
  Romina Möllmann, Wolfgang Gröting, Ralf Ihl, and Karsten Seidl
  Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuit and Systems, Alexianer GmbH, University of Duisburg-Essen
  

• 14:10 - 14:30
  Design and characterization of metamaterial-based zeroth-order resonance antennas for 3T MRI
  Muhamed Dedic, Jan Taro Svejda, Andreas Rennings, and Daniel Erni
  University of Duisburg-Essen
  

• 14:30 - 14:50
  The influence of CT tube current and voltage on extended Hounsfield unit values
  Zehra Ese, Daniel Erni, and Waldemar Zylka
  University of Duisburg-Essen, Westphalian University
  

• 14:50 - 15:10
  Design and first results of a phantom study on the suitability of iterative reconstruction for lung-cancer screening with low-dose computer tomography
  Britta König, Nika Guberina, Hilmar Kühl, and Waldemar Zylka
  University of Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital Essen, St. Bernhard-Hospital Kamp-Lintfort GmbH, Westphalian University
  

• 15:10 - 15:30
  Establishment of a 4-Alternative-Forced-Choice test to evaluate the radiological performance of iterative reconstruction in computer tomography images
  Hoai Thu Nguyen, Britta König, and Waldemar Zylka
  Westphalian University, University of Duisburg-Essen
  

• 15:30 - 15:50
  Numerical evaluation of small animal warming potential when using a birdcage coil for 7T magnetic resonance imaging
  Maíra M. Garcia, Tiago R. Oliveira, Daniel Papoti, Khallil Chaim, Daniel Erni, and Waldemar Zylka
  Westphalian University, University of Duisburg-Essen, Federal University of ABC, University of Sao Paulo
  

15:50 - 16:10 / Gerling Pavillon / Coffee Break / Networking with other Experts

16:10 - 17:30 / Hörsaal 00H01 / Optical Analyses and Sensoring / Chair: Prof. W. Zylka

• 16:10 - 16:30
  Recognition of subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by the use of retinal arterial vessels
  Jonas Zingsheim, Timo Grimmer, Marion Ortner, Christoph Schmaderer, Christine Hauser, and Konstantin Kotliar
  FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Technische Universität München
  

• 16:30 - 16:50
  Vasomotion in retinal vessels of patients presenting post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus following subarachnoid hemorrhage
  Yannik Blum, Walid Albanna, Anne Benninghaus, and Konstantin Kotliar
  FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, RWTH Aachen University
  

• 16:50 - 17:10
  Utilization of fluorescence spectroscopy and neural networks in clinical analysis
  Fouad Azar, and Ilya Digel
  FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
  

• 17:10 - 17:30
  Development of a camera-based pulse oxymeter for neonatal intensive care units
  Rene Thull, Christian Schiffer, and Andreas Diewald
  Trier University of Applied Sciences
  

17:30 - 17:30 / Hörsaal 00H01 / Session Changes

17:30 - 18:10 / Hörsaal 00H01 / Application of Physical Methods / Chair: Prof. J. Trzewik

• 17:30 - 17:50
  Approach for erosion processes at HF-surgery devices
  Tino Morgenstern, Manuel Lange, Stephan Klöckner, and Jörg Himmel
  Hochschule Ruhr West, Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe
  

• 17:50 - 18:10
  Diamond like carbon as a hydrophobic material for electrowetting
  Semih Türk, Reinhard Viga, and Holger Vogt
  University of Duisburg-Essen, Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuit and Systems
  

18:10 - 18:10 / Hörsaal 00H01 / Closing Remarks