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Nuno Miguel Ferreira is a Mechanical Engineer with a Master's degree from the University of Porto. He is currently studying for a Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering, focusing on biomechanics and simulation. He is a researcher in INEGI and has taught at the University of Porto. He has worked on two projects: PRECOGFIL, which is about developing pre-tensioned cog threads to repair pelvic prolapse, and InterLynk, which aims to produce human platelet lysate-based scaffolds for repairing several tissues simultaneously. Ferreira's research has been recognized through publications and conference presentations. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are Additive Manufacturing; Simulation; Autologous Biomaterials; Electrospinning; and Pelic Organ Prolapse Repair.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nuno Miguel Araújo Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, N. M.
  • Ferreira, Nuno Miguel
  • Nuno Miguel Ferreira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0D12-0F19-50B4
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7783-1166
Google Scholar ID
GWGj1DcAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id
58248799300

Email addresses

  • nmferreira@fe.up.pt (Professional)
  • nmferreira@inegi.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • R. Dr. Roberto Frias, Campus da FEUP, Nº 400, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies
  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/09/01 - 2027/09/01
Ongoing
 Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2020/10 - 2022/10/14
Concluded
 Master in Mechanical Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Mechanical Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Numerical Simulation of the Reconstruction of Mechanical Components Using a Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Process" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2017/09 - 2020/07
Concluded
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Licenciatura)
Major in Mechanical Engineering
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/13 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/01 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/11/01 - 2028/11/30 Prolapse treatment improvement using AI enabled development of biodegradable implants
2024.00925.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/04/03 - 2024/04/02 PRECOGFIL - Novel pre-tensioned cog threads for transvaginal repair of anterior and posterior compartment prolapse.
PTDC/EMD-EMD/2229/2020
Research Fellow
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/09/14 - 2023/02/28 InterLynk - Human Platelet Lysates- based Scaffolds for Interfacial Multi-tissue Repair
953169
Research Fellow
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Horizon 2020
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
UIDB/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
UIDP/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50022/2020
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, N. M.; Antonio Ramos Silva; Marco P. L. Parente; Silva MET. "Mechanical Suitability of Biodegradable Meshes in Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treatment". Paper presented in EJIL 2025 – 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of LAETA, Porto, 2025.
    Submitted
  2. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Antonio Ramos Silva; Marco P. L. Parente; Silva MET. "Evaluation of the Mechanical Performance of Biodegradable Meshes for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treatment". Paper presented in Conference on Computational and Artificial Intelligence for Mechanics and Biomechanics, Porto, 2025.
    Accepted
  3. Martins, Joana; Vaz, Francisca; Ferreira, N. M.; Silva, Ana Telma; Costa-de-Oliveira S; A A Fernandes; Silva MET. Corresponding author: Martins, Joana. "Mechanical Evaluation Of Biodegradable Pcl Mesh Implants For Prolapse Repair: Cyclic And Uniaxial Testing". Paper presented in 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Zurich, 2025.
    Accepted
  4. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Silva MET; A A Fernandes. "MECHANICAL BIOCOMPATIBILITY ASSESSMENT OF BIODEGRADABLE MESHES FOR PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE REPAIR". Paper presented in 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 6 – 9 July 2025, Zurich, 2025.
    Accepted
  5. Martins, Joana; Vaz, Francisca; Ferreira, N. M.; Silva, Ana Telma; Pinheiro, Fábio; Mascarenhas, Teresa; A A Fernandes; Silva MET. Corresponding author: Martins, Joana. "Fabrication And Mechanical Evaluation Of Melt Electrowritten PCL Cog Threads For Prolapse Repair: A Preliminary Study". Paper presented in 50th Annual Meeting of the International Urogynechological Association, Barcelona, 2025.
    Accepted
  6. Vaz, Francisca; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Martins, Joana; Silva, Ana Telma; Antonio Augusto Fernandes; Silva MET. Corresponding author: Vaz, Francisca. "DEVELOPMENT OF ANTISTATIC MELT-ELECTROWRITTEN MESHES FOR PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE REPAIR". Paper presented in 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 6 – 9 July 2025, Zürich, 2025.
    Accepted
  7. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Vaz, Francisca; Silva, Ana Telma; Martins, Joana; A A Fernandes; Silva MET. "Mechanical assessment of biodegradable meshes for pelvic organ prolapse repair". Paper presented in IUGA/EUGA Joint Meeting, Barcelona, 2025.
    Accepted
  8. Vaz, Francisca; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Martins, Joana; Silva, Ana Telma; Mascarenhas, Teresa; Fernandes, Antonio Augusto; Silva MET. Corresponding author: Vaz, Francisca. "Innovative Melt-Electrowritten Mesh Implants with Antistatic Properties for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair". Paper presented in IUGA/EUGA Joint Meeting, Barcelona, 2025.
    Accepted
  9. Silva, Ana Telma; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Vaz, Francisca; Pinheiro Martins, Joana; Parente, Marco; Silva MET; A A Fernandes. Corresponding author: Silva, Ana Telma. "Simulating Prolapse Repair with Biodegradable Implants for Apical Ligament Support". Paper presented in XI International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, Roma, 2025.
    Submitted
  10. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Elisabete Silva; António Augusto Fernandes. "Numerical simulation of the vaginal wall reinforcement with cog threads". Paper presented in Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering 2024, Aveiro, 2024.
    Accepted
  11. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Elisabete Silva; António Augusto Fernandes. "Numerical simulation of the vaginal wall reinforcement using cog threads". Paper presented in 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Edinburgh, 2024.
    Accepted
  12. Elisabete Silva; Jorge Almeida; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Vaz, Francisca; Marco Lages Parente; Mascarenhas, Teresa; Antonio Augusto Fernandes. Corresponding author: Elisabete Silva. "Mechanical biocompatibility evaluation methods of innovative prolapse repair meshes". Paper presented in ESB - 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Edinburgh, 2024.
    Accepted
  13. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Elisabete Silva; Antonio Augusto Fernandes. "Evaluation of mechanical biocompatibility of cog threads for prolapse repair: an experimental and computational analysis". Paper presented in 2024 IUGA 49th Annual Meeting, Singapore, 2024.
    Accepted
  14. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Elisabete Silva; António Augusto Fernandes. "Vaginal wall reinforcement with cog threads using numerical methods". Paper presented in The 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering ECCOMAS Congress 2024, Lisbon, 2024.
    Accepted
  15. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Elisabete Silva; António Augusto Fernandes. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Nuno Miguel. "Novel POP repair technique using cog threads to vaginal wall reinforcement". Paper presented in XLIV CILAMCE, Porto, 2023.
    Accepted
  16. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Maria Vila-Pouca; Natal Jorge, Renato; Marco Lages Parente; Elisabete Silva. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Nuno Miguel. "Predict scaffold deformation and mechanical properties using numerical simulation". Paper presented in CNB 2023 - X CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA BIOMECÂNICA, Figueira da Foz, 2023.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Antonio Ramos Silva; Marco P. L. Parente; Antonio Augusto Fernandes; Silva MET. "Biomechanical Performance of Melt-Electrowritten PCL Meshes for Pelvic Floor Reinforcement". Paper presented in 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2025 (DCE25), 2025.
Journal article
  1. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Jorge Almeida; Vaz, Francisca; Silva, Ana Telma; Silva, Antonio; Parente, Marco; Antonio Augusto Fernandes; Silva, Maria Elisabete. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Nuno Miguel. "Evaluation methods for mechanical biocompatibility of innovative prolapse repair meshes". International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering (2025):
    Under revision
  2. Silva, Ana Telma; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Henrique Leon Bastos; Vaz, Francisca; Pinheiro Martins, Joana; Pinheiro, Fábio; Antonio Augusto Fernandes; Silva MET. Corresponding author: Silva MET. "Development and Simulation-Based Validation of Biodegradable 3D-Printed Cog Threads for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair". Materials 18 (2025): 3638. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18153638.
    Published • 10.3390/ma18153638
  3. Evangelia Antoniadi; Ferreira, N. M.; Maria Vaz; Marco Parente; Maria Ferraz; Elisabete Silva. "Innovative Strategies in Hernia Mesh Design: Materials, Mechanics, and Modeling". Materials (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18153509.
    10.3390/ma18153509
  4. Daniela Cruz; Vaz, Francisca; Antoniadi, Evangelia; Silva, Ana Telma; Pinheiro Martins, Joana; Pinheiro, Fábio; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; et al. "Antistatic Melt-Electrowritten Biodegradable Mesh Implants for Enhanced Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair". Applied Sciences 15 14 (2025): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/14/7763.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/app15147763
  5. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Evangelia Antoniadi; Silva, Ana Telma; Antonio Ramos Silva; Parente, Marco; Antonio Augusto Fernandes; Silva, Maria Elisabete. "Melt Electrowritten Biodegradable Mesh Implants with Auxetic Designs for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair". Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing 9 (2025): https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/9/4/111.
    Published • 10.3390/jmmp9040111
  6. Ferreira, N. M.; Silva MET; Parente, M. P. L.; Pinheiro, Fábio; Mascarenhas, Teresa; Fernandes, A.A.. "Evaluation of mechanical biocompatibility of cog threads for prolapse repair". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 239 2 (2025): 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544119251321130.
    10.1177/09544119251321130
  7. Silva, Ana Telma; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Vaz, Francisca; Parente, Marco; A A Fernandes; Silva MET. Corresponding author: Silva, Ana Telma. "Simulation of Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair Surgery Using Biodegradable Implants Mimicking Uterosacral Ligaments". Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (2025):
    Under revision
  8. Silva, Ana Telma; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Vaz, Francisca; Parente, Marco; A A Fernandes; Silva MET. Corresponding author: Silva, Ana Telma. "The Role of Biodegradable Implants in Mimicking Apical Ligaments: A Computational Simulation of Prolapse Repair Surgery". Journal of Biomechanics (2025):
    Under revision
  9. Vaz, Maria Francisca; Martins, Joana Alexandra Pinheiro; Pinheiro, Fabio; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Brandão, Sofia; Alves, Jorge Lino; Fernandes, Antonio Augusto; Parente, M. P. L.; Silva, Maria Elisabete. "Optimizing melt electrowriting prototypes for printing non-medical and medical grade polycaprolactone meshes in prolapse repair". Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.56408.
    10.1002/app.56408
  10. Maria F. R. Vaz; Joana A. P. Martins; Fábio Pinheiro; Nuno M. Ferreira; Sofia Brandão; Jorge L. Alves; António A. Fernandes; Marco P. L. Parente; Maria E. T. Silva. "Medical- and Non-Medical-Grade Polycaprolactone Mesh Printing for Prolapse Repair: Establishment of Melt Electrowriting Prototype Parameters". Applied Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/app14219670.
    10.3390/app14219670
  11. Elisabete Silva; Pinheiro, Fábio; Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Sofia Brandão; Pedro Martins; Marco Lages Parente; Mascarenhas, Teresa; Antonio Augusto Fernandes; Natal Jorge, Renato. Corresponding author: Elisabete Silva. "An estimation of the biomechanical properties of the continent and incontinent woman bladder via inverse finite element analysis". Journal of Engineering in Medicine (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/09544119241237356.
    Published • 10.1177/09544119241237356
  12. Nuno Miguel Ferreira; Maria Vila Pouca; Carlos Fernandes; Jorge Seabra; Grzegorz Lesiuk; Marco Parente; Abílio Jesus. "Direct Energy Deposition Parametric Simulation Investigation in Gear Repair Applications". Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16093549.
    Published • 10.3390/ma16093549
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Numerical Simulation of the Reconstruction of Mechanical Components Using a Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Process". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/144577.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/02/21 Evaluation of mechanical biocompatibility of cog threads for prolapse repair CNB 2025 - XI CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA BIOMECÂNICA
Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica (Sesimbra, Portugal)
2024/09/04 Numerical simulation of the vaginal wall reinforcement with cog threads Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering 2024
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2024/06/30 Numerical simulation of the vaginal wall reinforcement using cog threads 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Ireland)
2024/06/03 Vaginal wall reinforcement with cog threads using numerical methods The 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering ECCOMAS Congress 2024
APMTAC- the Portuguese Association of Theoretical, Applied and Computational Mechanics (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/05/06 Predict scaffold deformation and mechanical properties using numerical simulation CNB 2023 - X CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA BIOMECÂNICA
Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica (Figueira da Foz, Portugal)
2023 Novel POP repair technique using cog threads to vaginal wall reinforcement XLIV CILAMCE
CILAMCE (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02/10 - 2025/07/11 Simulação Numérica de Geometrias Auxéticas para Malhas Biodegradáveis
Supervisor
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02/10 - 2025/07/11 Desenvolvimento e Impressão de Malhas Biodegradáveis auxéticas através Melt Electrowriting
Supervisor
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02/10 - 2025/07/11 Simulação da cirurgia de reparação do POP utilizando implantes biodegradáveis auxéticos
Supervisor
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02/10 - 2025/07/10 Biomechanical Modulation of the Female Pelvic Cavity: Identifying Pelvic Structures Responsible for Rectocele Development
Co-supervisor
 Master in Bioengineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/31 Análise Isogeométrica aplicada a um chassi
Supervisor of Bernardo Silva Félix
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/31 Otimização topológica aplicada a um chassi
Supervisor of Alexandre Filipe dos Santos Laia
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/09 Simulation of Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair Surgery Using Biodegradable Implants Mimicking Uterosacral and Cardinal Ligaments
Co-supervisor of Ana Telma Costa Silva
 Master in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/08/18 - 2024/03/07 Predicting the mechanical behaviour of the vaginal wall and mesh implants in ball burst tests
Co-supervisor of Jorge Manuel Pereira de Almeida
 Master in Mechanical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/09/08 - 2025/09/10 Advances in the Biomechanics of Soft Tissues and Biodegradable Implants (2025/09/08 - 2025/09/10)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/06/30 - 2025/07/01 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2025 (DCE25)
Conference
 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2025 (DCE25)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02/21 - 2025/02/22 11th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Biomechanics
Congress
 11th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Biomechanics
Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica, Portugal
2024/09/04 - 2024/09/06 Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering
Congress
 Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering 2024
Sociedad Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular, Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica Aplicada e Computacional, Portugal
2024/06/30 - 2024/07/03 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics
Congress
 ESBiomech 2024
The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2024/06/19 - 2024/06/22 49th Annual Meeting of the International Urogynecological Association
Congress
 2024 IUGA 49th Annual Meeting
Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
2024/06/03 - 2024/06/07 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
Congress
 ECCOMAS CONGRESS 2024
Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica Aplicada e Computacional, Portugal
2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16 The XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering
Congress
 CILAMCE 2023
Associação Brasileira de Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia, Brazil
2023/05/05 - 2023/05/06 10th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Biomechanics
Congress
 10th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Biomechanics
Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/05/05 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2025/09/08 - 2025/09/10 XI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Computational Bioengineering - ICCB 2025 Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/31 Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/01/31 Technical Drawing Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/31 Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/10/01 - 2025/06/30 Student Volunteer Tutor in the ‘Apoio ao Estudo’ project
2022/10/01 - 2023/06/15 Student Volunteer Helder Silva