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Abel Nicolau holds a Master's degree in Bioengineering with a specialization in Biomedical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), having defended his dissertation under the theme: "Development and validation of a low-cost tool for CPR self-training ". The prototype resulting from the dissertation was awarded by NORTEXCEL, within the scope of the MED.IDEAS program, which aims to support innovative ideas in the field of medical technologies. He was recognized with the second place in the international prize “Nicolaas Westerhof“, which distinguishes the best young researchers in the field of physiological modeling worldwide, through the cough modeling project in the hemodynamic system. This award was given at the Applied Modeling in Acute Care conference, in the Netherlands. Since 2015 he has collaborated with the Biomedical Simulation Center of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (CSB-FMUP), as a researcher and simulation technician. Since 2018, he collaborates with the Center for Research in Health Technologies and Services (CINTESIS) as an integrated non-doctoral researcher, being part of the Tech4edusim - Technologies for Education and Simulation in Healthcare group. He is currently also a student in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Research and Health Services at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. In addition to his academic career, Abel Nicolau was one of the founders and president of the Nucleus of Bioengineering Students (NEB) and founding president of the National Association of Biomedical Engineering Students (ANEEB).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Abel Filipe Santiago Nicolau

Citation names

  • Nicolau, Abel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
481C-A8D8-D6B0
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7683-5467
Google Scholar ID
1pulFpIAAAAJ

Email addresses

  • anicolau@med.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/06/17 - 2024/09/01
Ongoing
 Investigação Clínica e em Serviços de Saúde (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/07/03 - 2018/07/03
Concluded
 Bioengenharia (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Engenharia Biomédica
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Development and validation of a low-cost tool for CPR self-training" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
2015/04/13 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Centro de Simulação Biomédica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/03 - 2021/02 PNEUMA - Ventilation system using a self-inflating balloon
082_596655005
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/03/07 - 2019/09/14 The Biomedical Simulation Centre of the Future (SIMPROVE)
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-017566
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

STI-Medical, Portugal
Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. "Development of an Objective Measurement System for Quality Assessment of Chest Compressions". 2022 17th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/cisti54924.2022.9820572.
    10.23919/cisti54924.2022.9820572
  2. Sa-Couto, Carla; Nicolau, Abel; de Sousa, Carolina; Cruz, Nuno. "32 Using a Simulation Environment to Assess the Usability of a Novel Medical Device During the Covid-19 Pandemic". International Journal of Healthcare Simulation (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.54531/vqtw1346.
    10.54531/vqtw1346
  3. "Selected Abstracts from the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine". Advances in Simulation 6 S2 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41077-021-00164-2.
    Published • 10.1186/s41077-021-00164-2
  4. Nicolau, Abel. "How to use telesimulation to reduce COVID-19 training challenges: A recipe with free online tools and a bit of imagination". MedEdPublish (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000129.1.
    10.15694/mep.2020.000129.1
  5. Carla Sá-Couto; Abel Nicolau. "General Public’s Knowledge Regarding Basic Life Support: A Pilot Study with a Portuguese Sample". Acta Médica Portuguesa 32 2 (2019): 111-111. https://doi.org/10.20344%2Famp.10971.
    Published • 10.20344/amp.10971
  6. Carla Sa-Couto; Abel Nicolau; Raquel Marques-Costa; Pedro Vieira-Marques. "CPR personal trainer: A low-cost training tool with objective feedback". Resuscitation 130 (2018): e107-e107. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.resuscitation.2018.07.224.
    Published • 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.07.224
  7. Carla Sá-Couto; Ana Margarida Ferreira; Diana Almeida; Abel Nicolau; Pedro Vieira-Marques. "Evaluation of skills acquisition using a new low-cost tool for CPR self-training". Porto Biomedical Journal 3 1 (2018): e8-e8. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.pbj.0000000000000008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.pbj.0000000000000008
  8. Klimenko, Anna; Tigai, Zhanna; Desvergez, Arnaud; Winer, Arnaud; Gouyon, Jean-Bernard; Descoins, Médéric; Isabelle, Bragard; et al. "Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine". Advances in Simulation 2 S1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41077-017-0058-x.
    Published • 10.1186/s41077-017-0058-x
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Faculdade de Engenharia. "Development and validation of a low-cost tool for CPR self-training". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/112784.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/11 Using a Simulation Environment to Assess the Usability of a Novel Medical Device During the Covid-19 Pandemic ASPiH 2021
2021/08 Telesimulation in medical education during Covid-19 pandemic: Challenging times require creative measurements AMEE 2021
2021/08 Development of a comprehensive clinical scenario template for simulation based training AMEE 2021
2021/04 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills self-training with a novel automated-feedback device: impact in compressions performance SESAM Annual Meeting
2019/09 A utilização da tecnologia na auto-formação em ressuscitação cardio-pulmonar 1ªs Jornadas Internacionais de Cuidados Intensivos e Emergência: Abordagem Multidisciplinar à Pessoa em Situação Crítica
Escola Superior de Saúde Norte da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal)
2019/06 Development of a translational scenario template: from design, through implementation, to execution 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine
Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM) (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2019/03/16 Biomedical simulation - CPR.PT VII AEICBAS BIOMEDICAL CONGRESS
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09/15 Prehospital Trauma Care - Ambulance Real Experience Workshop 13th Young European Scientist Meeting
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09 CPR personal trainer: A low-cost training tool with objective feedback. ERC Congress 2018 - New technologies in resuscitation
European Resuscitation Council (Bolonha, Italy)
2017/12 CPR Personal Trainer: A low-cost tool for CPR self-training. 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine
Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (Paris, France)
2017/07 Disrupt Healthcare with Biomedical Engineering 35th Youth Science Meeting
Associação Juvenil de Ciência (Porto, Portugal)
2017/04 A model for educational simulation of the hemodynamic consequences of severe coughing Applied Modeling in Acute Care conference
Universidade Twente (Twente, Netherlands)
2016/06 Development and evaluation of a new scoring and feedback system for a low-cost CPR training tool 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine
Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/02 Development of a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Personal Trainer 9th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP)
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015/09 Simulation of hemodynamic consequences of severe coughing 10th Annual HPSN Europe – Medical Simulation Conference
CAE Healthcare (Madrid, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/04/08 - 2017/04/09 8th Symposium on Bioengineering - 450 participants (2017/04/08 - 2017/04/09)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/04/22 - 2016/04/23 7th Symposium on Bioengineering (2016/04/22 - 2016/04/23)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/11/21 - 2014/11/22 6th Symposium on Bioengineering (2014/11/21 - 2014/11/22)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/01/22 - Current Society for Simulation in Europe (SESAM) Individual Membership
2013 - Current Ordem dos Engenheiros Membro Estudante e Membro Estagiário
2017 - 2018 Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica Presidente Fundador
2013 - 2017 Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioengenharia da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto e do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (NEB-FEUP/ICBAS) Fundador e Presidente

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2018/07/06 Abel Nicolau, o engenheiro salvador Notícias Magazine
2018/05/28 Pessoa da U.Porto: Abel Nicolau Notícias UP
2018/03 Cerimónia de Apresentação da Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica Hospital Público
2017/05/12 "Estudante da FEUP assina trabalho premiado na Holanda” Notícias UP

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018/12/21 - Current 90 Segundos de Ciência Suporte Básico de Vida

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/10/09 - 2019/01/07 Automatic detection of ISBAR parameters in healthcare communication Tiago Gonçalves; Paulo Maia; Gabriel Lopes
Distinctions

Award

2021 BI Award for Innovation in Healthcare 2021
Boehringer Ingelheim Portugal, Portugal
2018 MED.IDEAS Single grant in Cardio Area
NORTEXCEL, Portugal
2017 Nicolaas Westerhof prize (2nd) for a Young Investigator
Universiteit Twente, Netherlands