We are thrilled to share the success of the satellite event “Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine: Education, Research, Innovation” which was held within the framework of the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2024). The event brought together a diverse group of students, faculty members, and industry leaders to explore opportunities and challenges at the exciting interface of engineering and life sciences.
Dr. Konstantina Nikita (NTUA) delivered a thought-provoking address outlining the TEAM program’s vision towards the education of future engineers with a holistic understanding of both engineering principles and medical needs. Dr. Elisa E. Konofagou (Columbia University) and Dr. Andrew F. Laine (Columbia University) shared their innovative research on deep learning theory and applications in medical imaging and presented related internship opportunities at Columbia University’s research labs. Dr. Ipatia Doussis-Anagnostopoulou (University of Athens) and Dr. Spyretta Golemati (University of Athens) presented the rationale for designing the program’s courses aiming to provide (i) engineers with basic human anatomy and physiology knowledge and (ii) students with non-engineering backgrounds with the knowledge required to critically evaluate and use technologies in healthcare and medicine. Current TEAM students, Katerina Afentouli and Konstantinos Tziavaras shared their internship experiences at Columbia University, while Thodoris Spiliotis presented his experience with innovation and entrepreneurship focusing on engineering solutions in mental health.
The second day of the satellite event featured a session on innovation and entrepreneurship, with Dr. Leonidas Alexopoulos (NTUA), Vassilis Papakonstantinou (Blue Dome Capital) and TEAM students showcasing the program’s emphasis on translating scientific discoveries into real-world healthcare solutions.
This two-day event served as a valuable platform for knowledge exchange and inspiration. It solidified the TEAM program’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of translational engineers – a group poised to bridge the gap between engineering advancements and improved healthcare.
Interested candidates can submit their application online until 22 June 2024. Prospective graduate students must register as users at gradapply.ece.ntua.gr/register and then submit their application by the deadline at gradapply.ece.ntua.gr with the necessary supporting documents. Detailed information about the application process can be found at the Admissions page.
Follow this link to download the call for applications in PDF format.
The National Technical University of Athens offers twenty-two Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programmes, in support of the institution’s mission, to promote science and technology, as well as interdisciplinarity.
Eleven NTUA MSc Programs have joined the project “Support for Internationalization Actions of Postgraduate Studies of the National Technical University of Athens” (MIS 51461485), co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund- ESF) through the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020.
In this context, and in the framework of the current calls for applications for the academic year 2024-2025, an Info Day on the NTUA international MSc Programs will be held on Monday, May 20th, 2024, at 14:00-16:30 in the Multimedia Amphitheatre of the Central Library building in NTUA Zografou Campus.
Poster and Agenda (in Greek) are attached.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application online between 15 May and 14 June 2024. Prospective graduate students must register as users at gradapply.ece.ntua.gr/register and then submit their application by the deadline at gradapply.ece.ntua.gr with the necessary supporting documents. Detailed information about the application process can be found at the Admissions page.
Follow this link to download the call for applications in PDF format.
Join us for our exclusive satellite event alongside ISBI 2024: “Translational Engineering in Health & Medicine: Education, Research, Innovation”
We will be hosting talks by renowned experts on rather intriguing healthcare topics and presentations from fellow TEAM students on their research experiences, and sharing insights into how to turn your engineering skills into real-world healthcare solutions. Join us on May 29th & 30th at Megaron Athens ICC. Find the event’s page here.
Don’t miss this chance to network, learn, and get inspired by the future of health-tech!
As the review process of the applications for an internship at Columbia University (CU) has been concluded, we are happy to announce that six (6) candidates have been shortlisted, and will be notified by email. Evaluation relied on submitted CVs and statements of purpose as well as on student performance at Master-TEAM courses during the first semester. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by NTUA and CU faculty (details will follow), and the final list of students will be able to receive a travel grant for their internships in Columbia University.
The weekly schedule of the spring semester courses has been announced! Follow this link to download it in PDF format.
Master TEAM-NTUA will offer selected students internship opportunities in the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Columbia University in the city of New York (CU), with the support of the Bodossakis Foundation.
Internships will take place during the summer and have a duration of 1-2 months. Opportunities will be available in Medical Imaging, Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Neuroengineering.
Interested students can express their interest in an internship in CU, by sending an email to masterteam-info@ece.ntua.gr, including a recent CV of max. 2 pages, along with a up to 1-page statement of purpose indicating their preferred topic. Expression of interest should be submitted by 29/02/2024.
Students from Biodesign Fundamentals were invited to attend EmTech Europe 2024, held at Megaro Mousikis 17-18 January 2024. The conference, organized by MIT Technology Review in association with Kathimerini, is a premier gathering of professionals and executives from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, designed to explore the transformative power of technology in shaping our future through the lens of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors.
Dear Students,
You have recently received links from the Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) of the NTUA asking you to provide your feedback by completing the online evaluation questionnaire for the courses of the MSc Program “Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine”.
You are kindly requested to participate in this very important process that will help us improve the educational content and methods of the Program.
We very much value your feedback and look forward to your active participation.
The exam schedule of the fall semester has been announced. Follow this link to download it in PDF format.
Our new cohort of students comes from diverse academic backgrounds, creating an interdisciplinary mixture of scientists, engineers, and physicians, who can tackle modern biomedical problems by translating findings and discoveries into innovations and functional products.
We are thrilled to invite you for an open lecture at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), featuring distinguished guest speaker Professor Manolis Kellis from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This event is a part of the “Biodesign Fundamentals” course offered under the Master of Science “Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine”, which is jointly offered by the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering.
Event Details
Title: AI and the Future of Medicine and Innovation
Speaker: Prof. Manolis Kellis, MIT
Date: 31/10/2023
Time: 17:30
Venue: Multimedia Amphitheater, Library Building, NTUA Campus
Remote Access: Zoom Meeting
Format:
Prof. Kellis’ pioneering work in genomics, epigenomics, and genome interpretation has significantly advanced our understanding of complex genetic interactions and their implications on human health. His innovative algorithms and computational methods have propelled the field of genome analysis forward and showcased the boundless possibilities of AI in healthcare, education, exploration, and beyond.
To better prepare the event and ensure we have a seat for you, please RSVP using this form.
The new cohort of twenty-seven talented students represents diverse national and educational backgrounds, The NTUA Master Program in “Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine” (TEAM) recently welcomed a new cohort of graduate students, who represent more than 12 different disciplinary backgrounds.
The weekly schedule of the fall semester courses has been announced! Follow this link to download it in PDF format.
For those of you who are eligible to select your master thesis you can find newly announced subjects in the new tab “Diploma Theses”.
The courses of the Master “Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine” will start on October 2, 2023.
According to the Postgraduate courses calendar for the academic year 2023-2024, registration applications should be submitted from September 25 to October 13, 2023.
New students are requested to submit their registration application during the first week (25-29 September 2023) in order to activate their student account.
Applications can be submitted daily from 11:00 - 13:00 in the Postgraduate Studies Secretariat, office C.1.2, First floor, New Building of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Please contact the Secretary, Ms Aimilia Kougoulou (masterteam-info@ece.ntua.gr), to make an appointment for submitting your application which should include:
Candidates who have completed their course requirements, have been examined in their thesis and have not yet received their degree/diploma should submit a certificate of completion of their studies from their School.
Upon completion of the first year of studies, students are required to submit an application with the proposed title and supervisor for their master thesis, provided that they have successfully completed at least half of the M.Sc. program courses.
Students should complete the application form and send it to masterteam-info@ece.ntua.gr
According to the Academic schedule of Master Studies, applications should be submitted by 27/09/2023.
We wish to inform all applicants that, because of the extended applicaton dealine, interviews for admission to the MSc in Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, will take place virtually on Wednesday, July 5th, between 12pm and 3pm.
The selection comittee will notify candidates about scheduled interviews, if needed, by personal emails providing the specific time slot and the corresponding link.
We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the NTUA Digital Health Day 2023, an event showcasing the remarkable achievements of two teams of graduate students, Cordia and Nanay, from the courses “Biodesign Fundamentals” and “Biodesign Innovation Process” in the field of digital health innovation. The event took place on June 8th at the central library of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and was filled with excitement, creativity, and ideas aiming to provide meaningful and impactful solutions.
The two teams pitched their projects, a social platform aiming to create supportive communities among patients (Cordia) and a breastfeeding app/device which monitors breast milk consumption (Nanay), to a committee of experts. The committee consisted of Elomida Visviki (Entrepreneur and Angel Investor), Angelos Angelou (Investor and cofounder International Accelerator), Marina Kalogerakou (Associate @ Genesis Ventures), Konstantinos Karvounakis (Principal @ Metavallon). Their insights and guidance offered valuable feedback to the student teams, helping them refine their projects and ideas.
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to both teams and commend them for their hard work, determination, and passion. We would also like to express our gratitude to our distinguished members of the committee who supported and contributed to the success of NTUA Digital Health Day 2023. Their active participation enriched the event, inspiring both teams to push the boundaries beyond their courses.
We are pleased to announce that the application deadline for Master TEAM has been extended to June 18, 2023. Following numerous requests by potentially interested students, all courses for the upcoming academic year will be scheduled during afternoon and early evening hours so as to enable attendance by students with work commitments.
To access detailed information about the application requirements and materials, as well as the application process, please refer to the Application Guidelines page.
We welcome applicants from all over the world and encourage you to submit your applications within the specified timeframe. Should you have any questions or need further clarification, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Secretariat or the Director of the M.Sc. program via email or phone. Contact information can be found on the Contact page.
The exam schedule of the spring semester has been updated. Follow this link to download it in PDF format.
(Revised 07-06-2023)
We are pleased to announce that two (2) Master TEAM students were finally selected for an internship at Columbia University (CU), and will be notified by email. Three (3) candidates remain in the reserve list. Final selection among shortlisted candidates relied on interviews by NTUA and CU faculty, as well as availability of funds, housing, and host laboratory positions. The duration of each internship is one month: from 17 July to 16 August. Internships are supported by a scholarship, offered by the Bodossakis Foundation and Columbia University. Scholarships cover travel and accommodation at Columbia University Guest Housing.
The course “Biodesign Innovation Process” hosted an online talk regarding the creation of a successful start-up by Marina Hatsopoulos on Thursday, June 1st. The students had the opportunity to present the projects that they developed during the previous two semesters within the framework of the course series on Biodesign and receive valuable feedback from Marina Hatsopoulos.
Marina Hatsopoulos is founding CEO of Z Corporation, an early market leader in 3D printing out of MIT. She is a tech entrepreneur who has served as a financial expert on corporate boards, both public and private, from startup through enterprise. As an angel investor and advisor to an array of organizations, including the Cypriot government, she is involved in the emerging startup ecosystems in Greece and Cyprus.
Nearing the completion of the very first year of the M.Sc. in Translational Engineering in Health & Medicine (TEAM), NTUA Digital Health Day 2023 gives the opportunity to students who have followed the course series on Biodesign to pitch their projects to a panel of experts who will provide valuable feedback. All students are invited to the event, which will take place on June 8, at 3 pm, in the multimedia amphitheatre situated in the central library building, Zografou Campus.
We are pleased to announce that the application process of the M.Sc. program in Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine for the academic year 2023-2024 in now open. Following numerous requests by potentially interested students, all courses for the upcoming academic year will be scheduled during afternoon and early evening hours so as to enable attendance by students with work commitments.
Please take note of the following deadlines:
To access detailed information about the application requirements and materials, as well as the application process, please refer to the Application Guidelines page.
We welcome applicants from all over the world and encourage you to submit your applications within the specified timeframe. Should you have any questions or need further clarification, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Secretariat or the Director of the M.Sc. program via email or phone. Contact information can be found on the Contact page.
As the review process of the applications for an internship at Columbia University (CU) has been concluded, we are happy to announce that five (5) candidates have been shortlisted, and will be notified by email. Evaluation relied on submitted CVs and statements of purpose as well as on student performance at Master-TEAM courses during the first semester. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by NTUA and CU faculty (details will follow), and the final list of students will be able to receive a travel grant for their internships in Columbia University.
Students from Biodesign Innovation Process had the opportunity to attend MIT Global Startup Workshop 2023, held at Megaro Mousikis 30-31 March. The conference, organized by MIT Enterprise Forum, is dedicated to informing, connecting, coaching, and accelerating technology entrepreneurs. The students participated in sessions and workshops designed to facilitate rapid transformation of ideas into world-changing companies.
Master TEAM-NTUA will offer selected students internship opportunities in the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Columbia University in the city of New York (CU), with the support of the Bodossakis Foundation.
Internships will take place during the summer and have a duration of 1-2 months. Opportunities will be available in Medical Imaging, Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Neuroengineering.
Interested students can express their interest in an internship in CU, by sending an email to masterteam-info@ece.ntua.gr, including a recent CV of max. 2 pages, along with a up to 1-page statement of purpose indicating their preferred topic. Expression of interest should be submitted by 15/03/2023.
The weekly schedule of the spring semester courses has been announced! Follow this link to download it in PDF format.
We are pleased to announce that the registrations for the Spring Semester 2023 will be open from 20/02/2023 to 03/03/2023.
To register, students are required to fill out the registration form. The form must be completed and submitted via email to the secretariat for processing. Please ensure that all details entered on the form are accurate and up-to-date to avoid any delays or issues during the enrolment process.
Admitted students are invited to register at the Secretariat of Graduate Students (Room Γ.1.2), located on the 1st floor of the new Building of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, from 26/9/2022 to 14/10/2022, 11:00-13:00. Besides the completed registration form for the winter semester, students are required to present on the day of their registration a certified copy and transcript of their degree, along with a photo and a signed copy of their electronic application form.
Some useful links for the services available to students regarding course management, webmail, Academic IDs, VPN access etc.
Digital portal for NTUA’s user accounts.
Website for course supportive material and management.
Digital portal for NTUA’s webmail services.
Digital Service for Academic ID Acquisition
Issue of Academic ID for ungergraduate and master’s students.
Connection to NTUA’s Network Services (Ethernet, WiFi, VPN), webmail and @mail.ntua.gr user accounts, mailing lists, multimedia rooms, server services and other.
Infrastructure and software services, interdepartmental PC labs, remote tutoring, webmail and @central.ntua.gr user accounts.
The weekly schedule of the fall semester courses has been announced! Follow this link to download it in PDF format.
Twelve teams from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (SECE) and the School of Mechanical Engineering (SME) came together for the second consecutive year in a virtual meeting, on July 6, to present their projects to a panel of distinguished experts. The student teams were mentored within the framework of the undergraduate courses “e-health and m-health technologies” and “Biodesign” of the SECE and SME, respectively. The event was jointly organized by the Biomedical Simulations and Imaging (BioSIM) Laboratory and the Biomedical Systems (BioSys) Laboratory and was supported by the IEEE Greece Section.
The panel of experts consisted of Dr. Spiretta Golemati, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dr. George Loudos, Co-founder and CEO at BIOEMTECH, and Dr. Evangelos Siokas, Coordinator of the Research and Entrepreneurship node EPInoo – NTUA.
The panel congratulated the student teams for the creativity and high quality of their projects and provided them with valuable feedback. The participants had the opportunity to interact and exchange ideas in an inspiring and fruitful environment.
The event was completed with the announcement of the following awards:
Congratulations to all participants of the event! Looking forward to the 2023 NTUA Biotech Day!
NTUA BioTech Day 2022 brings together students from the courses “e-Health and m-Health Technologies” of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and “Biodesign” of the School of Mechanical Engineering, to pitch their projects to a panel of experts who will evaluate them in terms of technological innovation and social impact. The event will take place on July 6, at 3 pm, via Webex in the following link.
You can find the program and details of the event here (in Greek).
The second part of Biotech Days was successfully completed with two inspiring talks given by the NTUA alumni, Giannis Stoitsis and Despoina Moschou, on the 25th of May and the 1st of June. The speakers shared their journey in the field of biomedical engineering and engaged in a lively discussion with the attending students about the transformation of an idea into an AI-powered service, and about ground-breaking innovative biomedical technologies like Lab-on-Chip.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application online between 10 June and 3 July 2022. Prospective graduate students must register as users at gradapply.ece.ntua.gr/register and then submit their application by the deadline at gradapply.ece.ntua.gr with the necessary supporting documents.
Detailed information about the application process can be found at the Admissions page.
Professor Konstantina S. Nikita (founder and head of BIOSIM-NTUA, coordinator of Master TEAM) and Associate Professor Spyretta Golemati (Medical School-NKUA, faculty of Master TEAM) participate in the COST Action VascAgeNet. VascAgeNet is an international network working towards refining, harmonising and promoting the use of vascular ageing measures to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease globally. VascAgeNet aims at:
More information is available on the VascAgeNet website and in the public engagement poster below.
The first part of Biotech Days was successfully completed on the 19th of May. NTUA alumni, George Varsos, Omiros Exarhos, and Asimina Glinou, gave inspiring talks in a series of events that took place every Thursday afternoon in May. The speakers shared their journey in the field of biomedical engineering and engaged in a lively discussion with the attending students about the founding process and the growth potential of a biotech start-up, along with issues related to innovation and intellectual property.
The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in collaboration with the School of Mechanical Engineering organizes a Postgraduate Studies Program which confers a Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) in “Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine”.
The new program builds on the National Technical University’s decades of foundational work in biomedical engineering and science. By providing an academically rigorous experience, the program aims at advancing global health innovation and entrepreneurship and catalyzing interdisciplinary efforts to tackle urgent healthcare challenges.
The call for applications for the 2022-2023 academic year will be announced in June 2022. Stay tuned!
As the local public health situation has improved, the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (ECE-NTUA) is once again allowing Senior high school (Lykeion) group visits.
The ECE-NTUA Communication Office conducts informative sessions (reservations are requested), tailored to the requirements of each school and the educational level of the visiting students, in accordance with public health directives. A typical tour in the premises of the ECE-NTUA School provides a history of the Institution, a brief presentation of the undergraduate program of the School, short visits to research laboratories, meeting of members of research teams (professors, senior researchers and Ph.D. students) and learning about their activities.
Please make your request at least one month in advance (contact email: publicity@ece.ntua.gr).
The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens has developed a two-year Gender Equality Plan (covering the academic years 2021-2022, 2022-2023).
The plan includes a series of internal actions aimed at addressing a number of gender-related issues, such as the collection of gendered data, work-life balance, and awareness raising. In addition, it includes a number of collaborative actions involving external stakeholders (organisations and individuals).
Briefly, the internal actions of the plan are:
Additionally, the collaborative actions include:
The School was supported during the development of the plan by the CALIPER - Gender Equality in STEM Research project (Horizon 2020).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 873134.
Smarty4covid aspires to discover novel biomarkers with high prognostic value regarding the onset and the progress of COVID-19. Τhe project advances the current state of the art by initiating innovative clinical pilots involving hospitalized patients with COVID-19 through a strategic partnership with the AHEPA Hospital. It is expected that the application of AI on the heterogeneous data (e.g. medical history, laboratory exams, audio recordings of breath, speech and cough) that will be collected within the framework of the clinical pilots will produce new biomarkers of disease progression.
Besides the version used within the clinical study under the supervision of healthcare professionals, smarty4covid has released a web-based application (www.smarty4covid.org) to facilitate crowd sourcing data collection. This parallel study aims at the development of models able to predict the risk of COVID-19 infection and provide biomarkers for disease progression in infected non-hospitalized individuals.
Co-ordinated by Konstantina Nikita, MD, PhD (ECE-NTUA Professor and Director of the BIOSIM lab), and featuring collaboration with AILS lab (Prof. George Stamou), smarty4covid has achieved the highest ranking in the call “Interventions to address the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic” and is funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation. Dr. Konstantia Zarkogianni, permanent teaching laboratory staff and member of the BIOSIM lab, serves as Principal Investigator of the project which is implemented with the participation of several researchers from the BIOSIM and AILS labs.
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The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Columbia University (CU) and the National Technical University of Athens for dual degree was officially signed on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021. The signing ceremony was held online, in the presence of delegations consisted of representatives from the administrations and the Schools from both sides. The momentum was signed by Professor Andreas G. Boudouvis, Rector of NTUA, and Professor Mary C. Boyce, Provost of Columbia University.
CU and NTUA agree to establish a dual degree program which, upon successful completion, leads to the awarding of two degrees: the postgraduate degree in various engineering disciplines from CU and the diploma (integrated Master) in various disciplines from NTUA. For students starting enrollment at NTUA, the program is expected to take 10 semesters for completion, including 8 semesters at NTUA and 2 semesters at Columbia. For students starting enrollment at CU (MS degree), the program is expected to take 4 semesters for completion, including 2 semesters at Columbia and 2 semesters at NTUA.
The Deans of the Schools from NTUA will organize the cooperation with the corresponding Schools in the CU toward compiling a course program for the students of NTUA who will study in the CU, which will meet the requirements in terms of prerequisites and credit units.
The implementation of the double degree program will start on a pilot basis, with a small number of students, who will be selected based on their academic performance. Covering the total cost of studies (tuition and living cost) will require multiple source funding.
The NTUA Rector A. Boudouvis emphasizes: “This collaboration is the first between a Greek University and a US University, which concerns a double degree for undergraduate students. Considering that CU is among the most distinguished universities worldwide, this agreement highlights the international reputation of our university and strengthens the status of the degrees of our students. In addition, this collaboration offers our best students the opportunity to get acquainted with study conditions and academic environment characterized by multiple cultures, extroversion, diversity, multidimensional campus life, creativity, leadership in education and research, working by joining forces through team work but, in the same time, with a lot of space for individual achievements and seeking opportunities in multiple directions. NTUA dares to respond to the challenge of reciprocity upon this agreement, by rapidly strengthening the internationalization of the studies, which, in any case, is dictated by its position on the European academic map.”
Primary Source: NTUA