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Bruno André Faria Areias completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, in 2021, after earning his Master's degree in the same area from the same institution in 2014. Currently, he holds positions as an invited Assistant Professor at the University of Porto and a contracted researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. With regarding to academic record, he has authored 15 articles in international journals, contributed to 5 sections of books, organized 1 event, and been the recipient of 2 awards/honors. Engaged in research, he has participated as a PhD student fellow in 1 project and as a researcher in another. His expertise spans across Engineering and Technology, with a focus on Mechanical Engineering, as well as Medical and Health Sciences, particularly in Medical Biotechnology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruno André Faria Areias

Citation names

  • Areias, Bruno
  • B. Areias
  • Bruno Areias

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2F1C-B3DA-C533
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9583-3571
Google Scholar ID
g17BnekAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
56364727100

Email addresses

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

Knowledge fields

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

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
2017/09/01 - 2021/11/03
Concluded
 Engenharia Mecânica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Numerical modelling of the human cochlea and associated pathologies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/09/01 - 2014/07/25
Concluded
 Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Projecto e Construção Mecânica
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Simulação biomecânica do ouvido humano, incluindo patologias do ouvido médio" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/12/20 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
2015/02/01 - 2017/08/31 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/02/01 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/09 - 2021/08 Numerical modeling of the human cochlea and associated pathologies
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/129397/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 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
Concluded
2021/12/20 - 2022/08/31 Mechanical Improvement of Breast Implants
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/EME-APL/29875/2017
Researcher
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Areias, Bruno; Parente, Marco; Natal Jorge, Renato; Costa, Maria. Corresponding author: Areias, Bruno. "Cochlear implantation using a straight cochlear implant electrode—a numerical study". In Advances and Current Trends in Biomechanics, 177-181. CRC Press, 2021.
    10.1201/9781003217152-40
  2. Costa, Maria; Campos, Reis; Parente, Marco; SANTOS, CARLA; Areias, Bruno; Natal Jorge, Renato. "Trigeminal nerve - interdisciplinarity between the areas of dentistry and audiology". In Biodental Engineering V, 101-104. CRC Press, 2019.
    10.1201/9780429265297-20
  3. Fidalgo, Daniel; Areias, Bruno; Sousa, Luísa; Parente, Marco; Natal Jorge, Renato; Sousa, H.; Goncalves, J. M.. "Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery at Level L5-S1". In Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 467-473. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-32040-9_47
  4. Costa, Maria; Campos, Reis; Parente, Marco; SANTOS, CARLA; Areias, Bruno; Natal Jorge, Renato. "Facial nerve - a clinical and anatomical review". In Biodental Engineering V, 105-108. CRC Press, 2019.
    10.1201/9780429265297-21
  5. Areias, Bruno; Parente, Marco; Costa, Maria; Natal Jorge, Renato. Corresponding author: Areias, Bruno. "A Numerical Study of Fenestral Otosclerosis". In Materials Design and Applications, 147-155. Springer International Publishing, 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-50784-2_12
Conference abstract
  1. Areias, Bruno; André, António; Teixeira, Ana; Brandão, Sofia; Pedro A. L. S. Martins. "Numerical Modeling of the Human Breast". Paper presented in World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB), Taipei, 2022.
    Accepted
  2. Teixeira, Ana; André, António Diogo; Areias, Bruno; Martins, Pedro. Corresponding author: Martins, Pedro. "PRELIMINARY APPROACH OF AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION FOR THE BREAST IMPLANT SHELL". Paper presented in 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Porto, 2022.
    Published
  3. F. Gentil; M.P.L. Parente; C.B.F. Santos; B. Areias; Belinha, Jorge; R.M.N. Jorge. "How the computational methods can contribute to better knowledge of the ear". Paper presented in 56th Workshop on Inner Ear Biology, Padova, Itália, 7 a 10 de setembro de 2019, 2019.
  4. C.B.F. Santos; F. Gentil; M.P.L. Parente; B. Areias; Belinha, Jorge; R.M.N. Jorge. "Computational simulation of the cupula behavior in vestibular pathologies of the inner ear". Paper presented in 56th Workshop on Inner Ear Biology, Padova, Itália, 7 a 10 de setembro, 2019, 2019.
  5. C.B.F. Santos; Belinha, Jorge; Fernanda Gentil; Marco Parente; Bruno Areias; Renato M. Natal Jorge. "Análise biomecânica da endolinfa do sistema vestibular ¿ comparação de métodos numéricos". Paper presented in 7º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, Guimarães, Portugal, 10 e 11 de fevereiro de 2017, 2017.
  6. Carla B.F. Santos; Fernanda Gentil; Belinha, Jorge; Marco Parente; Bruno Areias; Renato M. Natal Jorge. "Biomechanical study of the vestibular maneuvers of the inner ear using images from video acquisition". Paper presented in 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering. 8-9 June 2017, Porto, Portugal. University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering, 2017.
  7. Carla B.F. Santos; Belinha, Jorge; Fernanda Gentil; Marco Parente; Bruno Areias; Renato M. Natal Jorge. "The biomechanical computational simulation of the vestibular rehabilitation manoeuvres using data from video acquisition". Paper presented in Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia (CMN 2017) ¿ 3-5 of July 2017, Valencia, Spain. Universidade Politecnica de Valencia, 2017.
  8. C.B.F. Santos; Belinha, Jorge; F. Gentil; M.P.L. Parente; B. Areias; R.M.N. Jorge. "Análise das vibrações livres da cupula do ouvido interno". Paper presented in 13º Congreso Iberoamericano de Ingeniería Mecánica, Lisboa, Portugal, 23-26 de Outubro de 2017, 2017.
Conference paper
  1. Costa, Maria; Leonor Mendonça; Carla Santos; Marco Parente; Areias, Bruno; Jorge, Renato M. Natal. Corresponding author: Costa, Maria. "Efeitos biomecânicos da evolução do colesteatoma sobre a corda do tímpano". Paper presented in 10º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, 2023.
  2. Fidalgo, Daniel; Areias, Bruno; Sousa, Luísa; Parente, Marco; Natal, Renato; Sousa, Henrique. "A Minimally Invasive Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion at the L5-S1 Level". Paper presented in Proceedings IRF2020: 7th International Conference Integrity-Reliability-Failure, Funchal, 2020.
    Accepted
  3. Fidalgo, Daniel; Areias, Bruno; Sousa, Luísa; Renato, Natal; Parente, Marco. "L5-S1 Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusin: A Finite Element Model". Paper presented in M2D 2019 Mechanics and Materials in Design, Bolonha, 2019.
    Published
  4. Sousa, Luísa; Areias, Bruno; Caetano, Susana; Parente, Marco; Natal Jorge, Renato; Sousa, H.; Gonçalves, J. "Kinematic Response of the L4-L5 Functional Spinal Unit After a Lateral Lumbar Fusion Surgery". Paper presented in 11th National Congress on Experimental Mechanics, 2018.
  5. Areias, Bruno; Parente, Marco; Costa, Maria; SANTOS, CARLA; Natal Jorge, Renato. Corresponding author: Areias, Bruno. "A numerical study of the human ear". Paper presented in 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2017.
    10.1109/enbeng.2017.7889442
  6. SANTOS, CARLA; Belinha, Jorge; Costa, Maria; Parente, Marco; Areias, Bruno; Natal Jorge, Renato. "The free vibration computational analysis of the cupula in the inner ear". Paper presented in 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2017.
    10.1109/enbeng.2017.7889461
  7. Areias, Bruno; Parente, Marco; Costa, Maria; Natal Jorge, Renato; Fernandes, Antonio Augusto. Corresponding author: Areias, Bruno. "Biomechanical simulation of the human ear". Paper presented in 4th Portuguese BioEngineering Meeting, Porto, 2015.
    10.1109/enbeng.2015.7088813
Conference poster
  1. Areias, Bruno; André, António Diogo; Teixeira, Ana; Brandão, Sofia ; Martins, Pedro. Corresponding author: Martins, Pedro. "NUMERICAL MODELLING OF THE BREAST RECONSTRUCTION USING SILICONE GEL-FILLED IMPLANTS". Paper presented in 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 2022.
  2. B. Areias. "Numerical modelling of the human cochlea and surgical techniques". Paper presented in 16th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Fernanda Gentil; Marco Parente; Carla Santos; Bruno Areias; Renato Natal Jorge. "Numerical Study of Tympanosclerosis Including Its Effect on Human Hearing". Applied Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031665.
    10.3390/app13031665
  2. António Diogo André; Bruno Areias; Ana Margarida Teixeira; Sérgio Pinto; Pedro Martins. "Mechanical Behaviour of Human and Porcine Urethra: Experimental Results, Numerical Simulation and Qualitative Analysis". Applied Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/app122110842.
    10.3390/app122110842
  3. Bruno Areias; Marco P. L. Parente; Fernanda Gentil; Cristina Caroça; João Paço; Renato M. Natal Jorge. "A finite element model to predict the consequences of endolymphatic hydrops in the basilar membrane". International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3541.
    10.1002/cnm.3541
  4. Areias, Bruno; Parente, Marco; Costa, Maria; Natal Jorge, Renato. Corresponding author: Areias, Bruno. "Finite element modelling of the surgical procedure for placement of a straight electrode array: Mechanical and clinical consequences". Journal of Biomechanics 129 (2021): 110812-110812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110812.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110812
  5. Areias, Bruno; Parente, Marco; Costa, Maria; Natal Jorge, Renato. Corresponding author: Areias, Bruno. "Influence of the basilar membrane shape and mechanical properties in the cochlear response: A numerical study". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 235 7 (2021): 743-750. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85102954275&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1177/09544119211003443
  6. Mendonça, Leonor; SANTOS, CARLA; Costa, Maria; Parente, Marco; B. Areias; Natal Jorge, Renato. "Influence of middle ear tumours on the biomechanical behaviour of the chorda tympani". Journal of Computation and Artificial Intelligence in Mechanics and Biomechanics 1 2 (2021): 42-47. https://zenodo.org/record/4843432#.YegQ7i2cYmI.
    Open access • Published • 10.5281/zenodo.4843432
  7. Mendonça, L.; SANTOS, CARLA; Costa, Maria; Parente, Marco; Areias, Bruno; Natal Jorge, Renato. "On the hearing effects of a cholesteatoma growing: A biomechanical study". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 236 1 (2021): 72-83. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85115605947&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1177/09544119211046675
  8. Areias, Bruno; Caetano, S. C.; Sousa, Luísa; Parente, Marco; Natal Jorge, Renato; Sousa, H.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Numerical simulation of lateral and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, two minimally invasive surgical approaches". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 23 8 (2020): 408-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2020.1734579.
    Published • 10.1080/10255842.2020.1734579
  9. Fidalgo, Daniel; Areias, Bruno; Sousa, Luísa; Parente, Marco; Natal Jorge, Renato; Sousa, H.; Gonçalves, J.M.. "Minimally invasive transforaminal and anterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery at level L5-S1". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 23 8 (2020): 384-395. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086346220&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1080/10255842.2020.1731482
  10. SANTOS, CARLA; Belinha, Jorge; Costa, Maria; Parente, Marco; Areias, Bruno; Natal Jorge, Renato. "A computational framework to simulate the endolymph flow due to vestibular rehabilitation maneuvers assessed from accelerometer data". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 21 6 (2018): 461-469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2018.1479745.
    Published • 10.1080/10255842.2018.1479745
  11. Areias, Bruno; Parente, Marco; SANTOS, CARLA; Costa, Maria; Natal Jorge, Renato. Corresponding author: Areias, Bruno. "The human otitis media with effusion: a numerical-based study". Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 20 9 (2017): 958-966. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018377142&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1080/10255842.2017.1316382
  12. SANTOS, CARLA; Belinha, Jorge; Costa, Maria; Parente, Marco; Areias, Bruno; Natal Jorge, Renato. "Biomechanical Study of the Vestibular System of the Inner Ear Using a Numerical Method". Procedia IUTAM 24 (2017): 30-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.piutam.2017.08.040.
    Published • 10.1016/j.piutam.2017.08.040
  13. Sadek, Seif; Areias, Bruno; Parente, Marco; Belinha, Jorge; Santos, Abel; Natal Jorge, Renato. "Aluminum foam sandwich with adhesive bonding: Computational modeling". The Journal of Adhesion 93 13 (2016): 1025-1047. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00218464.2016.1200975.
    Published • 10.1080/00218464.2016.1200975
  14. Areias, Bruno; SANTOS, CARLA; Natal Jorge, Renato; Costa, Maria; Parente, Marco. Corresponding author: Areias, Bruno. "Finite element modelling of sound transmission from outer to inner ear". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 230 11 (2016): 999-1007. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84992020793&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1177/0954411916666109
  15. Costa, Maria; Parente, Marco; Martins, Pedro; Garbe, Carolina; SANTOS, CARLA; Areias, Bruno; Branco, Carla; Paço, João; Natal Jorge, Renato. "Effects of the fibers distribution in the human eardrum: A biomechanical study". Journal of Biomechanics 49 9 (2016): 1518-1523. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978322446&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.03.030
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. B. Areias. "Numerical modelling of the human inner ear: associated pathologies and therapies". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/137574.
  2. Bruno André Faria Areias. "Simulação biomecânica do ouvido humano, incluindo patologias do ouvido médio". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2014. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/75577.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/06/28 Influence of the insertion speed during a straight electrode array implantation, a numerical study 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering
Porto
2021/06/28 Computational Study on the Dorsolumbar Compression Fracture and its Fixation Methods 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering
Porto
2021/02/19 Cochlear implantation using a straight cochlear implant electrode, a numerical study 9th Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica (CNB2021)
Porto
2021/02/16 Comparison of two alternative material approaches applied in a straight cochlear implant, a numerical study The Second International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON 2021)
Rome
2019/07/01 Numerical study of the insertion of cochlear implants Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMN 2019)
Guimarães
2019/06/27 Numerical study of the human cochlea 3rd Doctoral Congress in Engineering
Porto
2019/02/15 Numerical modelling of human cochlea and associated pathologies 8th Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica
Unhais da Serra
2018/11/22 Numerical Analysis of the Lumbar Spine 19th International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis
Porto
2018/07/05 Implementation of an elastomer dielectric behaviour using Abaqus 2nd International Conference on Materials Design and Applications (MDA2018)
Porto
2017/11/09 Numerical modelling of the human cochlea and associated pathologies IV Encontro de Jovens Investigadores do LAETA
Covilhã
2017/02/16 A numerical study of the human ear 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
Coimbra
2017/02/16 The free vibration computational analysis of the cupula in the inner ear 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
Coimbra
2017/02/10 Estudo numérico do canal auditivo externo 7º congresso nacional de biomecânica
Guimarães
2016/06/30 A numerical study of fenestral otosclerosis International Conference on Materials Design and Applications 2016
Porto
2016/06/01 The influence of the external auditory meatus in the numerical model of the human ear Mechanical Engineering Conference - CEM 2016
Porto
2016/05/17 Comparison of the ossicular chain with the full model of the middle ear IUTAM Symposium on Advances in Biomechanics of Hearing
Stuttgart
2015/05/07 Biomechanical simulation of the human ear III Encontro de Jovens Investigadores do LAETA
Coimbra
2015/02/26 Biomechanical simulation of the human ear 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)
Porto

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/03/02 - 2022/07/29 Numerical study of the biomechanical behaviour of the human spine
Supervisor
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/03/02 - 2022/07/29 Myringotomy with transtympanic tube insertion: a numerical approach
Supervisor
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/03/02 - 2022/07/29 Three-dimensional reconstruction of medical images and subsequent numerical study
Supervisor
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/02/23 - 2021/09/30 Participation as chair of the 4th Doctoral Congress Engineering (DCE21). Participation on the elaboration of the book of abstracts. (2021/06/28 - 2021/06/29)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018/02/13 - 2018/08/30 Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (1476-8259) Taylor & Francis

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/06/01 - Current Portuguese Engineers Association
2016 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/06/28 - 2021/06/29 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering Porto

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016 Responsible for the structural analysis, design, and optimization of a cable reel winder to hold a cable reel weighing up to 250ton. Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Responsible for the structural analysis, design, and optimization of the already constructed structure “Memorial às operárias e operários da indústria conserveira” in Matosinhos, Porto. Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2022/08/31 Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/02/01 - 2021/08/31 Computer Aided Design (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2021/01/31 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2021/01/31 Technical Drawing (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2019/08/31 Mechanical Engineering Drawing (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/01/31 Informatics Laboratory (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2019/01/31 Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 Pedagogical Recognition Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Other distinction

2012 Merit-based scholarship
Direção-Geral de Ensino Superior, Portugal