Expertise
Our expertise areas
Electrical Engineering
- Sensor integration and operationalization
- Analogue electronic design
- Digital electronic design
- Digital Acquisition
- Signal Conditioning
- Schematic design
- PCB design
- Microcontrollers
- Bluetooth
- NFC
- Qi
- Low Power Consumption design
- Data security
- Measurement & control
- Electric (safety) testing
Software
- 3D CAD CREO + Windchill
- Keyshot
- NI LabView
- Mentor Graphics PCB design
- Altium PCB design
- Comsol
- Visual C++
- C-compilers for microcontrollers
- Delphi
- Xamarin
- MS VISIO
- MatLab-Simulink
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Arduino
- (Medical) Image Segmentation
- Esprit/CAM
Engineering Services
- Engineering design
- User centered design
- Prototyping
- Design for series fabrication
- Systems’ workflow
- Technical Product Documentation
- Risk assessment
- CE-marking
- Medical Device Regulation (MDR)
- ISO 13485 Quality Management
- Manuals – technical brochure
Prototyping - Manufacturing
- Precision manufacturing
- 3D printing
- Laser Cutting
- Conventional milling
- Conventional turning
- CNC machining
- Drilling
- Grinding & polishing
- (Hard) Soldering
- Construction & platework
- Welding
- Waterjet cutting
- 3D measuring
- Engraving
- Textile sowing & embroidering
- Mechanical assembly
- Electric assembly
- Molding
Applied Physics
- Mechatronic system design
- System architecture
- Research instrumentation
- Measurement & control
- Automation
- Thermal simulations
- Flow simulations
- Optics
- Lasers
- (Micro) Fluidics
- Vacuum technology
Medical Devices
- Medical devices in Clinical Research (WMO/ non-WMO)
- In-house development of Medical Devices
- Expertise on:
- Medical Device Regulation (MDR 2017/745)
- Investigational Medical Device Dossier (IMDD)
- Risk assessment medical devices (ISO 14971)
Quality Management System (ISO 13485)
- Contact: IDEE-QA@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Applications
- Signal processing
- Algorithm development
- Electric interfacing
- Wireless interfacing
- Graphic user interfaces
- App development
- User scenario development
- Back-end & front-end software architecture
- (Safe) Data transfer & storage
Project Services
- Project management
- Project coordinator
- Funding acquisition
- Grant proposal writing
- Business development niche markets
- Networking
- Consortium forming
- Strategic advise
Our focus areas
Automation in Life Sciences
We have a solid track record in the automation of manual sample preparation for various applications such as mass spectrometry, cryo-electron microscopy, cell culture, bioprinting. In close collaboration with researchers, Research Engineering designs and manufactures devices from basic concept (technology readiness level 2-3), and can assist in further development with increasing levels of technology readiness (level 7-8) until market entrance is achieved. Especially, engineering lab prototypes in robust functioning prototypes and the scale up from robust prototype to small series fabrication under regulatory conditions is our expertise with a regional network of local partners.
Wearable Health Care
Wearable Health Care focusses on patient monitoring and coaching at home. Research Engineering together with MEMIC developed a modular Wearable Health Care platform including sensor data acquisition, data interpretation algorithms, electronic questionnaires, data management and feedback tools. The platform is used for the fast development of new monitoring and coaching prototypes together with clinicians and researchers within the MUMC+ to enlarge their medical scientific knowledge and together with companies make that available for validated care applications inside and outside the MUMC+. Examples related to physical activity can be found at www.accelerometry.eu.
Indirect Calorimetry
Indirect calorimetry equipment is an invaluable, powerful tool in metabolic research studies, allowing research in many fields, from fundamental research, nutrition assessment up to sport sciences. Researchers need reliable, validated results and a system that allows them to easily conduct various studies. Our technical expertise of indirect calorimetry is most evident in room calorimeters and in exercise testing equipment. Together with NUTRIM, new challenges are being addressed e.g. in the ITEA Foodfriend project. More information can be found at www.indirectcalorimetry.net and www.roomcalorimeters.com.
