FH-Prof. Mathias Forjan, PhD, MSc, MBA

Head of Competence Center Medical Engineering & Integrated Healthcare
International Coordinator

Contact

+43 1 333 40 77-8720mathias.forjan@technikum-wien.at

CV

Mathias Forjan is Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Faculty of Life Science Engineering and Head of the competence center “Medical Engineering & Integrated Healthcare” at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences from the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro in Portugal (2018), after his Bachelor and Master studies of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria (2009, 2011). For three years, he was deputy program director of the Biomedical Engineering Sciences Master’s program and coordinates the research projects in the research area ” Data-Driven, Smart & Secure Systems ” for the Life Science Engineering Department. In addition, his tasks include the coordination of international activities of the Life Science Engineering faculty. Mathias Forjan is an ISTQB certified Software Tester and former IHE Connectathon Monitor. He is a lecturer and trainer on IHE Connectathon, software quality management and software risk management. In the Biomedical Engineering (Bachelor) and Medical Engineering & eHealth (Master) courses, Mathias Forjan teaches medical device technology, ventilation technology and aerosol measurement technology. Within the competence center he is responsible for the topic of Applied virtual and augmented reality in medical & healthcare processes.

Publications

Experimental Evaluation of Dry Powder Inhalers During In- and Exhalation Using a Model of the Human Respiratory System (xPULM™)
  • Richard Pasteka, Lara Alina Schöllbauer, Joao Pedro Santos da Costa, Radim Kolar, Mathias Forjan (2022)
  • Pharmaceutics, pp. 15
Patient–Ventilator Interaction Testing Using the Electromechanical Lung Simulator xPULMTM during V/A-C and PSV Ventilation Mode
  • Richard Pasteka, Joao Pedro Santos da Costa, Nelson Barros, Radim Kolar, Mathias Forjan (2021)
  • Applied Sciences
Electro-mechanical Lung Simulator Using Polymer and Organic Human Lung Equivalents for Realistic Breathing Simulation
  • Richard Pasteka, Mathias Forjan, Stefan Sauermann, Andreas Drauschke (2019)
  • Sci. Rep., vol. 9, no. 1
Electro-mechanical Lung Simulator Using Polymer and Organic Human Lung Equivalents for Realistic Breathing Simulation
  • Richard Pasteka, Mathias Forjan, Stefan Sauermann, Andreas Drauschke (2019)
  • Scientific Reports
Development and Usability Test of an Innovative Low-Cost Rehabilitation Game for the Upper Extremities of Neurological Patients
  • Bernhard Riess, Veronika David, Matthias Scherer, Stefan Kotzian, Mathias Forjan (2017)
  • Journal of Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics
Applicability of IHE/Continua components for PHR systems: Learning from experiences
  • Philipp Urbauer, Stefan Sauermann, Matthias Frohner, Mathias Forjan, Birgit Pohn, Alexander Mense (2013)
  • Computers in biology and medicine
A Closer Look on Standards Based Personal Health Device Communication: A Résumé over Four Years Implementing Telemonitoring Solutions
  • Philipp Urbauer, Matthias Frohner, Mathias Forjan, Birgit Pohn, Stefan Sauermann, Alexander Mense (2012)
  • European Journal for Biomedical Informatics