Santiago Fernández Scagliusi
Electronics & Biomedical Engineer
Electronics & Biomedical Engineer
Hi! I have a PhD in Electronics Engineering, with a focus on wearable medical devices for disease prevention using bioimpedance monitoring. I’m currently working at the Institute of Microelectronics (Seville, Spain), developing a wearable device to monitor the health of patients with heart failure.
I have a MSc in Biomedical Engineering and a double BSc in Electrical Engineering and Industry Electronics Engineering. I’m experienced in circuit simulation, hardware design, embedded systems programming, and data analysis. I’ve had the opportunity to lead teams from concept to functional prototypes, especially in a startup environment. I love integrating different engineering fields to create practical, user-focused solutions that can make a real difference.
I’m passionate about contributing to preventive medicine with my research, and my ultimate goal is to improve patient care by merging advanced technology with everyday health applications!
VHDL Design
VHDL Design
PCB Design
C/C++ & C# programming
Assembly & C programming
C programming
Developed VOLUM, a groundbreaking, miniaturized wearable device for detecting fluid retention in the ankles of heart failure patients-the leading cause of hospitalization in people over 65, affecting 10% of the elderly population.
VOLUM enables non-invasive continuous 24/7 hydration monitoring for heart failure patients, a significant advancement over existing bioimpedance measuring devices that are large, heavy, and costly, thus limited to sporadic hospital use
Engineered both the hardware and software, including circuit analysis, PCB design, microcontroller programming (C), Android app development, database implementation (InfluxDB and Grafana), 3D printing for casing design and data analysis (Python and Matlab). The device showed a 1% error rate in measuring electrical models of ankle tissue
Secured €20,000 from 3 entrepreneurship awards, funding the spin-off's launch and prototype development of an ankle bracelet, leveraging skills in funding acquisition, communication, business model development and patent application.
Conducted predoctoral research in the field of Medical Engineering, with a focus on enhancing bioimpedance measurement techniques and methodologies.
Managed the Medical Engineering Lab, leading Spice simulations and experimental analysis to address and resolve electrode mismatch issues in 4-wire bioimpedance measurements.
Played a pivotal role in developing and optimizing Matlab scripts, which significantly reduced bioimpedance measurement errors by up to 60%.
Facilitated a groundbreaking collaborative research initiative with a renowned expert in heart failure bioimpedance, culminating in 2 joint publications presented at international conferences.
Actively engaged in scientific dissemination, presenting research findings in 3 university talks and contributing to medical engineering workshops, enhancing public understanding of complex medical engineering concepts.
Core skills: Advanced Lab Management, Proficient in Matlab and Data Analysis, C Programming for Embedded Systems (NRF52 microcontroller), Effective Academic Dissemination & Public Speaking.
Member of a team with 90+ engineering students, and the only one in Spain that designs and builds both an electric and a combustion racing car.
Responsible for redesigning, routing and soldering the Power Distribution PCB, which controlled the power from the battery to all the electrical devices on the racecar.
Successfully repaired 150+ mobile phones with hardware problems by replacing or soldering components.
Fixed software errors in Android, iOS, Windows and MacOS, flashing custom ROMs and modifying OS services.
