engineering

Maria Pereira

Maria Pereira is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Maria Pereira rather than just read about it. In short: Maria Pereira (born 1986, Leiria, Portugal) is a Portuguese bioengineering scientist, creator of a glue to close open wounds without damaging tissues. Biography She was born in 1986 in Leiria.

Key takeaways

Maria Pereira belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Maria Pereira to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Maria Pereira from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Maria Pereira (born 1986, Leiria, Portugal) is a Portuguese bioengineering scientist, creator of a glue to close open wounds without damaging tissues.

Biography She was born in 1986 in Leiria. She holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, and a PhD in Bioengineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in the United States, thanks to the scholarship she was awarded by the MIT-Portugal Program in 2007. She is known for having created a glue to close open wounds without damaging tissue, which is used, for example, for delicate heart operations and to treat babies with congenital heart defect, one in 100, which happens to be the leading cause of infant death in the United States. Pereira worked on her project to develop a glue that could be used anywhere in the body, including the heart. The glue needed to meet many conditions at once: withstand humidity and dynamic conditions, be elastic to expand and contract with each heartbeat, be hydrophobic (to repel blood away from the surface), biodegradable and non-toxic. In 2012, she succeeded and met even more criteria: the glue she invented only adheres where it is intended, when the surgeon shines a light on it, thus giving him total control over the process. She has been an in-house researcher at Gecko Biomedical in biotechnology and medicine in Paris since October 2013.

Political career On December 28, 2015, at the age of 29, she was presented for Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's national representative in his candidacy for the 2016 presidential elections.

Awards In 2012, Novartis considered her one of four world leaders in her field. The MIT Technology Review magazine in 2014 included her in its annual list of "innovators under 35". In early 2015, she was recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the world's 30 promising talents under the age of 30. In September 2015, Time magazine considered her a "next generation leader".

References

External links Meetup with María Pereira at Labiotech 2017, on YouTube Maria Pereira at Gecko Biomedical.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Maria Pereira

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Maria Pereira claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Maria Pereira before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Maria Pereira ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Maria Pereira

In research: Maria Pereira appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Maria Pereira in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Maria Pereira is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1986 births, 21st-century Portuguese scientists, 21st-century Portuguese women scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Maria Pereira outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Maria Pereira in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Maria Pereira means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Maria Pereira in simple terms?

Maria Pereira (born 1986, Leiria, Portugal) is a Portuguese bioengineering scientist, creator of a glue to close open wounds without damaging tissues. Biography She was born in 1986 in Leiria.

Why does Maria Pereira matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Maria Pereira?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Maria Pereira.