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BME wins Two TechConnect Global Innovation Awards

Department of Biomedical Engineering won two "Global Innovation Awards" at the TechConnect Business Virtual Summit and Showcase 2020 (TechConnect).  The award-winning innovations are: (1) “PolyUStimulator – Ultrasound Driven Piezoelectric Stimulator for Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation” by Professor Yong-ping ZHENG and Dr Monzurul ALAM, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2) “A Time-dependent Machine-Learning-based Prediction System for Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis” by Mr Toby LI and Mr Justin CHAN, MPhil students under the supervision of Dr Chunyi WEN, Department of Biomedical Engineering (submission made under CLAIRE Clinical AI Research) For more details, please refer to the polyu website (https://polyu.hk/UCYvi). 

HKIE Scholarship 2019/20

Congratulations to Year 3 student TONG Cheuk Ying for receiving the HKIE Scholarship 2019/20! The HKIE Scholarship Scheme aims to recognize the academic achievements of the outstanding full-time engineering undergraduate students and to identify potential engineering students and develop them into future engineers.  Each successful candidate will receive a certificate and a total grant of HK$80,000, which will be disbursed to the recipients in four installments at the end of each academic year. Let's enjoy the video illustrating her involvement in the HKIE activities in the past year:   Video credit: TONG Cheuk Ying; original links(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qINJlc7Q2z0)

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Best Teaching Assistant Award (2019-20)

The Department of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce that the following Teaching Assistants have been selected as the recipients of the “Best Teaching Assistant Award" (2019-20): Mr. BEI Ho Pan – Biomaterials Science and Engineering Miss. GAN Maria – Intellectual Property, Standards and Regulations of Medical Devices Mr. HO Kwun Hei Willis – Wearable Healthcare and Fitness Devices for Everyone The captioned Award is established to show the department’s appreciation for teaching assistants with their outstanding teaching support. 

A low-cost handheld device for decentralized COVID-19 testing

Photo credit: unwire.hk; original links (https://unwire.pro/2020/08/19/poly-u/executive-interview/).Dr. Thomas Ming Hung LEE (Associate Professor and Associate Head (Academic) of the Department of Biomedical Engineering) and Prof. Shea Ping YIP (Professor and Head of the Department of Health Technology and Informatics) were interviewed by Unwire.Pro on the project “A low-cost handheld device for decentralized detection of SARS-CoV-2 and host response in COVID-19 patients: Development and evaluation” funded by the Health and Medical Research Fund of the Food and Health Bureau. The primary aim of the project is to achieve rapid COVID-19 screening in decentralized settings such as airports, quarantine centers, and private clinics. The research team has developed gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric probes for monitoring nucleic acid amplification reaction. The assay is conducted with the use of a low-cost handheld device built by the Industrial Centre. The interview videos are available at Unwire.Pro and Unwire.HK .

Dr. Puxiang Lai Receives Faculty Merit Award in Research and Scholarly Activities (Individual) for 2019/2020

“Light is almost an ideal form of electromagnetic waves to probe and treat biological tissues,” says Dr. Lai. “Its applications, however, are limited due to the inherent strong scattering of light in tissue. Different from the traditional wisdom that treats multiple scattering of light as a problem, it could also be part of the solution. Our long-term research goal is to better understand the principles and mechanisms of optical scattering and optical speckles, and break the rules and limitations of visualizing, interrogating, treating, and controlling biological tissue by using light.”    Dr. Puxiang Lai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. His research is mainly focused on high-resolution deep-tissue optical focusing, imaging, treatment, and stimulation as well as their applications in biomedicine.   

Applaud of Our Teacher, Dr. Hin Chung Lau

“Students should grasp every opportunity they have at University to explore and to equip themselves differently from their peers before embarking on their careers. I am here to cultivate collaborative learning through inter-faculty multidisciplinary student design projects for a unique learning experience for students.”   Below are some highlights of Dr. Lau's contribution and impact in teaching & learning: • Supervised BME21111, BME31139 and Final Year Project students to secure 10 awards at international competitions and seed funds for start-up (2015-2020) • Co-inventor of “Gongyeh” (講嘢): an app for students’ presentation video recording and real-time peer feedback • Initiated collaboration with partner institutions in UK, Singapore, Mainland China (2017-2018) and Imperial College London (2019-present) for joint student projects in subjects BME21111 and BME31139 • Established joint student projects and educational support with external partners such as The Hong Kong Society for the Blind (2018-2024) and Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council (2018-present) • Organised 第一屆生物醫學工程創意競賽之「愛。創耆樂」to promote Biomedical Engineering, STEM education and Service-learning. The event engaged more than 790 participants    

PolyU BME’s Joint Research on Mussel Adhesive Peptide Mimics Published in PNAS

PolyU BME’s joint research on mussel adhesive peptide mimics published in PNAS A research paper titled “Bioclickable and mussel adhesive peptide mimics for engineering vascular stent surfaces”, co-authored by Dr Xin Zhao, Assistant Professor and Professor Zhilu Yang of Southwest Jiaotong University (as lead authors), and other researchers from Southwest Jiaotong University and Jiangsu University, is published in the world-renowned scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Their biomimetic surface engineering strategy represents a promising solution to address clinical complications of cardiovascular stents and other blood-contacting metal materials. Online coverage: PNAS - https://bit.ly/2BXAiJk  Toutiao - https://bit.ly/3e1UQhb

BME graduate won the Silver Prize of the HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition Award 2019

It is delighted to announce that Miss LIU Lejian Lucy, graduated from BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering, won the Silver Prize of the Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association (HKEIA) Innovation & Technology Project Competition Award 2019 on 14 October 2019. This Award recognizes and rewards university graduates in Hong Kong with outstanding final year projects which demonstrate excellence in technology and innovation. Lucy’s capstone project, supervised by Dr. LEE Ming Hung Thomas, focused on the development of a new graphene-based electrochemical tattoo biosensor for noninvasive sweat lactate monitoring.

Scolioscan Air: Portable 3D Ultrasound Imaging System is published in IfE Technology Frontier

Scolioscan Air: Portable 3D Ultrasound Imaging System Makes scoliosis assessment more accessible https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ife/corp/en/publications/tech_front.php?tfid=19300 ScolioscanAir