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Best Teaching Assistant Award for 2021/22 Sem1

The Department is pleased to announce the recipients of the “Best Teaching Assistant Award" in 2021/22 Semester 1:   Awardee List for the Best TA Award for Sem1 of 2021/22 No. Subject Code Subject Title Teaching Assistant(s) for Sem 1 21/22 Subject Leader Supervisor Name Nominated by 1 BME5115 APPLIED BIOSIGNAL PROCESSING JIANG Yizhou Dr. SUN Lei Dr. SUN Lei Teacher and students 2 BME5124 BIOMATERIALS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING ZHANG Cunyu Dr. TAN Youhua Dr. TAN Youhua Teacher and students 3 BME5127 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY BEI Ho Pan Dr. ZHAO Xin & Dr. WONG Dexter Dr. ZHAO Xin Teacher and students 4 BME5130 ADVANCED PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS LIU Shan Dr. WONG Man Sang Dr. WONG Man Sang Teacher and students 5 BME5155 RESEARCH METHODS & BIOSTATISTICS ZOU Zhou Dr. WEN Chunyi Dr. WEN Chunyi Teacher and students 6 BME21120 FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION I HO Kwun Hei Willis Prof. YANG Mo Prof. YANG Mo Teacher and students 7 BME21111 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN STUDIES I ZHANG Ruolin Dr. LAU Hin Chung Prof. YANG Mo Students 8 BME6050 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN BIOENGINEERING AND HEALTHCARE ZHANG Guoxin Dr. WONG Wai Chi Duo Prof. ZHANG Ming Students 9 BME1D02 WEARABLE HEALTHCARE AND FITNESS DEVICES FOR EVERYONE YANG De Prof. ZHENG Yongping & Dr. CHEUNG James Prof. ZHENG Yongping Teacher 10 BME1D02 WEARABLE HEALTHCARE AND FITNESS DEVICES FOR EVERYONE TAM Yiu Chau Prof. ZHENG Yongping & Dr. CHEUNG James Dr. CHEUNG Wai Chung James Teacher 11 BME1D02 WEARABLE HEALTHCARE AND FITNESS DEVICES FOR EVERYONE THARU Niraj Singh Prof. ZHENG Yongping & Dr. CHEUNG James Prof. ZHENG Yongping Teacher 12 BME1D03 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART AGEING ZHANG Yuqi Dr. WEN Chunyi Dr. WEN Chunyi Teacher 13 BME1D04 SKIN-CARE TECHNOLOGIES: PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS AND SAFETY LYU Shang Dr. ZHAO Xin & Dr. WONG Dexter Dr. ZHAO Xin Teacher 14 BME1D04 SKIN-CARE TECHNOLOGIES: PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS AND SAFETY RAO Jingdong Dr. ZHAO Xin & Dr. WONG Dexter Dr. ZHAO Xin Teacher 15 BME31116 BIOSIGNAL PROCESSING CHENG Shengfu Dr. LAI Puxiang Dr. LAI Puxiang Teacher 16 BME31125 BIOMECHANICS CHEN Fei Prof. ZHANG Ming & Dr. WANG Annie Prof. ZHANG Ming Teacher 17 BME32104 BELOW-KNEE PROSTHETICS HU Mingyu Dr. KOBAYASHI Toshiki Dr. KOBAYASHI Toshiki Teacher 18 BME32115 BIOSENSORS: THEORIES AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS TAN Xiaoxuan Dr. LEE Thomas Dr. LEE Thomas Teacher 19 BME32140 CLINICAL ENGINEERING HUANG Yingying Prof. POON Albert Prof. YANG Mo Teacher 20 BME3S02 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: SERVICE LEARNING TOWARDS THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED ZHU Tanglong Dr. MA Zonghao Dr. MA Zonghao Teacher 21 BME3S02 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: SERVICE LEARNING TOWARDS THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED ZUO Jingjing Dr. MA Zonghao Dr. MA Zonghao Teacher 22 BME42129 NEUROENGINEERING ZHOU Sa Dr. HU Xiaoling Dr. HU Xiaoling Teacher

Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2021

Congratulations to the following staff members on receiving the Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2021. Our hearty congratulations to them for their achievements! Category of Award Category of Award Category of Award Individual Awards - Services Outstanding Awards Prof. Yongping ZHENG Team Awards - Services Outstanding Awards Dr. Hin Chung LAU Individual Awards - Teaching Merit Awards Dr. WONG Man Sang Individual Awards - Research and Scholarly Activities: Outstanding Researcher Merit Awards Dr. WEN Chunyi Individual Awards - Research and Scholarly Activities: Outstanding Young Researcher Merit Awards Dr. Youhua TAN

Prof. Sophia Chan, Secretary of Food and Health Bureau visited our department

Prof Sophia Chan, Secretary of Food and Health visited our Prosthetics and Orthotics Labs, Jockey Club Rehabilitation Engineering Clinic, and Jockey Club Smart Ageing Hub on 15 December 2021 (Wed) to learn more about how our current education and services to address the needs of the client and the community, and also professional skills for the educational development. BME not only nurtures biomedical engineers, but also trains prosthetists and orthotists, the only degree program in Hong Kong. Prof. Chan was also briefed on departmental education and development projects, such as Jockey Club Smart Ageing Hub to promote new gerontechnologies for elderly care and Jockey Club supported project, “Improvement of Posture Awareness and Management of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in School Children”. She was pleased to note that PolyU BME has been actively motivating staff and students to leverage innovation and creativity to transform knowledge and research achievements for application in education and society.

Prof Zhang Ming and Prof Zheng Yongping Recognised as Top Two Percent Scientists Worldwide (2021)

Stanford University has recently released an update of the list that represents the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines. The report was prepared by a team of experts led by Prof. John Ioannidis, the eminent Professor at the Stanford University. BME is very proud to announce that two Chair Professors Ir Prof. Zhang Ming (Head of Department and Chair Professor of Biomechanics) and Ir Prof. Zheng Yongping (Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering) are on the list. Prof. Zhang’s research interest is in Biomedical Engineering and Prof. Zheng's is in Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing.   Congratulations to Prof. Zhang and Prof. Zheng! More details: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3

The first MOOC about Interdisciplinary Innovations for Population Ageing

Population ageing is a global phenomenon profoundly affecting the well-being of communities. Social sciences, design, and engineering each offers unique, insightful innovations for ageing societies. In response to rapidly ageing populations, this course intends to equip learners with age-friendly mindsets and capacities to fulfill the burgeoning demand for tailored, innovative policy, products, and services for older adults. The design of this course has been inspired by the belief that we should move beyond a uni-disciplinary, problem-oriented approach with the burden view when addressing ageing issues to adopt a more multidisciplinary, opportunity-oriented approach which emphasises on mobilising learners as asset for active ageing promotion.

27th Graduation Ceremony

The 27th Congregation of Biomedical Engineering was successfully held on 29 November 2021 at PolyU Jockey Club Auditorium (JCA) and virtually via live broadcasting, with graduates and their families attended to share the happiness. The Department would like to congratulate all graduates again and wishes them a bright future ahead.    

COVID-19 testing device exhibited in the Central Market (Tangible Stories/Form follows Innovation) from 23 Oct 2021 to 9 Jan 2022

Dr. LEE Ming Hung Thomas (BME) and Prof. YIP Shea Ping (HTI) started developing gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for simple, fast, sensitive, specific, and inexpensive nucleic acid testing in 2014. The first-generation assay platform utilized disposable hand warmer content for LAMP reaction temperature control. In 2017, there were 2 major advancements, including new gold nanoparticle-based sensing method as well as simple and low-cost prototype device for real-time monitoring (device built by an undergraduate student). Since then, they collaborated with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's Veterinary Laboratory Division for avian influenza virus detection (device built by the Industrial Centre at PolyU). Starting in 2020 with the financial support by the Health and Medical Research Fund, the project team (with new members of Dr. SIU Kit Hang Gilman and Dr. HUANG Chien Ling at PolyU, Dr. FUNG Sau Chun Kitty at United Christian Hospital, Dr. LAM Yiu Wing Jimmy at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, and Dr. JONG Kwok Kwan at Department of Health) has been using the assay platform for COVID-19 testing. The goal is to achieve rapid COVID-19 screening in decentralized settings such as airports, quarantine centers/hotels, and private clinics. Details: https://bit.ly/31ZVfQF Interview: https://youtu.be/p-FRwBo9fHU News on Wenweipo.com: https://bit.ly/3nkafBl

Congratulations To Prof. Mo YANG Awarded General Research Fund (GRF) 2021

The Research Grant Council (RGC) has recently announced the results of the 2021 funding exercise of the General Research Fund (GRF). Prof. Mo YANG has demonstrated high-quality research and has obtained a research grant. Prof. Yang has achieved the impressive feat of winning a GRF for the fourth time in the past five years.  This is a significant and well-deserved outcome of Prof. Yang's hard work and dedication to research. The four GRF grants information are as follows: Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), “Multiplexed single exosome analysis based on hybridization chain reaction (HCR) enhanced multi-color fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) nanoprobes in a droplet optofluidic platform”, (PolyU 15217621), HK$, 815,601, 2022-2024 Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), “Hybrid ZnIn2S4/GQD nanointerface based artificial photoreceptors for restoring human-like colour sensitivity of degenerative retina”, (PolyU 152146/19E), HK$, 869,898, 2020-2022 Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), “A hybrid nanosystem for photo-treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in a blood-brain barrier on-a-chip”, (PolyU 152108/18E), HK$, 632,421, 2019-2021 Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), “A hybrid molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)/graphene quantum dot (GQD) nanosystem for imaging-guided combinatorial phototherapy targeting cancer stem cells”, (PolyU 15216917), HK$, 443,950, 2018-2020  Congratulations to Prof. Yang! 

HKIE Scholarship 2019/20

Congratulations to Year 4 student TONG Cheuk Ying for receiving the HKIE Scholarship 2019/20! Let's enjoy the video illustrating her involvement in the HKIE activities in the past years: Video credit: TONG Cheuk Ying; original links(https://youtu.be/ipNA9MytvDA)  

PolyU develops groundbreaking targeted osteoarthritis pain reliever

Researchers at PolyU introduced their development of an imaging-guided nanoparticle photothermal treatment for osteoarthritis pain that uses the concept of targeted cancer therapy in a press conference held yesterday (14 September). The targeted osteoarthritis pain theranostics, which offer both diagnostics and therapeutics, are made of gold nanorods which are fused with antibodies directed against the nerve growth factor (NGF), the pain-triggering protein.   Professor Yang Mo, Associate Head (Research) of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, said it is the first time the concept of targeted photothermal therapy for osteoarthritis pain via nanotechnology is being introduced. He said testing on mice suggests the targeted photothermal treatment achieves satisfactory pain relief and improvement of motor function. It holds good promise for clinical translation to achieve long-lasting pain relief for days.   Dr Wen Chunyi, Associate Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, said the dual-track pain treatments with the antibody-fused nanorods and laser stimulation reduced the amount of NGF in joint tissues more efficiently and did not cause damage to the surrounding soft tissues or bone.    The research findings have been published in the prestigious journal ACS Nano by the American Chemical Society and were reported by Nature Reviews Rheumatology.  Press release: English - https://polyu.me/3hA6ggG; Chinese - https://polyu.me/3CckkVr   Online coverage: Sing Tao Daily - https://polyu.me/3AdzqJM Headline Daily - https://polyu.me/2Xg21iT Hong Kong Economic Times - https://polyu.me/399PEHM Ta Kung Pao - https://polyu.me/397R8T0 Hong Kong Economic Journal - https://polyu.me/39mttOZ Sky Post - https://polyu.me/2YM8XVF The Standard - https://polyu.me/3ljM8QS HK01 - https://polyu.me/3Aov6Hq Urban Life Health - https://polyu.me/3C9QJMk Bastille Post - https://polyu.me/3nvR6wH Line Today - https://today.line.me/hk/article/akN2KG MSN HK - https://polyu.me/2YMcOC7 PR Newsire - https://polyu.me/3ls6p6K