CHST had its first meeting in 2020 on 8 Jan to summarize the activities and achievements in 2019. Many items were discussed. The meeting lasted for 1 hour and followed by early Chinese New Year celebration. Wishing every member a happy and prosperous 2020!!
Category: Activities
Wearable Sensing and Sensor Networks for Precision Medicine
Date : 19 July 2019 (Friday) Time : 03:00 pm – 04:30 pm Venue : KB208 The talk was held in conjunction between IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS) Malaysia Chapter, UTAR IEEE-EMBS Student Chapter, Centre of Healthcare Science and Technology, and Department of Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Carmen Poon from Chinese University...
3D printing technology assisting surgery procedure for a better and healthier world
Date : 15 Aug 2019 (Thursday) Time : 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Venue : KB324 Mr Erwan Siddiq gave a talk regarding how 3D printing technology assisting surgery procedure for a better and healthier world at UTAR. In the talk, the speaker covered: • Application of biomedical knowledge in 3D printing and healthcare industry....
Tung Shin Hospital Visit
Date : 9 August 2019 (Friday) Time : 1 pm to 4 pm Venue : Tung Shin Hospital 同善医院 Tung Shin Hospital (同善医院), formerly known as Pooi Shin Thong, is a 346-bed tertiary acute care hospital. The not-for-profit private hospital is accredited by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health and ISO 9001:2008 certified. It...
Development of an AI-based Non-invasive Pulse AudioGram (PAG) Monitoring Device for Arrhythmia Screening
Date : 5 Jul 2019 (Friday) Time : 09:30 am to 11:30 am Venue : KB325 Dr. Lin gave a talk regarding “Development of an AI-based Non-invasive Pulse AudioGram (PAG) Monitoring Device for Arrhythmia Screening” to the interested staff and students at UTAR on 5 July 2019. He shared an AI-based non-invasive PAG monitoring device...
Symposium for Wellness of Body and Mind
Date: 25-05-2019 Time: 9 am – 12.30 pm Venue: KB 103 This symposium was organised with the aim to create awareness in maintaining a healthy state of body and mind to the public, students and UTAR staff. For those who suffer from mental illness, caregivers or people who concerns on their mental health, the speakers...
CHST Hosted Professor Anthony Vodacek from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), US
CHST hosted Professor Anthony Vodacek from RIT, US from 24 May to 7 June 2019. Professor Anthony Vodacek received his Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering) from Cornell University in 1990 and has been the faculty member at the RIT and Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science since 1998. His areas of research lie broadly in multi-modal...
Materialise Medical Services – Touching the lives of others
Date: 19-03-2019 Time: 11 am – 1 pm Venue: KB 204 Speaker: Mr. Zainal Aziz, Ms. Yessy Process Engineer, HR Business Partner of Materialise The speaker, Mr. Zainal Aziz pursued his degree in Medical Imaging from University Malaya and joined Materialise since 2013. He have more than 5 years’ experience in the Medical Services Department....
Trends in the Operating Theatre: Hybrid Operating Rooms (Hybrid ORs)
Date: 19-03-2019 Time: 11 am – 12 pm Venue: KB 210 Speaker: Ir. Dharmesh R Doshi Associate Director, Asia Pacific at ECRI Institute In this talk, the latest trends in the hybrid operating rooms were introduced. The speaker shared some of the issues faced by the current hospitals to setup the hybrid operating rooms and...
The introduction of the latest studies on Interdisciplinary research between medicine and engineering
Centre for Healthcare Science and Technology (CHST) has invited Professor Dr. Makoto Kawashima from Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Chubu University to present in CHST seminar on 15 March, 2011 at UTAR, KL Campus. The title of the seminar is The introduction of the latest studies on Interdisciplinary research between medicine and engineering....