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OIT & UTAR Innovative Applications Seminar
Date: 14 May 2018
UTAR and Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan had jointly organized a symposium at Sungai Long Campus on 14 May 2018. Participants consist of staff and students.
The event starts with the welcome speech by Dr Lai Soon Onn, Director, Division of Community and International Networking, and Dr Lim Jee Hock, Deputy Dean (Student Development and Industrial Training). It was then followed by the souvenir exchange from UTAR and OIT, gift presentation to speakers and group photo session.
There are total 8 presentation sessions:
1. Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Dyeing (Dr Lin Shang Ming - OIT)
2. Quality control in healthcare System (Dr Chen Ming-Shu - OIT)
3. The hardware acceleration of FPGA integrated with an HPS (Dr Chen Wei-Da - OIT)
4. Innovative Techniques in Healthcare and low-Power Wireless Network (Dr Wu Huai-Kuei - OIT)
5. Stretchable sensor and actuator for biomedical application using wireless approach (Dr Chee Pei Song - UTAR)
6. A triaxial accelerometer-based normal and abnormal gaits classifier (Dr Ir Chuah Yea Dat - UTAR)
7. Internet of things (IoT) for home agriculture and healthcare (Dr Goh Hock Guan - UTAR)
8. Industrial engineering: the future of tomorrow (Dr Joshua A/L Jaya Prakash - UTAR)
There was a discussion session on research collaboration and exchange programme. The symposium was ended with a campus tour.
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Healthcare by Design: Creating Products and Services That Work
Speaker: Dr. Ng Xun Jin
Date: 19 July 2018
This 2-hour talk was attended by 40 students and 7 UTAR staff. After a thorough introduction by MC of the day, Miss Leong Yew Sum, Dr. Ng Xun Jin started his session with some interactive questions and ice-breaking activities. Amusing stories and demonstration involving student volunteer were conducted to encourage and engage audience participation.
Through his captivating narration and real-life scenario exemplification such as the Thai cave rescue mission, Dr Ng shared with the audience the philosophy of healthcare delivery; the concepts of design thinking which pivoting on desirability, feasibility and viability; and overview of current healthcare trends.
Dr. Ng also showed the audience on how useful and practical medical tools and procedures can be devised by applying simple physics such as pressure. TACE (transarterial chemoembolization procedure) and tamponade are two examples among these applications that potentiate life-saving.
Other factors to consider when designing useful healthcare products and services are cost and timeline.The talk was ended by a summary of the content of the talk and question and answer session to the audience.
The last event was the presentation of souvenir by Head of Department, Dr. Kwan Ban Hoe to Dr. Ng as token of appreciation, followed by a group photography session.
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A Walk Through a Centralise Sterile Supply Department
Speaker: Mr Jagdish Rampal
The speaker, Mr Jagdish Rampal was given a warm welcome and thorough introduction of his biodata and expertise by Ms Leong Yew Sum, MC for the event. A total of 45 participants attended this talk, which included staff and students.
Mr Jagdish shared with the audience the five privatised hospital support services at contract hospitals namely, Facility Engineering Maintenance Services (FEMS), Biomedical Engineering Maintenance Services (BEMS), Cleansing Services (CLS), Linen and Laundry Services (LLS) and Healthcare Waste Management Services (HWMS); and the respective concession companies involved in the northern and East Malaysia, Central and Southern regions of Malaysia.
Mr. Jagdish then showed the audience on importance and functions of a Centralised Sterile Supply Department (CSSD); typical CSSD conceptual layout and staff and material movement; zones and barriers in CSSD; area and equipment within zones, types of sterilization process and equipment; administrative area, engineering requirement before acquiring and installing steriliser. Many attractive and colourful photos of the CSSD plant and equipment were showed to enhance the understanding of audiences.
The talk was ended with a question and answer session with the audience. The final event was the presentation of souvenir by Head of Department, Dr. Kwan Ban Hoe to Mr Jagdish as token of appreciation, followed by a group photography session.
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