News & Events

2013
2013.02.05 Weekly Technology Column in The Standard on "The road to building human tissue"
2013.01.20 2013 MedE Alumni Re-union
2012
2012.11.09 Press interview from Hong Kong Headline News on 港大技術減腦動脈瘤風險
2012.05.03 Workshop on Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging and Modeling
2012.04.26 Biomedical Engineering Symposium
2012.04.18 Seminar: Simulation in Biomedical Imaging Research: From Realistic Digital Phantom to Accurate X-ray Sinogram
2012.03.12 Seminar: Spines In Space. Microgravity Effects on Spinal Discs
2012.01.17 Seminar: In vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Visual Brain Plasticity in Eye Diseases and Injuries
2012.01.15 MedE Alumni Re-union
2012.01.04 Seminar: Engineering Molecular Technologies to Sense Neural Activity with MRI
2011
2011.12.15 Seminar: From Bridges to Brain Injury – An Engineering Transformation
2011.12.15 Seminar: Laser Cell Micropatterning Technique
2011.12.12 Seminar: Tissue Engineering in Urology
2011.07.08 Seminar: Developing Personalized Treatment for Children with Brain Tumors: From the Bench to the Bedside
2011.06.03 2011 Biomedical Engineering Career Workshop
2011.06.02 Press interview from Metro Daily 透視體檢 零輻射
2011.05.13 Seminar: In vivo fluorescence brain imaging in freely moving animals
2011.04.21 Entrepreneurial Talk: Successful Business Leaders to Share Insights on Entrepreneurship
2011.04.15 Poster Exhibition
2011.04.11 Seminar: Multimodal High-Resolution MRI of the Retinas in Animals and Humans
2011.03.01 Lecture: Research challenges and software tools for image-based biomedical modeling, simulation and visualization
2011.02.22 Seminar: Revitalizing Engineering Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2010
2010.12.16 Seminar: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)
2010.12.01 Sharing session: Professor John Mok to share insights on entrepreneurship
2010.10.22 Seminar: Biomagnetics: An Interdisciplinary Field Where Magnetics, Biology and Medicine Overlap
2010.09.07 Lecture: Waves and Finite Elements
2010.08.01 Prof. Daisy Shum and Dr Barbara Chan were featured as one of the August 2010 HKU Bulletin Cover Stories entitled "Stem Cells"
2010.06.30 Talk: Curriculum Reform in Engineering Education in USA
2010.06.22 Lecture: Let Darwin and the Bees Help Improve your Designs: Nature Inspired Optimization Techniques in Engineering
2010.06.03 Lecture: Cardiovascular Engineering & Photonics in Biomedicine
2010.05.24 Seminar: Imaging Informatics and Computational System Bioinformatics for Pathway Analysis and Optimal Drug Therapy
2010.04.30 Building a stronger town and gown relationship - The Visit of Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association (HKMHDIA) to HKU
2010.04.16 Seminar: Repeated Patterns in Bioinformatics
2010.04.07 Announcement: MedE graduates have been admitted to Medicine Schools in UK & Australia
2010.03.30 Seminar: The Role of Cyclic AMP in Normalizing the Function of Engineered Human Blood Microvessels in Microfluidic Collagen Gels
2010.02.10 Seminar: Multimodality Image-guided System for Peripheral Lung Cancer Intervention
2010.01.06 William Mong Distinguished Lecture: Selected topics in Nanomechanics of Engineering and Biology Systems
2010.01.04-06 Seminar: The Second International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials (ISSIB-II)
2009
2009.12.12 Seminar: The 1st International Workshop on Engineering Biomedical Imaging – Addressing Tomorrow’s Medical Challenges
2009.11.23 Seminar: The Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics of Articular Cartilage
2009.11.16 Seminar: Ultrasound molecular imaging and drug delivery
2009.11.13 Press Interview from Mingpao
2009.11.12 Seminar: Ultrasonic Biomedical Microscopic Imaging and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Therapy
2009.11.09 Seminar: Autonomous and Miniature Implantable Systems
2009.11.04 Seminar: Primary cilia as cellular mechanosensors
2009.10.24 Information Day
2009.09.14 Seminar: U-SPECT-II/CT: Sub-half-mm resolution emission tomography of molecules and organs in action
2009.08.14 Seminar for Gifted Students
2009.04.28 Career Development Talk
2009.03.17 Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Lecture

2013

Weekly Technology Column in The Standard on "The road to building human tissue"

2013.02.05

Nowadays, biomedical engineers are working hard on new technologies to build living human tissue for alleviation of problems in donor tissue and also to provide a better option for treatment.

Please refer to the following website for the column:
http://www.engineering.hku.hk/enggke/media.php?article-id=83

2013 MedE Alumni Re-union

2013.01.20

Medical Engineering Society, ENS, HKUSU and Medical Engineering Programme called up a re-union for the MedE alumni in 2013. This event has started since 2011, and it was extended to the current students this year. It was encouraging that more than 50 alumni, current students and teachers joining together on this special day to share and catch up on each other. It also provided an opportunity to current students to meet up their senior fellows.

MedE Alumni Reunion 2013

2012

Press interview from Hong Kong Headline News on 港大技術減腦動脈瘤風險

2012.11.09

New contribution from the HKU biomedical team towards neurological surgery - see how modeling can help surgeons see the blood flow and assess the risks of stroke after inserting stents.

Please refer to the following website for the two interview links:
http://news.hkheadline.com/dailynews/content_hk/2012/11/09/213974.asp
http://news.hkheadline.com/dailynews/content_hk/2012/11/09/213975.asp

A scanned copy of the printed version of the interview is also available:

http://engg.hku.hk/MedE/news/20121109Headline.pdfpdf

Workshop on Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging and Modeling

2012.05.03

Workshop on Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging and Modeling organized by Faculty of Engineering, will be held on May 3, 2012 (Thu) at the Wang Gungwu Theatre, the Graduate House, at The University of Hong Kong.

Please refer to the following website for details of the workshop:
http://www.cs.hku.hk/biomed/

Biomedical Engineering Symposium

2012.04.26

A talk entitled "Switching on regeneration" will be given by Dr. Eddie MA, Dept of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong.

A talk entitled "Regulators of cartilage destruction and regeneration" will be given by Dr. LI Zeng, Dept of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA.

Please refer to the following website for details of the Symposium:
http://engg.hku.hk/MedE/news/Symposium20120426.pdfpdf

Seminar: Simulation in Biomedical Imaging Research: From Realistic Digital Phantom to Accurate X-ray Sinogram

2012.04.18

Dr. George S.K. Fung, Instructor, Division of Medical Imaging Physics, Dept of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, United States will give a seminar entitled "Simulation in Biomedical Imaging Research: From Realistic Digital Phantom to Accurate X-ray Sinogram" on April 18, 2012.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_Dr_GeorgeSK_Fung_18April12.pdfpdf

Seminar: Spines In Space. Microgravity Effects on Spinal Discs

2012.03.12

Prof. Jeffrey C. Lotz, Director, Orthopaedic Bioengineering Lab, University of California, San Francisco, USA will give a seminar entitled "Spines In Space. Microgravity Effects on Spinal Discs" on March 12, 2012.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://engg.hku.hk/MedE/news/20120312Seminar.pdfpdf

Seminar: In vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Visual Brain Plasticity in Eye Diseases and Injuries

2012.01.17

Dr. Kevin Chuen-wing CHAN, Departments of Ophthalmology and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA will give a seminar entitled "In vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Visual Brain Plasticity in Eye Diseases and Injuries" on Jan 17, 2012.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_Dr_Kevin_ChanChuenWing_17Jan2012.pdfpdf

MedE Alumni Re-union

2012.01.15

Medical Engineering Society, ENS, HKUSU and Medical Engineering Programme called up a re-union for the MedE alumni. It was encouraging that more than 70 alumni and teachers were joining together on this special day to share and catch up on each other.

MedE Alumni Reunion 2012

Seminar: Engineering Molecular Technologies to Sense Neural Activity with MRI

2012.01.04

Dr. Mikhail G. Shapiro, Miller Research Fellow, Departments of Bioengineering and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley will give a seminar entitled "Engineering Molecular Technologies to Sense Neural Activity with MRI" on Jan 4, 2012.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_Dr_MikhailGShapiro_4Jan2012.pdfpdf

2011

Seminar: From Bridges to Brain Injury – An Engineering Transformation

2011.12.15

Prof. Albert I. King, distinguished professor and chair of Biomedical Engineering at Wayne State University, USA will give a seminar entitled "From Bridges to Brain Injury – An Engineering Transformation" on Dec 15, 2011.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=18084&guest=Y

Seminar: Laser Cell Micropatterning Technique

2011.12.15

Bruce Z. GAO, PhD, Associate Professor of Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University will give a seminar entitled "Laser Cell Micropatterning Technique" on Dec 15, 2011.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://engg.hku.hk/MedE/news/20111215Seminar.pdfpdf

Seminar: Tissue Engineering in Urology

2011.12.12

Prof. Dr. Peter Frey, Institute of Bioengineering, Faculty of Life Sciences, Switzerland will give a seminar entitled " Tissue Engineering In Urology" on Dec 12, 2011.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://engg.hku.hk/MedE/news/20111212Seminar.pdfpdf

Seminar: Developing Personalized Treatment for Children with Brain Tumors: From the Bench to the Bedside

2011.07.08

Dr. Ching C. Lau, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and Co-leader of the Pediatrics Program of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, USA will give a seminar entitled "Developing Personalized Treatment for Children with Brain Tumors: From the Bench to the Bedside" on Jul 8, 2011.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_Dr_ChingCLau_8July2011.pdfpdf

2011 Biomedical Engineering Career Workshop

2011.06.03

2011 Biomedical Engineering Career Workshop organized by Medical Engineering Programme, will be held on June 3 (Friday), 2011 at the Wang Gungwu Theatre, the Graduate House, at The University of Hong Kong.

This workshop aims to introduce students to the career prospects in biomedical engineering and assist them in choosing a career which is compatible with their skills and interest.

We have invited inspiring speakers from organizations and leading medical devices companies over the region to share their experiences and insight in the biomedical engineering profession.

Please refer to the following website for the tentative programme rundown:
http://engg.hku.hk/MedE/news/2011CareerWorkshop.pdfpdf

Presentations available:

Press interview from Metro Daily on 透視體檢 零輻射

2011.06.02

Please refer to the following website for details:
http://www.metrohk.com.hk/printable.php?id=162545

Seminar: "In vivo fluorescence brain imaging in freely moving animals"

2011.05.13

Prof. Mark Schnitzer, an associate professor of Biology and Applied Physics and investigator of The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will give a seminar entitled "In vivo fluorescence brain imaging in freely moving animals" on May 13, 2011.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_Prof_MarkSchnitzer_13May2011.pdf

Entrepreneurial Talk: "Successful Business Leaders to Share Insights on Entrepreneurship"

2011.04.21

Co-organized by Young Entrepreneurs Development Council (YDC) and Faculty of Engineering, this entrepreneurial talk aims to instill entrepreneurial spirit in university students through learning and sharing with successful role models. The speakers include Mr. Ricky Wong Wai-kay, Co-founder and Chairman, City Telecom (H.K.) Ltd. & Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd; Mr. King Leung, Managing Director, Datatrade Limited; and Mr. Raymond Lo, Executive Director, Business Development, China Region, Parsons Brinckerhoff International.

Please refer to the following website for details of the talk:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=16629&guest=Y

Poster Exhibition

2011.04.15

The Poster Exhibition for Year-1 Medical Engineering students was held last Friday, 15 April 2011.

Having interviewed with teachers from Engineering and Medicine Faculties on a biomedical engineering problem, students are encouraged to solve it on their own, and present what had been learnt and explored in this poster presentation.

Through this presentation, students are given an opportunity to develop skills such as problem-solving, interviewing, and presentation, and apply their knowledge and skills to a real medical engineering problem.

Discussion
Exhibition Venue

Seminar: Multimodal High-Resolution MRI of the Retinas in Animals and Humans

2011.04.11

Prof. Timothy Q Duong, Chief of the MRI Division, Research Imaging Institute at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas will give a seminar entitled 'Multimodal High-Resolution MRI of the Retinas in Animals and Humans' on April 11, 2011.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_Prof_TimothyQDuong_11Apr11.pdf

Lecture: Research challenges and software tools for image-based biomedical modeling, simulation and visualization

2011.03.01

Professor Chris Johnson, Director of Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah, USA will give a lecture entitled 'Research challenges and software tools for image-based biomedical modeling, simulation and visualization' on March 1, 2011.

Please refer to the following website for details of the lecture:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=16285&guest=Y

Seminar: Revitalizing Engineering Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2011.02.22

Professor Paul Y S Cheung, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Director of Technology Transfer Office of the University of Hong Kong, will give a seminar entitled "Revitalizing Engineering Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship" on Feb 22, 2011.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=15979&guest=Y

2010

Seminar: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)

2010.12.16

Dr. Jerry S. Cheung, a postdoctoral research fellow of Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Harvard Medical School in the States, will give a seminar entitled 'Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)' on December 16, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_DrJerrySCheung_16Dec2010.pdfpdf

Sharing session: Professor John Mok to share insights on entrepreneurship

2010.12.01

Ir Professor John Mok Kin-Lun, Co-founder & Chairman of Automatic Manufacturing Limited, Honorary Chairman, Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association, will share his insights on how to nurture entrepreneurship on Dec 1, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=15683&guest=Y

Seminar: Biomagnetics: An Interdisciplinary Field Where Magnetics, Biology and Medicine Overlap

2010.10.22

Prof. Shoogo Ueno, a professor of the Department of Applied Quantum Physics, Graduate School of Engineering at the Kyushu University and the dean of the Faculty of Medical Technology at the Teikyo University in Fukuoka, will give a seminar entitled 'Biomagnetics: An Interdisciplinary Field Where Magnetics, Biology and Medicine Overlap' on October 22, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_ProfShoogoUeno_22Oct2010.pdfpdf

Lecture: Waves and Finite Elements

2010.09.07

Professor Brian Mace, Professor of Structural Dynamics & Chairman of the Dynamics Group, The Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, UK will give a lecture entitled ‘Waves and Finite Elements’ on September 7, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the lecture:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=14874&guest=Y

Prof. Daisy Shum and Dr Barbara Chan were featured as one of the August 2010 HKU Bulletin Cover Stories entitled "Stem Cells"

2010.08.01

Excerpted from HKU Bulletin in August 2010 Volume 11 No. 3.pdf

Talk: Curriculum Reform in Engineering Education in USA

2010.06.30

Professor Daniel Hastings, Dean for Undergraduate Education Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute Technology, USA will give a special talk entitled 'Curriculum Reform in Engineering Education in USA' in HKU on June 30, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the talk:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=14535&guest=Y

Lecture: Let Darwin and the Bees Help Improve your Designs: Nature Inspired Optimization Techniques in Engineering

2010.06.22

Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA will give a distinguished lecture entitled 'Let Darwin and the Bees Help Improve your Designs: Nature Inspired Optimization Techniques in Engineering' in HKU on June 22, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the lecture:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=14570&guest=Y

Lecture: Cardiovascular Engineering & Photonics in Biomedicine

2010.06.03

Prof. Hung-Fat Tse, from Department of Medicine, and Dr Kelvin Tsia from Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, HKU will give a lecture entitled 'Cardiovascular Engineering & Photonics in Biomedicine' in the Engineering Summer Camp 2010, on July 29, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the lecture:
http://engineering.hku.hk/summercamp/

Seminar: Imaging Informatics and Computational System Bioinformatics for Pathway Analysis and Optimal Drug Therapy

2010.05.24

Prof. Xiaobo Zhou, Bioinformatics Program and Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, will give a seminar entitled 'Imaging Informatics and Computational System Bioinformatics for Pathway Analysis and Optimal Drug Therapy' on May 24, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/news/seminars/Seminar_24May2010.pdf pdf

Building a stronger town and gown relationship - The Visit of Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association (HKMHDIA) to HKU

2010.04.30

A half-day visit was co-organized by the Medical Engineering Programme (MedE) and the HKMHDIA to the local medical device industry on Apr 30, 2010.

The visit aimed to provide a platform to bring together academics and industrial practitioners to exchange knowledge and ideas, and explore collaborations through exploiting the commercial potential of technological breakthroughs.

The event attracted more than 30 participants from local medical device companies. During the visit, industrial practitioners were introduced to the latest biomedical research development in areas such as MRI, Medical Ultrasound, Biomedical Materials, Photochemical crosslinking and tissue bonding and Airway Inflammation.

For details of the event, please visit:
Detailed rundown of the HKMHDIA Visit

Prof. E.X. Wu
Discussion

Seminar: Repeated Patterns in Bioinformatics

2010.04.16

Prof. Francis Y.L. Chin, an Associate Dean of Engineering, Chair of Computer Science and Taikoo Professor of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong gave a seminar entitled ‘Repeated Patterns in Bioinformatics’ on Apr 9, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=13493&guest=Y

Announcement: MedE graduates have been admitted to Medicine Schools in UK & Australia

2010.04.07

Congratulations to our MedE graduates Mr. Yuen Chi Sum, graduate of 2005 and Mr. Kwok Chun Bong, graduate of 2008 who have been admitted to Medicine Schools of Imperial College London in UK & The University of Notre Dame, Sydney in Australia respectively.

Seminar: The Role of Cyclic AMP in Normalizing the Function of Engineered Human Blood Microvessels in Microfluidic Collagen Gels

2010.03.30

Mr Keith H.K. Wong, a HKU ME alumnus and now a PhD candidate in Boston University, will give a seminar entitled ‘The Role of Cyclic AMP in Normalizing the Function of Engineered Human Blood Microvessels in Microfluidic Collagen Gels’ in HKU on March 30, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://engg.hku.hk/MedE/news/100330Seminar.pdfpdf

Seminar: Multimodality Image-guided System for Peripheral Lung Cancer Intervention

2010.02.10

Dr. Kelvin Wong, Director of Translational Multimodality Optical Imaging Lab and Assistant Professor of Electronic Engineering in Radiology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University will deliver a lecture entitled "Multimodality Image-guided System for Peripheral Lung Cancer Intervention" in HKU on February 10, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/seminars/20100210.htm

William Mong Distinguished Lecture: Selected topics in Nanomechanics of Engineering and Biology Systems

2010.01.06

Professor Huajian Gao, Walter H Annenberg Professor, Division of Engineering, Brown University, USA will deliver a lecture entitled "Selected topics in Nanomechanics of Engineering and Biology Systems" in HKU on January 6, 2010.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=13197&guest=Y

Seminar: The Second International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials (ISSIB-II)

2010.01.04

The 2nd International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials (ISSIB-II) will be held at HKU on January 4-6, 2010. The Symposium aims to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, clinicians and medical device manufacturers to present and discuss the latest scientific findings and technological developments in area of surface and interface of biomaterials.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://me.hku.hk/issib2010/

2009

Seminar: The 1st International Workshop on Engineering Biomedical Imaging – Addressing Tomorrow’s Medical Challenges

2009.12.12

The 1st International Workshop on Engineering Biomedical Imaging – Addressing Tomorrow’s Medical Challenges will be held at Lecture Theatre 2, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU on December 12, 2009. The Workshop aims to introduce recent MRI advances in technology and applications in healthcare, as well as emerging the biomedical imaging technologies and healthcare needs for imaging and future challenges.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.hku.hk/bisplab/iwbi.htm

Seminar: The Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics of Articular Cartilage

2009.11.23

Professor Van C. Mow, Stanley Dicker Professor and Inaugural Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. will deliver a lecture entitled "The Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics of Articular Cartilage" in HKU on November 23, 2009.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=12513& guest=Y

Seminar: Ultrasound molecular imaging and drug delivery

2009.11.16

Dr. Hairong Zheng, Associate Professor, ShuangBai Scholar Executive Director, Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences in Mainland China will deliver a lecture entitled “Ultrasound molecular imaging and drug delivery” at HKU on November 16, 2009.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/seminars/20091104.htm

Press Interview from Mingpao

2009.11.13

A copy of press interview from Mingpao News on 13 Nov 2009:
http://engg.hku.hk/MedE/news/091113Mingpao.pdfpdf

Seminar: Ultrasonic Biomedical Microscopic Imaging and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Therapy

2009.11.12

Dr. Lei Sun, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University will deliver a lecture entitled “Ultrasonic Biomedical Microscopic Imaging and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Therapy” at HKU on November 12, 2009.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/seminars/20091105.htm

Seminar: Autonomous and Miniature Implantable Systems

2009.11.09

Dr. Ada Poon, the Assistant Professor from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University will deliver a lecture entitled "Autonomous and Miniature Implantable Systems" at HKU on November 9, 2009.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/seminars/20091013.htm

Seminar: Primary cilia as cellular mechanosensors

2009.11.04

Prof. Christopher R. Jacobs, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, USA will deliver a lecture entitled "Primary cilia as cellular mechanosensors" at Room 7-37, Haking Wong Building, HKU on November 4, 2009.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://engg.hku.hk/pdf/beng/ME_Seminar_Prof_Jacobs_Info_091104.pdfpdf

Information Day

2009.10.24

"Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions 2009" of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) was held on October 24, 2009.

Thousands of prospective applicants and their families visited the University on the event day to learn more about the various undergraduate programmes and gain an insight into what it would be like to study at HKU.  A selection of talks that explain the Engineering Faculty admissions system, exhibitions and research displays were given throughout the day.

MedE teachers, a number of students currently on courses and recent graduates were also available to talk to visitors. 
An informative poster exhibition and demonstration was arranged. In addition, admission talks were given to enable prospective students to learn more about our courses and its career prospects.

Guided tours to laboratories such as the Tissue engineering lab, Biomedical engineering lab, and Biomedical imaging and signal processing lab were also conducted.

MedE Booth
Engineering Booth

Seminar: U-SPECT-II/CT: Sub-half-mm resolution emission tomography of molecules and organs in action

2009.09.14

Professor Freek J. Beekman from Section Radiation Detection and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands will deliver a lecture entitled "U-SPECT-II/CT: Sub-half-mm resolution emission tomography of molecules and organs in action" in HKU on September 14, 2009.

Please refer to the following website for details of the seminar:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/seminars/20090811.htm

Seminar for Gifted Students

2009.08.14

To introduce secondary-school students in Hong Kong to the field of biomedical engineering, the Programme Office organized an outreach seminar entitled "What is Biomedical Engineering?" on August 14, 2009 (Friday) at HKU campus in collaboration with the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE). There are over 40 gifted students join this occasion.

The seminar was delivered by one of our core faculty members, Dr. Alfred Yu, and a team of postgraduate students working in biomedical engineering. In the plenary session, the participants were given an overview of biomedical engineering and its various branches. It was followed by two interactive mini-lessons that gave participants a hands-on opportunity to try out medical ultrasound scanning and electrocardiogram measurements.

Through this seminar, participants were able to develop their own working definition of biomedical engineering and give some examples on the societal impact of this discipline.

Group Photo
Dr. Alfred Yu (middle left) and postgraduate students on the organizing team, together with Ms. Karina Mok from HKAGE (middle right) and a few seminar participants.
Ultrasound Scan
Participants conducting an ultrasound scan.
electrocardiogram
Participants learning how to make electrocardiogram measurements.

Career Development Talk

2009.04.28

Perhaps there is no better way to grasp the quintessence of a profession than to learn from the insiders who have been there. In order to help students to identify a clearer future career path upon graduation and better equip themselves for the keen competition in the market, the Programme Office organized a Career Development Talk on April 28, 2009 (Tuesday) at HKU.

Senior managements of various companies and organizations including St. Paul's Hospital, ASTRI, MediConcepts Limited, IDS Group and Associated Manufacturing Supply Co. Ltd. were invited to provide first hand information about the biomedical engineering industry and share their secret tricks to success. Mr. Alex Wong, the fresh graduate of the programme also shared his valuable experience with the students.

Through active and direct interactions with the guest speakers, students benefited from the valuable sharing and having a better understanding of the prospect of biomedical engineering industry and how they could prepare for the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Group Photo
From Left: Prof. Ed Wu, Programme Director of MedE programme, Mr. David Wong, President (Business Development), MediConcepts Limited, Mr. Alex Wong Yan Tak (Graduate of 2008), Medical Representative, Associated Medical Supply Co. Ltd., Mr. Cho Wong, Managing Director (Healthcare, HK & China), IDS Group and Mr. Edwin Cheung, Manager (MRI), ASTRI
Mr. Samuel Cheung, St. Paul's Hospital
Right: Mr. Samuel Cheung, General Manager of St. Paul’s Hospital
Career Talk

Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Lecture

2009.03.17

Prof. Dov Jaron, Calhoun Distinguished Professor of Engineering in Medicine, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Drexel University, USA, delivered a lecture entitled "Mathematical modeling of Nitric Oxide Transport in the Microcirculation" in HKU on March 17, 2009.

Prof. Paul Cheung presenting a souvenir to Prof. Dov Jaron.
Prof. Paul Cheung presenting a souvenir to Prof. Dov Jaron.
Prof. Dov Jaron
Prof. Dov Jaron Lecture