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17 Sep2011 Dr.Jiang Lijun presented a talk in A*STAR's international forum On 17 Sep (Sat),
Dr. Jiang
Lijun(TDC manager for wireless TDC, SEG) was invited to present a
talk in A*STAR's Neurotechnology and Rehabilitation
international
forum, held in National Neuroscience Institute(NNI). During the
1-day forum, 10 speakers from Harvard University, NUS, NTU,
A*Star , RP and hospitals presented their works, followed by 2
panel discussions.
Being the only
invited speaker from the five polytechnics, Dr. Jiang introduced RP,
its TDC and RP’s pioneer projects on brain computer interface, to
over 100 audiences from USA, China, India,
Singapore and
other countries. His presentation received active response from
the audience, and some of them have contacted Dr. Jiang to explore
collaborations with RP.
The
international forum, organised by A*STAR’s Healthcare &
Lifestyle Programme, serve as platforms for doctors, engineers,
scientists and industry to meet, network and explore potential
collaborations. The theme of this forum is Neuro-Rehabilitation,
which focuses on the use of neurotechnology to improve
rehabilitative medicine.
Last but not
least, thanks to Mr. Warren Wang(Director of OTD) for recommending
wireless TDC to A*Star!
28 May 2011 SEG students successively received TKK Merit Award for the 2nd time for RP
After RP’s first
winning of Tan Kah Kee (TKK) Young Inventors' Award in 2010, more RP
teams (at least 8 teams) participated in the TKK competition
in 2011. Finally, one team from Diploma of Biomedical Electronics
(DBME), School of Engineering, won the 2nd TKK award for RP
successively in 2011!
This time, our
students won the Merit award in the senior students section.
Since there is No any GOLD award given under all categories
this year, RP team actually won the 2nd
prize after the silver award.
Many VIPs,
including Prof. Su Guaning (Former President of NTU,
Chairman of Governing Board of TKK Foundation) tried out RP’s
iPhone based BCI wheelchair system in the award ceremony held on 28
May. The event was featured in Local TV news.
28 May 2011 RP's SEG students received IES Gold award for the 1st time for RP
A group of DBME
students received the 1st IES design GOLD award
for RP on 28 May.
As the GOLD
winner, RP students were invited to attend the IES AGM cum IES award
ceremony on 28 May. RP students are also invited to deliver a
presentation to nearly 500 engineers in Singapore. This greatly
helps promote RP’s branding in local industry. 30 April 2011 Dr. Jiang Lijun presented a talk in A*Star ICE forum
On 30th April
2011, Dr. Jiang Lijun, TDC manager for wireless TDC, was invited to
present a talk in A*STAR's Integrated Clinical Environments(ICE)
forum.
Being the only
invited speaker from the five polytechnics, Dr. Jiang introduced RP,
PBL, TDC and wireless TDC's projects to over 100 audiences from
Singapore and overseas. The talk received active response from the
audience, and some of them have contacted Dr. Jiang to explore
collaborations with RP.
The A*STAR's
Integrated Clinical Environments(ICE) forum aims to bring
professionals from industry , research institutes, universities/polys,
hospitals, and governments agencies to improve healthcare, enhance
outcomes, improve patient safety and reduce inefficiencies.
27 April 2011 The New Paper, 27 April 2011 (page 13)
RP students developed new tracking device (Wireless Proximity
Monitoring) for childcare centres to keep track of kids. It was part
of a FYP project for five biomedical electronics students from SEG.
This device had won the gold award in the ITE/Polytechnic category
at Home Team InnoFest 2010
30 Mar 2011 RP students won GOLD award in IES design competition
5 students from the Diploma of Biomedical Electronics (DBME), School
of Engineering won the Institute of Engineers Singapore (IES) Design
2011 GOLD
award based on their FYP project - “ iPhone based
brain
-controlled power wheel chair”. This is the 1st
time ever for RP to win the Gold award in the prestigious yearly
competition. As the gold winner, the team will receive $1000 prize
and will be sponsored by IES to represent Singapore to attend the 5th
i-Create convention to be held in Bangkok in July 2011.
18 Oct 2010 Wireless TDC submitted 2 proposals to Tote Boards SIR fund For this round of Tote board SIR project submission, Wireless TDC submitted 2 proposals, accounting for 50% of the total submissions by RP. Three staff from Wireless TDC, Hong Ling Tim, Vincent Tey and Lijun are actively involved in proposal drafting and presentation. 23 Sep2010 (Thursday) Wireless BCI based "F1-mind race" - RP and F1 driver Sebastian Vettel A group of SEG DBME students successfully demonstrated a brain-controlled F1 race game on 23 Sep 2010 at a Puma exclusive event at 313 @ Somerset!
Although, due to time constraint and crowded media reporters, the F1
player got no time to try RP’s “F1 race”, we did attract many
medias attention. The emcee of the event highlighted RP’s
contribution to this event to all the media several times during the
event. RP students were also invited to take some photos with
Sebastian Vettel, a driver from Red Bull, who won the 2nd
place in F1 night race Singapore 2010.
10 Mar 2010 (Wed) RP Successfully hosted Polytechnic Student Research Programme (PSRP) best award ceremony
30 Sep 2009 (Wed) Successful completion of Wireless Tech Series cum launch of "RP-TI Low Power Wireless Applications Joint Laboratory" , read more... On the 30th Sep 2009, Republic
Polytechnic (RP) launched the Wireless Technology Series
with a theme titled “Going Wireless for
Better Wellness and Lifestyle”. This seminar, supported by
The Institution of Engineers, Singapore
(IES),
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and
Singapore Industrial
Automation Association (SIAA) aims to bring
together the industry, the academic and the research institutions to
network and share their experiences in the use of wireless
technologies for better wellness and lifestyle. This seminar also
showcased the applications of low power wireless technologies for
the healthcare industry and how the use of wireless sensor network
can help improve our living. 
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