Engineers work with clinicians to make a better world

WHERE would healthcare be without Engineering? Professor Lim Chwee Teck speaking at the NUS Engineering Lecture Series, shared his views with a packed audience from the academia, schools and industry.. 

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6th East Asian Pacific Student Workshop

The 6th East Asian Pacific Student Workshop (6EAPSW) was held on March 23-24 2013 in the Engineering Auditorium. The focus was on Nano-Biomedical Engineering. Prof. Takami Yamaguchi inaugurated the workshop. There were a total of 51 talks in eight different categories including 4-keynote talks. The keynote talks were given by Prof. Yoshifumi Saijo and Prof. Kei Takase from Tohoku University, Prof. CT Lim from National University of Singapore and Prof. Balaji Narasimham from Iowa State University. The closing remarks were given by Prof. Toh Siew Lok. In the end, Prof. James Goh presented a plaque to Prof. Yamaguchi as a memento on his retirement.

The workshop was jointly organized by BIE Grad Club of Department of Bionegineering, NUS and Tohoku University.

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Dept of Bioengineering Seminar read more
Topic	Non-mulberry silk as biomedical materials for tissue regeneration
Speaker	Prof. S.C. Kundu Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Host	Prof. James GOH
Date:	Monday, 20 May 2013
Time	2 - 3 pm
Venue:	Block EA-06-04, Faculty of Engineering

 

NUS-ZJU Summer Program 2013 read more
Period of Summer Program	8th – 26th July 2013
Venue:	Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China)

 

Bioengineering Commencement 2013
Date	10th July 2013
Time	8pm
Venue:	University Cultral Center

 

Associate Professor Michael Raghunath was presented  on 16 January 2012 with the NGS Excellent Mentor Award by Prof Philip Moore, Executive Director, of the NUS Graduate School for  Integrative Sciences and Engineering.

 

Welcome Prospective Students

We are delighted that you are considering NUS for your further education. NUS has a range of joint, double and concurrent degree programmes with some of the best universities in the world. As a leading research-intensive university, there are many opportunities for our students to interact and work with faculty and graduate students at the cutting edge of knowledge creation in a wide range of fields. We invite you to discover the multi-dimensional educational experience at NUS.

Undergraduate Programme

The aim of the Bioengineering undergraduate degree programme is to produce engineers with a strong foundation in the relevant engineering, sciences and technology, who are able to contribute to the Biomedical Sciences through innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership. Our educational programme in Bioengineering provides an excellent foundation for a range of careers such as research and development, product design and manufacturing in the Bioengineering industries or for further graduate education. At the undergraduate level, the Department of Bioengineering offers a four‐year engineering curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Bioengineering. Design‐based and research‐based projects are an integral part of the curriculum. They help to develop the spirit of innovation and inquiry, integrative skills, and critical thinking skills in the students. A portion of the curriculum is also set aside for non engineering modules in areas such as engineering professionalism and human relations. These are intended to equip our graduates with the knowledge to function effectively in tomorrow’s workplace.

Below are the some useful links for undergraduate programme.:

Graduate Programme

The Department offers research-based graduate programmes at Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) levels. Our aim is to impart our graduates with:

• A core knowledge and understanding of engineering principles and concepts, and their   integration and application to biology and medicine;
• Basic analytical skills and a multi-disciplinary approach to solving bioengineering problems;
• The ability to perform research projects independently;
• Critical thinking in fundamental biomedical science and technology.

The goal of our postgraduate curriculum through the M.Eng. and Ph.D. programmes is to nurture researchers/scientists with the following characteristics:

• The ability to solve bioengineering problems encountered in academia and in industry;
• A creative and curious mind for biomedical science and technology;
• An enthusiasm and desire to make an impact in academia and industry.

Below are the some useful links for Graduate programme.:

• NUS Graduate Studies
• NUS Overseas College
• Student Exchange Programme
• NUS Bulliten

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship on Imaging Genetics

Our group conducts a longitudinal study, Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO), in children. GUSTO aims 1) to establish neurodevelopmental assessments that include multi-modal neuroimaging techniques, electrophysiology, and cognitive-emotional evaluations at multiple time points from birth onwards; 2) to investigate normal brain development from birth onwards and its relationship with cognitive development; 3) genetic and epigenetic regulation on brain development.

We seek a postdoctoral fellow who is interested in integrating multi-modal magnetic resonance brain images with genetic and epigenetic information for the investigation of genetic and epigenetic regulations on brain development from infancy onwards. We offer high salary with medical and other benefits.

If you are interested in the jobs listed above, please send your CV to

Dr.  Anqi QIU
Department of Bioengineering
National University of Singapore
Email: bieqa@nus.edu.sg

Phone: +(65) 6516 7002

 

Research Position on Bioinformatics

Our Computational Functional Anatomy Laboratory at National University works on imaging genetics and investigate association analysis between medial image markers and genes in psychiatric disorders. We seek a researcher who has experience on genetic association analysis and multivariate analysis on data with high dimensionality (>100k). Our research project focuses on genetic regulation on brain and cognitive development  in children. Your job responsibilities include but are not limited, genetic analysis and multivariate analysis on genetic data with medical images.  We offer high and comparable salary with medical and retirement benefits.

If you are interested in the jobs listed above, please send your CV to

Dr.  Anqi QIU
Department of Bioengineering
National University of Singapore
Email: bieqa@nus.edu.sg

Phone: +(65) 6516 7002

Bionic Link Technology for Injured Peripheral Nerves : PhD students

Interdisciplinary neuroprosthesis research involving the development of novel implantable microelectronic devices that can record neural signals from injured peripheral nerves and electrically stimulate muscles to perform dexterous coordinated movements. Our hypothesis is that an electronic interface between the injured nerve and the peripheral muscle controlling limb function will serve as a functional neuroprosthesis to sustain muscle capabilities, and restore hitherto unattainable dexterous hand functions. Our aim is to demonstrate feasibility for what we call a “Bionic Link Technology” that will provide a bridge and interface between injured nerve and muscles. Our research will lead to an innovative implantable wireless device for recording and stimulation. The innovation of this work lies in the technological advancements in implantable circuitry, including microcircuits, power sources, antennas, novel low-power on-chip neural decoding algorithms, and packaging of the integrated system. This project is expected to result in the discovery of decoding of the peripheral nerve signals and their neural representation and adaptation. Finally, the clinical impact would be in addressing the vast health problem of peripheral nerve injuries, the restoration of dexterous limb function, and the reduction in the burden of cost and productivity to the society.

If you are interested in the jobs listed below, please send your CV to:

 

ANGELO  H.  ALL,  MD,  MBA
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
National University of Singapore
Email:dosaha@nus.edu.sg

Therapeutic strategies for contusion model of spinal cord injur : PhD students

The focus of my translational research is peripheral and central nervou\s system. We monitor and quantitatively analyze electrophysiological signals using multi-channel somatosensory and motor evoked potentials and well as action potential and compound evoked potential in order to assess the electrical conductivity at various stages- both pre and post injury. We also use different Imaging techniques to monitor anatomical changes in the injured nerves and spinal cord architectures at various time points. These images will allow us to identify spared fibers and track the extent of secondary injury and determine the therapeutic benefit of the therapy. In addition, we designed and implemented acute hypothermia treatment as well as chronic cell replacement therapy using oligodendrocyte precursor cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and iPS cells in a contusive model of spinal cord. We also use behavioral tests to measure improvement in gross motor function in rats.

If you are interested in the jobs listed below, please send your CV to:

 

ANGELO  H.  ALL,  MD,  MBA
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
National University of Singapore
Email:dosaha@nus.edu.sg

 

For further information see this link: http://www.bioeng.nus.edu.sg/job/Dept.html