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【🎉 PolyU BME welcomes new BSc and MSc students】 PolyU BME extended a warm welcome to all undergraduate and taught postgraduate freshmen through the orientation sessions on August 27! 🌟This year, BME has nearly 90 and 80 new students joining the BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering and MSc in Biomedical Engineering respectively! Ir Prof. Ming ZHANG, Head of Department, welcomed the students in both orientation sessions. Dr Hin-chung Lau, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader of BSc in BME, and Dr Youhua Tan, Associate Professor and Programme Leader of MSc in BME, introduced the programme details to the students in respective session. Students also had the chance to meet their teachers before the commencement of the new semester. Members of the 31st BME Student Association Promexus were also present to greet the new BSc students, remember to follow their IG at @polyu_31bmesa_promexus for more updates!💚🔥 We wish all students a joyful and fruitful university life at BME and PolyU! #PolyUBME #BME #Orientation #Freshmen #UG #TPg #undergraduate #taughtpostgraduate

【🎉 PolyU BME welcomes new research students】 This morning, PolyU BME has conducted the orientation sessions for the research postgraduate freshmen, who were greeted by their supervisors. Ir Prof. Ming ZHANG, Head of Department, welcomed the students and introduced them the department history, structure and development. Dr Xiaoling HU, Director of Research Postgraduate Studies, elaborated the programme details to the students before the commencement of their studies. We wish all students every success in the pursuit of research excellence at BME! #PolyUBME #BME #Orientation #Freshmen #RPg #researchpostgraduate #researchstudent

【PolyU and AquaBloom join forces to nurture sports technology talent and advance industry development】 PolyU and AquaBloom International Sports Technology Group Limited (ABSG) signed an MoU on 16 August for the establishment of the “Sports Technology Talent and Industry Development Centre”. The Centre aspires to cultivate top industry talents and accelerate sports research and industry development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area through education programmes, academic exchanges and joint research projects. Witnessed by Prof. Christopher CHAO, Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU and Dr Rocky CHENG, Chief Executive Officer of Cyberport, the MoU was signed by Prof. Ming ZHANG, Director of the Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology (RISports PolyU), Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chair Professor of Biomechanics of PolyU and Mr Mike YANG, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ABSG. This strategic partnership will leverage PolyU research strengths and ABSG industry experience to foster each other’s academic activities and education projects on sports technology. #PolyUBME #BME #RISports #research #biomedicalengineering #sportstech #sportstechnology #sportsscience #knowledgetransfer #innovation #university

【Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2024🏆】 BME Associate Professor Dr Xiaoling Hu had been awarded the Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2024 - Outstanding Individual Award - Knowledge Transfer: Industry! Dr Hu is the founder of Thecon Technology (HK) Limited (a PolyU academic-led startup). The “Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton” developed by the research team led by Dr HU had recently won the Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva. All winners of the Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2024 were chosen by a Faculty Assessment Panel, comprising Heads (or their delegates) and chaired by the Dean of Engineering, from amongst a pool of well-qualified nominees put forward by individual departments. The selection was made with reference to the indicative criteria for assessment as laid down by the University for the exercise. Congratulations to Dr Hu for her exceptional achievement! #PolyUBME #BME #research #teaching #biomedicalengineering #knowledgetransfer #innovation #university

【Highlights of The 11th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering🎞️】 The 4-day 11th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering ended successfully on 7 August 2024! 🎉The organising committee would like to express the deepest gratitude to all speakers, delegates, sponsors and student helpers for their support and contributions to make this Congress possible and successful! We hope everyone had a wonderful time at WACBE 2024 and in Hong Kong! 🌟 Let’s watch the highlight video to revisit the Congress! See you next time! #PolyUBME #BME #biomedicalengineering #WACBE #bioengineering #bmecongress #bioengineeringcongress #hongkongcongress #hkcongress

【PolyU BME hosts 11th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering to gather biomedical engineering community across the world】 PolyU BME hosts the 11th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering (WACBE 2024) on 4-7 August 2024 on PolyU campus. The Congress, organised by the World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE), and hosted by PolyU BME, gathers over 470 Chinese biomedical engineers from around the world, to have in-depth discussion on the topics of Biotechnology, Medical, Biomedical, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. Prof. Jin-Guang TENG, President of PolyU graced the opening ceremony with his presence on Aug 5 as the Guest of Honour. The other esteemed officiating guests were Dr Savio WOO, Founding President of WACBE and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh; Prof. Edward X GUO, President of WACBE and Chair and Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering of the Columbia University; and Ir Prof. Ming ZHANG, Head of BME and Chairman of WACBE 2024 Organising Committee. The opening ceremony was followed by the “Savio Woo Distinguished Lecture” delivered by Prof. Joyce Y. Wong, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering of the Boston University. WACBE 2024 aims to promote academic exchanges at an international level and to stimulate the interests of biomedical engineers. This year, the Congress had received about 700 abstract submissions which was a record-breaking number. Throughout 5-7 August, the Congress has 688 presentations in total, including 10 plenary speeches, 47 keynote speeches, 320 oral presentations in six parallel sessions, and 311 posters. For more information about WACBE 2024, please visit https://www.wacbe2024.org/. #PolyUBME #BME #biomedicalengineering #WACBE #bioengineering #bmecongress #bioengineeringcongress #hongkongcongress #hkcongress