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Professor Lim Chwee Teck and Associate Professor Leo Hwa Liang, both from the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) were elected as Fellows of the International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM) at the IUPESM World Congress 2022 which was held from 12 – 17 June 2022 at Marina Bay Sands. The Fellowships are awarded on

Professor James Goh honoured with International Union Physical and Engineering Science in Medicine(IUPESM) Award of Merit(BME). The award recognises an outstanding individual who has established a distinguished career in Biomedical Engineering.

Assistant Professor Andy Tay was selected as an early career board member of Materials Today Bio. In this role, he will be helping to introduce initiatives and support early career researchers in their career outcomes. He was also recently awarded an early career researcher grant from the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Assoc/Prof Raye Yeow and team demonstrated the GourmetGrip system to Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Gan Kim Yong, and SATS President and Chief Executive, Mr Kerry Mok. The GourmetGrip is a reconfigurable hybrid robotic gripper system that is capable of handling food delicately like a human hand; currently it can pick and place over

  Congratulations to Assistant Professor Eliza Fong for receiving the 2021 MOE AcRF Tier 2 research grant! The MOE Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 2 grant supports research projects in Singapore-based universities which have academic significance and demonstrate good potential for creating new knowledge. Successful grant proposals are awarded up to $1.2 million over a 3-5 year

Congratualtions to Asst Prof Shao Huilin, from the Department of Biomedical Engineering for receiving the Young Researcher Award at an in-person ceremony on March 17. I am deeply honoured by this award,” Asst Prof Huilin said. “It recognises the tremendous efforts by my team members and collaborators. It also motivates us to continue to innovate

Congratualtions to Assistant Prof Andy for being featured in Zaobao. https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20220127-1237030

    Congratulations to Assistant Prof Andy Tay for being featured in The Brilliant.  Click this link to read the article: (Andy Tay: Singaporean science outreach pioneer)  

Dr Andy Tay, an NUS Biomedical Engineering researcher currently doing his post-doctoral training at Stanford University, has successfully invented a novel transfection method to deliver DNA into immune cells with minimal stress on these cells. For more information, please Read Here

Congratulations to Dr Andy Tay, Senior Tutor at BME on being elected as a member of the eLife Early-Career Advisory Group! Andy Tay hopes to provide greater support for early-career researchers in publishing, science communications and job navigation. Andy joins a group of 14 researchers from around the globe, and he is the only scientist

Dr Yap Hong Kai is the cofounder and CTO of Rocesco Technologies, a Singapore-based medtech startup based on his University’s research project. It is now commercialized as EsoGlove, the world’s lightest hand rehabilitation and exoskeleton device. Read more

Congratulations to the BME staff who have received awards during the Engineering Awards & Recognition Ceremony 2019. This event serves to honour the academic staff who have shown excellence in their teaching or research. Engineering Educator Award Honour Roll Dr Alberto Corrias Honours List and Commendation List Prof Leo Hwa Liang Dr Mrinal Musib Dr Yap Choon