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Healthcare Technology Theme

In the evolving landscape of personalized health monitoring, there is a growing need for integrated solutions that provide comprehensive and real-time insights into an individual’s health. Students will learn how to address these needs through developing an integrated glucose and heart rate sensor, to enhance the overall health management experience for individuals with chronic conditions, leading to better outcomes and improved quality of life.

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Challenge:

Develop an integrated glucose and heart rate sensor that combines the functionalities of glucose measurement and heart rate tracking into a single, user-friendly device. This integrated solution should provide seamless and real-time data, allowing users to monitor both parameters simultaneously and gain insights into how changes in one may affect the other. The device should enhance data accuracy, improve user convenience, and offer actionable insights to better manage health conditions and improve overall wellness.

Deliverables:

  1. Design and build an integrated glucose and heart rate sensor that combines the functionalities of glucose measurement and heart rate tracking into a single, user-friendly device.
  2. 10-min project presentation

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Instructors

As an educator, A/Prof James runs courses on Gerontechnology in Ageing and Assistive Technology for Persons with Disability (PWDs) while leveraging on novel educational strategies in community-based learning to teach and drive innovations in these areas through co-designing solutions with the elderly and disability communities in Singapore towards community deployment to address their challenges to daily living.
As an educator, A/Prof James runs courses on Gerontechnology in Ageing and Assistive Technology for Persons with Disability (PWDs) while leveraging on novel educational strategies in community-based learning to teach and drive innovations in these areas through co-designing solutions with the elderly and disability communities in Singapore towards community deployment to address their challenges to daily living.

A/Prof James Kah
Vice Dean (Outreach & Special Projects)
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Dr Vincent has been teaching undergraduate course in Materials Science & Engineering since 2019, which primarily focused on laboratory-based modules. He has adopted an integrative and inquiry-based pedagogy in laboratory-based modules, and it has triggered the interest and encouraged undergraduates to enter into the research field. His research focus for his Ph.D. degree obtained from NUS MSE is on the fabrication of materials for energy storage devices.
Dr Vincent has been teaching undergraduate course in Materials Science & Engineering since 2019, which primarily focused on laboratory-based modules. He has adopted an integrative and inquiry-based pedagogy in laboratory-based modules, and it has triggered the interest and encouraged undergraduates to enter into the research field. His research focus for his Ph.D. degree obtained from NUS MSE is on the fabrication of materials for energy storage devices.

Dr. Vincent Lee
Assistant Dean (Outreach & Special Projects)
Lecturer, Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)

Royston co-lectures and coordinates modules in systems design, guiding students through real-world, multi-disciplinary projects involving battery technologies, IoT systems, and sustainable energy solutions. He oversees the design and deployment of Sodium-Ion battery solutions for industrial applications with EDIC’s industrial partners. He draws from his industry experience to bring practical insights into his teaching, focusing on systems engineering and sustainable product development.
Royston co-lectures and coordinates modules in systems design, guiding students through real-world, multi-disciplinary projects involving battery technologies, IoT systems, and sustainable energy solutions. He oversees the design and deployment of Sodium-Ion battery solutions for industrial applications with EDIC’s industrial partners. He draws from his industry experience to bring practical insights into his teaching, focusing on systems engineering and sustainable product development.

Royston Shieh
Teaching Assistant, Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (EDIC)

Workshop Schedule

6 January 2025

Day Time Programme Venue Instructors
1 8.30am - 9am Light Breakfast EA Atrium Level 1  
9am - 10am Welcome Speech, Introduction to CDE LT7A  
10am - 10.30am Project Briefing LT7A  
10.30am - 12.30pm Workshop 1: Nanomedicine
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Lecture introducing the concept of nanomaterials in medicine and biosensor, theory of plasmonic materials, understanding the concept of UV-Vis spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy.		 LT7A Dr Vincent Lee
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch EA Atrium Level 1  
1.30pm - 4.30pm Workshop 1: Nanomedicine
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Laboratory practical session where students will synthesise Au nanoparticles as bio-sensing component for glucose detection. Students will learn the use of UV-Vis spectrometer and scanning electron microscopy to better understand the effects of glucose concentration on the Au nanoparticle formation and visible light wavelength absorption.		 E3A Level 5 Materials 
Science & 
Engineering Lab Dr Vincent Lee
4.30pm - 5.30pm Free and Easy Group Discussions E3A Level 5 Materials 
Science & 
Engineering Lab  

7 January 2025

Day Time Programme Venue Instructors
2 9am - 9.30am Light Breakfast EA Atrium Level 1  
9.30am - 11.30am

Workshop 2: Basic Circuit and Measurement

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The lecture will first introduce students to the basics of circuit connections and measurements.

 EA Level 4 Innovation & Design Hub A/Prof James Kah
11.30am - 12.30pm

Workshop 3: Introduction to Arduino

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This workshop will introduce the fundamentals of Arduino programming to integrate PPG sensor and LCD display in Workshop 4.

 EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		 A/Prof James Kah
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch EA Atrium Level 1  
1.30pm - 2pm Design Thinking and Innovation Sharing by Dyson LT7A  
2pm - 3pm

Workshop 3: Introduction to Arduino

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This workshop will introduce the fundamentals of Arduino programming to integrate PPG sensor and LCD display in Workshop 4.

 EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		 A/Prof James Kah
3pm - 5pm

Workshop 4: Photoplethysmography

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Laboratory practical session where students will then gain experience in programming both a PPG sensor and LCD display with an Arduino microcontroller before integrating them into a working medical device prototype capable of measuring and displaying their heart rate.

 EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		 A/Prof James Kah
5pm - 5.30pm Free and Easy Group Discussions EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		  

8 January 2025

Day Time Programme Venue Instructors
3 9am - 9.30am Light Breakfast EA Atrium Level 1  
9.30am - 10.30am Workshop 5: Biophotonics
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The lecture will first introduce students to the fundamentals of light and optics before focusing on the Beer-Lambert law and its application in photometry to determine the absorbance of a sample.		 EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		 A/Prof James Kah
10.30am - 12.30pm Workshop 5: Biophotonics
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Laboratory practical session where students will set up a simple photometry circuit to measure the absorbance of a liquid sample.		 EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		 A/Prof James Kah
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch EA Atrium Level 1  
1.30pm - 5pm Workshop 6: 3D Printing
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This session comprises both a lecture and a laboratory practical. The lecture will first introduce students to 3D printing (fused deposition modelling) and CAD (computer aided design). Students will then gain experience through the lab practical to design a cuvette holder using CAD software and later using a FDM 3D printer to print out the prototype.		 EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		 Royston Shieh
5pm - 5.30pm Free and Easy Group Discussions EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		  

9 January 2025

Day Time Programme Venue Instructors
4 9am - 9.30am Light Breakfast EA Atrium Level 1  
9.30am - 12.30pm Workshop 7: Systems Integration
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This session will serve to integrate the learning from all the previous four sessions where students will assemble an integrated glucose and heart rate sensor that combines the functionalities of glucose measurement and heart rate tracking into a single, user-friendly device. 		 EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		 A/Prof James Kah
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch EA Atrium Level 1  
1.30pm - 3.30pm Free and Easy Prototyping (1h) EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		  
Tour @ iHealthTech Lab (1h) E7  
3.30pm - 5.30pm Free and Easy Prototyping EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		  

10 January 2025

Day Time Programme Venue Instructors
5 9am - 9.30am Light Breakfast EA Atrium Level 1  
9.30am - 12pm Final Testing & Preparation EA Level 4 Innovation
& Design Hub		  
12pm - 1pm Lunch EA Atrium Level 1  
1pm - 3.30pm Intracluster Presentation LT7A  
3.30pm - 5.30pm Final Presentation & Prize Presentation LT7A  
5.30pm onwards Tea Reception (Free-and-easy) EA Atrium Level 1 Â