MSKSC ACP Biomechanics Day
MSKCSC ACP saw the official launch of its Robot Enhanced Biomechanics & Engineering Laboratory on Satruday, 25 November 2023 with Emeritus Consultant Prof Tan Ser Kiat from the SGH Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in attendance as Guest-of-Honour.
The event commenced with a demonstration of the ACP's latest technology, the KUKA robotic simulator, currently sited within the Procedural Skills Laboratory at Academia Basement 1. The arrival of the robotic simulator serves to augment and enhance the ACP's biomechanics core programme led by A/Prof Denny Lie and two of our very own research engineers, A/Prof Andy Yew and Ms Pivatidevi Pareatumbee.
Notable speakers were also invited to share thier experiences and insights into the world of biomechanics. Prof Ulrich Hansen, Senior Lecturer in Biomechanics, engaged the audience with his talk on "State-of-the-Art Reserach in Imperial College London" while Prof Chou Siaw Meng, Associate Professor at the NTU School of Mechanics & Aerospace Engineering, shared about the longstanding collaboration between MSKSC ACP and NTU which has grown and strengthened over the years.
Partners from the NTU Rehabilitation Reserach Insititute of Singapore (RRIS) were also in support. Dr Lau Jun Liang and his team have been an integral help in the set-up and operationalisation of the robotic musculoskeletal simulator and will remain as key partners in the expansion of biomechanics reserach under the ACP.
The audience comprised interested residents and eager medical students from the NUS Yong Loo Lin, NTU Lee Kong Chian and Duke-NUS medical schools. The programme concluded with a discussion and engagement with these residents and medical students to find out more about their research interests and to explore opporunities in biomechanics under the ACP.
More photos from the event can be found on our Instagram page @msksc_acp
