Outstanding Paper Awards
International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering

Singapore, December 4 - 7, 2002

Seventeen Outstanding Paper Awards were presented to authors who have demonstrated excellent research work and have clearly communicated the results of the research in a clear and concise manner either in the poster format or during the oral presentation. The recipients were as follows:

  • Rajaratnam Rema, Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Australia, "Effects of Polyethylene Wear Debris in Fracture Healing in a Rat model"
  • Masao Tanaka, Osaka University, Japan, "Single trabecula bending test for relationship between mechanical property and orientation of trabeculae of cancellous bone"
  • Kou Imachi, University of Tokyo, Japan, "Development of a CCD probe for chronic observation of microcirculation"
  • Yoshihiko Hayashi, Nagasaki University, Japan, "Early gene expression analyzed by cDNA microarray in osteoblasts cultured with water-soluble chito-oligosaccharide"
  • Takao Hanawa, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, "Cell compatibility of titanium modified with collagen and helium ion"
  • Masami Hashimoto, Shinshu University, Japan, "Detection of the orientation of dermis tissue using ultrasonic sound velocity"
  • Thien V. How, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, "Sensitivity of a continuous cardiac output system to vessel dimensions and flow conditions"
  • Masaaki Sato, Tohoku University, Japan, "Observation of actin filament movement and remodeling process of endothelial cells during exposure to shear stress"
  • Charles Lee, California State University, USA, "Neonatal Jaundice - Its Mathematical Model and Treatments"
  • Hisao Oka, Okayama University, Japan, "Development of a microcontroller-based dental implant movement checker"
  • Liu Kuo Kang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, "Liposome Mechanics: Numerical Simulation"
  • Yukio Yamada, University of Electro-Communications, Japan, "Light propagation in biological tissues and optical diagnostics by imaging and spectroscopy"
  • Ogasawara Yasuo, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan, "Analysis of glomerular volume-distribution in rat kidney using micro X-ray CT"
  • Melissa Teo, Defence Medical Research Institute, Singapore, "Microneedles Fabricated By Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Technology Significantly Increase transdermal drug transport"
  • Udantha R. Abeyratne, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, "Temperature and Nonlinear Effects in Selective Extraneural Stimulation of Nerve Fascicles"
  • Sook-Yee Chong, National University Hospital, Singapore, "A Study On Transtibial Prosthetic Sockets Using Pressure Measurements"
  • Wei Feng, National University of Singapore, Singapore, "Multi-Dispensing Robokit System For Tissue Engineering Applications"