Young Investigator Awards

International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering
Singapore, December 4 - 7, 2002

Four Young Investigator Awards were presented on the basis of innovation, originality and high impact on biomedical engineering and healthcare. The recipients were:

• Biomechanics/BioMEMS Category:
  • Hwa Liang Leo (Georgia Tech, USA) - "An Investigation of the Effects of Various Flow Structures in the Vicinity of a Polymeric Heart Valve"
• Cellular engineering/Biomaterials Category:
  • Tetsushi Taguchi (National Institute for Materials, Japan) - "Encapsulation of chondrocytes in collagen-glycosaminoglycan gels prepared using poly(ethylene glycol)-based four-armed star polymer"
• Techniques/Applications Category:
  • Alexander Astaras (Institute for System Level Integration, UK) - "A miniature integrated electronics sensor capsule for real-time monitoring of the gastrointestinal tract (IDEAS)"
• Tissue Engineering Category:
  • Naoya Sakamoto (Tohoku University, Japan) - "Fluid shear stress affects migration of vascular smooth muscle cells co-cultured with endothelial cells"