School Activities

Workshops for Students (with hands-on)
   The Optical Pulse Detector,
   The Audible Myogram (Muscle Jukebox),
   Science Symposium,

Competitions
   The Great Anatomy Challenge,

The BME student club of Electronic and Computer Engineering Division proudly organize The great anatomy challenge 2006.

Description of Event:

Do you know why doctors have to pry the rib cage open to perform open heart surgery on cardiac patients? Is the length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height? If you think you have answers, come and join us for The Great Anatomy Challenge!

Each team will consist of 4 members and be divided into two groups. Group 1 will be asked to correctly identify 50 numbered body parts within 25 minutes. Bonus points will be awarded for correctly re-assembling the model within the given time. Group 2 will answer a set of trivia questions about the human body. Marks will be deducted for wrong answers. The team that scores the highest points wins.


Click here for coverage on the challenge

Science Symposium 2005

	ECG- Electrocardiogram Getting your heart's electrical signals measured is painless. The minute electrical signals are amplified using a specialised electronic amplifiers called bioamplifiers.
FES - Functional Electrical Stimulation takes control of the thumb movement without any pain. Electrical impulses of very short duration are injected into the muscles to cause it to contract without triggering the pain receptors. Thus, the sensation of pain or "ant-bites" is avoided .
	Monitoring Respiration can be performed effortlessly using a sensor belt. When a person breathes, the belt stretches. The amount of stretch is detected through a change in resistance (or inductance) and amplified electronically.
The young and curious can try out the various biomedical experiments set up by the BME Centre with the aid of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic's biomedical engineering students.

If you are interested in such activities for your school, please contact:

Mrs Khoo-Tan Peck Ha at kph@np.edu.sg