Dr. Tariq Javid's blog: October 2023

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Two-Day Workshop on Recent Trends in Medical Device Design and Development - Day 1

Tuesday 31st October 2023 Day 1

Wednesday 1st November 2023 Day 2

The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) organized a two-day workshop on "Recent Trends in Medical Device Design and Development," as the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Continued Professional Development (CPD) event.

Day 1

The session started with Tilawat-e-Quran followed by the National Anthem and Dua-e-Said. Engr. Hafiz Imtiaz Ahmed, Senior Engineer and Innovation Team Lead, Digital Health Resource Center - Aga Khan Development Network, Aga Khan University Hospital was the first speaker. The title of the speech was, "Medical Device Design and Development: From Inception to Sellable Product." He explained the device design process used by famous international organizations and success stories in the form of innovation case studies. The innovation models discussed included open innovation, disruptive technologies and innovation, the approach of frugal innovation, and innovation prizes.

Engr. Munir Bhatti, Senior Service Engineer, Hospital Products Australia was the second speaker. The title was, "Medical Device Design and Development: An Experiential Journey." He explained the five phases of the medical device design and development. These are idea and risk analysis, prototyping and clinical research, design and development, verification and device validation, and post-market surveillance and monitoring. The case study of a Tinnitus therapy system was presented as an example to enrich the participant's knowledge. The speaker was online and the recorded video was played.

Engr. Noor-ul-Amin, HoD Biomedical Engineering Department, Ripha International University, Islamabad was the third speaker. The title was, "Medical Device Design and Development: An Entrepreneurial Journey." The need for entrepreneurship in healthcare at the national level was emphasized. Topics of the presentation included identifying opportunities, team-building, design and development, regularity compliance, funding for the venture, market survey, business scaling, and challenges and solutions.

Event Pictures

Acknowledgments

Dean FEST

DAS

Engr. Adeel Khan

Engr. Usama bin Zahoor

FEST ORIC

FEST Admin

HU Transport

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Attended World Mental Health Day 2023 at HU FSSH

Thursday 26th October 2023

The World Mental Health Day 2023 event was organized by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanity.

Invited Speaker Session organized by BME

Thursday 26th October 2023

BME organized an invited speaker session entitled, "Data for Impact through Mathematical and Statistical Modelling in Public Health." The event was held at the FEST auditorium on Thursday 26th October 2023. The resource person was Dr. Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Assistant Professor & Section Head, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University Hospital. A welcome meeting was held at the Dean FEST Office where Engr. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamer Saleem, Dean FEST welcomed Dr. Usmani and encouraged the learning activities. The event was started with Tilawat-e-Quran by Mr. Khalid Mahmood, a student of the BE BME program of studies. Ms. Fatima, another BE BME student performed the host activities. She welcomes participants to the session. The speech session started after the National Anthem and Dua-e-Said. The invited speaker presented the concepts behind the development of mathematical and statistical models and their use in real-world scenarios. A special focus was on Pakistn case studies. These case studies included public-domain datasets, results, and analysis. The dataset examples were Sindh-level COVID-19 data, Karachi climate-change data, and Lahore smog data. The results were also displayed and the underlying statistical technique was the moving average used for most of the analysis. After the speech, there was an industry-academia panel discussion with an outcome-based education (OBE) theme. During the panel discussion, Engr. Prof. Dr. Tariq Javid, Chair BME briefly reviewed the theme and important components of OBE, the knowledge, skills, and attitude; student-centric learning and teaching; assessment tools, and continuous quality improvement (CQI). He also discussed the open-ended labs as a creative activity performed by the students during lab courses. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Faris, Assistant Professor & Program In-Charge BME presented the importance of knowledge profile for the design and implementation. Ms. Sadia Ali, Assistant Professor BME briefed on the timeline associated with course learning outcome, program learning outcome, and program educational objectives during studies and in the profession. Engr. Hina Iftikhar, Lecturer BME highlighted the CQI cycle and the data sources aka survey forms used to improve the quality of education in OBE. Engr. Tayyaba Khalid, Lecturer BME discussed the use of rubrics for the fair assessment of learning. Dr. Usmani highlighted the salient features of OBE and answered a few questions from the participants. Prof. Javid presented the vote of thanks to the invited speaker, students, and faculty; and presented HU shield to Dr. Usmani. A group photograph session was held at the end. On behalf of BME, I am thankful for the cooperation from Engr. Osama bin Zahoor, Visiting Faculty & BME Alumni for his valuable services and FEST admin office.

Attended the seminar by HU HMI at Bait al-Hikmah

Wednesday 25th October 2023

The seminar was arranged by HMI which is a short form of Hafiz Muhammad Ilyas Institute of Pharmacology and Herbal Sciences. This seminar focused on marine herbal medicine and there are three keynote speakers.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

BME Students and Faculty Attended Conference on Medical Devices at 20th Health Asia

Friday 20 October 2023

BME students and faculty members attended the Conference on Boosting Medical Devices Export-Led Development in Pakistan on Friday 20th October 2023 at the 20th Health Asia Exhibition at Karachi Expo Center. The event was organized by the Samane Shifa Foundation. Prof. Dr. Tariq Javid, Dr. Muhammad Faris, Mr. Khalid, Mr. Waleed, and Mr. Ahsan.

20th Health Asia at Karachi Expo Center 19 - 21 October 2023

Friday 20 October 2023

BME faculty and students at 20th Health Asia at Karachi Expo. The event was held from 19 to 21 October 2023. Prof. Dr. Tariq Javid, Engr. Muhammad Faris, Mr. Khalid, Mr. Waleed, and Mr. Ahsan attended the event. I met Dr. Amjad, MUET and NED UET colleagues; and HU BME alumni Engr. Osama Amjad.

Thursday, October 19, 2023

First Simulation CFD OpenFOAM

Thursday 19th October 2023

I spent almost a full day going through the first simulation elbow in tutorials. The directory name elbow was copied in the same folder and renamed as elbow_tri. The 'elbow.msh' file was copied from the tutorials resources directory and the Allrun script was updated. The endTime value set to 75 in the controlDict file inside the system directory.