{"370851":{"#nid":"370851","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Upward Mobility","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHui Shi is a young person with her eyes on the big picture. She came to the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) to help put it into focus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe already had a solid grasp of engineering concepts when she arrived at the Georgia Institute of Technology \u2013 her father is a lecturer in electrical engineering back in her hometown, Shenzhen, China (where Georgia Tech recently opened a campus). But she was convinced that she could become a game changer by expanding her horizon a good bit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy goal is to become a scientist with a background in biomedical engineering,\u201d says Hui, a junior who considers biomedical engineering to be \u201clike the liberal arts of engineering. You have a chance to explore many different areas, which I think is a good experience for an undergraduate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe wanted to come to one of the elite BME programs in the world because it could satisfy her wide-ranging interests and curiosity. She says a deeper exploration into, say, one or two special areas of interest can wait until grad school. \u201cAfter that,\u201d she adds, \u201cI want to develop my own research techniques and have a great impact.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHui is off to a good start. She\u2019s already worked in the labs of two leading researchers at the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe has worked in the Neurophysiology Lab of T. Richard Nichols (professor and chair of the School of Applied Physiology), because she considered getting into the neurosciences. And her work last semester in Maysam Ghovanloo\u2019s GT-Bionics Lab earned a scholarship from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Hui was part of the team working on the Wireless Emergency and Adherence Monitoring System, or WEAMS, a neckwear technology designed to assist with managing medication, tracking daily activities, detecting falls, automatically notifying caregivers, clinicians, and emergency management teams if needed. It can also be equipped with additional modules for monitoring vital signs, depending on the needs of the user.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI thought it was cool and was very interested in this wearable device, in the technology, so I applied and was able to join the group,\u201d says Hui, who was part of Ghovanloo\u2019s WEAMS team for a relatively short time, but managed to make a valuable impression on a couple of fronts.\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor example, Ghovanloo describes her as a quick study on a range of topics. \u201cI found her to be smart, attentive, and eager to learn,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Metro Atlanta Chamber noticed also. The chamber awarded Hui with one of its Mobile Atlanta Scholarships. Four juniors with a demonstrated interest and\/or expertise in advancing wireless mobility \u2013 such as a wireless, wearable medical device, think WEAMS \u2013 from regional universities were awarded $2,500 scholarships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe winning students, all women, were selected based on criteria that included an educational or workplace pursuit in the mobility space, and creative insights and perspectives on the future of mobility. Shi is interested in the connections between mobility and the future of medicine, and plans to pursue a graduate degree in computational biology after she graduates (though she\u0027s taking this semester off, she says she\u0027s on pace to graduate in spring 2016).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhichever path or paths Hui\u0027s scientific pursuits lead her down, she is convinced that a foundation in biomedical engineering is going to help her meet the healthcare challenges that exist and are coming. She also believes it\u2019s just a smart career choice, with plenty of job security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHealthcare technology is a hot area to get into,\u201d says Hui. \u201cThe population is getting older, in larger numbers. Also, people are more concerned with taking care of their health these days. I believe that what we learn in biomedical engineering will change the way people live, improve their quality of life. I want to be part of that.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"BME student honored for work on wireless medical monitoring system"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBME student honored for work on wireless medical monitoring system\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BME student honored for work on wireless medical monitoring system"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2015-02-01 15:50:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:34","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"370601":{"id":"370601","type":"image","title":"Hui Shi","body":null,"created":"1449245856","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:17:36","changed":"1475894380","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:40","alt":"Hui Shi","file":{"fid":"75083","name":"huishi_good_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/huishi_good_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/huishi_good_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1350935,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/huishi_good_0_0.jpg?itok=-dFRTMsm"}}},"media_ids":["370601"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for\u003Cbr \/\u003EBioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}