HIGHLIGHTS
Below are some of the highlights in recent years.
These span from design and research projects, awards and recognition, guest lectures, workshops, and media features.
Transcribe to Survive uses a tabletop escape room approach to introduce or reinforce understanding of transcription, translation and protein structure and function. Students collaborate to encode and decode information stored in DNA, RNA and …
This summer, I spent two weeks teaching a new design course for teens, 'Design for the Future'. This course is part of Emily Carr University's Junior Art Institute. Utilizing imagination and creativity, students explored …
I was invited for two days to be a resource speaker and project consultant for PROJECT BASiC 4.0 (Boosting and Assessing Skills in Capstone Project Year 4) for STEM High School students of Jose …
I was among the alumni invited to talk with the new first year Master of Design students at Emily Carr University in their Fall Intensive. I started off by giving a talk about my …
I was Section Editor of Designing for Specificity as well as a contributor with my thesis The In-Between (Cognitive Ergonomics Evaluation in Public Spaces: A Cultural-Affordance-Based Approach).
This is a showcase hall submission for the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB-ACCER) for the 2024 Virtual Conference (The Future of Research Ethics: Navigating the Changing Landscape). Having worked in a research writing group, I …
Local Philippine news station showcases James Dyson Award Philippine National Winner 2020 project "reBIRTH" by University of the Philippines Diliman students. The JDA winners share their concept for a woman-centred birthing tool that aims …
With over 1,700 entries from 27 global regions, the James Dyson Award highlighted an array of ingenious solutions for critical problems, including microplastic pollution, IV infiltration, and coral-reef degradation. Panels of tech experts, entrepreneurs and …
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