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 proteins to unlock boxes and catch a villain. Level: Grade 12 | Duration: 45-60 min. Comic …
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 how design can address real-world challenges and generate innovative solutions through different opportunities to investigate several …
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 V. Yap National High School in the Philippines. I started by giving a short talk on …
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 Master’s thesis, all of the projects that have led me to the finish line and all …
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).
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 to help mothers in far-flung areas of the Philippines for a positive birthing experience by catering …
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 leading engineers reviewed, discussed and debated all the James Dyson Award entries to select a national winner …
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