秦萊茵
Anna took Picasso’s underlying message on the process of creativity with her when she began my design path 15 years ago. Topping up with the practical, technical and theoretical sector skillsets from Central Saint Martins, she enjoyed the serendipity from design projects, be it for consultancy, manufacturing, enterprise, or third sector. She has also worked with various teams in Europe, China and Hong Kong in the past 10 years.
 
Her early work belongs to the medical field, where she applied human-centred design to hospital equipment, medicine processors and portable/domestic healthcare devices. These projects led me to pursue knowledge in the biomedical engineering field. Combining design and engineering, She further define her visions in various innovation projects such as the astronauts’ landing chair, an exoskeleton and smart insoles for rehabilitation, intelligent homes, and UX for fintech start-ups. She experienced entrepreneurship with two of her classmates in 2014–16 by being the runners-up in the Hong Kong and National Challenge Cups; with the support from HKSTP’s incubation programmes, they were able to bring some of the patented prototypes to market.

Research Associate in “A Fatigue-relieving Smart Shoe Using Magnetorheological Fluid (MRF) for Elderly Walking Exercises”, a research project led by Professor Ming Zhang in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2021

 

Research Assistant in “Neck Watch – a wearable device for neck activity tracking” / “Sleep Posture Device – a wearable device for spinal activity tracking”, research projects led by Professor Grace Szeto in the Department of Rehabilitation Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2016

 

MPhil candidate in “Exoskeleton for Paralyzed Patients & Rehabilitation” / “Portable Smart Insole for Gait Analysis in Rehabilitation” / “Powered Prosthesis”, research projects led by Professor Wei-Hsin Liao in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014-2016

(vi) Publication records [Please refer to ECS 2 Part II Section 7 for the format required by  the RGC ]:
Chen B, Zhong CH, Ma H, Guan X, Qin LY, Chan KM, Law SW, Qin L, and Liao WH, "Sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit assistance for paraplegic patients with CUHK-EXO exoskeleton; Robotica, vol36 pp.S3S-S1, 2018.

 

Qin LY, Wen JZ, Chui CS, and Leung KS, "Housing Design and Testing of a Surgical Robot Developed for Orthopedic Surgery; Journal of Orthopedic Translation, vol.5 pp.72-80, 2016.

 

Chen B, Ma H, Qin LY, Gao F, Chan KM, Law SW, Qin L, and Liao WH, "Recent developments and challenges of lower extremity exoskeletons; Journal of Orthopedic Translation, vol.5 pp.26-37, 2016.

 

Qin LY, Ma H, and Liao WH, "Insole plantar pressure systems in the gait analysis of post-stroke rehabilitation; IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA), Lijiang, China, pp.1784-1789, 2015.

 

Gao F, Liao WH, Chen B, Ma H, and Qin LY, "Design of powered ankle-foot prosthesis driven by parallel elastic actuator; IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Singapore, pp.374-79, 2015.

Chen B, Ma H, Qin LY, Guan X, Chan KM, Law SW, Qin L, and Liao WH, "Design of a lower extremity exoskeleton for motion assistance in paralyzed individuals" IEEE ROBIO, Zhuhai, pp.144-49, 2015.

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