Overview

Background and History

Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering and Management (BS MEM) Program was established in School Year 1986-87 after a thorough consultation with the Government and Industry.

Patterned from Loughborough University in England, United Kingdom.

First batch with 45 students graduated in 1991.

MEM – a multidisciplinary program split into 2 specializations in SY 2003-2004.
MEM with specialization in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (MEM-MRE).
MEM with specialization in Biomedical Engineering (MEM-BME).

Proposal for the creation of a new RESEARCH CENTER at DLSU to the Vice-Chancellor for Research & Innovation

PRESENTED to the following councils for approval:

Center Director’s Forum
University Research Council
University Academic Council
Chancellor’s Council
President’s Council

APPROVED on July 2019
IMPLEMENTED on September 2019

What is IBEHT?

• A One-Stop-Shop for information and support infrastructure on biomedical devices/equipment & health technologies research in the Philippines.
• A Lab-to-Market Roadmap for R&D projects under the research areas of the Philippine Harmonized National R&D Agenda in Health, particularly in the National Unified Health Research Agenda (NUHRA). It strengthens biomedical devices/equipment & health technologies researchers through sharing of ideas, experience, and technical expertise.
• A Go-to-Centers for researchers, scientists, engineers, clinicians, industry practitioners and innovators that focus on biomedical devices and hospital equipment researches. It will include thematic research centers in the future such as for Robotic Assistive & Rehabilitation Devices; Robotic Surgical Devices & Technologies; Biomedical Devices & Technologies for Animals; Neurorobotics Technology Center, IBEHT Commercialization Hub and Calibration and Safety Testing Center. It promotes collaborative, multi-department, interdisciplinary research projects as well as joint proposals for funding from external sources.
• A Venue for the application and initial screening process of the foreign MSc and PhD Scholarships on Biomedical Engineering degree program supported and funded by DOST-SEI. It enables the community with capacity building activities such as trainings, workshops, seminars, and other similar events.

BME Program Offering

From Biomedical Devices Innovation & e-Health (BDI) Research Group to IBEHT

AGAPAY Project is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that is biomimetically designed to account for all the movements of the upper extremity. It shall provide post-stroke and injured patients with high performance rehabilitation system that is reliable, easy to operate, safe to use and affordable.

Initially proposed for the grant under PCARI, later to the PCHRD by

Dr. Nilo Bugtai, PhD
Engr. Rennan Baldovino, MSc
Paul Dominick Baniqued

PROGRAM Proposal for the Establishment of a National Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies

SUBMITTED to DOST – PCHRD

APPROVED on September 18, 2018 during the DOST-PCHRD GC Meeting

IMPLEMENTED on March 19, 2019

Mission – Vision

Our mission is to pave way in accelerating the development of biomedical devices and technologies by providing state-of-the-art facilities and services to research universities and institutions; enabling them to transform their ideas into market-ready products.

By 2025, DLSU – IBEHT will be:

• At the forefront of biomedical devices innovation and research in the Philippines, producing ground-breaking technologies in healthcare and related areas.
• Recognized nationally as the go-to-centers for scientists, engineers and innovators focusing on research for biomedical devices and technologies in the country.

IBEHT Future Plans

1. Increase the R&D collaborations with academe, industries, funding agencies and end-users for the Biomedical Devices Innovation and Health Technologies research.
2. IP Protection for all research projects under IBEHT and bring the developed devices and technologies into commercialized products.
3. Increase quality publications on Scopus and referred journals as well as in high impacts conferences.
4. Establish the Go-to-Centers for biomedical devices and hospital equipment such as the Calibration and Safety Testing Center as well as the thematic centers.
5. Fund raising to construct a four-story building to house the different Research Centers under the auspices of IBEHT.
6. Transform IBEHT into a University Institute that offers MSc and PhD in Biomedical Engineering Program by Research.
7. Spearhead the creation of the Philippine BioRegions through the NICER Program of the DOST – Science for Change (S4C) Program.

The Philippine Bioregions

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