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Tunghai University-News--Tunghai Department of Industrial Design win top honors at International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)
The awards ceremony took place at Henry Ford Museum in Michigan, the United States. Five entries from Taiwan, including two of students’ and three of commercial category, received honors at the competition, including: Tunghai University (gold medal), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (bronze medal), HTC, Pegatron, and Sheng Tai Brassware Corporation.
The gold medal and Curator’s Choice Award winning work, named BoneAid, was a set of fracture fixation boards designed for emergency needs in disasters. Unlike most fixation boards, which are fixed for certain body parts respectively, BoneAid can be folded into various shapes to stabilize body parts that sustain bone injuries, such as hands, knees, and ankles. It only requires one mold to mass-produce and is easily packaged for delivery to disaster zones or areas that lack sufficient medical resources, increasing the quality and efficiency of disaster aids.
According to senior-year student Yu-Chi Wang, they were inspired by the report that 50 percent of injuries during earthquakes were bone fractures, and the fact that if not handled by professionals or if accidentally knocked against, or when mis-treated, the injuries may worsen. Therefore, a simplified fixation boards for the patients or for non-professionals to conduct basic assistance before professional paramedics arrived would lower unnecessary risks.
“We are happy to stand out at the IDEA competition. Knowing we also received the Curator’s Choice Award for BoneAid on the day of the awards ceremony made us even more thrilled. Recognition and encouragement like this will fuel our passion in the area of product design and motivate us to ensure that our designs contribute to the society,” said the awarded students.
President Mao-Jiun Wang commented on the honor as a demonstration of Tunghai’s educational emphasis on cultivating professional talents who care for humanities and the society. The student’s design showed not only innovation, but also observation and care for the society. Two of the three award-winning students, Yu-Chi Wang and Yu-Man Huang, also won the Red Dot Design Awards last year.
Professor Chi-Hung Lo of the ABC Media Lab of the Tunghai College of Fine Arts and Creative Design pointed out that IDEA is a premier international design competition. Normally, nominated entries are submitted by companies and professionals. The Curator’s Choice Award is especially exclusive as it selects only one and the most representative work of the year. Tunghai University is more than honored and proud of its students to receive recognition from the award.
Tunghai Department of Industrial Design win top honors at International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)
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- Date : 2016-08-29
The awards ceremony took place at Henry Ford Museum in Michigan, the United States. Five entries from Taiwan, including two of students’ and three of commercial category, received honors at the competition, including: Tunghai University (gold medal), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (bronze medal), HTC, Pegatron, and Sheng Tai Brassware Corporation.
The gold medal and Curator’s Choice Award winning work, named BoneAid, was a set of fracture fixation boards designed for emergency needs in disasters. Unlike most fixation boards, which are fixed for certain body parts respectively, BoneAid can be folded into various shapes to stabilize body parts that sustain bone injuries, such as hands, knees, and ankles. It only requires one mold to mass-produce and is easily packaged for delivery to disaster zones or areas that lack sufficient medical resources, increasing the quality and efficiency of disaster aids.
According to senior-year student Yu-Chi Wang, they were inspired by the report that 50 percent of injuries during earthquakes were bone fractures, and the fact that if not handled by professionals or if accidentally knocked against, or when mis-treated, the injuries may worsen. Therefore, a simplified fixation boards for the patients or for non-professionals to conduct basic assistance before professional paramedics arrived would lower unnecessary risks.
“We are happy to stand out at the IDEA competition. Knowing we also received the Curator’s Choice Award for BoneAid on the day of the awards ceremony made us even more thrilled. Recognition and encouragement like this will fuel our passion in the area of product design and motivate us to ensure that our designs contribute to the society,” said the awarded students.
President Mao-Jiun Wang commented on the honor as a demonstration of Tunghai’s educational emphasis on cultivating professional talents who care for humanities and the society. The student’s design showed not only innovation, but also observation and care for the society. Two of the three award-winning students, Yu-Chi Wang and Yu-Man Huang, also won the Red Dot Design Awards last year.
Professor Chi-Hung Lo of the ABC Media Lab of the Tunghai College of Fine Arts and Creative Design pointed out that IDEA is a premier international design competition. Normally, nominated entries are submitted by companies and professionals. The Curator’s Choice Award is especially exclusive as it selects only one and the most representative work of the year. Tunghai University is more than honored and proud of its students to receive recognition from the award.
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