Graduating Defense Period for Four BART LAB Members

On May 21, 2012, Mr. Wirawat Sirisopha, Mr. Nattaporn Intawachirarat and Mr. Sakol Nakdhamabhorn had their Master Thesis defenses. In the morning period, Mr. Wirawat was presenting the thesis topic of “A Study of Rotary-Brake Design for Utilizing in Motorized Upper Limb Prosthesis,” and Mr. Nattaporn was presenting the thesis topic of “Foot Clearance During Free Swing of a Transfemoral Prosthetic Leg: Four-Bar Knee vs. Ankle Dorsiflexion.” The committee for both presentations included Emeritus Professor Direk Israngkul, M.D., country’s leading professor in orthopedics field from the Prosthesis Foundation, Prof. Panya Kaimuk, M.D., former Dean, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Mahidol University, Dr. Jonathon Sengsinger from Rehabilitation Institue of Chicago and Northwestern University, USA, Prof. Warakorn Chareonsuk from Smart Motion and Rehabilitation Technology Lab (SMART LAB), Mahidol University and Prof. Jackrit Suthakorn, Major-Advisor.

In the afternoon period, Mr. Sakol was presenting his thesis reseach on the topic of “System Integration of A Robot-Assisting Surgical Guidance System for Distal Locking Process in Closed Intramedullary Nailing of Femur,” to the committee, including Prof. Banchong Mahaisavariya, M.D., orthopedic surgical expert from Siriraj Hospital and Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mahidol University, Prof. Pudit Laksanachareon from King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Prof. Songpol Ongwatanakul, Vice Dean for IT, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University and Prof. Jackrit Suthakorn, Major-Advisor.

On May 24, 2012, Mr. Yuttana Itsarachaiyot was presenting his thesis research on the topic of “Haptic Interaction of Laparoscopic Surgery in Virtual Environment,” to the committee, including Prof. Chumpol Leelalusmee, M.D., leading surgeon from Ranathibodi hospital, Prof. Djitt Laowatana, founder of FIBO, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Prof. Warkorn Chareonsuk and Prof. Jackrit Suthakorn, Major-Advisor.

Four of them were passed the final thesis defenses and received the Master Degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University.