Project Title:
Inkjet-printed Respiratory Rate Wearable Sensors for Infants: Towards Remote Monitoring Solutions for Low-setting Villages and Refugee Camps
Funding Agency: Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
Project Description:
Under its remit as a delivery partner of the Newton-Khalidi Fund, the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, has partnered with the Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan, to enhance engineering teaching, research and innovation outcomes in Jordanian universities by building bilateral industry-academia links.
Inkjet-printed respiratory rate wearable sensors for infants: towards remote monitoring solutions for low-setting villages and refugee camps is one of the projects funded through this scheme. It brings together researchers from the German Jordanian University in Jordan and Anglia Ruskin University in the UK, along with industry partners THERAPYAUDIT Ltd., UK, and Atlas Medical, Jordan.
This project proposes the development of cheap, accurate, and industry-friendly wearable sensors, which will be integrated with remote monitoring of newborns' respiratory rate. The targeted sensors will be made of flexible and bio-compatible materials with an attachment mechanism that avoids skin infection caused by traditional adhesive electrodes. With wireless connection, physicians can remotely track newborns' readings during the first critical weeks of their lives. With the complimentary expertise of contributing teams, the targeted sensors and remote monitoring solution can be developed all the way from the basic concept through fabrication and testing/evaluation.
This project is funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, under the Newton Fund.
GJU Share: £ 35,700
Start Date: 30/04/2018
End Date: 31/10/2020
Project Field: Research
Partners:
- Anglia Ruskin University, UK
-
Atlas Medical-Jordan, Jordan
Project PI: Prof. Ala’aldeen Al-Halhouli