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2018级新生欢迎辞

送给9月即将进入汕大的你们

选择和改变

BME2018级新生欢迎辞

人生中充满选择，每个选择可以或大或小地改变我们人生的轨迹，而在刚刚过去的六月你们作出的重要选择则把你们带到了汕头大学，带到了我们生物医学工程系。

在此我首先祝贺大家！祝贺大家成为汕大医工专业的首批学生！人类社会正处于一个前所未有的高速发展阶段，各种科技创新层出不穷，极大地改变了我们的社会形态和我们的生存方式，而你们就在此时进入了大学，开始了你们人生中重要的一段航程。

什么是生物医学工程，简单地说，生物医学工程是工程原理在生物医学和医疗健康领域的应用，而生物医学工程技术人员与医生、治疗师和研究人员合作开发用以解决临床医学问题的系统和设备。

目前医学健康领域的诊断、治疗和康复等诸多环节前所未有地依靠技术的进步，无论是诊断用的核磁共振技术和微流控芯片，治疗用的肾透析仪，康复用的机器人，恢复心脏功能用的人工起搏器等先进医疗系统，以及管理医院用的信息系统和各种医学数据标准和交换协议，都属于生物医学工程范畴，可以说现代医学和人类的健康以及疾病治疗息息相关，现代医学的实践根本就是在基于高科技打造的医学工程平台上展开的。

选择汕头，是选择一个安静的具有浓郁人文历史感的小型城市，这里有波澜不兴的内海湾，有幽静崎岖的礐石梦之谷，有优雅的开埠时期的小公园骑楼，有美味的牛肉火锅，还有古韵盎然的潮汕话。

选择汕头大学，是选择这里茂密的亚热带树林和其后巍峨的桑浦山，是选择这里造型别致的大师建筑，更是选择李嘉诚先生倡导的“建立自我，追求无我”的人生态度和精神境界。

而选择生物医学工程，则是选择了一个重要的和人类健康攸关的交叉学科，是选择对自身能力的培养和对知识的综合和整合的追求，更是选择了面向未来进行细致而认真的思考一种态度。

 

选择的目的是为了改变

2018年卓有声望的“汕头大学奖章“获得者是2014级的黄同学，我在她的毕业典礼发言前请她用一句话概括她在汕大四年的经历，她说：“一个词就可以了，这就是‘改变’。汕大把我从一个普通的不能再普通的小女孩改变为一个充满自信和具有能力来迎接未来生活和职场挑战的年轻专业人士！”。这句话足以让任何资深的教育工作者感到欣慰，因为这是教育的根本目的。汕大就是这么一个能积极的改变人的地方，这个地方甚至能够诞生奇迹。

在2018年有4名汕大女生划艇横渡了大西洋，并打破了世界纪录，她们都是普通学生而不是特招的体育生，并且她们在学习划艇前还基本不会游泳！汕大改变了她们，她们经历了“苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身”的过程并在技能、毅力和自信方面得到了根本的蜕变和升华，她们在汕大的这个过程，是她们一辈子的精神财富。

 

同学们，你们来到了汕大医工，希望在四年后你们会成为一个头脑更有智慧，体魄更为坚强，能力更加出众的你们，记住我们对你们的希冀绝不是仅仅一张毕业证书。成长的过程是一个不断挑战和超越自己的过程，在这过程中，我们会努力成为你们的良师，也希望你们把我们作为你们的益友。

You do your best, 

boys and girls, 

and we shall do the rest for you 

and fight for the victory.

 

方强

汕大生物医学工程系系主任

2018年7月

 

CHOICE AND CHANGE：

TO BME2018CLASS

A WELCOME LETTER TO BME2018CLASS

Life is full of choices; each choice can change the trajectory of our lives greatly or minimally. 

The important choice that you have just made takes you to Shantou University and to our Department of Biomedical Engineering. 

Here I would like to congratulate everyone. 

Congratulations to everyone who will become part of our first cohort of biomedical engineering students!

Human society is at an unprecedented stage of rapid development. Various technological innovations have emerged in an endless stream which has greatly changed our social structure and our way of life. You have entered the university at this time and embarked on an important part of your life voyage.

 

What is biomedical engineering? 

Simply put, biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles in biomedical and medical health. Biomedical engineering experts work with doctors, therapists and researchers to develop systems and devices to solve clinical medical problems. Presently, many aspects of diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation in the field of medical health rely on advances in technology. 

Biomedical engineering not only covers nuclear magnetic resonance technology and microfluidic chip for diagnosis, kidney dialysis instrument for therapeutic purposes, robots for rehabilitation, artificial pacemakers for heart function recovery and other advanced medical equipment, but also includes information systems for managing hospitals as well as various medical data standards and communication protocols. 

There is no doubt that modern medicine is closely related to human health and disease treatment. The practice of modern medicine is fundamentally carried out on a medical engineering platform supported by various high technologies.

 

Choosing Shantou is to choose a small, quiet city with a rich sense of human history and culture. 

There are gentle waves in the inner bay, a calm and rugged rocky dream valley at the Queshi scenic area, elegant historical buildings in the Small Park district and interesting beef dishes, as well as the Teochew dialect which is full of the ancient rhyme. 

Choosing Shantou University is to choose the dense tropical forest and the majestic Sangpu Mountain and to choose elegant buildings with unique styles designed by the masters. 

It is also to choose the life attitude and spiritual realm that Mr Li Ka-shing advocated for: “To establish oneself and to pursue selflessness.” 

The choice of biomedical engineering is the choice of an important interdisciplinary subject that is closely related to human health. It is the choice of cultivating one’s own abilities and integrating knowledge. This choice is also a sign of careful and serious consideration of the future.

 

The purpose of this choice is to change. 

In 2018, the prestigious "Shantou University Medal" winner was Miss Huang from the 2014 class. Before she gave a speech at her graduation ceremony, I asked her to summarise her four years of experience at Shantou. 

She said, “One word is enough which is 'change'. I have changed from an ordinary little girl who can't be more ordinary, to a young professional who is confident and capable of meeting the challenges of my future life and my professional career!” This sentence is enough to please any senior educator because it is the fundamental purpose of education. 

STU is such a place that can positively change people. This place can even create miracles. This year, four girls rowed across the Atlantic Ocean and broke the world record. They are ordinary students, not special recruited athletic students, and could not even swim before learning to row! They changed their mindset. They experienced the process of ‘bittering their minds, working hard, being hungry, and being empty’.

They have fundamentally transformed and sublimated in terms of skills, perseverance and self-confidence. Their experiences at STU will be their spiritual wealth for their whole lives.

Once again, welcome! 

You have come to our department. I hope that in four years, you will become a more intelligent, physically stronger and more capable person. 

Remember that our hope for you is not to merely receive a degree. The process of growing up is a process of constantly challenging and surpassing oneself. In the process, we will strive to be your mentor and hope that you will be our friends. 

You do your best, boys and girls, and we shall do the rest for you and fight for victory.

 

Professor Fang Qiang

Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering Shantou University

July 2018

                                             

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