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DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT:\n\nThis talk traces the progression of an engineering
  journey for a teenager that began with early scientific curiosity and evo
 lved into the development of portable diagnostic systems. From writing int
 roductory science books such as Carbon Block Puzzle and Biochemistry the F
 un Way to building independent laboratory prototypes during high school\, 
 the trajectory reflects a shift from understanding science conceptually to
  implementing it through structured system design. The presentation briefl
 y describes the formative environment—school research initiatives\, home
 -built laboratory experimentation\, and early competition exposure—that 
 shaped this transition.\n\nThe technical core of the talk examines three a
 pplied engineering projects: PestiSCAND\, a portable pesticide detection s
 ystem developed through national competition work\; PlastiSeek\, a rapid m
 icroplastic identification platform\; and ongoing research in microMCED\, 
 a multi-cancer early detection framework. The session emphasizes architect
 ural design\, signal acquisition under low-amplitude conditions\, embedded
  processing constraints\, iterative prototyping cycles\, and validation me
 thodology. The aim is to present a disciplined systems-engineering perspec
 tive on translating analytical science into deployable instrumentation. Th
 e presentation concludes with reflections from national competitions\, par
 ticipation in Aspen Ideas Health conference and TEDxGatewayYouth\, and cur
 rent research directions aimed at scaling accessible diagnostic technologi
 es.\n\nSpeaker(s): Sirish\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/
 547954
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/547954
ORGANIZER:ehbgooi@ntu.edu.sg
SEQUENCE:138
SUMMARY:From Curiosity to Engineering: An Evolving Research Journey of a Te
 enager
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/547954
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 trong></p>\n<p class="xxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\; font
 -family: 'Helvetica Neue'\;">This talk traces the progression of an engine
 ering journey for a teenager that began with early scientific curiosity an
 d evolved into the development of portable diagnostic systems. From writin
 g introductory science books such as Carbon Block Puzzle and Biochemistry 
 the Fun Way to building independent laboratory prototypes during high scho
 ol\, the trajectory reflects a shift from understanding science conceptual
 ly to implementing it through structured system design. The presentation b
 riefly describes the formative environment&mdash\;school research initiati
 ves\, home-built laboratory experimentation\, and early competition exposu
 re&mdash\;that shaped this transition.<br><br>The technical core of the ta
 lk examines three applied engineering projects: PestiSCAND\, a portable pe
 sticide detection system developed through national competition work\; Pla
 stiSeek\, a rapid microplastic identification platform\; and ongoing resea
 rch in microMCED\, a multi-cancer early detection framework. The session e
 mphasizes architectural design\, signal acquisition under low-amplitude co
 nditions\, embedded processing constraints\, iterative prototyping cycles\
 , and validation methodology. The aim is to present a disciplined systems-
 engineering perspective on translating analytical science into deployable 
 instrumentation. The presentation concludes with reflections from national
  competitions\, participation in Aspen Ideas Health conference and TEDxGat
 ewayYouth\, and current research directions aimed at scaling accessible di
 agnostic technologies.&nbsp\;</span></p>
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