Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng is Professor in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and Director of Chinese Studies Institute at San Diego State University. Professor Cheng serves as a member of the board of trustees of the Campanile Foundation of San Diego State University.  She is the past chair of the Multicultural Issues Board for the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) and the chair of Education Committee for the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP).

Professor Cheng served as Associate Dean of the College of Health and Human Services and was the past President of the Phi Beta Delta Chapter at SDSU. She has received many awards from San Diego State University. She was selected as the outstanding alumnus of Michigan State University. She is also a Fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Cheng is the recipient of the 1997 ASHA Award for special contributions to Multicultural Affairs and the recipient of the 2002 Diversity Award from the California Speech & Hearing Association. She is on the editorial board of several major professional journals. She has numerous professional publications and has lectured all over the world. In 2007, she received the best article award from Association of Exceptional Children.

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Dr. Lilly Cheng

Dr. Paul Yu

Dr. Paul Kit Lai Yu is the William S. C. Chang Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Initiatives at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He served as Chair of the ECE department from 2003 to 2007. At UCSD he conducts research on semiconductor materials and devices, integration technologies for various photonic, microwave and sensor applications. His research covers analog transmission in fibers using high speed, high power optical detectors and high speed waveguide modulator; and high power semiconductor optical switches for microwave generation. Paul Yu has served on the board of several fiber optic companies. He also served as the Chair of the Engineering Panel of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council. He is presently the President Elect of the IEEE Electron Devices Society and also serves as an editor of the IEEE Electron Device Letters. He is a Fellow of IEEE, Optical Society of America and SPIE. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Electron Device Society and Traveling Lecturer of the Optical Society of America, and has been delivering lectures in IEEE and OSA chapters.

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Dr. Lilly on HelloNurse...

Quality of Life and Personal Dignity

Over the past FOUR decades,  I have had numerous opportunities to work with patients and individuals who for one reason or another have lost their ability to communicate.  Many of them are stroke patients who have difficulties expressing their needs.  Many suffer from Parkinson's disease, and their voices become so weak and unintelligible that it is next to impossible for the caretakers to decode their meaning.  Many have Alzheimer's disease and are unable to take care of themselves.  There are also individuals with various  physical challenges.

The global community is aging, there will be more and more aged persons among us, and their needs are our concerns.  Aging with quality and dignity is vital to the overall well-being of human kind.  One of the most embarrassing conditions for the aging population as well as people with disability is incontinence.  Not only is it humiliating to have to wear adult briefs, but also it is more embarrassing to have to depend on caretakers to come and check to see if diapers need to be changed.  This incontinent condition impairs the quality of life and presents a major threat to one's personal dignity.

I came across a wireless patient monitoring system called “HelloNurse”.  HelloNurse from At Box Technology offers a perfect solution to this most embarrassing and debilitating situation.  HelloNurse monitors patients via its wireless alarm system, and it notifies the caretakers immediately when the patients need to be changed.

As a result, this system will provide efficient and humane treatment to those individuals who might otherwise be suffering from prolonged neglect and lack of care.

As a fellow human being,  I advocate for the need to have a good quality of life and personal dignity .  I pray that we can all age graciously and comfortably.  I think this product is one that is both timely and meets the unmet needs of so many.  I applaud the efforts of the engineers for their devotion to the development of this product, and I appreciate the vision and foresight of the leader of this group for making a difference and improving the quality of life of many.  My heartfelt appreciation for their efforts. Thank you.

Dr. Lilly Cheng

Wellness assurance through Wireless Technology

With the advance in electronic technology and information technology, the world we live in now is quite different from that of our ancestors. We are exposed to knowledge and convenience unprecedented to any prior period in human history. As the human race conquers many obstacles in life, for instance, we no longer suffer from massive famine and contaminated water supply, gradually we eliminate many diseases from the surface of the earth. As a result, the average lifespan of the population improves over the last century. Still, the most difficult situation the elderly and the disabled face nowadays is the quality of life as one’s health condition deteriorates and thus become more dependent upon others’ assistance. We strongly believe that future health care system will perform functions other than maintenance. Specifically, we envision that the preventive and corrective functions of the human body can be facilitated via technology advancement, especially in the area of remote diagnosis and wireless monitoring. This is an area At Box Technology's HelloNurse wireless patient monitoring system excels and will continue to strike new grounds via collaboration with health care providers and institutional researchers.

Dr. Paul Yu