Dr. 27 years old

Few people dare to think that he will become a doctor at the age of 27, yet he sets up a plan himself: 'Must have a Ph.D. before the age of 30'. After his hard work, he finally achieved his goal after only two years of training at Ulsan University (South Korea).

Having just returned home, unable to take a break, the young man immediately rushed to a project to design devices to help people with knee disease.

Hope for people with knee and disability

In a chance to visit the Department of Physiotherapy at Cho Ray Hospital, Diep Cong Thanh realized that a lot of patients in the provinces came for treatment while the machines were too rudimentary and always overloaded. Witnessing people with unhappy lives from the provinces wading into Ho Chi Minh City and having to pity on their hometowns, Thanh cherished his dream of bringing the knowledge he has learned to help the disabled and the poor. fast, inexpensive treatment of diseases.

Dr. Diep Cong Thanh (on the left) is guiding students to study on ozone production machines for environmental treatment . (Photo: ND)

He went online to search for documents about modern machines of Japan, the US and the UK . In the process of searching, he saw the advantages and safety features of medical devices based on the biological biomass structure that was Application in countries.

And so the project ' Design and manufacture of experimental devices for rehabilitation of knee joint medical devices' was formed. When listening to him express his intention, Dr. Nguyen The Luyen, MD, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, highly appreciated and advised him to proceed immediately.

Thanh said that this project belongs to the ' Technology incubation ' program of the Ministry of Science and Technology and is waiting for acceptance. This is one of the solutions to meet the urgent needs of the health sector in modernizing equipment, finding modern, versatile, safe and improved medical equipment and efficiency. work, replacing obsolete devices being used in many hospitals.

According to this project, patients will be able to use knee rehabilitation equipment by electric impact and use the biomimetic impact mechanism. In the project there is a matching boot program, built with lessons at different levels, from simple to advanced; Flexible changes of parameters to serve rehabilitation. In addition, this project also supports physiotherapists to diagnose pathology with ' device to record patient's rehabilitation parameters'.

If the research results are successful, this work will be put to the test in the physiotherapy department in the health sector, first of all the Department of Physiotherapy - rehabilitation in Cho Ray Hospital. Later, knee rehabilitation equipment will also be used in injury and orthopedic centers; fitness and sport training centers throughout the country.

Doctor Bui Thu Hue, Head of the Department of Physiotherapy - Rehabilitation, Cho Ray Hospital said: ' This is a scientific and topical project. Our department agrees to receive clinical trials of research results and will help and facilitate the research team. Successful construction will have tremendous significance in improving the machinery and equipment of the health sector '.

The boy " loves " to overcome

During the eight years of studying in Quy Nhon City (Binh Dinh Province), the boy from Diep Cong Thanh always held first place in the class. In 9th grade, the whole family moved to Ho Chi Minh City to live. Completed the 12th grade program, the exam entered 4 universities: Polytechnic, Economics, Law, Post and Telecommunications Academy . Which school, Thanh also passed with a high score, over 25 points. Particularly at Polytechnic University, Thanh achieved 27.5 points and this is where he chose to study and step by step promote his abilities.

From the brief years, Thanh proposed a plan to learn to shorten the time to study at university. Taking advantage of the flexibility of the school's training method for students to self-register their credits according to their ability, Thanh registers to study 22 credits, which has not been arranged by the teacher, he ' withdraws ' the course It came out and . ' squeeze ' right away.

Confident to us, he smiled: ' Sometimes thinking back, I don't know why I learned that at that time . Thanks to his determination and relentless efforts, Thanh completed the generalization phase after only one year of study, instead of a year and a half. Before the happy time, the new difficulty appeared, because of Thanh's case so special, the school could not allow him to transfer to specialized school.

In order to continue to learn to " pass " as planned, he must go directly to the Directorate of Ho Chi Minh City National University to present his case. Considered and accepted, Thanh quickly devised a plan to ' chase ' because he was half a year late than the previous course. Learning the day, studying the night even during summer holidays, Thanh's efforts paid off. Not only rising up with the previous siblings but also graduating with a good degree, Thanh is considered a ' record maker ' at school from academic achievement.

During his university studies, every year, Cong Thanh student also received a scholarship to study and win scholarship from Japan - Vietnam Association. Therefore, he does not have to worry about tuition fees, study materials, research . Dedicated to studying but not always "stuck" in books, Thanh still actively participates in extracurricular activities of the class. . ' This is a very effective stress relief measure ' - Thanh said.

Dr. 27 years old

Graduating from university with a degree of excellence, rejecting attractive invitations of many units with a salary that is 'stunned', Thanh became a lecturer at the Department of Mechanical - Electronics, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Bach Khoa University. Faculty of Ho Chi Minh City. After that, he continued to successfully complete a master's program with two scientific research projects: 'Tennis ball machine for training' and 'Research and manufacture ozone production machine for environmental treatment. 'in the role of the chairman.

In September 2003, Thanh " flew " to South Korea to pursue a full-time scholarship to study electronics at the University of Ulsan. He confided: when the subject teacher asked him, how long could he complete the study program? He said he would try to complete it within a three-year period. With that answer, Cong Thanh received suspicious laughter from his classmates. Since no one has ever been able to leave school before the specified time of 4 - 4.5 years.

Overcoming weather difficulties, language barriers ., within two years, 12 subjects - 36 credits were completed. Not only that, Thanh also pleased the faculty of Ulsan University with six internationally recognized research projects and was published in the World Science Review.

Doctoral Dissertation: 'A Study on the Control of Improvement of Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Manipulator Using Intelligent Control' (Advanced study of execution of the control system using biomimetic mechanism with the control algorithm minh) his success has conquered the difficult judges.

Guide Thanh, Professor, Dr. Ahn Kyoung Kwan (Ulsan University) was surprised by what this young man did. He told him: 'Perhaps you are the first and the last person to successfully complete the course before the specified time. You don't need to thank me, thank you . ' Mr. Ahn and another judge gave him three more doctoral scholarships so that he could introduce capable Vietnamese fellows. Thanh received his doctorate in August 2005, at the age of 27.

Still not satisfied with that result, at the end of July, Dr. Tu Diep Cong Thanh, lecturer of Mechanical-Electronics Department of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, went on to travel to Korea with the scholarship program. Save the entire short term after PhD.

He said: 'There is a chance that I study. I want to learn as much as possible to gain more knowledge. In order to be more effective in teaching and imparting to students, I have to strive more. '