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In August 2024, the UK Patent Office granted a patent to a team involving Prof. Jonathan Borg that designed and prototyped a novel medical device by which to carry out a minimally invasive surgery to the thyroid gland, in such a way as to avoid an external visible scar.

In May 2024, Prof. J. C. Borg had the opportunity to chair one of the sessions at the prestigious Design2024 Conference held in the town of Cavtat, Croatia. It was an honor for him to guide discussions among brilliant researchers in the field that contribute to the advancement of design innovation. Whilst there, a paper co-authored by him and a PhD candidate he is supervising was presented entitled 'An AI-based Prosthesis Framework Fostering an Adaptive Amputee Healthcare Service.'

2023 News Snippets

In June 2023, Prof. Borg was invited by the European Research Council (ERC) to address a seminar entitled 'ERC funding opportunities for researchers in Malta'.

2022 News Snippets

2021 News Snippets

In January 2021, Prof. Borg was invited to delivery a presentation how Industry 4.0 Concepts can be used in the Health Sector, during the virtual conference organised by the International Network of Health Workforce Education (INHWE).
In March 2021, Prof. Borg as a past ERC Panel Chair, was invited to provide feedback to the European Research Council on how future evaluation processes can be improved.
In April 2021 Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg was one of the recipients of Patent Certificates distributed by Prof. Alfred J. Vella, Rector of the University.
In May/June 2021, Prof. Borg was lead online sessions for European PhD research candidates on the topic of 'Integrated Product Developlment'.

2020 News Snippets

In March and June 2020, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg acted as Panel Chair for the European Research Council's Panel 8 dealing with Products & Processes to select proposals awarded and early stage grant, amounting a total of Eur 42M.
In June 2020, he had a paper published entitled A Methodical Approach To Integrated Product Development In Total Hip Arthroplasty. The paper co-authored with P.-P. Ley, L. Wirths, C. Oleff, F. Jungreitmayr, S. Vajna & K. Paetzold can be found in Proceedings of the International Design Conference (Design 2020). (pp. 2009 – 2018).
In June 2020, he had a paper published entitled A Scrum Agile Integrated Development Framework. The paper co-authored with Thiele, Henrik, Weber Sebastian, Reichwein Jannik, Bartolo Joseph A, Tchana Yvan, & Jimenez Lucas can be found in Proceedings of the International Design Conference (Design 2020). (pp.).
In July 2020, Prof. Borg had a paper published entitled Cadaveric Evaluation of a Device Supporting Gasless Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy. The paper co-authored with Cammenzuli C., Agius J.C., Schembri Wismayer P., Borg J.P., Attard Josef can be found in Surgical Innovation: Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgical Science, Technology, and Training (Vol. 28, NO. 4) Jul 2020. ISSN: 1553-3506.
In Dec 2020, Prof. Borg as part of an interdisciplinary team consisting of Dr Christian Camenzuli, Prof. Pierre Schembri Wismayer, Prof. Jean Calleja Agius, Ing. John Paul Borg and Josef Attard was awarded the 2020 Intellectual Property Award for Scientific Initiative in addition to being recognised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The medical research team members came up with the novel surgical procedure whilst the engineering team designed and prototyped the novel surgical tool facilitating this surgery.

2019 News Snippets

In January 2019, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg represents the University of Malta at a Management Meeting of the IPD PhD Summer school held in the Paris offices of the University of Technology of Compiègn, France.
In Feb 2019, Prof. Borg presented the results of on-going research in a paper called 'Emotional Products Exploiting the Merger of Industrial & Engineering Design :A Case-Study for 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands'. This paper was presented at the 2019 IEEE 10th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies being held in Cape Town, South Africa.
In April 2019, Prof. J. Borg was invited to address a seminary organized by MEP Miriam Dalli on the 'Future of Industry'
In April 2019, Jonathan Borg was interviewed for his views on 'Industry 4.0' by the Malta Business Weekly.
In May 2019, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg hosted the first week of the 2019 International PhD Summer School on Integrated Product Development (IPD).
In May 2019, Prof. Borg delivered at presentation on research work concerning 'Designing Emotionally Pleasing Products' during a visit to KTH University in Sweden.
In September 2019, Prof. Borg delivered a number of lectures at the second week of the 2019 International PhD Summer School on Integrated Product Development (IPD) held at Magdeburg, Germany.

2018 News Snippets

In January 2018, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg was invited to KTH University in Sweden to act as opponent to PhD candidate performing research at the Department of Production Engineering. During his visit to Stockholm, he was also invited to tour the Scania Group factory responsible for producing truck axles.
In Feb 2018, Prof. Borg was one of the Programme Chairs of the IEEE International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies held at Cape Town, South Africa.
In April 2018, Prof. Borg hosted a group of researchers from the Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt at the Concurrent Engineering Research Unit.
In May 2018, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg hosted the first week of the 2018 International PhD Summer School on Integrated Product Development (IPD).
In June 2018, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan was invited to Brussels by the European Research Council (ERC) to provide his expertise in the evaluation of research proposals.
In Nov 2018, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg was invited to Brussels by the EC Research Executive Agency (REA) to assist in evaluating proposals related to design and manufacturing.
In Dec 2018, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg attends the Leadership Forum on Design Education held at the School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he exchanges knowledge design education transfer challenges and networks with academics from around the world.
In Dec 2018, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg attends the Business of Design Week (BODW) event held in Wanchai, Hong Kong.

2017 News Snippets

In May 2017, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg hosted the first week of the 2016 International PhD Summer School on Integrated Product Development (IPD).
On 2 June 2017, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg chaired the final session with the floor of the Seminar entitled 'Digital Factories for Innovative Product Development' held as part of the MCST ’s Technology Internationalisation Partnership Award Grant No. IPAS-2016-017
On 21st June 2017, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg chaired the first plenary session of the Euronanoforum Event held under the EU Presidency in Valletta, Malta.
On 22nd June 2017, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg presented together with Hélène Chraye, Head of Unit Advanced Materials and Nanotechnologies the award of the Euronanoforum 2017 competition of the best three EU funded projects related to nanotechnologies.
On 24th June 2017, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg was awarded the title of Honorary Professorby the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics at a ceremony held at the University of Miskolc, Hungary.Video
In August 2017, Prof. Borg attended and chaired a session at the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17) held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

2016 News Snippets

In February 2016, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg assisted the European Research Council (ERC) in Brussels with the evaluation process of a number of project proposals.
In April 2016, Prof. Borg presented work at the International Conference Augmented Reality for Technical Entrepreneurs held in Bucharest, Romania.
In April 2016, Prof. Borg presented his on-going research work related to the phenomoena ofLife Cycle Consequences at the International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference held at the University of Misckolc in Hungary.
In May 2016, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg hosted the first week of the 2016 International PhD Summer School on Integrated Product Development (IPD).
In June 2016, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg assisted the European Research Council (ERC) in Brussels with the evaluation process of a number of project proposals.
In August 2016, the Malta Council for Science and Technology awarded Prof. Borg anInternationalisation Partnership Award for the project entitled “Amplifying Research in Digital Factories for Innovative Product Development”
In Sep 2016, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg delivered lectures in the second week of the 2016 International PhD Summer School on Integrated Product Development (IPD) held at Otto von Guerick University in Magdeburg, Germany.
In October 2016, University Senate appointed Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg as a member on the Board of Studies for the Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering
In October 2016, University Senate appointed Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg as a member on the Board of the Institute of Aerospace Technologies at the University of Malta
In December 2016, Prof. Borg delivered a presentation at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, on research performed at the Concurrent Engineering Research Unit (CERU).

2015 News Snippets

In May 2015, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg hosted the first week of the 2015 International PhD Summer School on Integrated Product Development (IPD). This event was co-chaired by Prof. Dr. Ing. Sandor Vajna Chair of Information Technologies in Mechanical Engineering at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg. A total of 11 PhD candidates (see below) coming from Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Lebanon and Tunisia have partici-pated. The second week of this summer school will be held in September in Magdeburg. The IPD Summer School is an event endorsed by the international Design Society.
Prof. Dr Ing. Jonathan C. Borg was appointed as an expert evaluator by the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission to assess engineering research proposals in a number of calls including Marie Curie International Training Networks and Future Emerging Tech-nologies (FET). He has also assisted the Polish Research Agency with the evaluation of nation-ally funded projects. In July 2015 he was appointed as expert reviewer for the FP7 ECCO-MATE project concerning Experimental and Computational Tools for Combustion Optimization in Marine and Automotive Engines.
In May 2015, the new Council of the Malta Chamber of Commerce Enterprise & Industry re-appointed Prof. Dr Ing. Jonathan C. Borg as a member of its RTDI committee.
Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg has in the last twelve months been active as a member of the Scientific Committee of a number of International Conferences including: DesignEd Asia held in Hong Kong December 2014, the International Conference on Research into Design held in India January 2015 and the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED2015) being held in Milan Italy in June 2015. In addition, he has been appointed as Chair of the session on emotional design entitled "Design for a Contented Life" being held at ICED2015.
In April 2015, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg visited Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart concerned with research for industrial engineering. This visit forms part of on-going close collaboration taking place be-tween DIME and IAO through the joint PhD supervision of Ing. Francalanza by Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg and Prof. Carmen Constantinescu. This initiative sees DIME and Fraunhofer collaborating on factory planning and in particular manufacturing system design supporting a range of products.

2014 News Snippets

In November 2014 he was appointed by Research Executive Agency of the European Commission as an expert reviewer to make an on-site case-study inspection in Barcelona of the FP7 project CALIPSO concerning research into the internet of things for critical infrastructures, smart toys and smart cities.
In October 2014 Prof. Borg attends the International Conference on Design & Emotion held at Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. During this conference, results arising from research on emotions during product development being carried out in CERU were presented.
In July 2014, Prof. Borg visits CERN in Geneve as an expert reviewer appointed by the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission for the FP7 Edusafe project. This project focuses on research into the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) during planned and emergency maintenance in extreme industrial environments.
In May 2014, Prof. Dr. Ing. Jonathan C. Borg hosted the first week of the 2014 International PhD Summer School on Integrated Product Development (IPD). This event was co-chaired by Prof. Dr. Ing. Sandor Vajna Chair of Information Technologies in Mechanical Engineering at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg. The second week took place at Magdeburg in Germany.

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