26 Oct 2024

Engineering solutions for earthquakes and neonatal health care

From Saturday Morning, 8:40 am on 26 October 2024
Professor Geoff Chase.

Professor Geoff Chase. Photo: Supplied / Canterbury University

A mechanical engineering expert, Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase is a busy person - renowned for his pioneering work in both healthcare and seismic engineering.

His engineering innovations have led to improved resilience in earthquake-prone buildings in Christchurch and San Francisco.

Meanwhile, over in healthcare, he's also helped to create protocols for intensive care medicine which are now standard clinical practice in several ICUs and neonatal intensive care units here and overseas.

Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase received the BNZ Researcher Entrepreneur Award for his outstanding contributions to research commercialisation at the recent KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards and joined Mihi for a korero.