Joseph Ha

• Duration: 9 months

Assisted patients find their way through Macquarie University's Hospital and Clinic. Also helped sanitise and make temporary beds, as well as deliver light meals to patients. Received generally positive comments about attention to detail and courteousness from patient feedback surveys.

• Duration: 3 months

Presentation and research regarding 'valorisation of Malaysian fish sausage (Keropok Lekor) by-products for bioactive fish protein hydrolysate'. Supported team members virtually, heavily on the research aspects.

Tasks:
1) Performing literature search on the topics of: production of FPH from FBPs by fermentation;
recovery and purification of bioactive peptides/amino acids from FPH using alternative methods.
2) Performing scientific writing: preparing a literature review/review paper on the highlighted topics.
3) Making revision/improvement of the report based on the feedback
4) Carry out presentation on the findings/report.

• Duration: 3 months

Volunteered for Wellness Warriors, a group for promoting mental wellbeing among the stresses of university life. Greeted and welcomed fellow students to participate in some therapeutic activities e.g. clay sculpting on the theme of self-expression.

• Duration: 3 months

Collated the concerns of students to the course convenors. Relayed the feedback to ambassador team. Some changes were actualised after discussion, benefitting students or informing lecturers for more effective teaching.

One major example was designing a mock exam with sample answers. It guided students on how to effectively recall and succinctly express their knowledge in short answer form.

• Duration: 1 year 4 months

Supported some upper primary students in mathematics. One student noted an increase in their maths marks by 15% and a greater sense of confidence in the subject during classtime.