Engage and Enable Blog

The aim of this blog is to show what’s happening at the Center for Neurotechnology among its faculty, student and staff members. To learn more about the center and its work, visit our Feature Stories page.

  • CNT community helps UW grad student educate the next generation of neural engineers

    CNT community helps UW grad student educate the next generation of neural engineers

    Gaurav Mukherjee has been an active participant in the CNT and the neural engineering community at the UW for over three years, and he is paying forward the support he’s received by mentoring others.  Gaurav Mukherjee, a University of Washington (UW) fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been involved with the Center for…

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  • UW grad student makes neural engineering understandable and accessible

    UW grad student makes neural engineering understandable and accessible

    In addition to conducting her own research on brain-computer interfaces, Kaitlyn Casimo is helping to make neural engineering easier to understand for high school students and the general public. To say that Kaitlyn Casimo has a passion for science would be an understatement, as evidenced by both her educational focus and volunteer activities. Casimo holds…

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  • YSP-REACH offers secondary students an introduction to neural engineering

    YSP-REACH offers secondary students an introduction to neural engineering

    During the summer of 2017, the Center for Neurotechnology (CNT) piloted a new program designed to increase knowledge about neural engineering among middle school and high school students. YSP-REACH is an offshoot of the already existing Young Scholars Program (YSP), and it complements other summer programs offered by the CNT, such as the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Research Experience for…

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  • Immersive research experience helps secondary school science teachers bring neural engineering to their students 

    Immersive research experience helps secondary school science teachers bring neural engineering to their students 

    Alexandra Pike, a science teacher at Juanita High School in Kirkland, Washington, loved teaching and working with students, but she missed the in-depth research experiences she used to have as an undergraduate at Grinnell College. When she discovered the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) summer program at the Center for Neurotechnology (CNT), she saw an opportunity to not only introduce…

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  • The “Quadfather” visits the CNT

    The “Quadfather” visits the CNT

    When Todd Stabelfeldt, affectionately dubbed “The Quadfather” by the group of friends he rolls with, visited the Center for Neurotechnology (CNT) to speak at the Aug. 2 practitioner and end-user roundtable, he quickly commanded the room’s attention with disarming honesty, a no-nonsense attitude and down-to-earth humor. “I roll in the coolest-ass wheelchair in this world.…

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