Category: Engage and Enable Blog
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Young Scholars Program-REACH: A must for every high schooler’s summer
Shreyas Bulusu (Henry M. Jackson High School, Mill Creek, WA) YSP-REACH provides insight about neuroscience to high school students in a variety of ways and has benefited me immensely. The foundational knowledge I received from the program not only helped me start summer productively but also allowed me to begin to appreciate neuroscience. The introduction…
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Courtnie Paschall: Husky 100!
Former CNT student Courtnie Paschall, who is also the founder of Invirtualis, Inc., has been named to the Husky 100!
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YSP-REACH introduces neuroscience and neural engineering to high school students
For five days in mid-July 2023, high school students from around the world participated in the Center for Neurotechnology (CNT) Young Scholars Program-REACH (YSP-REACH). YSP-REACH was created to promote interest and increase knowledge about neuroscience and neural engineering in high school students. This year 19 students attended the program in-person at the CNT on the…
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Increasing Diversity in STEM: CNT Students Encourage Neurodivergent High Schoolers to Explore Neuroscience
Ben Raker and Scott Bellman Simulating the sense of touch by stimulating the brain with electrodes. Decoding signals within the brain’s network of approximately 86 billion neurons. Testing technologies to help the brain heal. Exploring new interfaces between brains and computers. Graduate and undergraduate researchers from various departments at the University of Washington (UW) discussed…
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Scientific Research – Insights from the Inside
This is the second Engage and Enable blog post by CNT student member Gabrielle Strandquist in an ongoing series that explains how research works and gives insight into the process for aspiring engineers and scientists. Part one of the series is available here: “What is research, and how do I get involved?“ Part 2: Navigating the research…
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Scientific Research – Insights from the Inside
Part 1: What is research, and how do I get involved? “Scientific research.” “Knowledge discovery.” “Novel contributions to society.” The first time I heard these phrases, I didn’t know what they meant. In many ways, I am still learning what they mean. My journey to discovering scientific research was highly circuitous, and I almost missed…
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Meet Gabrielle Strandquist
This graduate student working in the labs of CNT members Rajesh Rao and Bing Brunton is starting a new series of posts on our Engage and Enable blog. Strandquist will explain her research and give insight into the process for aspiring engineers and scientists. Hello! I am a second year Ph.D. student in the Paul G.…
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The CNT continues to expand access to neural engineering education for middle and high school students, even through COVID-19
Wayne Gillam There is no question that the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, threw teachers and educators an unexpected curve ball this year. In response, the education team in the Center for Neurotechnology (CNT) discussed at-length which Center programs could be converted to an online experience in light of the pandemic and how to do…
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A former CNT student brings his expertise and business startup experience back to the classroom
Wayne Gillam Lars Crawford demonstrates vHAB, a virtual reality device designed to assist stroke patients with physical therapy. Crawford was part of a student team that invented the device in the 2014 Tech Sandbox competition and further developed it at the CNT over the next few years. The Tech Sandbox was a precursor to today’s…
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Autoencoders help neural devices communicate with the brain
Aleenah Ansari CNT researchers at San Diego State University have found a way to efficiently compress neural data moving through a brain-computer interface by using autoencoders, a special type of artificial neural network. Jameson Thies is currently a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Davis, but his interest in neurotechnology…