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Grant Opportunity - NIDRR

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2012 by Eric Chudler

The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) has a new grant opportunity for Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers. For more information about these grants, please see: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=178393

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2012 CSNE REU Program

Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012 by Eric Chudler

The 2012 CSNE Research Experience for Undergraduates program started today. A total of 15 students are in the 10-week summer program. Most (10) of the students attend universities and colleges other than the University of Washington. All students will work in CSNE-associated labs for 10 weeks. At the end of the program, the undergraduate researchers will present their work at a poster session and give 10-minute powerpoint presentations.

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Job opportunities at the National Univ. of Singapore

Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 by Eric Chudler

The National University of Singapore (NUS) invites applications for four tenure-track faculty positions at the ranks of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor and several research track appointments to join a new University wide Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology research, called SINAPSE. For more information about these job opportunities, see: http://www.sinapseinstitute.org/careers/

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Sloan Research Fellowship

Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by Eric Chudler

Sloan Research Fellowship applications are now available. These $50,000 fellowships are intended for exceptional junior faculty in the sciences, mathematics, and economics. Eligible fields include chemistry, computer science, and neuroscience.

Application Deadline: September 15th, 2012

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CSNE Director Search - Now Open

Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2012 by Eric Chudler

The University of Washington invites applications for a full time tenure track position as Professor within the College of Engineering. We are seeking an outstanding leader who will serve as the Director of the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (http://www.csne-erc.org) a National Science Foundation funded Engineering Research Center that is dedicated to a cross-disciplinary focus on technologies that assist individuals with mobility-related neural disorders and devices that interact with, and are inspired by, nervous system function. The Di

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Job Announcement - Software Developer

Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 by Eric Chudler

The University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine is looking for a software developer to join a research team as soon as possible. The software developer will join an NIH funded 3-year research project to develop and test a virtual reality game for improving standing balance in children with sensory system deficits. A second-generation game has been created and now needs other modifications.

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CSNE at UW Engineering Discovery Days

Posted on Saturday, April 28, 2012 by Armin Hinterwirth

The CSNE participated in the University of Washington Engineering Discovery Days on April 20, 2012. Lise Johnson (CSNE Education Manager), Eric Chudler (CSNE Executive Director) and graduate students Devapratim Sarma and Brian Mogen spent the day speaking with many precollege students about neural engineering. In the photographs below, Dev and Lise demonstrate the P300 speller.

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Chizeck Seminar Online

Posted on Saturday, April 28, 2012 by Armin Hinterwirth

Dr. Howard J. Chizeck, CSNE member and Professor in the UW Department of Electrical Engineering presented "Touching Remote Objects: Haptic Rendering from Non-Contact Sensors” as a CSNE seminar on April 18, 2012 (online below).