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The Division of Graduate Education at the National Science Foundation challenges science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduate students across the nation to submit innovative ideas to prepare them for tomorrow's opportunities and challenges.

Who: Currently enrolled STEM graduate students (see additional eligibility criteria)

What: A 1000 to 1500 word submission responding to this challenge.

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.

The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (SDSU site) will support the following projects:

PI: Sam Kassegne
Grant Title: Investigation of Carbon-MEMS Based Multi-Site Electrode Array Fabric for Neural Sensing and Stimulations

PI: Yusuf Ozturk
Grant Title: An Active Connected Knee Rehabilitation Device

PI: K. Morsi
Grant Title: Investigations on the Processing of 3D Micro-scale Responsive Interfaces for Neural Engineering Applications

The National Institutes of Health issued a press release to announce the funding of eight projects across the United States to develop innovative neuroscience education programs for K-12 students and their teachers.  These grants are funded by the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Science Education Award and the Science Education Partnership Award.  

Dr. Andrew Williams (CSNE member and director of the Humanoid Engineering and Robot Systems Lab at Spelman College) attended a national convocation that highlighted best practices for improving science, technology, engineering and math education.  At the meeting, Dr. Williams exhibited one of the robots used by students participating in the Spelman College "Spelbots" program.  In the photo, Dr.

Dr. Lise Johnson has been hired as the CSNE Education Manager.  Dr. Johnson received her BS degree (Physics) from the University of Oklahoma and her PhD (Biomedical Engineering) from the University of Arizona.  She is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr.

A new press release from the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology discusses the educational opportunities that will be offered in association with the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering. These programs will

The CSNE education team, with representatives from the University of Washington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, San Diego State University and Southwestern College, gathered in Seattle on July 26, 2011 for the first CSNE Education Summit.  The team met to discuss how CSNE precollege, undergraduate and graduate education programs will interact with CSNE research labs and industry partners.  Discussion also focused on methods that will be used to evaluate the success of the education programs.

CSNE Education Summit - I

The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) will conduct a one day Education Summit on the University of Washington campus on July 26, 2011, to plan and coordinate the education and outreach activities of the Center. Representatives from the CSNE education teams at the University of Washington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and San Diego State University will attend. If you are part of the CSNE and have an interest in the precollege, undergraduate and graduate education missions of the center, you are welcome to attend.