Congratulations to Frank Willet and Elizabeth Thrraikill who both won an NSF Graduate Student Fellowship. They will be working with Dr. Ajoboye, Taylor and Peckham

Congratulations to Dr. Bolu Ajiboye for winning the Srinivasa P Biomedical Engineering award.

Conference
Neural Engineering Transformative Technologies: NETT 2013
July 1-6 2013, Nottingham, UK More...

5-24-2013: No NP Series

5-17-2013: No NP Series

5-10-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
Speaker: Manfred Franke
Title: "Applying the combined DC and HFAC waveforms to provide onset-free neural block"

5-7-2013: PhD Defense of Nathaniel Makowski
8:00am NORD Room 400
Title: “Can poststroke reaching assistance be controlled by residual movement?”
Advisor: Patrick E. Crago, Ph.D.
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4-26-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
Speaker: Tazan Dweiri
Title: "Recording Peripheral Nerve Activity with FINE: Chronic Reliability Study in canine"

4-19-2013: No Seminar

4-12-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Andrew Shoffstall
Title: "Synthetic platelets in small and large animal models of trauma.

4-5-2013: No Friday Seminar at 9:00 a.m.

4-5-2013: Neurology Grand Rounds
8:00 a.m., Biomedical Research Building (BRB), Room 105. Reception immediately following in BRB Lobby
Title: "Fire, Fantoms, and Fugu: Sodium Channels from Squid to Clinic"
Hosts: Dr. Richard Zigmond, Dr. Robert Kirsch, and Dr. Anthony Furlan

4-4-2013: Neurosciences Seminar and The Distinguished Neural Prosthesis Lecture
12:30 p.m., Room E501, School of Medicine, Robbins Bldg./East Wing
Title: "Chasing Men on Fire: Na Channels and Neurological Disorders"

3-29-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Aaron Hadley
Title: "Neural Network Detection of Swallowing from Palatometry"
Advisor: Dr. Dustin Tyler

3-27-2013: PhD Defense of Peter Cooman
9:00am NORD Room 204
Title: "Controlling Human Arm Movements Generated by Functional Electrical Stimulation"
Advisor: Robert F. Kirsch, M.D.
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3-22-2013: NEC Friday Morning Presentation
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Daniela Solomon, Research Librarian
Topic: "Library Resources and Services for CSE Graduate Students."
Coffee and bagels.

3-15-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Chris Pulliam
Advisor: Dr. Robert Kirsch

3-14-2013: PhD Defense of Andrew Shoffstall
1:30 pm School of Medicine (SOM 7th floor) E739
Title: “Synthetic platelets to augment hemostasis”
Advisor: Erin Lavik, Sc.D.
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3-11-2013: PhD Defense of Gary Anthony Wu
4:00 pm Orthopedics Conference Room - 3rd floor BRB
Title: “Evaluation of tissue health and interventions for the prevention of pressure ulcers in persons with spinal cord injury”
Advisor: Kath Bogie, D. Phil
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3-8-2013: Neural Prosthesis Seminar
8:30 AM BRB 105
Speaker: Timothy Denison, Ph.D.
“Emerging Translational Tools for the Exploration and Potential Treatment of Neurological Disease"
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Research Associate position available. More...

3-1-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Kabi Bunalan
Advisor: Dr. Cameron McIntyre

2-15-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Smruta Koppaka
Title: A self-righting closed-loop controller for seated balance after spinal cord injury using FES
Advisor: Dr. Dustin Tyler

2-8-2013: NP Series
8:30 am, BRB
Speaker: Tom Sugar

2-1-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Sarah Chang
Title: Hybrid Neuroprothesis to Restore Walking After Spinal Cord Injury
Advisor: Dr. Ron Triolo

1-25-2013: NEC Friday Seminar
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Kyle Taljan
Title: An Introduction to Diffusion Weighted MRI and Potential Applications
Advisor: Dr. Cameron McIntyre

1-11-2013:NP Series
8:30 Dr. Michael Staton-Hicks, MD
Inamori Center

12-14-2012: NP Series
8:30 Krisna Kumar, MD BRB 105

12-7-2012: NEC Friday Seminar
9:00 am, Room 400 NORD
Speaker: Jessica Nguyen
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Capadona