Another great annual lab ski day! This year we went to Solitude with some uncertain conditions in the forecast. We always plan our annual ski day in the Spring, around late April, when there’s a good chance for a warm sunny spring skiing day. This year, the forecast called for cold rain! We went up…
Two undergraduate research fellows from the Utah NeuroRobotics Lab, Cassandra Burdick and Joshua Gubler, presented their research at the Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research (UCUR) held at Utah Valley University. UCUR is an annual conference celebrating and highlighting undergraduate research. This event demonstrates and celebrates undergraduate research and creative work from 10 colleges and universities…
We are now accepting applications for summer undergraduate researchers to join the Utah NeuroRobotics Lab! If you’re an undergraduate student interested in brain-computer interfaces, assistive/rehabilitative technology, or artificial intelligence, this is the program for you! Applications for our prestigious summer fellowship are now open, so apply today! Applications are open to all undergraduates, regardless of…
On September 24-28, many members of the lab attended Rehab Week 2023 in Singapore to present their work at the International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR). This meeting is sponsored by both the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (RAS) as well as Engineering Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS). Rehab Week included simultaneous meetings from nine…
Congratulations to Josh Gubler and Sam Lewis, who have been awarded UROP Fellowships for the Summer 2023 semester. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) allows students to assist with faculty research or to carry out their projects under the guidance of a faculty member. Josh’s project will focus on the compression of EMG for mobile…
With great pleasure, we congratulate Aaron Wang, a senior at Skyline High School, on being awarded the prestigious General Sterling Scholar Award on March 22, 2023. This is a remarkable achievement and a reflection of Aaron’s hard work and dedication to his studies. Aaron’s sterling scholar award is a testament to his academic excellence, and…
November 12-16, 2022 our lab attended the annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting in San Diego, CA! SfN is a very large international conference covering all aspects of neuroscience research. The conference was a great success for the lab, featuring one virtual and five in-person poster presentations. Additionally, PhD student Caleb Thompson was featured in…
The first in-person conference for our lab was a huge success! Our Lab had four podium presentations and two posters at the Myoelectric Controls Symposium (MEC) in New Brunswick, Canada. We took home both 1st and 2nd place student awards! We’re very proud of all our students and their hard work! MEC is a mix…
Today we celebrated another great year together in the Utah NeuroRobotics Lab! And we couldn’t have asked for better weather! It was 70 and sunny on the slopes and most of us skied in a t-shirt. After a couple of laps down the mountain, we brought out the grill and had a cookout on the…
Dr. George was awarded the 2021 ACTS Outstanding Trainee: Post-Doctoral Award. This award recognizes those whose translational research progress will have either immediate impact or potential to impact policy, care or public health in the short term. The award is sponsored by Translational Science 2021, the joint annual meeting of the Association for Clinical and…