Category: Award

NeuroRobotics Lab Awarded NVIDIA Jetson Nanos!

Dr. George was recently awarded a grant from NVIDIA to supply Jetson Nanos for the NeuroRobotics course! A Jetson Nano is a small, powerful computer (similar to a Raspberry Pi) with an embedded GPU to run multiple neural networks in parallel for applications like image classification, object detection, segmentation, and speech processing. It's an easy-to-use platform that runs in as little as 5 watts. These new modules will allow for a variety of deployable AI models for decoding biological signals (to control bionic devices by thought) and encoding neural stimulation (to provide haptic feedback or to animate limbs). Read more about the award here.

Dr. George awarded the 2021 ACTS Outstanding Trainee: Post-Doctoral Award

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 Translational Science (ACTS), co-supported by the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the PhRMA Foundation and Clinical Research Forum.

Dr. George awarded NIH Director’s Early Independence Award

Dr. George was awarded the NIH Director's Early Independence Award. Part of the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Director’s Early Independence Award supports exceptional junior scientists who have recently received their doctoral degree or completed their medical residency to skip traditional post-doctoral training and move immediately into independent research positions. George is one of 13 in the nation who have received this year’s award. He is the first awardee from the University of Utah since the award was established in 2011 and the first awardee in the field of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. George’s award provides $1.8 million over five years to develop thought-controlled bionic exoskeletons to assist and rehabilitate stroke patients. Read more here.