Category: Outreach

Limb Preservation Symposium

The Utah NeuroRobotics Lab represented the University of Utah at the Limb Preservation Conference today in Denver Colorado. Undergraduate student Abby Citterman and graduate student Troy Tully are pictured showing off the LUKE Arm and implantable peripheral nerve interfaces to provide bidirectional control of this advanced prosthesis.

Dr. George highlighted to Utah Health Partners

Health care is changing, and University of Utah Health is leading the way—thanks to our many donors. Ongoing support and partnerships from the University of Utah Health Partners enabled us to extend the highest quality of care to thousands of Utahns, train the next generation of providers, and make groundbreaking discoveries.

As a large academic medical center set within the thriving University of Utah campus, U of U Health is uniquely positioned to tackle complex issues in our society. With scientists down the hall from health care providers and across campus from scholars in diverse fields, we bring interdisciplinary groups together. When we combine their broad scientific expertise with the large clinical footprint of our health system, we benefit our community, the nation, and the world.

Research is an increasingly important pillar of what we do to advance science and medicine. University of Utah Health’s research funding doubled in less than a decade, reaching $428 million in 2021, with 3,249 active projects.

Dr. George is one of the pioneering research at the University of Utah, and in his recent video presentation he tells us about the impact of his work in his own words. We hope that you will enjoy his passion and enthusiasm for research, and we look forward to future events celebrating our shared mission at U of U Health!

Dr. George featured in TED-style talk to U-Health donors

In 2019, Dr. George and fellow researchers at the U made waves with the "LUKE Arm" (named after the robotic hand given to Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back), a prosthetic arm that has the ability to feel objects by transmitting the appropriate signals to the brain. Not only can the arm feel, but it can be controlled by the user's thoughts. In this 2021 TED-style talk, Dr. George talks about the advances that have taken place since the their breakthrough was first announced.

Utah NeuroRobotics Lab at Engineering Day

Hundreds of high school students from Utah and around the country got a taste of how exciting engineering can be during the annual “Engineering Day” event, the first time it was held in person in two years. The one-day activity held Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Warnock Engineering Building is the largest outreach event put on by the University of Utah’s College of Engineering. More than 700 students and their parents attended this year’s Engineering Day, which includes fun demonstrations and presentations by faculty from the college. The Utah NeuroRobotics Lab showcased our amazing technology, including through-controlled bionic arms, exoskeletons, self-aware prostheses, non-invasive stimulation for sensory feedback or hand reanimation, wearable sensors, and AI-driven diagnostics.

Utah Asia Campus Visit

Today we had five students from the University of Utah Asia Campus (UAC) visit the Utah NeuroRobotics Lab. Students at UAC complete pre-major and early-major coursework in Incheon, Korea and then finish their Electrical & Computer Engineering in Salt Lake City, Utah. Although they still have a few years before they will be full-time in Utah, the UAC students were able to visit Utah the past few weeks to learn more about their future opportunities in Utah. You can learn more about their exciting trip here.