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BIOENG-448: Fundamentals of neuroengineering

Summary

Neuroengineering is at the frontier between neuroscience and engineering: understanding how the brain works allows developing engineering applications and therapies of high impact, while the design of new measurement and data analysis techniques contributes to advance our knowledge about the brain.

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Instructor

Solaiman Shokur

2019 - now : Senior Scientist, Translational neuroengineering Laboratory, EPFL(Geneva) Team leader: CHRONOS project, a multi-center European project that aims at developing the first chronically implanted prosthetic hand for transradial amputee patients with bidirectional communication capabilities. NCCR Robotics: Bi-directional control of supernumerary limbs.2014-2019: Research Coordinator, AASDAP (São Paulo, Brazil) Responsible for both the scientific production and the clinical protocol at the AASDAP neurorehabilitation laboratory. 2013-2014: Postdoctoral associate, Walk again project, Insituto Santos Dumond. (Natal, RN, Brazil)Head of the engineering team in charge of the system integration. 2010-2012: Visiting scientist, Nicolelis Lab (Duke University). Development and validation of a virtual-reality based brain-machine interface for rhesus monkeys. 2007 – 2010: Teaching assistant, Laboratory of Robotics Systems (EPFL)

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/fundamentals-of-neuroengineering-BIOENG-448

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/BIOENG-448

Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Solaiman Shokur

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/fundamentals-of-neuroengineering-BIOENG-448

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/BIOENG-448

Lectures in this course (27)

Functional Electrical Stimulation: Nerve Stimulation and Muscle Contraction

Delves into functional electrical stimulation for movement, focusing on nerve and muscle stimulation through electrodes.

Neural Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications

Covers neural engineering fundamentals, brain-computer interfaces, neuroprosthetics, and deep brain stimulation for enhancing human function.

Non-invasive Neuromodulation: Transcranial Stimulation

Explores the history, methods, and applications of non-invasive neuromodulation techniques.

Sensory Feedback in Neuroprosthetics

Explores the importance of real-time sensory feedback in enhancing the control and functional impact of prosthetic hands through various neuroengineering methods.

Extra Robotic Limbs & Entrepreneurship

Explores robotic body enhancement with extra limbs and the challenges of neuroengineering in developing robotic extra fingers for restoration and augmentation.

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