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Connecting Neuroengineering, Education, and the Community
Connecting Neuroengineering, Education, and the Community
The Computational Neuroengineering and Control Lab develops educational activities that make neuroscience, neural engineering, computation, and control accessible to students at different stages of their education.
Our outreach has included high school neural engineering programs, classroom presentations, brain–machine interface demonstrations, and the development of low-cost EEG systems for hands-on learning.
Neural Engineering Outreach at Mission San Jose High School
Neural Engineering Outreach at Mission San Jose High School
2023–present
2023–present
In collaboration with Ling Ru “Katy” Kuei at Mission San Jose High School, our lab introduces high-school students to neural engineering, brain signals, computational modeling, and emerging technologies for understanding and interacting with the nervous system.
Activities include classroom presentations, accessible demonstrations, and discussions connecting neuroscience with chemistry, engineering, computation, and medicine.
Low-Cost EEG for Education
Low-Cost EEG for Education
Commercial EEG systems can be prohibitively expensive for classroom use. Through a series of university senior-design projects, we developed and evaluated lower-cost EEG systems intended to help students explore electrophysiological signals, signal acquisition, and neural engineering.
The long-term goal is to develop accessible hardware and instructional materials that can support hands-on neuroscience and engineering education.
2018–2019: Initial low-cost EEG senior-design project
2018–2019: Initial low-cost EEG senior-design project
2019–2020: Continued EEG hardware and signal-acquisition development
2019–2020: Continued EEG hardware and signal-acquisition development
2020–2021: EEG platform development for educational applications
2020–2021: EEG platform development for educational applications
Neural Engineering Outreach at Moscow High School
Neural Engineering Outreach at Moscow High School
2017-2021
2017-2021
In partnership with Pat Blount at Moscow High School, Dr. Kumar initiated an educational outreach program that introduced high-school students to neural engineering, brain signals, electroencephalography, and brain–machine interfaces.
Activities included demonstrations of how neural activity can be measured and used to interact with external devices.
Opportunities for students
Opportunities for students
Students from engineering, computer science, statistics, neuroscience, and related disciplines are encouraged to explore opportunities in the lab.
Potential projects include computational neuroscience, physiological modeling, neural-signal processing, machine learning, system identification, state estimation, and closed-loop control.
Undergraduate research
Graduate research projects
Interdisciplinary collaborations
Independent-study opportunities
Research presentations and publications
Collaborate With Us
Collaborate With Us
We welcome inquiries from educators, schools, student organizations, and community partners interested in neural-engineering presentations, EEG demonstrations, educational activities, or collaborative outreach.
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