Current Projects/Workshops

Solidworks Workshop 

• Join us to learn or get some extra experience in Solidworks! We will have an introduction and a mini-project to work on with others!

Arduino Workshop

• Learn how to use Arduino and build circuits! Here we will teach how to build a simple circuit and even use Arduino to start create medical devices!

Intro to R and Python Workshops

• Learn the basics of R and Python and basic packages to use for bioinformatics! No coding experience necessary!

Past Projects

Making Waves

• Making Waves aims to serve as a series of workshops for students to understand aspects of signal processing through EEG. We will be using EEG Lab (MATLAB toolbox from the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience), and MNE library (Python package). Below is a recording of our first ever project meeting for Making Waves.

Brain-computer interface

• Brain Computer Interface (BCI) is a way for the brain to communicate with an external device. In this project, we used brain waves to control a robotic arm.

InMoov Robot

• The InMoov Android is an open source 3D-printed life-sized robot designed by the French sculptor Gael Langevin. This project’s objective was to assemble and program the android, as well as make modifications to the original design for ease of assembly and better functionality. 

Wearable technology for sports injuries

• This is a wearable device that can estimate tissue damage after impact to the body. This project was inspired by rock climbers falling and not feeling how severe an injury is initially after the impact. This device also measures vitals for emergency medical services to treat the user faster.

Over the course of the 20-21 school year, we've been able to hold 4 national EMBS-sponsored Distinguished Lecturer events at UIC, covering a wide range of topics in neural engineering. Feel free to watch recordings of those lectures below.

Every year we host a distinguised lecturer a UIC to talk about their research. Make sure to check out who we have next!