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1 What is Neural Engineering Tae-Seong Kim, Ph.D.

2 Neural Engineering Neural engineering also known as Ne uroengineering is a discipline that uses engineering techniques to understand, repair, replace, enhance, or treat the diseases of neural systems. Neural engineers are uniquely qualified to so lve design problems at the interface of livin g neural tissue and non-living onstructs. [wikipedia.org]

3 Overview This field of engineering draws on the fields of computational neuroscience, experimental neuroscience, clinical neurology, electrical engineering and signal processing of living neural tissue, and encompasses elements from robotics, cybernetics, computer engineering, neural tissue engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology.computational neuroscienceneurologyelectrical engineeringsignal processingroboticscyberneticscomputer engineeringneural tissue engineering materials sciencenanotechnology Prominent goals in the field include restoration and augmentation of human function via direct interactions between the nervous system and artificial devices.augmentationartificial devices

4 Overview Much current research is focused on understanding the coding and processing of information in the sensory and motor systems, quantifying how this processing is altered in the pathological state, and how it can be manipulated through interactions with artificial devices including brain-computer interfaces and neuroprosthetics.sensorymotorpathologicalbrain-computer interfacesneuroprosthetics Other research concentrates more on investigation by experimentation, including the use of neural implants connected with external technology.neural implants

5 History As neural engineering is a relatively new field, information and research relating to it is comparatively limited, although this is changing rapidly. The first journals specifically devoted to neural engineering, The Journal of Neural Engineering and The Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation both emerged in 2004. International conferences on neural engineering have been held by the IEEE since 2003, most recently from 29 April until 2 May 2009 in Antalya, Turkey 4th Conference on Neural Engineering.The Journal of Neural EngineeringThe Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation4th Conference on Neural Engineering

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7 Neurons

8 Dictionary Or What We Measure in the Brain? What Do We Need?

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11 Conductance-based Silicon Neurons (Mahowald et al, Nature, 1991)

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20 Brain-Machine Interface

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23 Robot controlled by human thought alone (2009.03.31)

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27 IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Future Neural Prosthetics Brain Machine Interface Amputee Ottobock Johns Hopkins Limb Prosthesis Research: Brain Machine Interface (BMI) Technology: AIMBE and IEEE Fellow, Prof. Nitish Thakor, Ph.D.

28 Mechanical Engineers and members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers are involved in many aspects of prosthesis and orthosis design, development and testing including: –Materials and manufacturing methods –Robotic-assist prosthesis and orthoses –Development of sensory feedback technology for improvement of prosthesis performance –Computational modeling of human movement and prosthesis mechanics –Motion analysis in the assessment of human movement and prosthesis function American Society for Mechanical Engineers

29 Hugh Herr, MIT - Using biomechanics and biological movement control science to design human rehabilitation and augmentation technology including a powered leg prosthesis. Kathryn DeLaurentis, U.South Florida - A powered flexion/extension and rotation prosthetic wrist.

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