According to CSNE Pre-College Education Manager and RET Program Manager, Janis Wignall, the need for building
neural engineering knowledge among secondary students and the advantages of working directly with teachers to accomplish this are clear.
Not exact matches
The
neural engineering curriculum unit he designed helps students understand how BCIs work, based on
knowledge he gained in the program and his experience in the lab.
Introducing a student to
neural engineering and expanding their awareness of what this field might have to offer them requires that teachers deepen their own scientific
knowledge first.
The students represented diverse backgrounds and academic disciplines, but they all shared a common interest in
neural engineering and the desire to put their
knowledge to use building something new, something that perhaps has never been attempted or seen before.
According to Sarkar, feedback she received from students let her know that the program was having an impact by increasing students»
knowledge, helping them make informed decisions about future career paths and providing a better understanding of the power and reach of
neural engineering.
This project and the class I took at the CSNE [in
neural engineering], together gave me a foundation of
knowledge for how to build these sorts of devices.
Working on their own research project in a laboratory setting gave Woodbury and the other REU participants a strong framework to further their
knowledge, awareness and understanding of neuroscience and
neural engineering.
«I hope that students that come to these events leave with the
knowledge that there is a community of like - minded peers interested in
neural engineering and with fresh insights from the research presented.»