
Interested in gaining research experience in engineering?
Spend ten weeks this summer performing research in emergent neurotechnologies to help people with disabilities in the Cullen College of Engineering at UH — and earn a $5,000 stipend!
The IUCRC BRAIN at the Cullen College of Engineering (CCoE) at the University of Houston will continue to host Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs in the summer and fall of 2022. The program is designed to inspire bright and motivated undergraduates to pursue graduate education and careers in science and engineering research. In the REU Neurotechnologies Program, participants will work closely with leading neural engineers and neuroscientists at the NSF BRAIN Center at CCoE and contribute to the development of innovative medical devices including diagnostics, neural interfaces, medical robotics and other ongoing cutting-edge research in neural, cognitive and rehabilitation engineering.
For more information on the REU program, click on the links on the top left of each web page.
Basic Application Requirements
- U. S. Citizen or Permanent Resident status
- GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 GPA scale
- Completed application, including an essay, received by May 27, 2022.
- Completed letter of recommendation received by May 27, 2022.
- Current unofficial transcript or transcripts received by May 27, 2022.
In the ten-week REU program:
- Build research laboratory skills.
- Develop written and oral presentation skills.
- Gain training in safety and ethics.
- Establish a professional network.
- Learn to use state of the art neuroscience instrumentation.
- Explore social activities in Houston!
Mediated Virtual Research Projects offered by the IUCRC BRAIN Center faculty:
- Design of Mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI) technology for Recording in the 'Wild'
Mentors: Jeff Feng, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture & Design;
Jose L Contreras-Vidal, Ph.D., Fellow IEEE, Cullen Professor
Director, Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab - Towards Enhancing Human Performance: Electrodermal Activity and Human Performance Under Cognitive Stress
Mentor: Rose T. Faghih, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Director, Computational Medicine Laboratory Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Developing virtual reality software for visualizing brain vasculature
Mentor: David Mayerich, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Director, STIM Laboratory: Scalable Tissue Imaging and Modeling
Co-PI, NSF IUCRC BRAIN
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Deep learning for three-dimensional cell segmentation
Mentor: David Mayerich, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Director, STIM Laboratory: Scalable Tissue Imaging and Modeling
Co-PI, NSF IUCRC BRAIN
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Matlab Simulation and Control: using path derivatives to improve performance of a magnetic microswimmer (tiny robot)
Mentor: Aaron Becker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Matlab Simulation and Control: using flow information to improve performance of a magnetic microswimmer (tiny robot)
Mentor: Aaron Becker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - The Neural Basis of Neuroaesthetics (Your Brain on Art)
Mentor: Jose L Contreras-Vidal, Ph.D., Fellow IEEE, Cullen Professor
Director, Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab.
Director/PI, NSF IUCRC BRAIN (https://nsfbrain.org/) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) driven interactive art: neural dynamics style transfer in real-time
Mentor: Jose L Contreras-Vidal, Ph.D., Fellow IEEE, Cullen Professor
Director, Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab.
Director/PI, NSF IUCRC BRAIN (https://nsfbrain.org/) - NeuroExo: A brain-computer interface for stroke rehabilitation
Mentor: Jose L Contreras-Vidal, Ph.D., Fellow IEEE, Cullen Professor
Director, Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab.
Director/PI, NSF IUCRC BRAIN (https://nsfbrain.org/) - Accuracy and reliability of a novel multimodal wearable neuroimaging system
Mentor: Luca Pollonini, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Director, Optical Bioimaging Lab
Co-PI, NSF IUCRC BRAIN
Department of Engineering Technology
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Real-time software for 3D functional hemodynamics
Mentor: Luca Pollonini, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Director, Optical Bioimaging Lab
Co-PI, NSF IUCRC BRAIN
Department of Engineering Technology
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Enabling Light-Driven Microfluidics with Laser Streaming
Mentors: Jiming Bao, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering;Dong Liu, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Completed applications will be reviewed on a first-come-first-served basis. We encourage you to send application materials early. Each complete application will be acknowledged via email, and all applicants will be notified in May as to their status.
Stipend: $5,000
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Drs. Jose L Contreras-Vidal and Stuart Long // reu_brain [at] egr.uh.edu