picture of the UCF BRaIN Lab team in March 2020

We're the BRaINUTs!

principal investigator

Helen J. Huang

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

PhD Biomedical Engineering
MS Biomedical Engineering
BS Materials Science and Engineering

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Highlights at UCF:
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2020

National Academy of Engineering (NAE) China-America Frontiers of Engineering (CAFOE), 2019

National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, R01, 2017

graduate students

Cesar R. Castano

PhD Student (2019-present)
Mechanical Engineering

MS Biomedical Engineering
BS Biomedical Sciences

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Project: Gait biomechanics and brain dynamics during self-paced walking on a range of slopes

Career goal: work in biotechnology

Highlights: UCF ORC Fellowship 2019; President’s Award at the virtual American Society of Biomechanics 2020 Conference

Seyed Yahya Shirazi

PhD Candidate (2017-present)
Mechanical Engineering

MS Biomedical Engineering
BS Biomedical Engineering

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Project: Brain dynamics and adaptation of perturbed stepping; EEG digitization

Career goal: leader in brain computer interfaces for assistive devices

Highlights: UCF CECS Frank Hubbard Scholarship 2020

Jinfeng Li

PhD Student (2016-present)
Mechanical Engineering

MS Biomedical Engineering
BE Mechatronic Engineering

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Project: Brain dynamics and adaptation of perturbed walking; EMG sensor evaluation; dual-layer EEG

Career goal: improve lives of disabled individuals based on understanding neuromechanics of human locomotion

Lietsel Richardson

PhD Student (2019-present)
Mechanical Engineering

MS Biomedical Engineering
BS Mechanical Engineering

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Project: Interactive visual art for lower limb neurorehabilitation

Highlights: UCF ORC Fellowship 2019; Black in Neuro organizer

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Jasmine Balsalobre

PhD Student (2020-present)
Mechanical Engineering

BS Biomedical Engineering
 

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Project: health apps, EEG, machine learning

Highlights: UCF ORC Fellowship 2020

undergraduate students

Erick Vasquez

BS Student
Mechanical Engineering

Project: Interactive art health app

Zachary Whitacre

BS Student
Mechanical Engineering

Project: Interactive art health app

Highlights: Senior Engineering Design Intern at Limbitless Solutions, Inc.

Henry Willis

BS Student
Mechanical Engineering

Project: Differential drive tricycle

 

Jem Shaylor

BS Student
Mechanical Engineering

Project: improving code to process EEG and EMG, machine learning

alumni