Neuroprosthetics Symposium Agenda
February 23, 2012
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Campus Center, Odeum (3rd Floor)
“Neural Interfaces as Enablers for Advanced Prosthetic Function”
8:00 – 8:30 am Registration
8:30 – 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Introduction
Dennis Berkey, PhD, President and CEO
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Morning Keynote Speaker
9:00 – 9:45 am “What Biology Teaches Us About Orthotic and Prosthetic Design”
Hugh Herr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor, MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:45 – 10:30 am “Neuroprosthetic Devices: The Path from Proof-of-Concept Laboratory Demonstrations to Robust Clinical Use”
Kip Ludwig, Ph.D.
Program Director, Repair and Plasticity
NIH/NINDS
10:30 - 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 11:30 am “Hybrid biological/non-biological actuation system to enable direct integration of a prosthetic to an amputation site”
James J. Hickman, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry, Biomolecular Science and Electrical Engineering,
Director, Nanoscience Technology Center
University of Central Florida
11:30 – 12:15 pm “Bidirectional neural interface systems enabling closed loop feedback control of prosthetic devices”
Florian Solzbacher, PhD
Director of the Utah Nanofabrication Laboratory
Co-Director of the Utah Nanotechnology Institute
President and Executive Chairman of Blackrock Microsystems and of Blackrock Neuromed
University of Utah
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch
Afternoon Keynote Speaker
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm “Revolutionizing Prosthetics”
COL Geoffrey Ling, M.D, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Defense Sciences Office
DARPA
1:30 – 2:15 pm “Advanced Neural Prosthetics: Prospects and Challenges”
Gerwin Schalk, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Neural Injury & Repair
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
2:15 – 3:00 pm “Advances in Electromyogram (EMG) Signal Analysis/Modeling and Their Application to High-Fidelity Prosthesis Control”
Ted Clancy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
3:00 – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 – 4:00 pm “Designing Neural Circuits In Vitro”
Bruce Wheeler, Ph.D.
Professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Florida
4:00 – 4:45 pm “The BEI Center for Neuroprosthetics: Past, Present and Future”
Grant McGimpsey, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs, Professor of Chemistry
Kent State University
5:15 pm Plenary Session ends
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