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Steven Chase designs brain-computer interfaces to study cognitive processes such as learning, memory, and skill acquisition. His work provides an understanding of how movement information is represented in the networks of neurons in the brain, which informs the development of neural prosthetics. He is jointly appointed in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, and holds courtesy appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Robotics Institute. Chase is an AIMBE fellow and a recipient of several prestigious awards including the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, Dean’s Early Career Fellowship, and the Wimmer Faculty Fellowship for 2013-14. His research has been supported by notable organizations such as NIH, NSF, DARPA, IARPA, the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, and the Shurl Kay Curci Foundation. He has made significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering with an emphasis on understanding and designing sophisticated brain-computer interfaces for various applications, including sports.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Teaching and conducting research in the field of brain-computer interfaces and cognitive processes.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.