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Biomedical engineering’s Bolu Ajiboye, Robert Kirsch win International Annual Brain Computer Interface Research Award

Bolu Ajiboye, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and Robert Kirsch, the Allen H. and Constance T. Ford Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering, received first place for the 2018 International Annual Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Research Award.

They were honored for their project titled “Restoring Functional Reach-to-Grasp in a Person with Chronic Tetraplegia using Implanted Functional Electrical Stimulation and Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces.”

The BCI Award is an annual honor organized by the BCI Foundation to recognize outstanding and innovative research in the field of brain-computer interfaces.