The BRAIN Center
The Building Reliable Advances and Innovation in Neurotechnology (BRAIN) Center is an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center at Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of Houston (UH). This partnership will allow rigorous testing of efficacy, safety and long-term reliability of neurotechnology that would not be otherwise possible within the traditional ‘silos’ of academic, industry, regulatory and clinical communities.
Our mission
The BRAIN Center will develop safe, effective and affordable personalized neurotechnologies for diagnostics, restoration, enhancement, and rehabilitation of sensory, motor, affective and cognitive functions. This mission will be pursued by supporting innovative interdisciplinary research across the multiple dimensions of brain function and behavior with the ultimate goal of improving quality of life.
BRAIN News
‘Smart’ robotic system could offer home-based rehabilitation
Researchers in Houston and elsewhere have shown that robotic systems controlled by the user's own brain activity can help patients recovering from stroke and other disabling injuries. But the demonstrations have taken place in highly controlled settings, and none of...
How Picasso’s Journey From Prodigy to Icon Revealed a Genius
Intense, provocative, disturbing, and captivating, the legendary artist led a life of restless brilliance.Picasso never stopped reinventing his artistic style, and nothing was out of reach. He created thousands of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, watercolors, and...
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
The National Science Foundation awarded (#1757949) the BRAIN Center at the University of Houston Site a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program entitled 'REU Site: Neurotechnologies to Help the Body Move, Heal, and Feel Again' to train 12 talented...
Impact
Producing innovative neurotechnologies that can effectively transform the lives of physically and cognitively impaired individuals.
Membership
Become a member and catalysts for technological development and innovation.
Research
Explore our growing research areas and their corresponding faculty members.
Get involved
Partner with us to develop and validate innovative technologies that address the needs of America’s physically and neurologically impaired and the growing aging population.
