Fan Wu, graduate student in the Electrical Engineering program, received a
prestigious NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship for his research in BioMEMS. Wu works with
Professor Euisik Yoon, a member of the
Solid-State Electronics Laboratory
and NSF Center for Wireless Integrated
Microsystems.
Wu says his project, "includes the design, fabrication and testing of a
silicon based neural probe capable of simultaneous optical stimulation and
electrical recording in vivo. The device will be able to selectively
stimulate target neurons with guided blue light and record the resulting
neural electrical response. This can potentially be a powerful tool for
neuroscientists to identify the functionality of the detailed components of
the complex neural circuitry within the central nervous system."
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The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in
NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines
who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in the U.S.
and abroad.
Posted: April 16, 2010 by
Catharine June
EECS/ECE Communications Coordinator
cmsj@umich.edu or 734-936-2965
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