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Xplore Engineering participant Maaran Song (left) reacts to the involuntary muscle spasms in his arm caused by his dad Douglas Song flexing his muscles during a workshop Talking and Listening to Nerves in the Biomedical Engineering building. The dad’s and son’s muscles are connected by wires.
The Songs are among the participants in the Michigan Engineering’s Xplore Engineering summer camp in Ann Arbor.
At the Neural Engineering,Talking and Listening to Nerves workshop, camp participants learn about how nerves work and how sensations are turned into feelings and ideas into actions. BME students and faculty use insects to teach camp participants how to engineer the nervous system and show how neuroscience can move robotic arms with brainpower to help paralyzed people walk.
Xplore Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering the 4th through 7th grade. Through a series of experiential workshops, participants get hands-on experience in a variety of engineering disciplines. Participants can choose to participate in 6 out of 18 workshops ranging from nanotechnology to rocketry.
Friday, July 1, 2022
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, University of Michigan College of Engineering
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Xplore Engineering participant Maaran Song (left) reacts to the involuntary muscle spasms in his arm caused by his dad Douglas Song flexing his muscles during a workshop Talking and Listening to Nerves in the Biomedical Engineering building. The dad’s and son’s muscles are connected by wires.
The Songs are among the participants in the Michigan Engineering’s Xplore Engineering summer camp in Ann Arbor.
At the Neural Engineering,Talking and Listening to Nerves workshop, camp participants learn about how nerves work and how sensations are turned into feelings and ideas into actions. BME students and faculty use insects to teach camp participants how to engineer the nervous system and show how neuroscience can move robotic arms with brainpower to help paralyzed people walk.
Xplore Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering the 4th through 7th grade. Through a series of experiential workshops, participants get hands-on experience in a variety of engineering disciplines. Participants can choose to participate in 6 out of 18 workshops ranging from nanotechnology to rocketry.
Friday, July 1, 2022
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, University of Michigan College of Engineering