Melbourne School of Engineering NeuroEngineering Laboratory

Neuroengineering is about using scientific methods to understand and model the nervous system, and to use this knowledge to engineer systems that replace damaged neural function (neural bionics) or that interact with, augment, or mimic nervous system functionality.

News

 

Melbourne School of Engineering ranked number 1 in Australia
The Melbourne School of Engineering has maintained its position as the best in Australia for engineering and technology in the recent world rankings across all ranking systems.
 

Centre for Neural Engineering launched
A new multi-disciplinary research centre has been launched to tackle some of the great challenges in the neurosciences and increase our understanding of the human brain and how it works.
 

Dean Freestone wins international award for seizure prediction research
Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dean Freestone, has been awarded the best poster prize at the 5th International Workshop on Seizure Prediction in Dresden, Germany.

 

Events & Seminars

  Engineering Perspectives Series: Engineering for better lives
Prominent members of industry are invited to speak to first year students to encourage them to think about their careers as engineers and how engineers may contribute to a rapidly changing world.
  High-Capacity Cortical Embedding of Synfire Chains
Due to popular demand, next Tuesday at 3:30pm Dr. Chris Trengove (who is visiting the lab at the moment) will give a presentation on his research involving synfire chains (computational neuroscience) that he has undertaken since he left Melbourne for Japan about 3 years ago.