On Friday, November 6, 2026, Ayaz Lab welcomed high school students to our lab at Drexel University for a hands-on introduction to neurotechnology.
Our team demonstrated two ways to study brain activity. Students learned how wearable and mobile electroencephalography (EEG) systems record electrical signals from the scalp and how functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) uses light to measure changes in blood oxygenation associated with brain activity.
The visit also gave students a chance to try our immersive virtual reality setup and meet Pepper, the humanoid robot we use to study how people interact with robots. Together, the demonstrations gave students a glimpse of how neuroscience, engineering, and computing come together in our research.
Thank you to B+Lab for partnering with us and to the visiting students for bringing their curiosity to the lab. We’re grateful to Dr. Adrian Curtin, Kevin Ramirez-Chavez, Bartu Atabek, Zuhal Ormanoglu, Yeshesweeni Baskar, Olivia Weiss, Isabella Diaz, and Abdullah Khalid for helping host the visit and share our research with the students.
