After careful consideration of the many proposals we received in our first Seed Grant RFP, we chose three projects that align well with our mission to advance innovation in sensors and sensor systems, while providing unique interdisciplinary training for a graduate student team.
Awardee PIs Edgar Lobaton (Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering) and Shevaun Neupert (Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences) collaborated on their winning proposal.
Their project, Tracking the impact of physically active and sedentary states on cognition, will make valuable strides in the study of patients with cognitive decline.
This project aims to monitor the psychophysiology, attention, and cognition of individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) during both active and sedentary states. The goal is to identify patterns that can help choose appropriate sensors for tracking disease progression with or without exercise. Participants will engage in sedentary activities or exercises, followed by cognitive tests. Wearable devices will track Galvanic Skin Response, heart rate, heart rate variability, and blood pressure. Facial and speech features during cognitive testing will be recorded for analysis using Artificial Intelligence. The pilot study will compare responses between MCI and control groups.
Congratulations to the research team! We eagerly anticipate your results.
