Dr. Mst (Kamrun) Kamrunnahar, a Research Associate at the Center for Neural Engineering (CNE) in the Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) department, has been awarded a K25 career development grant of $570K for five years starting October 2008 by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institute of Health (NIH). Her research focus will be to develop optimal, high performance control algorithms for Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) using human brain signals. This grant, mentored by Professor Steven Schiff in the ESM department at Penn State, will also support her formal training in neuroscience and neural engineering.