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Speech Accessibility Project partners with The Matthew Foundation, Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress

The Speech Accessibility Project has two new partners — The Matthew Foundation and the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress — as it continues to recruit adults with Down syndrome who live in the United States and Canada. The project also allows...
15-Nov-2024 3:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

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What Our Brain’s Electrical Signals Reveal About Language, Meaning and Memory

By measuring the brain’s electrical signals, researchers in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology's Cognition and Brain Lab explore how the brain links sensory information to meaning and memory.
28-Oct-2024 12:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Falling for It: A Micro-Scale Look at How Parachute Fibers Act Under Stress

Researchers from the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology used micro-CT scans to understand how stress impacts parachutes on the fiber-scale. This information will be used to develop better models for identifying promising parachute...
21-Oct-2024 1:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Speech Accessibility Project expands to Canada

The Speech Accessibility Project is now recruiting Canadian adults with Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Down syndrome and those who have had a stroke.
18-Oct-2024 10:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Automatic Speech Recognition Learned to Understand People with Parkinson’s Disease — by Listening to Them

Listening to people with Parkinson’s disease made an automatic speech recognizer 30% more accurate, according to initial findings from the Speech Accessibility Project. Speech recordings used in the study are freely available to organizations...
27-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

How Emotion Boosts Memory for Context

24-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Studying Sex-Specific Pain Levels in Wheelchair Users

Josh Leonardis, a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of...
23-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Nature-Inspired Patterns Boost Polymer Toughness

With a new spin on a reaction called frontal polymerization, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology can create materials that mimic the patterned structure that makes...
18-Sep-2024 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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“The Sound of Neurons”: Q&A with Beckman Director Steve Maren

5-Nov-2024 3:55 PM EST

September is Healthy Aging Month, and Beckman researchers are studying how to improve working memory in older adults.

11-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT

Cicada wings are antimicrobial, water-repellant and inspiring to entomologists and engineers alike

24-Jul-2024 4:05 PM EDT

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Cicadas and tinnitus: What's the connection?

20-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT

From Awareness to Empowerment, Expert Commentary on Autism Awareness Month

11-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT

During National CP Awareness Month, a voice recognition project recruits U.S., Puerto Rican adults with cerebral palsy.

12-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT

How can we preserve our cognitive health as we age?

20-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT

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An antiracist approach to intelligence research: Q&A with LaTasha Holden

Traditional perceptions of intelligence may have created unfair limitations for students, especially those from historically marginalized communities. Beckman researcher and psychology professor LaTasha Holden believes that changing our fundamental...
29-Aug-2023 1:05 AM EDT

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The Beckman Institute brings researchers from many disciplines together to collaborate. The result: scientific advances that couldn’t occur any other way.

Experts

LIFE

Adam Bleakney

Research affiliate; head coach of the University of Illinois wheelchair track and road racing team

Keywords:
Accessibility,Accessible Technology,Assistive Technology,Disability,Human Performance,Quality Of Life

SCIENCE

Adrienne Antonson

Assistant professor of animal sciences

Keywords:
Animal Models,Behavioral Neuroscience,Genomic,Mental Health Disorders,Neural Development,Neurodevelopment,Neuroscience,Prenatal

LIFE, BUSINESS

Arden Rowell, Ph.D.

Professor of Law

Keywords:
Climate Change,cost-benefit analysis,Economics,Environment,Environmental Law,Environmental Policy,Law,Psychology,Risk Analysis,risk regulation,Sustainability

LIFE

Benedek Kurdi, Ph.D.

Professor of psychology, experimental psychologist

Keywords:
Attitudes,Computational Approach,Experimental Psychology,Impressions,open science,Personality,personality and attitude,Social Groups

SCIENCE

Charles Schroeder, Ph.D.

Professor of materials science and engineering

Keywords:
Molecular Engineering,Soft Materials

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Daniel Llano, Ph.D.

Professor of molecular and integrative physiology

Keywords:
Aging,Alzheimer's Disease,Computational Biology,Hearing,hearing research,Imaging,Neurobiology,Optogenetics,Sensory Processing

LIFE

Deana McDonagh, Ph.D.

Professor of industrial design

Keywords:
Design,Industrial Design,Interdisciplinary Research,Quality Of Life

MEDICAL, SCIENCE, LIFE

Dominik Mischkowski, Ph.D.

Professor of psychology

Keywords:
Aggression,Emotional Pain,Empathy,Neuroscience,Pain,Painkillers,Physical Pain

LIFE

Elizabeth A.L. Stine-Morrow, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita

Keywords:
Adult Literacy,Aging,brain training,Cognition,Cognitive resilience,Educational Psychology,Literacy,older adult,Psychology,Reading,resource allocation,Working Memory,young adult

MEDICAL, SCIENCE, LIFE

Fatima Husain, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Auditory,Neuroimaging,Speech,Tinnitus

MEDICAL, LIFE

Florin Dolcos, Ph.D.

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Keywords:
Affective Disorders,Aging,Anxiety,Brain Imaging,Cognitive Neuroscience,Depression,fMRI,individual differences,Memory,MRI,Neuroscience,Personality,Social neuroscience

SCIENCE

Joaquín Rodriguez-Lopez, PhD

Professor of Chemistry, Materials Research Laboratory, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Keywords:
Batteries,Carbon Capture,Electrochemistry,energy & environmental research,energy technologies,Fuel Cell

SCIENCE, LIFE

JooYoung Seo, Ph.D.

Assistant professor of information sciences

Keywords:
Accessibility,human-centered design,Universal Design,web accessibility

SCIENCE

Kara Federmeier, Ph.D.

Neuroscientist

Keywords:
Aging,Cognitive Neuroscience,EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electrophysiology,ERP,Hemispheres,Language,Language Processing,Memory,Neurobiology,Neuroscience,Psychology,Semantics

LIFE

LaTasha Holden

Assistant professor of psychology.

Keywords:
academic testing,Cognition,cognitive bias,Cognitive Science,Diversity,Education,Equity,Learning,Long-term Memory,Memory,Pedagogy,Students,Testing,Working Memory

LIFE

Laura Hetrick, Ph.D.

Associate professor of art education

Keywords:
Autism,Identity,Pop Culture,Psychoanalysis

MEDICAL, SCIENCE, LIFE

Laura Rice, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Physical Disabilities

SCIENCE

Marianne Alleyne

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Keywords:
Arthropods,Beetles,Bioinspiration,bioinspired design,brochosomes,Cicada,Cicadas,Dragonflies,Entomology,Flies,Insects,integrative biology,Leafhopper,Materials Science,mechanical systems,Physiology

SCIENCE, LIFE

Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor of electrical and computer engineering

Keywords:
Accessibility,Linguistics,Machine Learning,Natural Language,prosody,Speech Production,speech recognition,voice recognition

SCIENCE, LIFE

Nancy McElwain, Ph.D.

Professor of human development and family studies

Keywords:
Developmental Psychology,early life experiences,family studies,Human Development,Infant,Neuroscience,P,Parent-Child Relationships,Social And Emotional Development,Social-emotional Development

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Nien-Pei Tsai

Associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology

Keywords:
Alzheimer's Disease,Autism Spectrum Disorder,Behavioral Disorders,Epilepsy,Learning,Learning And Memory,Memory,Neurobiology,Neurological Disorders,Psychiatric Disorders,Synapses,Synaptic Transmission,Therapeutic target discovery

SCIENCE, LIFE

Rachel Adler, Ph.D.

Associate professor in the School of Information Sciences

Keywords:
Accessibility,human-computer interaction

MEDICAL, SCIENCE, LIFE

Soyoung Choi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Health Literacy,mobile health interventions,Visual impairments

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Steve Maren, PhD

Beckman Director

Keywords:
Anxiety,Behavioral Neuroscience,fear,Neuroscience,Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ,PTSD,Stress

LIFE

Susann Sears, Ph.D.

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Keywords:
Adulthood,career readiness,College Students,Disabilities,Disability,Disability and Accommodation,empathic skills,Empathy,Quality of Life (QOL)

SCIENCE

Xiao Su, Ph.D.

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Keywords:
chemical manufacturing,chemical recycling,Clean Water,Desalination,Energy,Environment,Redox,Water Purification

SCIENCE

Ying Diao, Ph.D.

Associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering

Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing,Additive manufacturing research,biomolecular engineering,Chemical Engineering,Molecular Engineering,Organic Electronics,Pharmaceuticals,Polymers,Printed Electronics