Flavio Da Silva, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Rochester, MN, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, MN

Design/Assemble equipment and software to automate experiment protocols. Design and execute experiments. Develop brain stimulation techniques to treat severe psychiatric illness.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Stay-at-home dad for new-born son while wife finished medical school and residency

Tempe, AZ

• Graduate Coordinator. Helped establish curriculum and project requirements for new graduate school program at UAT.
• Developed and taught graduate class in digital image processing (using OpenCV) and neural control of devices using EEG signals.
• Developed and taught a graduate course on sensation & perception for engineering students.
• Developed and taught undergraduate Python programming class.
• Taught undergraduate classes in sociology, beginning drawing, and 3D modeling.

Rochester, MN

INTERESTS: neuro-prosthetics, neuro-rehabilitation, neural modeling, self-organization in dynamic systems, robotics and sculpting, sustainable living, renewable energy, educational software development, home improvement.

• My responsibilities included developing and conducting experiments using electroencephalograph (EEG) Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) to explore motor learning transfer. Trained participants to control a cursor by using.
• Used an artificial neural network to map EEG signals into machine commands. Network inputs were spectrograms derived from short time interval FFTs. Network performed as good as, and some ways better than proprietary.
• Developed and taught Sensation & Perception course to ASU undergraduates. Developed & presented course materials (demos, lectures, study guides, tests) and evaluated students’ mastery of the material.Activities and.

Portland OR, And Chandler, AZ

Participated in the development and deployment of various products and manufacturing automation projects. User-Machine Interface for Test Equipment in Circuit Board Repair Cell: Developed and implemented machine-operator interface between electronic test equipment and repair workstations. Defects detected by test equipment were displayed in a graphical.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology, 4.0/4.0

Activities and Societies: Research assistant for Sensory Motor Research Group. Designed chambers to secure electrodes to monkey’s head.

Master Of Arts, Psychology, 4.0/4.0

• While still at ASU, established a relationship with Midwestern University, Glendale Campus, to instantiate collaboration with.

Master Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Joint appointment between the Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering and the.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Africultural Engineering

Originated, designed, assembled, and tested a no-till punch planter capable of variable seed spacing.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Agricultural Engineering

Specialized in machine design and soil and water conservation.

Ms Me

MS ME with Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIMS) certificate