25th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Stepp lab undergraduate Courtney Dunsmuir ’24 recently presented her summer research conducted through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at BU’s 25th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, held at Boston University on October 21, 2022.
Courtney’s research explored the differential contributions of auditory and somatosensory feedback control mechanisms of laryngeal and articulatory speech subsystems in persons with Parkinson’s disease.
We would like to congratulate Courtney for her wonderful presentation and continued contribution to research conducted under Stepp Lab! She is also a recipient of Fall UROP 2022 funding.
Courtney Dunsmuir and her poster titled “Investigation of Auditory and Somatosensory Feedback in Vocal and Articulatory Motor Control Function for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease”.
Nicole Enos & Pandu Laksono present their project at BU Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Conference 2019!
Congratulations to seniors Nicole Enos & Pandu Laksono on their senior design project, "Automatic quality analysis of high speed videoendoscopic images during running speech" at the BU Senior Design Project Conference today, mentored by Dr. Cara Stepp and Manuel Diaz Cadiz!
Dr. Elizabeth Heller-Murray successfully defends her dissertation!
Congratulations to Stepp Lab member Dr. Elizabeth Heller-Murray for the successful defense of her dissertation, "Vocal motor control in school-age children with and without vocal fold nodules."
Excellent work, Liz!
New paper out on the relationship between vocal effort and phsyiological mechanisms!
Check out our new paper, "The Relationship Between The Relationship Between Physiological Mechanisms and the Self-Perception of Vocal Effort" by Victoria S. McKenna, Manuel E. Diaz-Cadiz, Adrianna C. Shembel, Nicole M. Enos, and Cara E. Stepp in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-18-0205
Submission Open for 2019 Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium
We are now accepting submissions for travel fellowships (for undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral trainees) and abstracts (oral and poster presentations) for the 2019 Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium. The symposium will be held on on Friday, June 21, 2019 at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering located on the Boston University Charles River Campus at 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. An (optional) pre-conference tutorial aimed at trainee participants will be held on the afternoon of Thursday, June 20, 2019. Pending official approval, we plan to offer up to 0.55 ASHA CEUs for symposium participation.
The conference website has information about our phenomenal line-up of invited speakers, conference logistics, and our conference sponsors (NIDCD, Delsys, and BU's Sargent College).
Please consider contributing to and attending this event! Our goal is to provide an inclusive event, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or physical ability, to foster new science and training in speech motor control. We are particularly interested in reaching trainees who are underrepresented in the field of speech motor control.
Congratulations to Stepp Lab undergraduate students Austeja Subaciute, Kat Kolin, Roxanne Segina, and Dante Cilento, who gave excellent poster presentations at the 2018 UROP symposium today!
Matti Groll qualifies for the Boston Marathon 2020!
Congratulations to Matti Groll for completing his first marathon on October 7th 2018 with a time of 2:48:44 and qualifying for the Boston Marathon 2020!
Dante Cilento to be inducted to the BU Scarlet Key Honor Society
Stepp Lab undergraduate research assistant Dante Cilento has been selected to be inducted to the BU Scarlet Key Honor Society!
For 80 years, the Scarlet Key Honor Society has been the highest honor awarded to Boston University student leaders. Inductees are students in their senior year who have exhibited exceptional leadership among their peers during their years at Boston University. Selection for Scarlet Key is based on excellence in University student activities and organizations, commitment, involvement in the individual’s School or College, and in scholarship.
The Scarlet Key Honor Society was founded in 1938 as an activities honor society, in which new members were voted in—or tapped—annually by existing members. Initially, members tapped their future inductees on the shoulder to hand them their induction ceremony invitation. The formal initiation ceremonies took place each spring and fall. Today, BU faculty and staff nominate potential inductees annually in the spring for fall tapping, followed by a formal induction ceremony during Commencement Weekend in May.
Congratulations, Dante!
Dr. Gabriel Cler successfully defends his dissertation!
Congratulations to Stepp Lab member Dr. Gabriel Cler for the successful defense of his dissertation "Computational Optimization and Prediction Strategies for Increasing Communicate Rate in Phoneme-Based Augmentative and Alternative Communication."
Fantastic work, Gabe!
Defne Abur selected to receive a Hariri Graduate Fellowship!
| Congratulations to PhD Candidate Defne Abur for receiving a Hariri Graduate Fellowship! The Hariri Graduate Fellows Program recognizes outstanding PhD graduate students who pursue computational and data-driven research at Boston University. |
New article in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Our newest article, "Prediction of optimal facial electromyographic sensor configurations for human-machine interface control," is available for open access! Check it out!