Research & Engineering

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NeuroPhysics Research Lab, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Lab Director: Dr. Mukesh Dhamala

• Using MATLAB scripts to analyze intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) data to assess net causal influence between channels during preictal and ictal periods across frequency bands.
• Applying frequency-specific methods to test the source-sink hypothesis and identify seizure onset zones (SOZs) by examining dynamic network shifts.

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Music Cognition and Creativity Lab, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Lab Director: Dr. Martin Norgaard

• Served as lead composer on the development of an in-home music motor-therapy app to support stroke rehabilitation through piano training, providing an alternative to traditional occupational therapy methods.
• Composed, recorded, and produced original music tailored to occupational therapy intervention protocols for app integration.
• PUBLICATION:
  Yi-An Chen, Sara Lynn Johnstone, Annie Solomon, Martin Norgaard, Gil Weinberg, Dhruv Pargai, Evan Szypulski, Jon Sanford, A CLIENT-CENTERED HOME TRAINING APP OF MUSIC-BASED THERAPY FOR UPPER EXTREMITY FUNCTIONS IN OLDER ADULTS WITH STROKE, Innovation in Aging, Volume 8, Issue Supplement_1, December 2024, Page 1178, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.3774.
• AWARDS, RECOGNITION:
  Presented research at the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference (GSURC), earning Second Place: Oral Presentation, Applied Research and Entrepreneurship, April 2024.

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AP Research, Cary High School, Cary, NC
Research Mentor: Dr. Josh Stohl, Director of Research at Med-El Corporation.
AP Research Instructor: Patrick Jessee, Cary High School.

• SUMMARY: Researched the correlation between amplitude modulation of a frequency range containing a melodic line within a spectrally complex musical excerpt and the perceived sound clarity of specifically that melody using Cochlear Implant -MUltiple Stimulus with Hidden Reference and Anchor (CI-MUSHRA).

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• AWARDS, RECOGNITION:
  – Awarded a score of 5 (top score) for for my 5000-word academic paper plus oral defense for College Board AP Research.
  – Received Entrant Awards for submitting research to the prestigious 2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS).

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North Carolina Summer Ventures in Science and Math
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Research Mentors: Dr. John Kenney and Dr. Mark Sprague, ECU Physics Department

• SUMMARY: Compared the power spectral density of melodic and percussive auditory stimuli to the frequency ranges of a Med-El cochlear implant. Identified ways to adjust music composition to improve the listening experience for cochlear implant users.

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• AWARDS, RECOGNITION: