CARLOS J. Cela
My research interests are numerical electromagnetics, bioelectromagnetics, and applied computational sciences. My research efforts have been aimed at creating efficient computational methods for modeling effects of low frequency electromagnetic stimuli in neural tissue, in the context of a larger multi-agency effort to develop a retinal implant to systematically stimulate neural cells in the human retina and restore visual function to people suffering from certain type of degenerative diseases of the eye.
As part of my research work I participate in ongoing collaborative efforts with groups from Los Alamos National Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Doheny Retina Institute at USC, and the private enterprise Second Sight.
RESEARCH
I am currently a doctoral student at North Carolina State University, working as a Graduate Research Assistant with the Bioelectromagnetics Research Lab (BEML), directed by Prof. Gianluca Lazzi.
Received R&D Award 2009, as part of the Artificial Retina team. http:/www.rdmag.com , 2009.
Selected by the Office of Science of the Department of Energy (DoE) as member of the U.S. delegation for the Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Physiology and Medicine; http://www.lindau-nobel.de; http://www.orau.org/lindau/past-mtgs/2007/070207.htm; Lindau, Germany; July 2007.
Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; Spring 2006.
B.S. Electrical Engineering; Summa Cum Laude; NC State University; Raleigh, NC; Spring 2006.
Awarded 2005/2006 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society's Undergraduate Scholarship; Spring 2006.
Received "Best presentation" award at 1st Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium; NC State University; April 2006.
Awarded funding from the National Science Foundation's MGE research program; Spring 2004; NC State University.
Awarded Shaw Industries Achievement Scholar 2005/2006 Scholarship.
Awarded NC State College of Electrical and Computer Engineering's Willian E. & Carol Highfill Endowed Scholarship 2005/2006.
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Spring 2005.
Member of Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society; Fall 2004.
Dean's List; NC State University; Fall 2005.
Dean's List; NC State University; Spring 2004.
Student member of IEEE
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