Doug  Weber  is  the  Akhtar  and  Bhutta  Professor  of  Mechanical  Engineering  and Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Weber received a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from  Arizona  State  University  and  completed  post-doctoral  training  in  the  Centre  for Neuroscience at the University of Alberta. His primary research area is Neural Engineering, combining fundamental neuroscience and medical device engineering to understand the neural  basis  of  sensory  perception,  motor  control,  and  neuroplasticity  and  drive  the development of neurotechnologies for restoring sensorimotor functions in patients.