Faheem Ahmed
About my project
I am working under the tutelage of Dr. Tony Ro, who is
an associate professor of the Department of Psychology,
in the field of cognitive neuroscience. I am currently working
on a project elucidating the relationship between visual
perception and tactile stimulation. Two electrodes are placed
on the ring fingers of the left hand and right hand to deliver
a tiny shock. Meanwhile, the subject is facing a television
monitor with either an image of either their left hand or
right hand on the screen, with scrambled images serving
as the control. They must then determine which hand the
shock is being delivered to. The purpose of this experiment
is to determine whether visual perception has an effect
on how they feel the tactile stimulus and if so, where in
the brain this occurs. This research may lead to groundbreaking
treatments of neural disorders that result in blindness
in order to regain vision.
About me
My name is Faheem Ahmed, a resident of Springfield, VA,
and I am the youngest child of a first generation Bengali-American
family. My parents were born in Bangladesh and emigrated
to the United States over 20 years ago. I have two older
brothers who are both studying in the field of medicine:
Nafis is 22 years old and Rizwan just recently turned 27
years old. Because of their influence and my strong passion
for the sciences, I have planned to follow in their footsteps
and pursue a career as a physician. Fortunately, I was lucky
enough to be accepted into the prestigious Rice-Baylor combined
medical program, with guaranteed admission to Baylor College
of Medicine, one of the best in the world.
Due to the flexibility of this program, I have the luxury
of pursuing other academic interests and I plan to major
in either philosophy or psychology. In my free time, I play
intramural sports such as flag football, basketball, and
I am on the Rice Ultimate Frisbee team. I am also a dance
choreographer for the South Asian Society, act in theatrical
plays in the Rice Players, and served as the Freshmen Representative
for Baker College. I hope to form a band by the end of the
year in which I would play acoustic guitar and perhaps the
cowbell.
About Century Scholars
The Century Scholars Program was a huge role in determining
to attend Rice University. It not only provides undergrads
with the invaluable opportunity of working with prestigious
professors, but also allows them to conduct hands-on research
in the academic field of their personal interests. I have
had a wonderful time in this program and hope to continue
conducting valuable research under Dr. Ro.
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