James Mu

I'm a Clinical Researcher at Duke's Suthana Lab.

I'm interested in building AI-driven Brain-Computer Interfaces. In particular, I find the goals of 1) extending human life and 2) enhancing human ability to be of utmost importance.

When I'm not working, I'm lifting weights, swimming, or running.

Selected Projects

Canary

Summer 2026Hackathon

Early Alzheimer's screening from EEGs (Anthropic Hackathon).

Artifact Reject

Spring 2026Hackathon

Neural data artifact rejection (HackDuke Winner).

SpinnerRecruit

Spring 2026Startup

Job ads in AI wait states.

Steady State

Spring 2026HackathonStartup

AI agents for medication adherence.

UVClean

2025–2026DesignStartup

UV-C CLABSI prevention device.

Federated Learning for Biomedical Data

Spring 2026Hackathon

First-authored CMU x NVIDIA preprint on Federated Learning.

Microseizure Detection

Fall 2025Research

µECoG feature extraction pipeline.

Embedded Heart Rate Monitor

Spring 2025Embedded

BLE heart rate and temperature monitor (Zephyr RTOS).

Frog Pacemaker

Spring 2025Embedded

ESP32 benchtop demand pacemaker.

Lightbox

Fall 2024Embedded

Interactive LED system with custom PCB.

Transdermal Drug Delivery Prototyping

2023–2024Research

Printed electronics for transdermal drug delivery.

HIV and Cocaine on Brain Function

2022–2023Research

Connectomics paper on HIV and cocaine hub disruption.

Adaptive Rock Climbing Attachment

Spring 2023Design

Low-cost climbing attachment for amputees.