BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 14 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

Helping people in need and solving unique engineering problems. Those were the twin goals industrial and systems engineering alumnus Soham Mehra '25 had as a student - and he found a way to accomplish them both by co-founding his own medical startup.

MorphLabs, the company he helps lead, builds noninvasive, AI-powered foundational models that build a bridge between brain and computer, allowing disabled people to control prosthetics and other assistive devices using just their minds.

The why

Mehra's journey into the medical device world began during his internship at NuvoAir Medical, a startup focused on care for cardiopulm...