Dr. Thomas F. Collura, Ph.D., PE (born 1952) is President of BrainMaster Technologies Incorporated, and Clinical Director of the Center for Brain Enrichment, both located in Bedford, Ohio and is a former President of the International Society for Neurofeedback & Research (ISNR). He has also served the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) as President of the Neurofeedback Division. He was a pioneer in creating low cost EEG acquisition machines for neurofeedback and research purposes and for developing real-time normative database neurofeedback training using z-score as a quantitative method for managing metrics related to power and connectivity in EEG.
His work in z-score based neurofeedback has revolutionized the industry by providing practitioners with a method where they can see the instantaneous response of the efficacy of their neurofeedback training protocol and automatically assess which values ​​are beyond their normative values. Thus, the z-score software pioneered by Dr. Collura can quickly recognize deviant values, and focus training on certain metrics.
At BrainMaster Technologies, he is the Chief Executive and President of Research and Development. He actively participates and personally guides the development of all the various hardware and software components manufactured by BrainMaster Technologies.
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Early and college life
Thomas Collura, Ph.D., QEEG-D, BCN, LPCC was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 5, 1952. He graduated high school from Euclid High School in 1969 after spending a year as an exchange student through American Field Service in Shiga Prefecture, Japan during 1968.
Dr Collura was accepted at Brown University after high school where he earned his A.B. in Philosophy of Science with a concentration in the Foundation of Mind Biology in 1973. From Brown University, he subsequently obtained Sc.B. in Biology, also in 1973 with concentrations in Cellular Neurobiology and Human Information Processing.
After completing his undergraduate degree from Brown University, he spent some time in the US Peace Corps as a Tuberculosis Controller in Suwon, Korea.
Then, from 1973 to 1974, Dr. Collura works as an Application Engineer at Eaton Corporation's Drive Industrial Division, Airflex Plant in Cleveland, Ohio. While there, it focuses on the design and application of grip and brake for pressing stamping, oil wells, cranes, paper machines, and milling plants. He also publishes technical reports and application notes when developing computer simulation methods.
Collura earned her Master's Degree (M.S.) from Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1977. Her Master's thesis is entitled, "The Application of Analog Spectrum Analyzes to the Human Egress Photic Driving Feed."
In 1978, he was later awarded his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Case, with thesis adviser Leon Harmon. His dissertation was entitled, "Sync Brains Produce the Correct Potential of Directed Direction in Humans."
Collura is a board certified in Quantitative EEG (QEEG) by the Certification Board of Quantitative Electroencephalography, and is a board certified in neurofeedback by the International Alliance of Biofeedback Certification (BCIA).
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Professional life
Collura works as a technical staff member at AT & amp; T Bell Laboratories located in Allentown, Pennsylvania from 1978-1980. While there, he is involved in the development of 5-micrometre and 3.5-micrometre silicon-gate MOS-LSI integrated circuit technology, and also in the design of hardware and software diagnostic processes, including experimental silicon structures.
Shortly after, Dr. Collura later became a supervisor at AT & amp; T Bell Laboratories in Skokie, IL, He held this position from 1980 to 1986. His work there included leading five leased group members with a 3.5-micrometer design and 2.5-micrometer silicon-gate process technology for custom integrated circuits -logic. His work also includes designing UNIX-based systems to monitor, diagnostic, and simulate the LSI IC process. He then moved on to engineering a system of integrated voice/data systems and interactive graphics.
While working as a staff supervisor at AT & amp; T Bell Labs, he also served as a consultant in the Department of Behavioral Toxicology at the University of Illinois Chicago from 1984 to 1986.
Then, Dr. Collura returned to Cleveland, Ohio to work at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic Foundation. It was here that he began to focus on working on the EEG as a Neurological Computing Scientist at the Cleveland Clinic's Department of Neurology from 1986 to 1995. His research projects and techniques include a human-machine interface and interactive graphics software for long-term EEG monitoring, digital EEG, and signal processing and control. While there, it contributes to commercialization efforts for Vangard product lines that include software and user interfaces, design specifications and controls. He continued to work in this department and turned towards working with epilepsy as he developed a computer-based, clinical neurophysiological computing system for the detection and analysis of EEG epileptiform activity.
From 1995 to 2000, Dr. Collura later became a clinical instructor in Neurophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic Neurology Department. As a clinical instructor, Dr. Collura trains medical staff at EEG technical foundations, EEG electrophysiology, and principles and applications of neurological computing. During the same years, Dr. Collura is also a Senior Associate and Project Director of Plexar Associates and Picker X-Ray Corporation. His projects there include designing detector acquisition and processing software for X-Ray Computerized Tomography and infrared laser-CT imaging.
During 1999 to 2000, Dr. Collura also serves as a consultant for InVision Technologies, developing remote diagnostic and reporting systems for automated CT-based inspection systems.
BrainMaster Technologies, Inc.
In 1995, Dr. Collura founded BrainMaster Technologies, Inc. There, he is the President, and Director of Research and Development. BrainMaster Technologies designs and manufactures low-cost EEG machines for clinical neurofeedback and research purposes. For his discovery, Dr. Collura has received five patents and the company has FDA 510 (k) licenses, ISO 13485 certification, and CE marking in Europe. In 2012, BrainMaster received the Nortech Innovation Award for BrainAvatar brain 3-D brain imaging system in real-time.
In 2013, Dr. Collura received a master's degree in Mental Health Counseling from Walden University, and became licensed as a Professional Counselor in Ohio. He later became the Clinical Director of the Brain Enrichment Center in Bedford, Ohio. He is also a National Certified Advisor (NCC) (National Council for Certified Counselors).
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