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It sounds like what you mean by "how", goes into more detail than the "how" that science offers at this point. A blueprint for arranging neurons such that a consciousness arises doesn't exist yet. Although, there are a bunch of people trying to figure out how to reproduce a consciousness. Connectome was a good read about where science currently stands on the subject circa 2012.
Connectome by Sebastian Seung is good
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Hello past me! I got my BS in biomedical engineering and now I'm in my first year of a neuro phd program, woo!
Definitely brush up on the basics, maybe borrow an intro neuro textbook from a library (I skimmed through From Neuron to Brain before I started). Yes, you will be taking some "intro" courses the first year, but most of my professors teach the class with the assumption that the students took neuro classes in undergrad, which I did not (plus I graduated from undergrad in 2009...).
If you know what you're interested in and could post it in here, we might be able to come up with some interesting papers or good books to read that are more specific to you. For example, I am interesting in cortical networks and my PI suggested I check out Connectome. I will be honest, I have not read it yet as I have plenty of papers I have to read every week, but I plan on getting to it over the summer.
On the science front, try Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines---and How It Will Change Our Lives by Miguel Nicolelis, and Sebastian Seung's Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are. I'd also suggest looking into the research on biocompatible materials, but I personally don't know of good books in that area.