Presenters & Advisers
Chris Glynn '06 
Brain Computer Interfaces and Computational Modeling
Why is an electrical engineering major studying the prehistoric lamprey, the oldest living representative of the first vertebrates? Chris Glynn was driven by an interest in biological applications to electrical engineering. He teamed up with computer engineering major Jason Dahlstrom to study a lamprey brain-computer interface, then modeled the brain’s functions as the lamprey orients itself to ambient light.
Glynn says the project exposed him to many different aspects of electrical engineering, including signal processing, modeling, and components of controls and mechanics.
"In my education, these were topics that were treated as independent," he says. "In this project, all of these skills and subjects merged."
Glynn presented his work at the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium (ISE) during URC '06.
