A little while back ago I approached one of my professors, Dr. Mary Baker, about research lab opportunities for undergraduate students. We talked for a while about various opportunities that existed within the department and if I was far enough along in my studies to where it would be beneficial for all parties. One thing led to another and today I was given my first task in the Neuro-Imaging and Cognition Engineering Lab (NICE).
"The mission of the NICE lab is to develop models of perception, memory, neurological diseases and language as they relate to the underlying structure and neural circuitry of the human brain. It also addresses neurologically brain-damaged individuals and how their impairments reveal fundamental principles of brain development and neuro-cognitive functioning."
So the spring 2009 semester is quickly coming to end here in Lubbock and that means that projects should be nearing completion. This semester we were tasked with building a line following robot controlled by an FPGA, but there was a twist. Instead of traditional line followers that detect the line by optical means we had to build sensors that would detect a line of aluminum tape. I'll have a lot more details over the next week or two but for now I've posted a quick video clip after the break.
So I finally did something that I said I wanted to do for years! I am now a licensed ham radio operator. My call sign is KE5ZJS.
