Richard A. Normann

Not to be confused with Richard Normann.
Richard A. Normann
OccupationBioengineer

Richard A. Normann is a Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Utah. He is known for inventing the Utah array in-vivo electrode array for brain–computer interfaces and is presently on the advisory committee of the White House BRAIN Initiative.[1][2][3] He received his PhD in 1973 from UC Berkeley in electrical engineering.[4] He received an honorary doctorate in 2012 from Miguel Hernández University in Elche, Spain.[5]

The Utah array was first developed, under his guidance and this technology is currently in use at other centres around the world, where it provides a vital link between the central nervous systems of rats, cats, monkeys and other laboratory animals, and the computers used to study their brain patterns.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Bios". Physical and Mathematical Principles of Brain Structure and Function. National Science Foundation. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "University of Utah Neuroscience Initiative". Brain Mapping Hub. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ^ Collins, Francis S. (3 May 2013). "NIH and the BRAIN Initiative" (PDF). Obama White House Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. ^ Kim, S.; Tathireddy, P.; Normann, R. A.; Solzbacher, F. (1 December 2007). "Thermal Impact of an Active 3-D Microelectrode Array Implanted in the Brain". IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 15 (4): 493–501. doi:10.1109/TNSRE.2007.908429. ISSN 1534-4320. PMID 18198706. S2CID 18358994.
  5. ^ "Distinguished Professor Awarded Honorary Degree". College of Engineering at the University of Utah. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. ^ Cyborgism: Cyborgs, Performance and Society [https://books.google.co.uk/books? id=VC8MaNqVmbYC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Richard+Norman+(bioengineer)&source=bl&ots=np8uRm5kje&sig=ACfU3U1X3SRU_5h2zc_uNPOgOOYr_DA3-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwik9ci0s6XpAhXZVRUIHWhIDW8Q6AEwDXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Norman%20(bioengineer)&f=false]


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