School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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© 2009 Maysam Ghovanloo

Text Box: July 6, 2009:
Tongue Drive on Georgia Tech research NEWS website:
Clinical Trial Shows That Quadriplegics Can Use Tongue Drive System

June 10, 2009:
GT-Bionics lab will participate in the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'09) in Minneapolis, MN, in September with 5 papers. 

May 9, 2009:
Dr. Ming Yin successfully graduated from NC State University with a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. 
Ming will continue his research on brain-computer interfacing as a post doctoral fellow at the Brawn University. 

***September 17, 2008:
Tongue Drive featured in President Bush’s Speech: 
President Bush Attends Iftaar Dinner
Also see: Associated Press Coverage, Iran VNC video clip (English), Iran VNC video clip (Farsi)

September 3, 2008:
Tongue Drive featured in The Economist: 
Speaking in Tongues

August 25, 2008:
Tongue Drive featured in CNN: 
‘Tongue Computing’ could help disabled
Also see the Adelantos (Spanish) 

August 25, 2008:
Tongue Drive featured in Atlanta Journal Constitution: 
Computing at the tip of the tongue

August 25, 2008:
Tongue Drive featured in CBS News: 
“Tongue Computing” May Help The Disabled

August 25, 2008:
Tongue Drive featured in TIME: 
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices

August 24, 2008:
Tongue Drive featured in LA Times: 
With tongue in cheek and elsewhere in the mouth disabled might someday control devices




Text Box: Maysam Ghovanloo
ON Semiconductor Junior Professor
Director GT-Bionics Lab
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Text Box: RESEARCH INTERESTS:  
Implantable Microelectronic Devices 
Neural Interfacing
Assistive Technologies and Rehabilitation Engineering
Bio-inspired Microsystems
Medical instrumentation
Low-power analog/digital/mixed-mode integrated circuits.

Contact Information:

E-mail:  mgh at gatech dot edu

Office Address:

85 Fifth Street NW, Room TSRB-419
Atlanta, GA 30308

Office: 404-385-7048

Fax: 404-894-4701 

Lab: 404-385-6427

Text Box: Recently Published/Accepted Papers:
Text Box: U. Jow and M. Ghovanloo, “Modeling and optimization of printed spiral coils in air, saline, and muscle tissue environments,” IEEE Trans. on Biomed. Circuits and Systems, Accepted for publication, May 2009.
M. Yin and M. Ghovanloo, “Using pulse width modulation for wireless transmission of neural signals in multichannel neural recording systems,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Sys. Rehab. Eng., in press.
X. Huo and M. Ghovanloo, “Using unconstrained tongue motion as an alternative control surface for wheeled mobility,” IEEE Trans. on Biomed. Eng, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 1719-1726, June 2009.
C. Cheng, X. Huo, and M. Ghovanloo, “Towards a magnetic localization system for 3-D tracking of tongue movements in speech-language therapy,” To be presented at the IEEE 31sth Eng. in Med. and Biol. Conf., Minneapolis, MN, Sep. 2009.
M. Yin, S.B. Lee, and M. Ghovanloo, “In vivo testing of a low noise 32-channel wireless neural recording system,” To be presented at the IEEE 31sth Eng. in Med. and Biol. Conf., Minneapolis, MN, Sep. 2009.