Here is a partial list of the
projects I have worked on at BU
Dolphin and whale middle ear
stiffness measurements: Custom hardware and software we built in the lab
for
measuring mechanical properties of cadaver ears. (No marine mammals are hurt or
killed for this research.
The ears are collected out of
animals that wash up on shore.)
Dolphin ear anatomy 101: This figure
shows the middle ear cavity of a harbor porpoise ear. They have the three bone
middle ear
same as terrestrial
mammals. The malleus is the “hammer”, the incus is the “anvil” and the stapes
is the “stirrup”. The tympanic membrane is the ear drum.
Sonar navigation aid device for
visually impaired: This is the second prototype hardware that I helped students
build.
This is the printed circuit board
inside the sonar navigation box. One of the downsides of PCB design is that in
order to make circuit modifications you need to run air wires.