Richard A. Normann

Not to be confused with Richard Normann.

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]

Richard A. Normann
Occupation	Bioengineer

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]