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John Seymour

John Seymour

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, McGovern School of Medicine University of Texas Health Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University

Electrical and Computer Engineering

CONTACT

john.seymour@rice.edu

WEBSITE(S)| https://www.seymourlab.org

SURF Mentoring

Potential projects/topics: Several projects to choose from

  1. Program a neurosurgical robot;
  2. Signal processing of neural activity from rats and/or humans;
  3. Develop a wireless recording/stimulation system for mice.

Potential skills gained: CAD; Python; 3D printing; embedded systems

Required qualifications: Programming experience

Direct mentor: Faculty/P.I., Post-doctorate

Student Project Titles List

Optimizing Interconnect Gap Size to Reduce Parasitic Capacitance in Interdigitated Electrodes for Epilepsy Diagnosis

Developing an Affordable Robot Arm to Increase Precision and Yield of Animal Surgeries

Research Areas

Prof. Seymour heads the Translational Biomimetic Bioelectronics Lab, where they seek to develop novel materials and fabrication methods to improve the treatment of neurological disease. His interests are Neuroengineering, Micro-devices, signal processing, engineering design and translation.