Sponsor: Jeff Mielke
Mentor(s): Jeff Mielke jimielke@ncsu.edu
Project Background and Need:
Electropalatography is a technique used to measure contact between the tongue and palate during speech using a false palate (similar to a orthodontic retainer) containing about 60 electrodes. Electropalatography may be used in speech research and speech therapy. Typically the false palate is connected to an external device with a bundle of wires leading out through the lips. A wireless false palate could be made using passive RFID tags powered by an inductive source worn outside the mouth. This would be easier to use and manufacture than the wired false palates that are currently used for electropalatography.
Problem Description/requirements (List of high-level functionality you expect to see in the end product):
Build a wireless false palate that can transmit data at 100 Hz or more and record the resulting data on a computer.
Required Skills / Desired Competencies (in order of importance):
Interest in learning about speech
Programming experience
Analog circuit design
Embedded hardware and programming
Power electronics and systems
Wireless communications
PCB design and layout
MATLAB and Simulink
Mechanical cad
How often and how would you be available to meet/chat with the team (Zoom, Hangout, Skype, Phone)?
Weekly via Zoom (for now).
Will the students be required to sign any of the following before they start with the project? NDA / CDA / IP assignment / IP protection form
No.