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Grant funds research pushing limits of cyborg insects
Sensors placed on locusts monitor neural activity while they are freely moving, decoding the odorants present in their environment. (Photo: Barani Raman)
The Office of Naval Research has awarded Barani Raman, professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, an $851,320 grant for research to determine just how sensitive locusts’ noses are when it comes to explosives – and how well researchers can interpret what the insects are sensing.
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The research – which includes Srikanth Singamaneni, the Lilyan & E. Lisle Hughes Professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, and Shantanu Chakrabartty, the Clifford W. Murphy Professor of electrical and systems engineering – will be partially conducted on campus and partially at a naval facility.
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