Project Type: Machine Olfaction, Mechatronics, Pattern Recognition
Advisors: Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, Agustin Gutierrez-Galvez
In order to track odor trails, animals rely on their ability to detect changes or gradients in the concentration of volatile compounds, which may be embedded in a complex olfactory scene. The goal of his project is to develop signal processing procedures to reconstruct the changes in concentration of odor mixtures through the response of a gas sensor array. A working dynamic odor mixing system, developed by a previous group, will be used to generate mixtures of odors. This system will be used to simulate the odor gradients that an animal experiences when tracking an odor trail.