Who We Are

Chuck Dorval leads this lab of inquisitive scientists and innovative engineers seeking to better understand and interact with the brain. We hail from University of Utah programs in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, and Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Methods/Tool

Electrode Localization
Signal Analysis
Wavelet Transform
Parkinson's Disease Models
Epilepsy Models
Tractography
Whole-head Modeling
Neuronal Simulations
Neurological Disorders

Parkinson's Disease (PD)
Essential Tremor (ET)
Epilepsy
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Dystonia

News

Congratulations to Jeremí and Maddie for having abstracts accepted for the upcoming BMES 2025 Conference in San Diego, CA.

Congratulations to Diego for having an abstract accepted for the upcoming SfN 2025 Conference in San Diego, CA.

If you're going, come say hello to our lab members!

Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference (UBEC) --- September 11th and 12th, 2025

Fall Break -- October 4-12th, 2024

Facilities

Our central lab and offices are situated in the neuroscience floors of the Sorensen Molecular Biotechnology Building (SMBB). Some of us also operate out of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute in the Warnock Engineering Building (WEB), the Department of Neurosurgery in the Clinical Neurosciences Center (CNC), and the Department of Neurology in U of U Health Main Campus.

Lab News

Congratulations to Maddie Lodico, Patrick Brashear, and Giuliana Rezende for graduating and finishing their Senior Thesis. We wish them the best in their future endeavors!