Andrew Mitz is a Ph.D. research scientist at the National Institutes of Health where he studies the electrical activity of the brain. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in electrical engineering from Washington University and the University of Maryland, before entering a medical research program at Emory University. Andrew's laboratory work involves instrumentation of physiological signals (e.g., muscle activity, heart rate, eye tracking, and microvolt recordings of brain cells). He has worked on the development of many real-time embedded systems, including robotics. In his free time, Andrew collects and repairs antique radios and supports emergency communications through amateur radio. He has also developed devices for people with disabilities. Some of Andrew's designs are now in commercially shipping products, and many end up as publications in a wide variety of professional and hobby magazines. His favorite moments in embedded design are at the beginning and the end of each project. "The middle," Andrew says, "is often quite maddening!"
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