What do Neuromorphic Engineers do?
Neuromorphic engineers attempt to reverse engineer biological nervous systems, and then recreate the circuits they find into silicon. In other words they study biological brains and use the information they gather to design artificial control systems for robots and other electronic devices. This technique of building biologically similar electronic circuits was first pioneered by Professor Carver Mead of CalTech in the late 1980's. He named the technique "Neuromorphic Engineering."