Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Zaino on earning her Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering! Dr. Zaino’s PhD thesis dissertation was titled Walking and Rolling: Evaluation Technology to Support Multimodal Mobility for Individuals with Disabilities. Congratulations and best of luck as you move forward training on the Elite Team at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in para nordic sit skiing and assistive technology field.
Awards
Introducing Dr Megan Ebers
Congratulations to Dr. Megan Ebers on earning her Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering! Dr. Eber’s PhD thesis dissertation was titled Machine Learning for Dynamical Models of Human Movement. Congratulations and best of luck as you move forward as a Postdoc in the AMATH department at UW!
Introducing Dr. Elijah Kuska
Congratulations to Dr. Elijah Kuska on earning his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering! Dr. Kuska’s PhD thesis dissertation was titled In Silico Techniques to Improve Understanding of Gait in Cerebral Palsy. Congratulations and best of luck as you move forward as an assistant teaching professor at the Colorado School of Mines!
Congratulations to Nicole Zaino on being named a Gatzert Child Welfare Fellow
Nicole was selected from a extremely competitive application pool to become a 2022 Gatzert Child Welfare Fellow. This fellowship will support Nicole in her research and as she writes her dissertation contributing to the lives of children with disabilities. Way to go Nicole! ConGATZERTulation!
Congratulations to Zahra McKee on being named a Mary Gates Scholar
Zahra was selected from a highly competitive application pool to receive the Mary Gates Research Scholarship. The scholarship allows students to focus more attention and time on their research projects while being supported financially for two quarters. Zahra will continue working on a mixed-methods study investigating the status of prescription, initial use, and impacts of mobility aids for children under 5 with cerebral palsy. Congratulations!