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SWE 2023

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Tori and Charlotte are standing with a large sign that says "Heart LA"

Congratulations to Charlotte Caskey and Victoria (Tori) Landrum for presenting as finalists in the Collegiate Poster Competition at the Society of Women Engineer’s Annual Conference in LA this weekend.

Tori placed 3rd in the undergraduate student division for her poster titled “Spinal Stimulation Improves Spasticity and Motor Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy”. Charlotte placed 1st in the graduate student division for her work titled “Machine Learning for Quantifying Rehabilitation Response in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Congratulations, Charlotte and Tori!

Tori and Charlotte are standing outside of a convention center with a large sign that says "Welcome to SWE 23"
Charlotte has long brown hair and is wearing glasses, a black blazer and black pants. She is standing in front of her poster at SWE.
Vitoria (Tori) has short blonde hair and is wearing a black shirt and grey pant. Tori is standing in front of a poster at SWE 2023.

RESNA 2023 Conference: Mia Hoffman receives Student Scientific Paper Award

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Nicole wearing a black dress and Mia wearing a floral dress standing in front of a large sign at the RESNA conference.Two lab members, Nicole Zaino and Mia Hoffman attended the annual Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Conference on July 24-26 in New Orleans, LA.

Big congratulations to Mia Hoffman for being selected as an awardee in the Student Scientific Paper Competition (SSPC).

Mia gave a podium presentation on “Exploring the World on Wheels: A Geospatial Comparison of Two Pediatric Mobility Devices”

Nicole was also selected to give an interactive poster presentation on “Quantifying Toddler Exploration in Seated and Standing Postures with Powered Mobility“. She also completed her time as the student board member for RESNA.

Way to go, Mia and Nicole!

Introducing Dr. Nicole Zaino

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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.