Congratulations to Keshia Peters for receiving the College of Engineering’s Professional staff award! Keshia’s dedication to excellence and her commitment to seeing the goals of this lab realized are evident in the ways in which she both diligently leads her own projects and supports the research efforts of all of the other teams of the lab.
News
PlayGait featured on local news and wins Best Healthcare Idea Prize
During UW’s Business Plan Competition, Jessica Zistatsis and her team were awarded the Cambia Health Solutions $2,500 Best Health/Healthcare Idea Prize for its non-electronic, adjustable, and low-cost gait improvement device for kids with neuromuscular disorders. To learn more, visit this LINK.
PlayGait was also featured on KOMO news. Click HERE to view the video.
Praise for our undergraduates at the Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Symposium
Congratulations to our undergraduates on their stellar poster session presentations at the Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Symposium! Karley Benoff and Jessy Ha can be seen here sharing their team’s latest design of their elbow-driven orthosis. This project, spearheaded by fellow mechanical engineering undergraduate, Bradley Watcher (not pictured), was inspired to augment the motor function of a young woman who suffers from neurological impairment.
Michael McConnell, one of the lab’s graduating seniors, can be seen here sharing his work with an interested student. Michael’s project investigated the effect of color and temperature on the material properties of PLA, the base material widely used in 3-D printing projects. Michael’s research suggests each color of PLA achieves its maximal tensile strength after being heated to a distinct “critical” temperature.
PlayGait will be featured on KOMO TV, May 28th at 1:30pm
Jessica’s project, PlayGait – a pediatric exoskeleton to assist walking for children with motor impairments, will be featured on KOMO news at 1:30pm on May 28th.
The University of Washington’s TV channel has also featured the same story, which aired May 1st HERE
Heather Feldner receives a Travel Award
Heather Feldner received a Travel Award from the UW Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA), and the College of Engineering was able to match the initial dollar amount awarded!
The OPA review committee was impressed with her independent research and plans for networking and career advancement while at the 2017 ISS Conference in Nashville.
Congratulations and well deserved, Heather!






