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.
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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!
Congratulations, Nicole! Nicole Zaino passes her Ph.D. General Exam
Congratulations to Nicole Zaino for passing her General Exam!
Nicole’s proposed work titled Neuromechanics of multimodal mobility for individuals with cerebral palsy was approved by her Ph.D. committee. Woot! Woot! Go Nicole!
Congratulations, Megan! Megan Ebers passes her Ph.D. General Exam
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tulations to Megan Ebers for passing her general exam!
Megan’s proposed work titled Data-driven methods for improving physics-based models of human locomotion was approved by her Ph.D. committee. Way to go Megan!
Congratulations, Michael! Michael Rosenberg was awarded the ISB Komor New Investigator Award
Congratulations to Michael Rosenberg for being awarded the Komor New Investigator Award at the 2021 Technical Group on Computer Simulation (TGCS) at ISB. This award is presented at each symposium to recognize the best paper by a new investigator. Way to go Michael!