Engineering to enhance human mobility, play, and exploration
Ben Shuman, Michael Rosenberg, Keshia Peters, and Kat Steele all presented posters during the 2017 American Society of Biomechanics conference in Boulder, CO.
Dr. Steele also presented during a session which encompassed ASB and the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society to invoke discussion about technical challenges in clinical motion analysis.
Great work, everyone!
Congratulation to Jessica Zistatsis who has been invited to present PlayGait at the Technology Transfer Session of the 2017 AOPA World Congress in Las Vegas, NV. Click here to read more on the AOPA conference.
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.
Tomorrow a group of esteemed faculty and students will present their work during the UW Inventor of the Year event at the Don James Center, Husky Stadium on November 15, 2016 from 5-7:30 p.m.
Samual Browd, Jonathan Posner, and Per Reinhall will be recognized for their collaborative work inventing and developing a football helmet designed to mitigate the forces thought to contribute to concussions. Jessica will be presenting a poster for her pediatric exoskeleton and competing in a lightning pitch competition.
Great job to lab members Ben Shuman, Michael Rosenberg, Sasha Portnova, and Hwan Choi for presenting their work at this year’s American Society of Biomechanics this August. To view the program and read more about biomechanics research, click here.