Daniel Ballesteros, Wing-Sum Law, and Claire Mitchell Present

Congratulations to Daniel, Wing-Sum and Claire for their excellent work this summer. We had the privilege of hosting three undergraduate students through the Summer Scholars program through Co-Motion and the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering here at the University of Washington.

Daniel presented in Mary Gates Hall on his research involving the implementation of a pediatric exoskeleton into low-resource countries:

Daniel fields a question from a member of the University of Washington community during his poster session at Mary Gates Hall. Claire researched how varying muscles impact synergy outcomes:

 

Claire Mitchell presents her poster at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

 

Wing-Sum assessed the impact of an ankle foot orthosis on muscle demands in children with cerebral palsy and typically developing peers:

Wing-Sum presents her research during a poster session

Lab members present at the 2017 American Society of Biomechanics

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!

Ben Shuman discusses his poster Michael Rosenberg walks through the results section of his poster with a fellow ASB member.

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.

 

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Jessica Zistatsis to Present at UW Medicine – Inventor of the Year Event

Jessica Zistatsis to Present at UW Medicine –  Inventor of the Year Event

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.

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