Engineering to enhance human mobility, play, and exploration
Joe is interested in different methods of assistive technology and learning more about optimizing treatment options for patients with cerebral palsy. He worked over the summer to establish a framework for sharing and improving upon HuskyADAPT’s work – creating an inclusive and sustainable design program for assistive technology.
EDUCATIONPreston is interested in signal processing and is currently looking into accelerometry data collected from kids with hemiplegic cerebral palsy as they go through their Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT). The goal is to quantify the extent to which their involved/paretic arm improves after the treatment.
EDUCATIONIn the Steele lab, Julia analyzed and modeled how AFO stiffness impacts gait mechanics and muscle coordination during non-steady-state walking.
EDUCATIONUndergraduate, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Training as a dancer combined with a love of science and engineering has inspired Wing-Sum’s interest in biomechanics research. In the Steele lab, she works on modeling and simulation of gait for children with cerebral palsy.
Dancing, drawing, and baking pies.
EDUCATIONUndergraduate, Bioengineering, University of Washington
Fascinated by the complexities of human movement, Daniel has explored the fields of prosthetics to gain insight on how to rehabilitate and enhance the human body after trauma. He’s continuing his working on the development of an adaptive prosthetic foot through the UW Department of Rehab Medicine, Maitland Lab. As a team leader for Bioengineers Without Borders, Daniel is helping lead an effort of an adjustable socket design for use in the developing world.
In the Steele Lab, Daniel assisted graduate student Jessica Zistatsis in clinical validation and commercialization of her pediatric exoskeleton, PlayGait, for children with cerebral palsy.
Playing ukulele, eating too much spicy Asian food, and traveling internationally.