Engineering to enhance human mobility, play, and exploration
EDUCATIONBS, Mechanical Engineering, UW
Rick is interested in how cerebral palsy and trans-femoral amputations have an effect on cartilage health. He is also interested in how MRI may help to monitor cartilage health, development, and maintenance.
Backpacking, Traveling, Bass Guitar, Sketching
EDUCATIONUndergraduate, Mechanical Engineering, UW
Chris is interested in determining if individuals with cerebral palsy or those with limb loss suffer from thinner cartilage than their age-matched peers, which may contribute to pain in daily life.
Gaming, Guitar, Running, Skiing
EDUCATIONUndergraduate, Electrical Engineering, UW
Destiny is using the Delsys System to quantify a baseline of electromyography (EMG) activity in commonly used muscles. She is interested in processing and analyzing the EMG data to better understand discrepancies with impaired individuals.
Running, Traveling, Drawing, Baking Brownies
EDUCATIONMS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
BS, System and Naval Mechatronic Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Henry is interested in designing and analyzing a robust control for exoskeletal prostheses. He was a collaborator on a long-term electromyography (EMG) project for portable EMG devices outside of the lab and clinic.
Hiking, Traveling, Jogging
EDUCATIONUndergraduate, Mechanical Engineering, UW
Claudia is interested in tracking hand motion among children with cerebral palsy with Seattle Children’s Hospital. The goal is to determine how accelerometer-based measures of wrist movement can be used to inform clinical care and what design for the accelerometer works best for those needs.
Swimming, Reading, Painting