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PhD Research: Variable stiffness ankle-foot prosthesis for walking optimization- Designed and innovated novel mechanism for changing the mechanical stiffness of parallel composite leaf springs for the design of a variable stiffness ankle-foot prosthesis.- Prototyped and evaluated novel variable stiffness ankle-foot prosthesis, designed and ran clinical trials to evaluate performance.- Launched project with review of prior art to inform optimal design of biomimetic ankle-foot to… Show more PhD Research: Variable stiffness ankle-foot prosthesis for walking optimization- Designed and innovated novel mechanism for changing the mechanical stiffness of parallel composite leaf springs for the design of a variable stiffness ankle-foot prosthesis.- Prototyped and evaluated novel variable stiffness ankle-foot prosthesis, designed and ran clinical trials to evaluate performance.- Launched project with review of prior art to inform optimal design of biomimetic ankle-foot to replicate biological ankle.- Led technical team of 2 students to guide engineering design process and foster collaborative environment, met with students twice a week to guide their research progress and application of their theoretical knowledge to tangible research outcomes.Master’s Research: 2-DOF ankle-foot prosthesis for rock climbing- Designed and built novel 2-degree-of-freedom ankle-foot prosthesis for rock climbing with custom non-backdrivable linear actuators.- Led technical design project on aggressive timeline, managed project schedule and budget, communicated with external machine shops and vendors to ensure prototyping timeline remained on schedule. Show less

- Researched and designed mechanical, electrical, and soft goods components of passive and powered assistive exoskeletons for load carriage and rehabilitation.- Technical lead on DARPA contract, supervised 2 engineers, evaluated technical feasibility of design concepts, wrote monthly progress reports for DARPA, presented progress to 70 people at company-wide meetings and to DARPA project manager.

Innovated mechanical design of upper and lower extremity strength augmenting exoskeletons. Worked on DARPA project to develop soft wearable interface between lower extremity exoskeleton and user's body.

- Designed, prototyped, and evaluated wearable exoskeleton to dissipate energy from the knee during downhill walking using a novel clutchable air-spring damper mechanism.- Designed, prototyped, and tested soft sensing suit with visual feedback for detecting and motivating kicking motion in developmentally delayed infants. Evaluated sensing suit in n(1) trial with infant subject of the target population.

Recipient of David Rockefeller International Experience Grant. Conducted research for depression treatment in animal studies, implemented behavioral tests with mice.

Installed and maintain traffic monitoring equipment.Collected data, published results, and interpreted traffic trends.