Résumé > Rehabilitation Engineering
Profile
- Knowledgeable of many physical and cognitive disabilities as well as the medical and social issues associated with them
- Familiar with wheelchair structure, ergonomics, safety, fitting, and use
- Professional aspiration is in the area of direct service delivery of assistive technology to clients
Education
- University of Pittsburgh, 2003 – present
- Undergraduate: Bioengineering '07
- Graduate: Rehabilitation Science and Technology '09
Relevant Coursework
- Assistive technology
- Product design
- Biomechanics
- Matlab, Excel, & SolidWorks
- Statics & dynamics
- Biology & physiology
- Circuits, signals & systems
- Technical writing
- Shop
- Spanish
Experience
- Research and Internship at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi
- January - April 2008
- Provided assistive technology services to clients of the hospital
- Studied mobility and quality of life among Indian wheelchair users
- Wheelchair Design Work at Human Engineering Research Laboratory
- September 2005 - December 2008
- Developed a web application to gather data about accessibility in India from photographs
- Assisted in the design of a power wheelchair appropriate for India
- Internship at the Human Engineering Research Laboratory
- May - August 2004, January - April 2005
- Studied the impact of transfers on subjects with SCI
- Helped set up and calibrate motion- and force-sensing systems
- Wrote Matlab programs to calculate Euler angles
Extracurricular Activities
- Volunteer work
- 1999 - June 2003
- Adapted aquatics aide (certified Aug 2000)
- Adapted physical education aide
- Peer assistance & leadership in an after-school creative expression class for disabled teens
- Wheelchair construction studies
- September 2002 - May 2003
- Fall Semester: Took a wheelchair construction class taught by Ralf Hotchkiss at San Francisco State University
- Spring Semester: Served as shop & teaching assistant in same class
- Voluntary wheelchair use
- September 2003 - January 2004
- Used an ultralight manual wheelchair almost fulltime in public









