Tag: Undergraduate Research

Two students, one male and one female, work on a large machine with an artificial bone inside. The background walls are bright yellow.

Connecting across disciplines to solve real-world problems in orthopedics

Two Notre Dame undergraduates—one in the College of Engineering and the other in the College of Science—have teamed up with an orthopedic surgeon to develop an innovative device that repairs fractures in hip replacement patients while minimizing damage to tendons and muscles. A common …

Bolivar-Nieto and student researchers test prosthetic

Notre Dame and Purdue engineers use e-textiles and sensor networks to enhance prosthetic fit

The most common reason people with lower-limb loss stop using their prosthesis is an ill-fitting socket. Everyday activities such as standing, walking, or stair climbing put enormous pressures on the soft tissues of the residual limb, which are not well-adapted to managing the forces these …

Tag: Undergraduate Research

Connecting across disciplines to solve real-world problems in orthopedics

Notre Dame and Purdue engineers use e-textiles and sensor networks to enhance prosthetic fit

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