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Post Doctoral Fellow
The Ohio State University
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Shawanee’ Patrick is currently a Legacy Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Ohio State. She received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She later went on to receive a Master of Science degree, and Ph.D. also at Texas A&M University, in Mechanical Engineering.
Her doctoral work focused on the design methods and analysis of walking assistive devices. More specifically, she is interested in creating uniform methods utilizing biomechanics to create optimal walking assistive devices for multiple population groups. Her work primarily has focused on lower limb prosthetics and powered exoskeletons. She has presented aspects of her work at the Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP), American Society of Biomechanics (ASB), and IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and its Social (ARSO) Impacts. Her work has been published in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its SOcial Impacts (ARSO) conference proceedings and Frontiers in Neurorobotics.
She has a passion for teaching and engineering education. She has severed as a Graduate Teaching Consultant for Texas A&M’s Center for Teaching Excellence, assisting in the training of hundreds of teaching assistants at Texas A&M University, and furthering her knowledge of teaching strategies. She also received the Texas A&M Association of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Award for teaching. She held the position of LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Coordinator for three years, a program that helps aid minority students in the pursuit of STEM doctoral degrees. Her research interests include biomechanics of human motion, rehabilitation, design of mobility assistive devices, design optimization, orthotics, prosthetics, and engineering education.
