Clayton Bardall

Clayton Bardall

Clayton graduated from the MSET program and was also a football player at WCU.  His project is to use instrumented mouth guards to measure head impacts. Working with our collaborators at Pennsylvania State University he studied the effect of brain strain caused by...
Carson Pardue

Carson Pardue

Carson graduated with a Master of Science in Engineering Technology degree. He conducted a study that evaluated the feasibility of using model based definition (MBD) to eliminate the need for 2D drawings in manufacturing facilities. This research is part of Industry...
Pablo Valenzuela

Pablo Valenzuela

Pablo earned a MS in Technology degree from WCU in 2021. He developed the fourth generation neural prosthesis that included the addition of a neural network and machine learning to enhance the artificial intelligence (AI) of the device. Prior to this he earned a BS in...
Premkumar Subbukutti

Premkumar Subbukutti

Graduate Student Prem is developed the third generation of the neural prosthesis.  We are working with the department of physical therapy to developing an experimental medical device to improve gait in people with muscle weakness associated with spinal cord injury,...
Jeremy Smith

Jeremy Smith

Graduate Student Jeremy is developing methods to optimize the design of 3D metal printed parts. Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is a new technology that can be utilized to create structures that cannot be produced by traditional machining processes.  Unlike...
Reza Farsad Asadi

Reza Farsad Asadi

M.S. in Technology 2018 Reza developed the first two generations of the neural prosthesis.  The device includes a microcontroller that captures data from four Inertial measurement units (IMUs) and four foot pressure sensors.  The device also include a functional...