Previous Lab Members

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  • Liam Jack. Undergraduate Researcher (2020-2021)
  • Helen Zhao. Undergraduate Researcher (2020)
    • After her tenure with BLINC, accepted a systems engineering position at Next Level Games
  • Madihah Khan. Undergraduate Researcher (2021)
    • After her tenure with BLINC, continued B.Sc. in Neuroscience at the University of Alberta.
  • Eric Wells, M.Sc. Graduate (2018 – 2021)
    • Graduated with M.Sc. degree in 2020
    • Worked as a research assistant at the BLINC lab (2021)
    • After his tenure with BLINC, accepted an engineer position at Sanctuary AI
  • Ben Hallworth. Undergraduate Researcher (2017 – 2020)
    • Continued his B.Sc. in Mechanical (Biomedical) Engineering at the University of Alberta.
    • After his tenure with BLINC, pursued a M.Sc in Robotics at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Alicia MacDonald. Undergraduate Researcher (2018 – 2020)
    • Continued her B.Sc. in Mechanical (Biomedical) Engineering at the University of Alberta.
    • After her tenure with BLINC, accepted an engineer position at at Medtronic
  • Cierra Stiegelmar. Undergraduate Researcher (2018 – 2021)
    • After her tenure with BLINC, enrolled in medical school at the University of Calgary.
  • Taylor Bulbuc. Undergraduate Researcher (2020)
    • After his tenure with BLINC, continued B.Sc. in Mechanical (Biomedical) Engineering at the University of Alberta.
  • Eric Beaudry. Undergraduate Researcher (2020)
    • After his tenure with BLINC, continued B.Sc. in Mechanical (Biomedical) Engineering at the University of Alberta.
  • Cyrus Diego. Undergraduate Researcher (2019)
    • After his tenure with BLINC, continued B.Sc. program in Computer (Software) Engineering at the University of Alberta.
  • Shealynn Carpenter, B.Sc. Undergraduate Researcher (2019)
    • After her tenure with BLINC, continued MD program at the University of Alberta
  • Dylan Brenneis, M.Sc. Graduate (2019)
    • After his tenure with BLINC, accepted a Research engineer position at DeepMind, Canada.
  • James Austin, M.Sc. Graduate (2018)
    • After his tenure with BLINC, accepted a lead Mechanical Engineer at PSYONIC, USA developing affordable advanced prostheses.
  • McNiel-Inyani Keri, M.Sc. Graduate (2018)
    • View McNiel-Inyani’s thesis here
    • After his tenure with BLINC, enrolled in medical school at the University of Calgary.
  • Mellissa Gomez, B.Sc. Undergraduate Researcher (2018)
    • After her tenure with BLINC, pursued a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta focusing on advancing vaccine rehabilitation research.
  • Jonathon Schofield, Ph.D. Graduate (2017)
    • View Jonathon’s thesis here
    • Currently with the Cleveland Clinic, USA
  • Sai Vemula, Undergraduate Researcher (2017)
    • Currently an M.A.Sc. student in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada
  • Brody Kalwajtys, B.Sc., Research Assistant (2017)
    • Currently pursuing an after-degree in education
  • Katherine Schoepp, M.Sc. Graduate (2016)
    • View Katherine’s thesis here
  • Salmann Rashiq, Undergraduate Researcher (2016)
  • Craig Sherstan, M.Sc. Graduate (2015)
    • Currently a Ph.D. student in the BLINC lab
    • View Craig’s thesis here
  • Elizabeth Crockett, Undergraduate Researcher (2015)
    • Currently an M.Sc. student in occupational therapy at Queen Margaret University, in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Ann Edwards, M.Sc. Graduate  (2015)
    • View Ann’s thesis here
  • Devin Bradburn, Undergraduate Researcher (2015)
  • Megan Ogle, Undergraduate Volunteer (2015)
    • Currently, an M.Sc. student in mechanical engineering at the University of Alberta, developing a new mechanical surrogate neck for head impact research
  • Shealynn Carpenter, Undergraduate Researcher (2015)
    • Currently a medical student at the University of Alberta
  • Stephane Magnan, Undergraduate Researcher (2014)
    • Currently an M.A.Sc. student in mechanical engineering in the Impact Research Lab at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, exploring impact behaviour of elastomeric surrogates for biological tissues using high-speed X-ray cineradiography and digital image correlation
  • Kent Herrick, Undergraduate Researcher (2013)
  • Kaitlyn Morris, Undergraduate Researcher (2012)
    • Completed an M.Sc. in Astronautics and Space Engineering at Cranfield University in the U.K.
    • Currently working for Zodiac Seats UK as a certification engineer for aircraft seats
  • Michael Rory Dawson, M.Sc. Graduate (2011)
    • Currently employed as a Clinical Research Engineer in the BLINC lab
    • View Rory’s thesis here