The S3RP students are on another field trip! This trip was to visit two Biomedical Engineering Labs at George Mason University, with a side trip to, an area where the Potomac River flows rapidly over steep rocks through the Mather Gorge.
Dr. Tiphanie Raffegeau and Dr. Quentin Sanders gave everyone a tour of their labs, and respectively. Dr. Raffegeau’s lab is investigating the relationship be between arousal (fear) and falling while walking. They use a VR system to simulate walking on a narrow walkway at different elevations, as high up as 30 feet. Dr. Sanders’ lab is developing an an rehabilitation/assistive exoskeleton for individuals with weakness and paralysis resulting from neurological disorders like stroke.