INGRAHAM LAB

Welcome!

The Ingraham Lab in the University of Washington’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering was established January 2023

 
 
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The goal of our work is to advance human mobility using assistive robots.

We leverage tools from robotics & controls, neural engineering, biomechanics, and machine learning to design and evaluate personalized, adaptive control strategies for exoskeletons, prostheses, and powered wheelchairs.

 

Latest News


February 2024

Ingraham Lab PhD student Annika Pfister and Steele Lab PhD student Mia Hoffman were recently awarded a $1000 grant from the American Society of Biomechanics and National Biomechanics Day to host an outreach event for high school students focused on disability biomechanics. Congratulations Annika and Mia!

September 2023

The Ingraham Lab is hiring PhD students for the 2024-2025 academic year. Learn more about applying on our Get Invovled page.

The lab welcomes its first two PhD students, Annika Pfister and Zijie Jin! Meet our team.

August 2023

New publication alert! PI Ingraham co-wrote a new perspective piece in the journal Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, titled “Leveraging user preference in the design and evaluation of lower-limb exoskeletons and prostheses.” Find it here.

June 2023

Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student Claire Feddema joins the lab as an AMPlab REU student. Claire will be analyzing device and biomechanical data from toddlers learning to use powered mobility.

January 2023

PI Kim Ingraham joins the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at the University of Washington. Read her New Faculty Spotlight

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