July 2025

PI Ingraham and UW ECE Associate Professor Sam Burden received a new NSF Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) award to design game theory algorithms that optimize exoskeleton assistance by trading off betweeen human and robot goals. Learn more about the project here.

June 2025

Congratulations to undergraduate student Mia Onodera who graduated with her BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering! Mia is headed to the Univeristy of Illinois to pursue a PhD in human-computer interaction.

Undergraduate student Mia Onodera presented her research at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium and the CREATE Research Showcase. Mia developed a clinical app to display quantitative metrics of powered mobility use in the clinic. Her app will be deployed at Kindering Developmental Center for pilot testing this summer!

May 2025

PhD student Annika Pfister won 3rd place in the Best Student Paper Competition at the International Conference on Rehabiliation Robotics (ICORR)! Annika was selected as a Top 6 Finalist out of 180 student paper submissions. She presented her work in a session during RehabWeek along with the other 5 finalists. Congratulations Annika!

January 2025

New publication alert! PI Ingraham and an interdisciplinary team from UW CREATE and UW I-LABS just published a new paper in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabiliation Engineering (TNSRE), titled “Quantifying joystick interactions and movement patterns of toddlers with disabilities using powered mobility with an instrumented Explorer Mini.” Check it out here.

December 2024

We are excited to share this spotlight article on PI Ingraham and the lab’s research on the UW ECE website! Read it here.

November 2024

Congratulations to PhD student Annika Pfister on receiving the Professor Irene C. Peden Electrical Engineering Fellowship! This fellowship recognizes students who demonstrate both academic excellence and an active role in advancing the participation of underrepresented students in electrical engineering

September 2024

New publication alert! PI Ingraham co-authored a perspective piece in Nature title “On human-in-the-loop optimization of human-robot interaction.” Check it out here.

Siena Villancio-Wolter joined the lab as a new PhD student. Siena joined us after finishing her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Florida. She is an NSF GRFP Fellow and recipient of the UW College of Engineering Dean's Fellowship. Meet our team.

August 2024

PhD students Annika Pfister and Zijie Jin presented posters at the annual meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) in Madison, WI.

June 2024

Congratulations to undergraduate studnet Claire Feddema on her graduation with a BS in Mechanical Engineering! Claire is headed to work for her family business as a mechanical engineer.

May 2024

Lab members hosted multiple exhibits for UW’s Engineering Discovery Days — a 2 day event that draws more than 7,000 elementary and middle school students to campus to learn about engineering! Check out our Outreach page to learn more.

PI Ingraham presented a talk titled “Learning to explore and exploring to learn: Quantifying joystick interactions and driving experiences of toddlers using powered mobility” at Dynamic Walking in Pensacola, FL.

April 2024

Congratulations to incoming PhD student Siena Villancio-Wolter for receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

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!

January 2024

Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering student Mia Onodera joins the lab. Mia will be building data-driven models to assess how toddlers use powered mobility devices in clinical settings.

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.