We are starting a Biomechanics team, which is a really great resource for any BME majors out there (but feel free to join regardless of your educational focus), seeing as there are no campus organizations as of yet that specialize in biomechanics. If you're interested in joining this group, we'll be working on a series of projects that will be chosen by you! (note: you don't have to be Stanford affiliated to join, but you have to be able to make it to our meetings and build sessions)

 I'll list some possible ideas below, but the gist is that we need more people to join our team so that we can apply for small grants to fund our projects - we can qualify for $6000 annual funding from the ASSU, but cannot receive said funding unless we demonstrate interest and a refined project proposal.  I'll also list some preferred skills that you should be familiar with or willing to learn:

Projects ideas

• Design and control of pure mechanical prosthetics, aiming at cheap, reliable artificial limbs for patients from low socioeconomic backgrounds
• Tactile sensors and force-feedback devices for human/computer interaction/bionic limbs
• Design and control of "smart" exoskeletons with more advanced balancing systems
• Human-machine neural interfacing (i.e. controlling machines with your brain)

Preferred skills (learn at least one of these)

• Rapid Prototyping
• CAD
• Machining
• C++, Java, Python, or the like
• Matlab

If you're interested, just email me back at tche@stanford.edu and we'll get started!

Cheers,

Thien Che
Class of 2014
B.S. Candidate | Biomechanical Engineering