{"id":132103,"date":"2022-11-01T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=132103"},"modified":"2022-11-01T11:57:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:57:08","slug":"ucf-limbitless-solutions-students-win-awards-at-sbec-biomedical-engineering-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-limbitless-solutions-students-win-awards-at-sbec-biomedical-engineering-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Limbitless Solutions Students Win Awards at SBEC Biomedical Engineering Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
海角直播 health sciences<\/a> students recently received top recognition for research presentations illustrating the impact that developed technology and research can make in the lives of people with accessibility limitations.<\/p>\n The research was performed in collaboration with Limbitless leadership and faculty and specifically focused on life improving technology for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and limb differences, such as congenital limb amputations.<\/p>\n The students, Shea McLinden and Katherine Tran, received the recognition at the Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference held recently in New Orleans.<\/p>\n McLinden, a senior, and Tran, a junior, are undergraduate research students at Limbitless Solutions<\/a>, a nonprofit organization and direct support organization at UCF.<\/p>\n McLinden received first place in the undergraduate category for her presentation on using training video games to improve people\u2019s use of bionic arms and hands-free wheelchairs. Tran received third place in the undergraduate category for her presentation on developing a custom silicone insole orthotic, or foot support, for an individual born with a congenital limb abnormality affecting their foot. The wheelchair game research was funded through a grant from the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation<\/a>. The undergraduate student research was also supported with funds from the Paul B. Hunter and Constance D. Hunter Charitable Foundation and the Albert E. and Birdie W. Einstein Foundation.<\/p>\n Video Game Training <\/strong><\/p>\n McLinden presented two oral presentations, both discussing the design and effectiveness of video game training for Limbitless\u2019 bionic arm and hands-free wheelchair project. The projects use Limbitless\u2019 video game-based training that converts muscle flexing through electromyography (EMG) into the game character\u2019s actions. The development of the training game research is led by UCF faculty members Matt Dombrowski<\/strong> \u201905 \u201908MFA,<\/strong> with UCF\u2019s School of Visual Arts and Design<\/a>, and Peter Smith<\/strong> \u201905MS \u201912PhD<\/strong>, with UCF\u2019s Nicholson School of Communication and Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n