The Sci-Files – 10/11/2020 – Justin Scott – Extending Design to All People

Chelsie Boodoo and Daniel Puentes
October 11, 2020

On this week’s The Sci-Files, your hosts Chelsie and Danny interview Justin Scott. Justin is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Justin’s work has focused on universal medical device design, in particular with regards to wheelchair users. His research has included collecting the properties of wheelchair users’ tissues and modeling how pressures experienced while seated affect them. Michigan State is one of the few universities in the United States with an adaptive sports clubs on campus and Justin collaborates with them. If you’re interested in talking about your MSU research on the radio or nominating a student, please email Chelsie and Danny at [email protected]. You can ask questions about future episodes here. Check The Sci-Files out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube!

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Chelsie Boodoo, The Sci-Files Host

Chelsie is a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student at Michigan State University. She studies what happens to the extracellular matrix of cells after they have been stressed. She co-hosts "The Sci-Files" with Daniel Puentes. Together they explore the different topics that MSU students research on "The Sci-Files" at WDBM.

Daniel Puentes, The Sci-Files Host

Daniel is a graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, where he does research at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. His research involves measuring the mass of radioactive nuclei, and how it can tell us how protons and neutrons are arranged inside of a nucleus. This research also helps scientists understand how the elements were created in different stellar environments! At WDBM, he and Chelsie Boodoo co-host The Sci-Files.

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